Newspaper Page Text
PAGE FIVE
N Ry '
se= WHEREZIT ==="And 777 WHATZIT )
eet I P I T N ) I
W\% I, % %{i%jéxfifi'%’{
i) ////7 ¢ ~\«// //,?anm
= My
“"“OC‘GH:“MM - j{fi’ e S ;
o ik ,’.'//,//4;2
e e T m
g, SPAIN %5 Mediterranean Seo XL/ &
oo i A
g @) / e
Y % o /’ ]
Pt~ TA R it s
- o L Rt arndl B
mfiw@// / 2
T 00l MOR o ow i
e 7 ///,'/// T
e Rabat / //’/ // . / /
oo o ///// % /,////
=5 R ,///.4//%//% T
B . /) Y //// |7/
~~> MOROCCO % TN / i
ALGERIAZZ7Z 7% i)
IEN! - / /////7/// / ///
e 5 ‘ 7
=¥ ¥ ’////// /
) / i
Vi s
V 0 R
I\IOROCCO has been described as a part of the Arab World dis
placed by chance on the northwest corner of Africa. The coun
try is a mixture of desert and rich, beautiful garden land where the
river valleys cut through the mountains. Here, for centuries, no
madic tribal chieftans have led the Riffs, Berbers and Arabs in war
azainst French and Spanish colonials, The Morocco monarchy, now
divided into F'rench and Spanish protectorates, with some 10,000,000
population, is but the remnant of the great Shereefian Empire carved
p*hy the Arabs in Northwest Africa and Southwest Europe in the
seventh century. Its natives are mostly Berbers, Arabs and mixtures
of the two races called Moors. Morocco’s economy is agricultural
and pastoral, but because of its splendid climate and natural beauty,
lZorocco has become a tourist mecca. Now, its greatest importance
to the free world is that it is the Western anchor of any Middle East
Defense Command. The U. S. has several big air bases there with
more planned. Morocco's restless tribesmen are presently caught
up in the anti-colonialist, “nationist” fever that has engulfed the
Arab world. The powerful Sultan of Morocco himself has shown
strong nationalist tendencies. Continued unrest and violence, most
prevalent in the French protectorate, could develop into a dangerous
revolt similar to that against Britain in Egypt’s Suez Canal Zone, at
the “other door” of the Mediterranean.
, ’
Q' 2~ Dr. Logan’s Wife
K‘ '—f’\ )g By Diana Gaines
! | b
THE STORY: In an effort to
oust young Peter Surinov from
Angel’s hospital where he is en
gaged in research in atomic medi
cine, Maxwell Cota has insinuated
that Jennet Leogan, wife of Dr.
Gus Logan, one of the staff, has]
been unfaithful. A certified check
for SI2OO endorsed by Jennet was|
found in Peter’s rooms by Cota.
Actually, while Jennet is attracted
to Peter, younger than her aging
husband, she has been a faithful
wife. She had sold an old piece of
jewelry and given the money to
Peter as & goodby gift, realizlnurl
that she eould see him no lonxerl
and aet sensibly. The money was
to be used in slum oclearance, 31
projpect Peter is interested in
Cota, 8 landlord of the slums, had
been trying to oust Peter from
the staff on the ground that Peter
had Communist learnings because
Peter had objected at the time he
signed the leyaity oath. Cota’s in
sinuation about Jennet at a meet
ing of the hospital board, shocks
Dr. Logan who has a weak heart.
XXIIV
Through the black wash of si
lence broken by the sparkle of
passing streetlamps and the swish
of passing cars, Walter Pelletier
piloted the car as though it were
a leaking ship on a rough sea,
shifting and braking and steering
with care and penance. Gus Lo
gan, beside him, was still, closed
up and still with the pent stillness
of a mortally wounded animal who
knows there is more battle to
c~ome. Pelletier was suffering for
-.\me man's suffering. |
But one cannot on a sudden
empty the mind. Over and over
again, his dull mind sorted the
blocks of image and speech and
tone and circumstance that had
built the evening’s catastrophe. If
only it were just the catastrophe
of an evening and not of a life,
and if only i# were only one life
and not two, not three. Why did
meanings and implications have to
linger after the death of the spok
en word to infect the listener with
death? Over and over again Pel
letier found himself pulled back
into the bloodletting of the last ir
revocable hour, trying by empir
ical insistence-“ This I saw,” “This
I heard” to understand or at least
to believe the blow that had fallen
on Gus Logan’s head. Not the
swift terrible blow of an act of
God from which one reels and
then, In eonvalescence, touches
with wonder and religion, but the
poisoned swipe of man against
man from which there is no re
covery nor even the will to re
cover,
Pelletier made the turn on
Whiteoaks with great care, swing
ing wide from the boulevard. He
slowed without a jerk to the Logan
curb.
Gus turned to him. “Thanks,
Walt. You’ve been very kind. I'm
all right now. I won't ask you in.
