Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17
LULU NJ. ROSS
SCHOOL
Milford, Del.
Sunday,
JanuorY 18th
Under the Auspices
Christian Science
Society
Branch Of the First Church
of Christ Scientist
in Boston, Moss.

The lecturer spoke substan-
TALLY as follows:
Throughout the ages mankind
has sought security and peace.
Many have sought in vain until
the advent of Christian Science,
which has given thousands upon
thousands the peace and security
that is rightfully theirs.
How can we gain this security
and peace?
People all over the world are
demonstrating in their daily lives
that a spiritual understanding of
God and of man as His perfect
reflection is bringing them a
peace and security never before
experienced. This has been done
through the correct application OF
the teachings of Christian Sci
ence.
When I was a youngster, was
placed on a farm for the vaca-
ton periods. In the farmhouse
there was a room used only for
funerals, weddings, and to re-
ceive the minister when he
called. One approached the par
lor door and turned the doorknob
with great reverence, for this
room was reserved for Gods use.
/ was told that God was always
looking at me and recording ev-
cry naughty thing I did, and that
this record would be used to pass
Judgment on me. 1t was i'm
pressed upon me that the deity
residing in that room was not to
be disturbed, and so / always
tiptoed past the closed parlor
door.
often wondered how the deity
in that room could judge all
other little boys in the world, and
] came to believe that somehow
God was many persons, residing
in many places.
This material concept of God
is held by many, and it can bring
no sense of security or peace. A
corporeal sense of God is in
evitably unreliable and limited.
Through the Bible we find ref
erences to God as Life, Truth,
and Love. Mary Baker Eddy, the
Discoverer and Founder of Chris
tian Science, not only acknowl-'
edges these synonyms for God,
but gives us several additional
ones. In answer to her question,
"What is God?" found on page
465 of Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" she states:
God is incorporeal, divine, SUI
preme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul,
Principle, Life, Truth, Love-"
Let us take just one of these
words which has the same mean
ing in Christian Science as God,
such as Mind, written with a
capital M. Now, divine Mind is
not merely a great human mind,
but Spirit-pure Mind, without
single element of materiality.
Mrs. Eddy gives us this defini-
ton (Science and Health, p. 591):
"MIND. The only I, or Us; the
only Spirit, Soul, divine Prin-
ciple, substance, Life, Truth,
Love; the one God; not that which
is in man, but the divine Prin-
ciple, or God, of whom man is
the full and perfect expression;
Deity, which outlines but is not
outlined" AS this definition is
carefully and prayerfully studied
and accepted, one finds spiritual
enlightenment and experiences
healing, thus gaining sense of
security and peace.
When we recognize that there
is but one God, divine Mind, gov-
erning the universe of His own
creating, the false belief of many
finite or limited minds fades from
consciousness. Mrs. Eddy states
(Science and Health, p. 469).
There can be but one Mind, be-
cause there is but one God; and
if mortals claimed no other Mind
and accepted no other, sin would
be unknown" This profound
statement shows clearly that
there are two fundamental steps
to be taken when we turn whole
heartedly to Christian Science for
healing. We need to claim only
one Mind, or God, and we need
to accept that fact in order to
discover that sin has no reality.
In this way we gain the God
governed peace and security,
which the man of Gods creating
actually is forever experiencing.
We gain this security and peace
as we claim and accept and un-
derstand the one God and mans
true relationship to Him.
Man the Expression of God
In the book of Genesis, the first
book in the Bible. it is stated that