Milford chronicle., 1961-04-21

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mankind down through the ages
has been undependable, one day
apparently true and the next day
questionable or false. Only what
is exact, changeless knowledge is
true science
To reason correctly as to what
is truly scientific in the universe
one must understand the cause of
the universe and the nature of
that cause. Christians are mono
theists. True monotheism must
recognize God as the one and
only cause of the universe. Jesus
counseled mankind to know God
and Christ, for in this way only
could they learn Gods will and
have its fulfillment in their lives.
He declared, according to Johns
Gospel (17:3), This is life eter-
nal, that they might know thee
the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom thou hast sent" He
proved the truth of this state
ment by healing the sick and the
sinful and by walking forth from
the tomb after his crucifixion. In
this latter occurrence false NOR
tai sense lost its battle with the
spiritual facts of being which
Jesus knew comprised his real
selfhood.
Mrs. Eddy and Her Works
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discov-
erer and Founder of, Christian
Science, discerned the spiritual
import. of Jesus exhortation to
know God and His Christ. In the
Christian Science textbook, "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" of which She is the
author, one finds clear Christian
teaching which enables him to
know, to understand, God. Mrs.
Eddy did not judge after appear
ance. She did not accept the false
belief that God, whose essence is
goodness, is also the author of
sin, disease. and death, or that
His omnipotence permits the ac-
tivity of a so-called devil or evil
to tempt or distort mankind.
Mrs. Eddy recognized that all
reality is based on, and IS the
expression of, God. She took the
life and works of Christ Jesus as
revealed in the Bible as her per-
feet example. She found his
teachings practical and true, for
they healed her at a time when
she seemed in danger of losing
her life as the result of serious
accident. She sought and found
in the Bible the rules for demon
strating the truth of real being,
proving Jesus teachings practical
not only for herself but also for
the healing of others who were
sick and sinful.
Jesus promised his followers
(John 14:26) that "the Com
forter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to
your remembrance, whatsoever
/ have said unto you" As one
prayerfully studies the Christian
Science textbook and Mrs. Eddy's
other writings in connection with
the Bible, he will know that the
Comforter, whom Jesus also re-
ferred to as the Spirit of truth,
has come. For the Comforter
presents the comforting knowl-
edge that all may follow Jesus
example and demonstrate Christ,
Truth, in healing the sick and
sinful.
Mrs. Eddy revealed to this age
the great truth which was dem
onstrated by Jesus and in some
degree by his followers: that
matter is actually unreal-that it
is misconception of reality. She
discovered that matter is a false
mistaken, limited belief, and that
it has no more actuality in our
conscious thinking than the forms
and images we see in night
dream, which we readily admit
are not actually present. All the
discords that trouble mankind
are included in so-called mortal
mind, whose product is matter.
To the degree that one becomes
aware of the allness of Spirit,
God, and the nothingness of NOR
tai mind and matter, he has re-
moved from his thinking that
which is the basis of diScord in
his experience, and as a result
the discord disappears.
The understanding that matter
is not at all what it seems to be
is growing in the thought of the
world. The Journal of the Tele-
phone Industry ("Telephony,"
Mar. 81, 1856, p. 20. by Harold B.
Mckay had an article about
transistors in telephones. At the
beginning the author quotes this
statement from Science and
Health (p. 468): "There is no
life, truth, intelligence, nor sub
stance in matter" Then he says,
Gas man gropes further into his
material universe, it becomes in
creasingly difficult for him to
describe the things that he thinks
he sees" Mrs. Eddy, however,
did not learn the unsubstantiality
of matter through human in
vention. She discerned through
spiritual revelation, reason, and
demonstration what constitutes
reality, namely Spirit and its
creation. Awareness of the ever
presence of God and His Christ,
Gods spiritual idea or express
sion, leaves no place for matter.
How can one find the way to
judge rightly concerning the Dis
coverer and Founder of Christian
Science? BY studying and DEM
onstrating the truths found in her
published writings, for these
show the thoughts of God and
man which she entertained and
utilized in her healing work.
Could any of us find a better way
to know her than to understand
what she actually thought con-
cerning God and man? Propor-