You understand. I want to see
Jennet.” ’
Pelletier nodded dumbly. He
reached across Gus and pulled
down the door lever. “Call me at
home if you need me, Gus.”
“I will. But I'm all right.”
Pelletier watched his friend
walk to the house with the round
snouldered, self-protective shuffle
of the cardiac. He saw him let
himself in with his key, watched
the lights snap on in three differ
ent windows like eyes opening.
And then because he was too dull
. to know what else to do, he drove
“~pme. He had said he would be
at home.
"Who could have forseen that
neither he nor Gus would be pres
ent at the voting so that Cota and
his stooges would win? i
* & %
Jennet, who had seen Pelletier’s ‘
car drive up, heard the front
door open and close, called “Gus?”
out of habit, and bounced down the
stairs. Her hair was down and she
liked to feel it fly up from her
neck with each step, so she
bounced harder and higher the
way a child does. She lgeld her
left hand, on which the painted
nails were not %uite dry high and
spread. The taffeta skirt of her
housecoat made rich balletic
noises. |
“Hi, darling. Home early.” she
called, trying to sound glad, as if
she had not painted Peter’s face
on every glossed fingertip.
Gus stood, waiting for her, in
the middle of the room. She ran
to him her arms up. He pushed
her away and she started at his
strange stern expression.
“Why Gus! What's the matter?”
Into the moment of silence be
tween them, Gus dropped his
question. “Did you or did you not
give a SI2OO check to Peter Suri
nov?”
The indignation melted and ran
down her face.
“Yes, I did,” She said. “But I
can explain, Gus. It's a long story.
Ideas ..."
“Just how long a story is it?”
!Gus inquired. “I thought you met
him for the first time at the Pel
letiers,.”
“I did, Gus, I did. I haven’t
been—how can you imply such a
thing to me?"”
“For what other reason does a
woman who is not rich give a man
such a sum of money—secretly, so
that her husband will not know?"”
“Gus, if you'd just sit down. I
The tumult
of human life
with its sharp experiences,
deepens mankind's in
stinctive quest for good
that is dependable and en
during.
Here Christian Science
offers the priceless an
swer, Through honest
study of the Christian
Science textbook
SCIENCE AND HEALTH
with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
life is intelligently lifted
from doubt and dread. For
many, a new realm is
opening wide, a new life
of unshakable assurance,
based on a new knowledge
of God and man that is
practical and provable to
meet all manner of human
need.
This way is open to all,
now —ma d e plain by
Science and Health. It is
open to you.
A N NN OO AR
Horace J, Carver, Publishers'
Agent,
One, Norway Street, Boston 185,
Mass., U. 8. A,
( ) Enclosed is $3. Please send
postpaid a copy of “Science and
Health with Key to the Scrip
tures” by Mary Baker Eddy in the
blue cloth Library Edition.
( )Send me further information
on Science and Health and give
also the location of Christian
Science Reading Rooms in my lo
cality. |
BN . i s naniianisian
AEIIORE . iiseinanstiaciivsnaiine
can explain. .. .”
“But it's not good for you—this
anger—please.”
“Your concern for my welfare
is a little late.”
.* % »
She walked over to him then,
“Oh, Gus, stop it. You sound
like the father in a Victorian novel,
Look, I really haven't done any
thing wrong. I haven't been un~
faithful to you. I swear it. Please
let me tell y0u....”
He pushed her hand off his arm.
’ ¢ A Lecture
3 ' on
|. . .
~ Christian Science
| Entitled
Christian Science: The Reve
lation of Scientific Being
by ;
Adair Hickman, C.S.B.
of New York City
Member of the Board of Lectureship of
The Mother Church, The First Church of
Christ, Selentist, in Boston, Massachusetts
Science and religion are
now reconciled by the dis
covery in modern times of
the Science of Christianity,
said Adair Hickman of New
York City in a public ad
dress here Monday evening.
He said scientific Chris
tianity is practical and prov
able, and will heal sickness
and destroy human woes. He
gsaid this Science is exact
knowledge of spiritual law
or divine facts. He presented
it as the truth about man and
the one infinite Creator.
Mr. Hicknran is a Christian
Science lecturer currently touring
this area, He came to Athens at the
invitation of Christian Science So
ciety, Athens, and spoke at the
Georgian Hotel. He was intro
duced by Jule G. Liddell, First
Reader of the local Christian
Science group.
The lecturer spoke substantially
as follows:
To this age, which is regarded as
the most scientific in history, has
come the discovery that all true
Science or exact knowledge must
be comgrised in a knowledge of
God and is therefore spiritual, di
vine, not human. This discovery
by Mary Baker Eddg has revealed
the fact that Christ Jesus was pre
eminently a Scientist, and that he
demonstrated for mankind’s ex
ample and redemption this holy
Principle of divine Science, healing
the sick, casting out devils or
error, and raisingi the dead, clearly
showing by this divine understand
ing and proof the indivisibility of
Science and Christianity.
