Milford chronicle., 1959-04-10

6nc6S, lG6y say, can only report,
the nature and the activity of
physical phenomena. Mankind's
search for what is absolutely true
is answered in the Bible: 1.-The
Lord is good; his mercy is ever
lasting; and his truth endureth to
all generations" Cps. 100:5). What
does ST. Paul declare? "Whatso-
ever things are true +. think on
these things" God is Truth, as
the Bible states, and to think on
the things that are true is to
think on Him, to contemplate His
creation, to consider that which
is eternal, changeless, unadulter-
ated by evil or illusion.
If you experienced childhood
rich in the affection of loving
parents, you will have no diff
Guilty in thinking about the crea-
tor, the Father and Mother of all,
as God of love-tender, benev-
olent, forgiving, securely protect
ing and preserving all that is
precious and necessary to His
completeness. The Scriptures
speak of Gods loving kindness,
that He cares for His children,
that He loves them deeply. Did
not John write, "He that loveth
not knoweth not God; for God is
love" Il John 4:8)?
Now what have we observed?
In endeavoring to think about
God have we not concluded that
He must be Mind, Spirit, Soul,
Principle, Life, Truth, and Love?
And have we not seen that there
is Scriptural authority for recog-
nizing God in this way? These
seven terms for God are synony-
nous, interchangeable, and de-
fine the aspects of His nature.
Some of them are found in the
Scriptures, and they are used by
Mary Baker Eddy as descriptive
of Gods nature. Principle was
employed by her as a complete
term for God, one that fully con-
veys the nature of God.
The seven synonyms make il
poSSible for mankind 10 utilize
the Bible truths about God, to
grow in the understanding of
Him, and to fulfill the admoni-
tion of St. Paul that we think on
the things of God, if we would
make them part of our expert !,
ence. They bear out Gods one
ness and allness. They empha-
size the fact that He is One, not
two, not many, and that to be
frv - zn%x
must be conscious of these as
poets of His being. BY taking the
synonyms, studying them, pom
dering them, thinking about
them, our understanding of God
begins to grow and expand, and
we lay the foundation for right
reasoning, or scientific thinking.
Right Reasoning
Christian Science, the Science
of right thinking, starts with the
fundamental point of the First
Commandment that God is the
only cause and creator, and that
there is none other beside Him.
From this it reasons to the logi-
cal conclusion that Gods creation
must be like Him, since like pro-
duces like. Christian Science fol-
lows intelligently and logically a
primary rule of right thinking,
the deductive method of reason
ing. 1t starts with cause and
reasons to the effect. It states
clearly that to know the nature
of Gods creation, we must first
know the nature of God. This is
being faithful to the leading COM
mandment of the ten. Right
thinking always starts thus, with
the major spiritual premise re-
garding all creation, and then,
true to the deductive method,
reasons from cause to effect. and
comprehends Alright the nature of
that which has been created.
Christ Jesus
The boy Jesus learned quickly
the method of right thinking
when he stayed behind in Jeru-
salem and talked with the mas
ters of learning. According to
the Scriptural account, he was
sitting in the midst of the doc
tors, both hearing them, and ask
ing them questions. And all that
heard him were aStOnished at
his understanding and answers"
(Luke 2:46, 47. That he must
have regarded God as the only
creator, reverently beginning
with the great and only cause in
the reasoning process, is implied
in his answer to his mother:
"Wist ye not that must be about
my Fathers business?" (Luke
2:49.) Jesus adhered strictly to
this position. "Seek ye first the
kingdom of God," he said Matt.
6:33).
BY living his understanding of
God, Jesus experienced such an
awareness of Gods presence that
he was able to heal the physically
i'll and the morally lax. He taught
his disciples to do the same. His
fidelity to the purpose and will
of God evoked the admission of
Peter that he, Jesus, was the liv-
ing example of the Christ. the
spiritual idea of divine sonship.
In recognition of this attainment
the Master has since been re-
Spectfully designated as Christ
Jesus. This does not mean that
Jesus is the Christ. but rather
that he demonstrated Christ, the
Godlike nature, in his daily
thoughts and deeds. The Christ
comes to each of us in propor-
ton to our adherence to Gods
oneness. our embodiment of right
thinking. II has always done so
and will ever continue. for in the
words of Mrs. Eddy tScience and
Health, p. 1927. "Christ is. the
true idea voicing good, the di-
vine message from God to men
speaking to the human conscious
ness. :" The Christ is continually
urging each of US to express the