Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01

In our tlIneS III came as the SlOTl-
Gus light of Science in which
man is revealed as the Immor-
tai idea of divine Love express
ing the spiritual qualities of
mercy, Justice. wisdom, and
goodness When the divine quail
ties of the Christ, Truth, are ac-
lively expressed by mankind.
beginning with you and me, this
brings to humanity the quietude,
humility, benevolence. and peace
which the world so greatly
needs.
The Christ has appeared to
many seekers of Truth in times
of solitude and need. To Jacob
it came when alone at night he
wrestled with an angel. Accord
ing to Science angels are spirit
ual ideas of divine Mind. which
guide us and guard our human
footsteps Jacob feared reprisal
from his brother Esau, whose in
heritance he had taken through
trickery. This messenger of
Love, this manifestation of the
Christ brought to Jacob the cor
rect view of man. 1t gave Jacob
the needed courage and love with
which to face his brother. The
two brothers wept as they were
reconciled The Bible records
Jacobs words to Esau at their
meeting (Gen. 33:10), 81 have
seen thy face, as though | had
seen the face of God, and thou
vast pleased with me-" The cor
rect view of man which the
Christ brought to Jacob included
the correct view of himself as
well as that of Esau. Jacobs
character was changed. He be-
came known no longer as Jacob
but as Israel, which means a
prince of God, one who has
fought good fight. Loves un-
failing power established Jacobs
dominion.
Jesus presented the Christ
perfectly to human thought. The
Christ was the divine nature,
which he reflected. Because of
the virgin birth he was power
fully endowed with the Christ,
the spirit of Truth. Students of
Christian Science look upon
Jesus as their Way-shower. They
seek and find the universal laws
of God which our Master dem
onstrated in all of his healings,
the forces of love and truthful
ness, purity and understanding,
which invariably control man in
Gods likeness. Step by step stu
dents of Christian Science obey
and demonstrate these unfailing
laws as did our Master in the
measure that they understand
what the Christ really is.
The Christ enables us unfail-
ingly to overcome temptation.
Consider as an example Mat
thew's account of Jesus wilder
ness experience when the devil
took him onto a high mountain
and showed him the Kingdoms of
the world. Here Satan offered all
of the worlds material glory to
Jesus if he would. in evils words
(Matt. 4:9), "fall down and wor-
ship me-" This suggestion has
come to every one of us in some
degree, has it not? 1t may come
as a desire for more material
possessions, greater popularity,
which may be ours if we let go
of our spiritual ideals and con-
form to worldly standards. The
power of the Christ enabled
Jesus to defeat these evil sug-
geStions and this same power is
available to you and me. Jesus
did not accept evil suggestions
as his own thoughts. He knew
them to be impious suggestions
of the carnal mind, and there
fore was able to say authori-
tatively (4:10), Get thee hence,
Satan"
Christian Science teaches its
students to spiritually dispose of
evil as assuredly as a television
engineer humanity eliminates
static. The student knows that
evil is no more part of spiritual
consciousness than static is part
of the studio broadcast. He
learns how to defend himself
from evil by realizing its Moth
ingness. Thus he reconciles hu-
man thought with Truth.
One helpful point to note is
that Jesus often held to a Bibli-
cal statement. In this instance
he said, at is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and
him only shalt thou serve" 1t
was his holding to God and His
unfailing laws that gave Jesus
the power to hold to his ideals,
to know himself as the Son of
God. The Bible states, "Then
the devil leaveth him, and, be-
hold, angels came and ministered
unto him." Jesus experience in
this instance points to what
Christian Science reveals, that
the temptations of the carnal
mind vanish before the light of
the Christ. When this light is
revealed to us, then angels, the
! spiritual ideas of divine Mind,
also come to us, and we are
healed and comforted by their
tender ministrations.
Mrs. Eddy's Discovery
The prophet Isaiah foretells
the coming of the Christ to hu-
manity in these words lisa. az:
16): 81 will make darkness light
before them" Mrs. Eddy's life
proved that ones darkest hour
is often the very point of the
appearing of Truth. Mrs. Eddy's
discovery of the Christ came to
her in a dark hour, following a
serious accident which was be-
lieved to be fatal. The revela-
tion of the Christ and its un-
failing laws of ministering love
| healed her instantly.
/ To grasp the magnitude of
Mrs. Eddy's discovery of Chris
tian Science we must remind
ourselves that Jesus healing