Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01

becomes apparent, war Will cease
and the true brotherhood of man
will be established"
AS provided for by Mrs Eddy
and under her directives as con-
tanned in the Manual of The
Mother Church. the Christian
Science Quarterly through its
weekly Bible Lessons, and the
other religious periodicals are
bringing to human consciousness
the revelation of mans true ma
ture This truth is unobtrusively
changing human thought from
ply sense testimony to spir-
itual understanding. 1t is bring
ing the change of consciousness
which Jesus demanded
Christ Jesus healing works
were accomplished through
Mind. He knew that mans real
Mind is the divine Mind. 1t was
Jesus correct view of man as
the expression of divine Mind
that healed. He proved that the
divine Mind casts out material
mortal mind, the source of sin
and sickness. AS an example the
Bible records John 50 Jesus
healing of man who was Grip
pied for thirty EIGHT years. He
was placed daily at a pool whose
waters were thought to have
curative powers. Jesus saw him
lying there and knowing he had
long been in that condition said
(5:6), wilt thou be made
whole?" The crippled man an
swered affirmatively and Jesus
healed him Immediately. Later
seeing him lin the temple Jesus
spoke to him these thought
provoking words (5:l4). BE
hold. thou art made whole: sin
no more, lest a worse thing
come unto thee" What sin could
this helpless man have COM
mitted? Material mindedness is
the sin which obscures ones cor
rect view of himself as the like
ness of Spirit. 1t is the same
Christ which Jesus lived and
demonstrated that today frees
human thought from materialism
and lifts it to spiritual under
standing which reflects the free
dom of the divine Mind.
The Christ reveals the unfail-
ing promises of God, which are
demonstrable through His law.
Gods promises are the facts of
mans perfection and obedience.
and these form the basis of man.
kinds rights and responsibilities
as revealed by Science The
Bible records Gods covenant of
unfailing Love. He promised
Noah (Gen. 9:12, 13), ''This is
the token of the covenant which
l make between me and you and
every living creature that is with
you. for perpetual generations: |
do set my bow in the cloud, and
it shall be for a token of
covenant between me and the
earth"
Is it net our responsibility to
demonstrate Loves unfailing
power over material mindedness,
worldly attractions, physical and
mental ills? The disciple John
wrote (Rev. 21:7: "He that over
cometh shall inherit all things;
and l will be his God. and he
shall be my son."
Loves Power illustrated
In their extremity, mankind
have only to turn to the Christ
and find health, peace, and the
freedom that comes with the in
creased understanding of Loves
all-power.
Christian Science reveals six
simple steps which lift thought
from mortal belief to the spirit
ual understanding which reflects
the unfailing power of immortal
Mind. Mrs. Eddy writes, Spirit
ual sense. contradicting the ma
terial senses involves intuition,
hope, faith, understanding, frui-
ton, reality" (Science and
Health 298:13).
Each step is a mental step, a
spiritually mental step entirely
apart from material remedies.
Each step takes place first in
consciousness and then is ex-
ternally expressed in the heal
ing of every mortal problem.
Each step is revealed by the
Christ, the divine manifestation
of God, the spiritual light and
power Christ Jesus taught and
demonstrated for all mankind.
The Healing Christ
The questions may arise in
ones thought, what is the
Christ? How does it appear in
human thought, in human life?
Can it establish my dominion
over fear, failure, sickness, and
accidents?" Let us consider these
three questions in the light of
Christian Science.
To answer the first question
what is the Christi" we can
turn to Mrs. Eddy's definition
which reads~( Science and Health.
p. 583), Christ. The divine
manifestation of God, which
comes to the flesh to destroy in
carnate error" Mrs Eddy's reve-
lation of the universal nature of
the Christ has brought to hu-
manity the true nature of man.
This gives one dominion over all
worldly problems. The physical
senses present the incorrect view
of man, as having a temporal,
ever-changing material body
which like the beasts and vege-
tables grows, natures, and then
returns to dust. The Christ pre-
sents the true man, whose spirit
ual individuality is as eternal as
Spirit, his creator. The Christ
brings the spiritual understand
ing of man and reveals his do
Z minion over the earth. Mrs.
Eddy tells us (Science and
Health, p. 316), "Christ illus
trates that blending with God,
his divine Principle, which gives
man dominion over all the