The revelation of Truth has freed
religion from all mysticism, super
stition, and dogmatic bellefs. It
has removed secience completely
from the material and secular and
raised it to the altitude of true
Science, or “the Spirit of truth”
(John 16:13), which the Master
promised “will guide you into all
truth.”
The Discoverer of this Science
realized the vital necessity of bring
ing to humanity the complete un
derstanding of the primal order of
the first great cause, divine Prin
ciple, thus establishing the true
nature of Science as constituting
the exact knowledge of God, who
is the one infinite cause and crea
tor of all that is real and eternal.
Mrs. Eddy discovered and proved
that Science and Christianity are
identical in actual fact and dem
onstration. She saw and declared
in her textbook, “Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures”
(p. 4), “We reach the Science of
Christianity through demonstration
of the divine nature;” in other
words, through demonstration of
the spiritual and perfect nature of
God and His creation, including
man.
In the light of this Science, we
see that Moses glimpsed this spirit
ual fact when he was inspired with
the revelation that God is the great
I AM or infinite self-existence. It
was he who heard in the thunder
of Sinai the command (Ex. 20:3),
“Thou shalt have no other gocd:
before me,” which Christian Seci
ence explains as meaning that we
shall have no mind :Km from
God, who is the one all-knowing
divine Mind. Centuries later Christ
Jesus said, “None is good, save
one, that is, God” (Luke 18:19).
Equally definite was his declara
tion that “God is a Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in truth” (John
4:24), This assures us that all
truth, or exact knowledge, must
consist in a knowledge of God and
is therefore spiritual,
Mrs. Eddy reached the conclu
sion, through revelation, that all
Scréptural revealments and records
of God's nature proved Him to be
divine Principle. This led finally
to the unalterable conciusion that
spiritual causation is the law gov
erning all that actually exists. She
wrote in Science and Health (p.
275): “To grasp the reality and
order of being in its Science, you
must begin by reckoning God as
the divine Principle of all that
really is. Spirit, Life, Truth, Love,
combine as one~—and are the
Scriptural names for God. All
substance, intelligence, wisdom,
being, immortality, cause, and
effect belong to God. These are
His attributes, the eternal manifes
tations of the infinite divine Prin
ciple, Love.” Saomt
~ Because of false education the
word “Spirit,” when used by the
average individual uninstructed in
Christian Science, seems to repre
sent that which he can only
vaguely imagine. Consequently, his
concept of the word implies a sense
of uncertainty or even mysticism.
Spirit seems to him to be intangi
ble, impractical, or wholly beyond
his present comprehension and
availability.
Christian Science, however, re
veals exactly the opposite view.
It sets forth the true and original
meaning of the word by showing
Spirit to be synonymous with
Truth, Life, and Love, or divine
Mind, that Mind which was in
Christ Jesus, and therefore to bhe
the only real substance or tangi
bility.
Now everyone can grasp the fact
that the ideas of Spirit or divine
Mind express Mind; that Mind is
revealed and understood through
e A S s
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
“You mean he really is a Com
munist—and so are you?”
Jennet stamped her foot. Her
volce erescendoed. “Stop it, I say.
If you won’t sit down and listen
to me like a civilized human be
ing, I won't say another word, Not
another word, do you hear?”
She flounced out of the room in
jeering taffeta and started up the
stairs,
(To Be Continued)
the ideas which ox&ru it. For ex
ample, justice, which is of such
vital, gacticaf value and impor
tance us all, has its origin and
being in divine Mind. The moment
one becomes aware of this, he can
individually claim and utilize this
idea, the only justice there is. Not
withstanding the fact that the idea
cannot be'seen or eognized by the
material senses, everyone can see
the effects of justice in the life of
every spiritually enlightened in
dividual. Likewise, to love our
neighbor as ourselves is a spiritual
idea and is the outcome of the
understanding of divine Love; it is
an idea of divine Love.
Conversely, injustice is not an
idea. It is only a lie about a divine
fact and therefore has no cause,
reality, or authority. Similarly,
hatred is found in the same cate
gory. It is a mere negation or lie
claiming that divine Love is ab
sent. In like manner health is seen
to be a spiritual fact, and disease
only a lie about health. Christ
Jesus declared Satan, or the carnal
mind, the sum total of evil’s claim,
to be a liar and the father or crea
tor of lies, but of lies only. In this
way he destroyed evil, Whether it
was manifested as sin, disease, or
lack, our Master Kroved it to be
without a cause; hence, impotent
in effect. He exposed it as a false
statement about God’s perfect
creation. This lie of evil, Christ
Jesus annulled through his com
plete knowledge of Truth and set
free from evil’'s assumed control
those who had been bound by sin,
sickness, and sorrow.
Christian Science enables us to
follow this same method of im
personalizing and disproving all of
evil’s claims. Evil must be denied
all actuality, presence, or power in
the face of éod's omnipotent good
ness. It is of vital importance for
us to differentiate between true
ideaz emanating from the one di
vinoMindlng‘thofah:obdmor
suggestions iming
from so-called mortal mm
consciousness, the great I AM or
Ego, is the basic fact, we must
recognize this consciousness or di-
vine Mind as being fundamental,
the All-in-all.
