Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17

needed the help offered ane
: would gratefully accept it. HI
{ was shown how to read the
: weekly Lesson-Sermons and Wa
: directed to a Christian Scienct
! Reading Room, one of which il
( maintained by every Church O.
: Christ, Scientist, where he coule
5 borrow copy of Science anc
l Health, a Bible, and a Christian
! Science Quarterly.
This was the beginning of {
long but steady climb back to re-
spectability. Being unemployed
at tn time, he spent many hours
5 at the Reading Room and saw
! the practitioner several times q
week. The most noticeable thing
/ was an immediate change in his
mental outlook from arrogance
, and false pride to that of hu-
mility and willingness to accept
any employment that might be
available. The regeneration in
character going on within this
. mans thought was remarkable
1t resulted very quickly in his
. complete release from the desire
to escape from his problems by
, turning to alcohol. There fol-
lowed succession of menial jobs
land periods of depression, but he
remained Steadfast in his en-
Ideavor to apply to his daily ex-
J. lperience what he was learning
Through the teachings of Chris
titan Science of the true nature
of God and of mans unbreakable
coexiStence with Him. In their
frequent visits, the practitioner
continued to pray diligently for
him and to audibly express many
truths to him somewhat along
these lines: God, unquenchable
Love, has no opposite called un-
satisfied longing or lost oppor-
tunity. God. imperative Prin-
ciple, has no opposite called self
will, latent resentment, envy,
Jealousy, hatred, or remorse
God, unerring Mind, has no op-
posite called a restless, wavering
mind. God. infallible Truth, has
no opposite called dishonesty.
infidelity, or fate. God, unde-
Ipletable Spirit, the only sub
stance, has no opposite called
lack, limitation, or destructible
matter. God, radiant Soul, has no
opposite called material sensibil-
Iity or unbearable environment.
God, irrepressible Life, has no
opposite called a bIighted life.
He drank in these truths. His
economic recovery was not rapid
at first, but he was learning to
claim the truth regarding his real
identity as the child of God, and
ne expressed gratitude constantly
for this. His wife, too, found her
freedom from alcohol. Today this
man has a fine position with
well-known firm. He enjoys the
respect Of his employer for his
excellent conduct and produc-
tion Of business. He is a men,
Der of The Mother Church and
of branch church where he is
serving as an usher and in other
capacities. To see him with his
head erect, his eyes clear, and
look Of serenity and quiet do
minion is a wonderful thing
indeed.
This instance Of how a mans
life has been renewed through
the saving Science of Christian
ity is proof that it offers and
demonstrates the practical way
to overcome the temptation of
false appetites. It does this by
overcoming the false thoughts
which result in the belief that
man, Gods infinite expression,
can ever be less than His perfect |
likeness.
Jesus Expressed Christ
Gods revelation of Himself to |
Moses as (Ex. 3:14) 81 AM THAT |
I AM" is one Of the most dynamic |
made ir: recorded his
tory Of Gods immediate, all
presence. This i'm
mediacy Of God denotes that He
IS infinite consciousness, having
conscious knowledge of Himself |
and Of His infinite manifestation.
This divine consciousness or
Mind is infinite indiv. duality
and, therefore, constitutes the
consciousness of individual spir-
ltual man, the only real man, the
son Of God. And this is the man
that you are, nOr and eDer Uill
be,-the man | am and ever
will be!
Jesus realized this immediacy
of Gods presence, for he proved /
i in such practical ways in his
healing, saving ministry and l
knew that the power to heal the
misery of sickness and to redeem
from the blight of sin was the
power Of the ever-present heal
ing Christ. He said (John 10:30), /
i and my Father are one" This
was generally misunderstood by
his contemporaries, for they
thought ne was making himself
equal with God. But he was
to the Christ, his true
'elfhood, as being one with God,
With his Father, as he reverently
'eferred to God. This oneness .
With his Father which he spoke
If is the inseparability which for
ever exists between God and His .
Christ. Christian Science teaches :,
hat they are one in being but
distinct in Office, in function. It
vas not to the human Jesus that
he Master was referring when he
affirmed his oneness with God
,ut to his true selfhood, the
Christ-idea, or image of God. II
S interesting thai he was not
afraid to identify himSel. in this
way. He did so consistently and !
followed it up with innumerable i
proofs of healing But he never |.
ook credit himself as having
humanity accomplished these l.
lealingS. He was constantly call l.
ne the attention of his listeners L
% the truth that it was the power |,
md presence of God operating |,
rreSiStiblv aS the healing Christ II