Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17

lcludes a correct estimate of tn,
revelator. Perhaps / am NOR
than a little conscious OF tn
Importance of this because il wa
quite some time before ! came 4
appreciate Mrs. Eddy in a righ
way. considered myself al
active church member when
suddenly realized that ] wa
somewhat annoyed when Chris
tian Scientists spoke of Mrs
Eddy in an appreciative way
Then one summer picked III
the biography Of our Leade'
written by Sibyl Wilbur, ant
when / had finished reading it
my attitude in this respect hat
changed completely.
Christian Scientists revere ans
respect Mrs. Eddy for her untir'
ing and unselfish contribution t
the world, and / know that II
my experience this correct appre'
citation of Mrs. Eddy was an i'm.
portant accomplishment. It ha'
continued to ripen in my though
over the years in very wonder.
full way and has, / am sure
strengthened my understanding
of the practical nature Of Chris
tian Science.
God L. All
In the Bible, God is referred
to as Life, Truth, Love, Spirit
Mrs. Eddy uses three other
synonyms for God, all of which
are clearly implied in the Scrip
lures. These are Principle, Mind
and Soul. Through her discovery
of the Science of Being, she ha.
revealed and given to the world
an understanding of the true ma
ture and character of God as our
loving Father Mother embracing
His spiritual idea. man, as His
perfect expression of Himself
She has expanded on this basic
premise all through her textbook
and her other writings.
Understanding God as immor-
t. Life, without beginning or
end, as infinite, endless being, in
destructible and eternal, invigor-
ates and sustains ones daily ex-
perience. Understanding God as
immutable Truth, impervious to
anything unlike Himself, brings
into ones experience an unin-
vadable equanimity that is un-
fiuctuating. Understanding God
as all-inclusive Love, gracious
Being, holding man forever in its
tender embrace, makes one more
compassionate, gentle, and kind.
The understanding of God as
Spirit, incorporeal, the source OF
inspiration and unfettered purity,
makes one unresponsive to the
temptation to sin and
brings freedom and Joy into ones
life. Understanding God to be
Principle, changelesS, loving, and
imperatively in its gov
ernment of man and the universe, l
brings ones activities under the
control Of the divine will. The
understanding of God as Mind, asI
perfect intelligence, as the sourcel
Of true knowledge and all con-
scious being, is shown forth inI
ones affairs in terms of more
purposeful order and achieve
ment. The orderliness of Mind
and maintained, in
evitably results in a well-orderedI
life. The understanding Of God
as Soul, as ever free and un-
encumbered by matter, as the
essence ofradiant beauty, power,
and grace, is evidenced in ones
as Quietness and as
surance and enduring strength.
Dominion Mans Birthright
1t is through a spiritual under
standing of the true nature Of
God which Mrs. Eddy's discovery
mas brought to light that we COM
prehend the true nature Of man
as His perfect, fearless, upright,
sinless expression. The first ref
arence to man to be found in the
Bible is in the first chapter of
Genesis where God declares that
He is making man in His irageI
and likeness and follows this upl
immediately by bestowing onl
man absolute dominion. And we
can't remind ourselves Of this tool
often! But where would you sayI
is first exercised orl
practiced? Wouldn't it be withinl
the individual spiritual con-
Sciousness, which is all there isl
10 man, the ideal man Of Gods
creating? Where else except inI
is dominion real-
Ized? The answer is obvious, of
coursei In Bible language this
dominion is described as being
over fish, fowl, cattle, over all the
earth, and over every creepingl
Thing. But these words simply
express the unparalleled, sweep
ing dominion with which man is
spiritually endowed. The exer-
,ising Of divine dominion, then,
S primal function Of man as the
rue likeness of God, supported
by the never-failing energy of
divine law. AS we perceive the
natural order and continuity of
his divine control which Chris
ian Science teaches, we begin toI
practice it in our affairs with
ensuing good results. Ones do
ninion, then, is over the false
belief that there is a power apart
rom God.
And so, in keeping with our
subject that Christian Science is
practical religion IN today's
world, we find this to he true
because ii shows that dominionI
S native to mans being and ex-l
oerience because it is God- given.
But, a clear distinction needs
o be made between spiritual
nan; who is the very expressionl
II God and endowed by God with
absolute dominion, and so-calledI
Mortal man pictured by the
physical senses. This man ap-l
bears to be embraced in physical
ty and at the mercy Of matter.
But this appearance Is wholly
deceptive. Science and Health
xysAk Xn~, a. a.