As one realizes the facts of be
ing, these truths begin to operate
or manifest themselves as immu
table law in human oxFerhncc. In
this way mankind is liberated
from all self-imposed woes and
limitations. -
Could anything be more forbid
ding, hard, and hopeless than for
one to be told as fact that he has
an incurable disease, that matter
substance is capable of destroying
health and life, and is doing so,
and that there is nothing known
to medical practice that can per
manently ' remove its cause and
prevent its fatal effects? But when
one learns through the study of
Science and Health that life Is
wholly spiritual, hence indestruct
ible, that divine Mind’s ideas alone
are substantial, perfect, and im
perishable, governed by Mind and
not by material law, that which
appeared to be incurable disease
disappears, is proved to be unreal.
Through the understanding of this
Science many an obstacle, obstruc
tion, or agonizing fear has been
dissolved and permanently healed.
The following healing of infan
tile paralysis occurred many years
ago and was related to me by the
one who was healed and who has
gince become a Christian Science
practitioner.
This attack of polio occurred
when she was a small child, badly
crippling and incapacitating her.
In fact, the condition seemed to
become increasingly worse. After
a thorough examination of the
child, the last physician consulted
by her father said: “When they
reach this stage, they usually live
about three months. If your
daughter lives beyond that time,
she will be a hopeless cripple
gl;lysically and, I fear, mentally.”
e same day, however, an aunt
of the child recommended to the
parents that they try Christian
Science. This they agreed to do.
The following day the little girl
was taken to a Christian Science
practitioner for treatment. Desir
ing to co-operate fully with the
practitioner, her parents began the
study of Christian Science imme
diately and also attended church
services, Nevertheless the afflictive
eondition persisted without appre
ciable change for a considerable
length of time. One day the prac
titioner, sensing the great affection
the child had for her father, asked,
“Do you think that your father
wants to see you suffer?” The
child was so sure of her father's
love that the question seemed pre
posterous, and she answered with
a vigorous “No!” Then with a
sense of true tenderness and in
spiration the practitioner told her
about her heavenly Father, the
God who is infinite Love, the Fa
ther of us all. She brought to the
little girl's realization the fact that
because God is Love, He could
never create anything to afflict His
child, and since He had not created
this affliction, the condition was
not real or true. She assured the
child that she could be as certain
of God’s love, care, and protection
as she was of her human father’s
devotion. - . -
The child was deeply impressed
with what had been told her and
pondered the words of the practi
tioner, particularly the thought of
the heavenly Father’s love for His
child. This spiritual awakening
was evidenced several days later
when she suddenly arose from
her chair and walked across the
room to meet her father. The com
plete healing was accomplished in
about a week and has remained
permanent.
At the age of sixteen this young
girl was a contestant in a tennis
tournament when she defeated the
daughter of the physician who had
pronounced the verdict of incura
bility. The doctor in greeting her
inquired, “How is your little
sister?” Whereupon she replied,
“I have no little sister.” Calling
her by name, “But aren't you the
daughter of my old friend?” he
asked. “Yes,” was her reply, “but
I have no little sister.” Suddenly
realizing that here was his former
patient, he exclaimed, “Why, this
is the child!”
From the Christian Science text-
U. 8. COMBATS
CATTLE DISEASE
SAIGON, Indo-China — (AP)~—
The Mutual Security Agency of the
United States yecently dispatehed
veterinary supplies by airplane to
Phnom Penh to combat an out
break of “rindon?eat” among Cam
bodian cattle a hois. The disease
usually fatal to cattle, is believed
to originate somewhere in the bor
ber strip between Cambodia and
Thailand.
book we learn that such a healing
is in no wise supernatural but in
reality “divinely natural, . . . a
phenomenon of Science” (p. 891).
The Real Man-—God's Image
When once it is seen and ac
knowledged that God is infinite
Mind, Spirit, it follows that man,
His image and likeness, is wholly
representative or the full repre
sentation of that Mind; that he is
spiritual, not physical. But how,
you ask, is this to be realized and
made practical in our human ex
perience? A pointed illustration of
the application of this truth to a
complete denial of truth is shown
in the following experience.
A man, whom } knew intimately,
had suffered for several years from
what had been diagnosed by his
physician as inflammatory rheu
matism. He had received medical
treatment without appreciable
benefit and turned to Christian
Science for help. After procuring
a copy of Science and Health and
studying it for a few days, he de
cided to seek the aid of a Christian
Science practitioner. He explained
to the worker what he thought was
the cause of the difficulty. He
added, however, that tollowini his
brief perusal of the textbook, it
appeared to him that Christian
Science taught the unreality of
evil and disease from the stand
point of God’s allness. Frankly, he
said, he could not accept this prem
ise, since disease and mgerinz
seemed more real to him than any
thing else. The practitioner ex
plained that Christian Science re
veals God, good, as infinite; hence
the only cause or creator and that
“God . .. could not create an atom
or an element the opposite of Him
self,” as Science and Health de
clares (p. 583).
