Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01

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TALLY as follows:
The Bible opens with the rec
ord of Gods spiritual creation
of man and the universe. When
studied in the light of Christian
Science this record reveals that
God created man in Godlike
dignity, and power. and with
life as everlasting as God, Him
self. 1t reads in part (Gen. IL,
26): ''In the beginning God Gre
ated the heaven and the earth .
And, God said. Let us make man
in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over
=. all the earth" 1t is on this
D basis of Gods loving purpose
for man that Christian Science
demonstrates the dominion of
mans immortal nature, and re-
veals him made in the likeness
of God, expressing Gods unfail-
ing power.
The great need of mankind is
to know mans God-given do
minion, and my purpose in this
lecture is to show why the
power of God, divine Love, is
unfailing and how we can make
it practical. 1t is the spiritual
understanding of God, and of
man as the expression of God,
which is the basis of demon
strating our dominion. With this
understanding comes the spirit
ual capacity to overcome ungod-
like beliefs of fear, sin, sickness,
and other destructive forces.
The Bible tells of many who
have looked to God in times of
trouble. 1t records how help came
to them for failing strength, fail
ing supply. falling wisdom, fail
ing speech, failing hearts. and
a failing life in proportion to their
faith in God and their under
standing of divine Loves unfail-
ing power.
The Apostle Paul's life is an
example of the Transforming and
healing power of divine Love.
Paul refers to unsettled spiritual
love, which expresses divine
Love, as charity" 1t is to this
spiritual love that Paul also re-
fers when he states Il Cor. 13:
81, Charity never faileth."
John, who saw Christ Jesus
demonstrate the unfailing power
of divine Love, indicates why
charity never fails in this simple
explanation Il John 4:8), "God
is love-" And Love is omnipo-
tent, inexhaustible, never less
than perfect Love, and Christian
charity, or love, is mankind's
present expression of this Love.
The Law Of Love
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discov-
erer and Founder of Christian
Science, states in the Manual of
The Mother Church Cart. VIII,
Sec. -, "In Science, divine Love
alone governs man." The unfail-
ing power of Love is manifested
through law. This truth is the
basis of the profound remark
which Paul makes in Romans
(13:10), "Love is the fulfilling of
the law" Mrs. Eddy knew as
did Paul, that genuine love full
fills all of the commandments.
The Bible records that when
Jesus was asked (Matt. 22:36,
81, 39, 40), Master, which is the
great commandment in the law?"
he replied, "Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind. :. And the Sec
ond is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments
hang all the law and the proph-
ets." Consider the first of these
commandments. If one loves
God supremely will he permit
worldliness and materialism to
cloud his spiritual understand
ing? Would one who loves God
with all his heart and under
stands the unlimited abundance
of divine Love, covet what is his
neighbor's? True parental love
is unsettled. The same is also
true of spiritual love for ones
neighbor. Love for God and man
is our protection in every walk
of life. Courtesy is an offspring
of Love. I recently saw high
way sign for motorists which
read, Courtesy prevents acci-
dents" 1t reminded me that
Love is the fulfilling of the
law"
For one to demonstrate the
unfailing power of God he must
have a correct understanding of
spiritual law. The Christian Sci