Christian Science m“ct?mn
that what appears to be affliction is
only the false evidence of material
sense and is therefore unreal from
the standpoint of absolute Truth.
The patient was also told that
his spiritual individuality would
assert itself in order to silence
the false claims of the physical
senses and change their so-called
afflictive evidence. The patient
countered that it seemed dishonest
for him to say that he was well
when he appeared to be so ill. The
practitioner assured him that he
was well in Science, and that from
the standpoint of spiritual reality
it was dishonest for him to deny
his God-given birthright of free
dom and dominion and to permit
himself to be identified with the
afflictive suggestions of mortal
mind. Moreover it was pointed out
that at the time the patient had
sought medical aid, it was with the
hope that the doctor would make
the disease unreal, in other words,
would heal it. Finally, the patient
began to glimpse the difference be
tween man made in God's likeness,
the full representation of divine
Mind, governed by His unchanging
law of health and harmony, and
the mortal misconception of man,
expressing the fears and limiting
suggestions of false mortal belief.
After the Christian Science
treatment was given, the patient
said he felt better but wished to
come again the following day. The
next morning when he arrived, it
was evident that he had realized
a greater sense of freedom, but
he was still struggling with the
thought of two creations, the spir
itual and material. The argument
persisted that it was not honest for
him to declare that he was God’s
perfect reflection, when he ap
peared to express so much that
was unlike good. Turning to Mrs.
Eddy’s Prose Works, the practi
tioner read to him the following
sentence from “The First Church
of Christ, Scientist, and Miscel
lany” (p. 242): “Unless you fully
perceive that you are the child of
God, hence perfect, you have no
Principle to demonstrate and no
rule for its demonstration.” As a
result of this, the patient discerned
something of man’s coexistence
with God, his true spiritual rela
tionship, and from that moment
his recovery was rapid. While this
healing brought complete libera
tion from the belief of disease and
suffering, far more significant was
the spiritual awakening and re
generation which followed.
From the foregoing experience
we see how mortal thought is slow
to leave its negative standpoint of
doubt .and skepticism. It is op
posed to advancement along any
new line, and most of all to the
advancement inte the understand
ing of man’s true spiritual being.
As one recognizes his spiritual
individuality as his only true self
hood, the false mortal concept or
misrepresentation of man recedes,
and it will finally vanish from hu
man consciousness. In this way we
learn that any belief of existence
apart from God is wholly mytho
logical and deceptive. It is only as
man appears in God’s likeness, em
bodying Godlike qualities—llove,
mercy, justice, wisdom, unvarying
rectitude, and the like—that the
health, wholeness, or complete
harmony of his being is made
manifest. e
When the ancient prophet asked,
“Have we not all one father? hath
not one God created us?” (Mal.
2:10), it is evident that he per
ceived something of man’s true
spiritual nature, that selfhood
which is different from the imper
fect, humanly begotten selfhood of
physical sense. Christian Science
shows man's real existence to be
spiritually mental, and the under
standing of this fact is true self
knowlzgxe. Until this fundamental
truth is perceived in Science, it is
not possible for one to realize his
real, indestructible identity.
For generations there has been
a continuous effort to reconcile the
Adam or mortal concept of man
with the son of God or the man
of God's creating. This mistaken
tendency has hindered the re
demption or salvation of man.
This salvation is made possible
only by realizing ever more clearly
that the Christ ideal ag demon
strated by Jesus reveals the real
man of God's creating.
Evil Without Origin
The age-old question recurs, If
God is infinite good, where did evil
come from, in other words, where
CITRUS PRODUCTS
FOR EXPORT ,
TEL AVIY — (AP) — Israel's
gitrus harvest this season is ex
peeted to yleld nine million boxes ]
half of which will be sold abroa&
for foreign currency while another
250,000 cases are being shipped
under barter agreements. The rest
will be locally eonsumed or pre
served.
The toucan uses its enormoutl
bill as an arm for reaching food.
did sin, sickness, fear, hate, jeal
ousy, envy, malice, greed, revenge,
and poverty originate! Christian
Science answers this question fully
by proving evil’s unreal nature by
healing all the ills that flesh is heir
to and in overcoming everg 80~
called law of limitation and depri
vation. In this way Christian Sci
ence shows that what appear to
human sense as discordant or afflic
tive vonditions are only phases of
the mist, or Adam-dream of exist
ence. This Science makes plain
that because God, good, is infinite,
evil can have no cause or evidence.
All of evil's suppositional activities
can be nothing but illusion.
The acceptance of the afflictive
evidence of material sense as real
or true would make God the au
thor of all mortal discord. This
would imply that God was cogni
zant of evil, even sending affiiction
as a means of mankind’s final re
demption. Indeed, this is the gen
erally accepted theory believed
and taught by some religious de~
rominations today. With so erro
neous a premise the human race
could never arrive at the truth of
being. Mankind could never grasp
life’s real nature and the govern
ing law of good nor find liberation
from sin, disease, and death. If
God knows and sends evils, how
can mortals expect to be healed of
them? Jesus continually healed
disease in defiance of all supposed
material law as he went about his
Father’s business. He pronounced
death an enemy to be overcome
and not yielded to; and did he not
give full proof of this in raising
the dead and in his own unparal
leled resurrection from the grave?
Today this divinely scientific
Christianity, Christian Science, is
lifting a great burden of fear and
hopelessness from human hearts.
It is giving practical proof of God's
goodness and allness and is bring
ing to mankind a saving sense of
the divine presence and of man’s
coexistence with God. Mrs. Eddy
has written (Pulpit and Press, p.
4), “You have simply to preserve
a scientific, positive sense of unity
with your divine source, and daily
demonstsate this.” Paul stated
this vital fact when he wrote fi)
the Christians in Corinth, “We all,
with open face beholdlnfiq:sd in a
glass the glory of the , are
changed into the same image from
glory to glory even as by the Spirit
of the Lord” (II Cor. 3:18). This is
the realism which Christian Sci
ence is bringing ever more clearly
to view in human experience.
In this way we learn that the
actual realm in which we live,
move, and have our being is in
finite Mind which is expressed in
ideas which make manifest the
nature of the one Mind, the all
creative primal cause, Spirit. Gov
erned by this Mind and not by
material belief, that which ap
peared as affliction, sin, or lack is
proved to be false, an illusion, and
when it is seen as such it dis
appears from human experience.
In like manner, fear, discourage
ment, and utter hopelessness are
being destroyed in human con
sciousness.
In the practice of this Science
we soon learn that:demonstration
means establishing in human cor
sciousness that which already
exists in spiritual perfection. Dem
onstration is the Science or truth
of infinite Mind brought to human
apprehension.
Mrs. Eddy and Her Discovery
Paul’s words written to the
Corinthians centuries ago pointed
them to the prime requirement of
Christianity. “Wherefore,” he
wrote, “henceforth know we no
man after the flesh: yea, though we
have known Christ after the flesh,
yet now henceforth know we him
no more” (II Cor. 5:16). To know
no man after the flesh but to recog
nize and bring forth to human ap
prehension man’s true spiritual in
dividuality in the “stature of the
fulness of Christ” (Eph. 4:13), this
Mrs. Eddy perceived to be divine
Science, leading into all truth, and
the only certain way of individual
and universal salvation. She
grasped the full significance of
Paul’s message when she discov
ered Christian Science, which she
gave to the world, first through her
demonstration of it in healing all
manner of affliction, and subse
quently through her textbook,
“Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures.”
In order clearly to understand
this Science one must also recog
nize and appreciate the place of its
Revelator and rightly appraise her
great achievement in discovering
Christian Science and establishing
the Cause. Deep spirituality, to
gether with self-renunciation and
love for God and man, alone
enabled her to receive and present
this Science which has reinstated
primitive Christianity with its
spiritual healing. Her great un
selfed love supplied Mrs. Eddy
with the incentive, wisdom, and
courage required to give this truth
to the world steeped in material
ism and dogma. :
On every hand evidence is in
creasing that since the discovery
of this Science, the aggressive,
groundless claims of materialism,
or what Paul terms the flesh, must
be denied and superseded by the
realities of Spirit or Truth. It is
spiritual understanding unfolded
through the teachings of this Sci
ence which awakens us from the
dream of materialism to the recog
nition of nian as an idea or reflec
tion of God.
This Science of Christianity is
the Comforter pointing the way of
deliverance so all mankind, for in
the light of Christ, Truth, man sees
and knows himself as God’s idea,
or as the son of God. This is the
Christianity which our Master
practiced in healing. Through the
revelation of Christian Science we
learn to interpret life aright as
wholly good, therefore substantial,
imperishable, because inseparable
from the eternal power and bound
less creation of Mind, God.
Mrs. Eddy founded her ehurch
upon the rock of Christ, Truth.
Sfie dwelt constantly on the im
portance of spiritual understand
ing superseding mere blind faith.
The strength of the Church of
Christ, Scientist, lies in the under
standing that in following the
Italy, give a constant discharge of
| natural steam that is used to ogn
ate electrical generators and to
obtain chemicals, including berie
acid, borax, and boron earbide.
Long-time protection from rust
and other corroison is promised
for metal objects with simple
packaging method that uses a va
por from new chemical crystals
paper to prevent the destructive
reactions.
teachings of this Science, its ad
herents are following the Christ
ideal and not personality. Indeed,
its Discoverer admonished her fol
lowers to follow her only so far as
she followed Christ, .
In the early period of the estab
lishment of the Christian Science
movement, Mrs. Eddy’s teachings
were assailed by some religionists
and natural scientists because she
exposed the fallacy of the dual be
lief of mind and matter and toek
her stand for the oneness and all
ness of Spirit, God. Thus she taught
the same pure monotheism that
had been taught and demonstrated
by Christ Jesus centuries ago. This
teaching lis gradually -bringing
about great changes in human
experience. The entire material
theory of man and the universe has
been shaken since the advent of
this Science. The trend of thought
among many eminent physicists
has been towards the conclusion
reached by the Discoverer of this
Science when she wrote her pro
found “scientific statement of be
ing,” which reads in part, “There is
no life, truth, intelligence, nor sub
stance in matter. All is infinite
Mind and its infinite manifestation,
for God is All-in-all” (Science and
Health, p. 468).
A Christianly Scientific Healing
At this point I should like to tell
you of the healing of a young
woman whose background had
been darkened by discord, injus
tice, and fear which had resulted
in a long and difficult struggle.
Her acceptance of these discords
as real culminated in the appear
ance of physical symptoms which
she believed indicated an incurable
disease. Owing to her medical
training she consulted an able
physician who, after a thorough
examination including the taking
of X-ray pictures, confirmed in his
diagnosis her fear of cancer and
stated that the disease was in the
process of development, but he
felt that the condition could prob
ably be overcome by a surgical
operation.
However, just prior to the exam
ination, this young woman had be
gun the study of Christian Science
and had reached the conclusion
that in this Science she had found
the truth of being, indeed the
“pearl of great price.” Her primary
desire was to prove her fidelity to
the law of God which had been
revealed to her. She was also
hopeful that by faithful applica
tion of this law she would be re
leased from the affliction. Then
and there she decided to rely
wholly upon God as He is revealed
in Christian Science. This necessi
tated not only steadfast adherence
to divine Principle, but also firm
rejection and denial of the disease
and the so-called medical law of
incurability. The time came when
she was faced with a critical test
of her fidelity to Science, but she
remained steadfast in Truth and
won her victory on the side of
divine reality in the realization of
complete freedom.
Later, at the urgent solicitation
of her family and friends, who
were not Christian Scientists, she
agreed to comply with their re
quest for another examination by
the doctor. After the physician had
taken the second X-ray pictures,
he was engaged for an unusually
long time in developing and study
ing them. When he returned to the
patient he was very mystified.
“There must have been a mistake
in the diagnosis,” he said, “because
there is no trace of the disease to
be found.”
Answered Prayer
Science and Health devotes an
entire chapter to the, subject of
prayer, explaining its true nature
and power and how it is to be
most effectually used in Christian
Science. It tells us that prayer
“cannot change the Science of be
ing, but it tends to bring us into
harmony with it” (p. 2). Many
humble seekers after Truth have
learned through studying this re
markable chapter: that righteous
prayer means right thinking, and
thus they learn to pray the prayer
wh.icg) is heard of God and availeth
much.
In Christian Science, prayer is a
ceaseless acknowledgment of God’s
allness and of man’s unity with
God, good. Through such prayer
one learns to accept and utilize the
good that is already his by divine
reflection.
As we become conscious of the
spiritual ideas that reveal God and
acknowledge our true selfhood to
be His image and likeness, we ex
press more and more of those
qualities which give outward evi
dence of man’s God-given nature.
The paramount purpose of
prayer is to establish in human
consciousness our true spiritual
God-governed identity. It is to
claim our rightful estate of spirit
ual dominion intact and unassail
able. This has always been the
mission of the Christ and such is
its mission today in Christian Seci
ence—to bring to the world the
realization of that divine Science
through which God has revealed
E(i)mself as infinite and eternal
ve.
Breaking Up of Material Beliefs
Mrs. Eddy has written in Science
and Health (p. 82), “In a world of
sin and sensuality hastening to a
greater development of power, it
is wise earnestly to consider
whether it is the human mind or
the divine Mind which is influenc-~
ing one.”
Jesus showed through his teach
ing and example that the Chpist
way of thinking and demonstrating
was the right and only way. The
Master did not cognize as true
anything contrary to spiritual re
ality which includes the highest
welfare of man, This true way of
thinking was and is the demon
stration of divine Science. Mortals
have failed to find the right way
because they have not understood
and accepted the yracfical, scien
tifle import of Jesus' teaching
base” upon the one Mind, God.
Yrvwedom from the erroneous in
tu.nce of the so-called carnal
mind which claims to dominate
and subjuiate mankind can be
realized only through unswerving
adherence to Truth, divine Prin
ciple, because such adherence fore-
b+ 4, S
3 Yy 0 3
Peach tree borers feed om the
eambrian, or imner layer, of the
bark of the tree, offen glrdling
young trees and causing their
deaths.
Raido receiving and measuring
equipment, newly patented, enn
tell, when mounted on a truck ag
a city street corner, which radio
programs are being picked up by
the various home receivers in thg
vicinity.
stalls the drifting of thought in
the vain philosophies a‘rlfl‘ vgfi
ranging of the human will,
" The severity of the present
flict of ideologies in human ?‘fm
ence and its cause were T
foreseen and foretold by Mrs. 3:1
over half a century ago. In
textbook may be found this arrests
ing admonition, accompanied }
the one constructive way to )
the test: “Already the shadow
His right hand rests upon
Ye who can discern the
the sky,~the sign mtgid,
much more should ye diseern the ,
sign mental, and eompass the 3
struction of sin and sickness §
overcoming the thoughts whla
produce them, and by understands
ing the spiritual idea which
rects and destroys them” (p.
Today it becomes increa .
necessary for us to recognize this .
claim of erroneous influence. glvz .
individual experience will prove
progressive and profitable in pros
portion as it is governed by the
divine Mind, or futile in the &a‘q
thfilt it is influenced by the human
will, 3
The claim of a selfhood apast '
from God, a mind capable of knows |
ing evil as well as good, is the errog
from which proceed all the affligs
tions of mankind. How importang '
then for us to recognize this basie '
error of many minds and to idenw
tify ourselves with the one Mm&
one God, in order to express o
true indestructible individuality!
At this time when the materi
foundations of the world are bei{
utterly shaken, when all that
believed to be secure and
stantive is found to be wholk
transient and insecure, even \
the so-called materialists theme
selves, Christian Science enables
us to perceive and hold
to the divine realities of b
These realities are based on
unshakable foundation of Spirit
Mind, and its ever-present i
The Scriptures point elearly to
present-day overturning, where
Hebrews 12:27, the writer s ;
of the removing of those 3
which are shaken, that those thi
which cannot be shaken
remain.
The poet Tennyson once saw
pine tree growing beside a cataru!
or waterfall. Its shadow fell across
the tumbling water, and the am
observed that “the pine tree
firm” but “the cataract shook the
shadow.” And so today, the turbus
lent currents of passing events are
shaking only the shadows or seme’
blances of false material belief
order “that those things which
cannot be shaken may remain.
Whatever is grounded on the ever=
lasting certainty of spiritual foune
dation or Truth can never be
shaken or destroyed. Christian
Science reverses the evidence of
the material senses as the Mastfi
did, thus revealing true spiritu
existence intact and unassailable.
What a profound and far-reache '
ing discovery Mrs., Eddy made @
when she showed scientifieally that
the entire material theory of man
and the universe is false and une °
real, the Adam-dream, just an illu- |
sion or shadow which has in no
way touched God’s perfect spirgt- ;
ual creation! Christ Jesus said,
“Heaven. and earth shall pass
away, but my words shall not pass
away” (Matt. 24:35). It is the ma
terial concept of heaven and earth
which must be exchanged for the
true or spiritual concept, in ac
cordance with Jesus' words. The
Master’s words were and are the
truth of Spirit. They express the
verity of Mind's ideas, the forever
reality of God’s reflection. Because
of this they are immortal. They .
will never pass away. |
True Versus False Government
We see evident at this time a
menacing form of the carnal will,
expressing itself nationally and
racially, leading to strife, division,
and destructiveness instead of to
regeneration, unity, and peace
which the world so greatly needs,
and for which it seems blindly to
grope. We must be strong in our
resolve and steadfast in our effort
to resist this mental aggressor.
From the viewpoint of scientifie
Christianity, what is called totali
tarianism today is but a counterfeit
of the ali-ruling Mind, God. -
How atheistic is the belief in a
one-man ruler compelling the wor
ship of a god known as the state.
The demands of this despotic rule
require complete subjection of the
individual in which his freedom,
initiative, and individuality are
submerged. The materialists’ out
cry of doubt, skepticism, and utter
denial of the supremacy of spirit
ual power continues without abate
ment. This tenacious trust in the
human will, matter-substance, and
material law, rises today in ada
mantine resistance to the apgear
ing of the spiritual idea of God’s
omnipotence and government by
the divine Mind. .
All will agree that the issue be
comes clearer each hour; Shall God
rule or shall the carnal will and
mammon govern mankind? Sci
ence and Health tells us that in
“reflecting God’s government, man
is self-governed” (p. 125)., It is
upon this fundamental rule that
the democratic ideal of govern
ment is founded. | i
_An understanding of this scien
tific fact of God’s all-}?owet gives
a new significance to Paul's words
to the Corinthians gII Cor. 10:5)
where he alludes to “casting down
imaginations, and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the
knowledge of God, and bringing
into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ,” This means
the casting down of the imagina
tion of materialism as power. This
is the claim of the carnal will that
would exalt itself above spiritual
perfection or reality. It is mate
rialism which falsely claims real
ism in imperfection and finiteness.
Do not these words of Paul also
imply that every thought of sci
ence, thoology, and medieine is
designed to be brought ultimately
into obedience to the recognition
and conscious government of the
spiritual idea, or the Christ, thus
tulfllllng the Psalmist’s &rophetxc
vision, “All the ends of the world
shall remember and turn unto the
Lord: . .. for the kingdom is the
Lord’s: and he is the ‘overnot
among the nationst™ (Ps. 23:97,28.) .