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SCIENCE
AND
HEALTH
With Kay to
the Scriptures
by
MARY BAKER EODV
Is the original, standard and
only Textbook on Christian Science
Mind-healing.
Published in cloth and morocco
bindings and in Braille, Grade One
and a Half, for use of the blind.
The Textbook , other works by
Mrs. Eddy, and all other authorised
Christian Science literature mty bs
read, borrow or purchased at the
Christian Science Reading Room,
In the Masonic Building, open to
the public dally from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m, excepting holidays. Wednes-
days, from fO a.m. to 7:45 p.m.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,
SCIENTIST
Hyannis, Massachusetts
You are cordially Invited to visit
the Reading Room.
IMPROVEMENT ASS'N
The following offleors wore elect-
ed by the WeHi ituriiHtabie improve-
ment Association ut lis annual
meeting, hold recently In tho Com-
munity renter recently: President,
Carl Salo; vice-president, Roger
Cai'laon; secretary, Frank Mnki;
treasurer, HJmll Davidson, Messrs.
Salo and Mnki were ro-elocleti . On
the Board or Directors are Richard
llaydon , Mrs . lOllse Owen , Rov. I0d-
Wln Kyllomm . Plans were discussed
Tor Improving the Village liiisolmll
Held.
LADIES' GUILD
A meeting ot the ladies' Guild
will be hrid next Tuesday evening
in 7:ilt ) o'clock in lire West Barn-
stable Congregational Church.
BASKETBALL PARTY
Last Friday evening a party was
given for tlui basketball boys, al
iiu> Community Center. Relay
games wore played , and a balloon
tlanue was a great BUCOOHB . Little
silver bnsketballs wore awarded to
ouch player, and their roach , Mr.
Hartley Davis , or Hyannis made
the presentation speech. A silver
basketball also was presented to
Mr. Davis by Orn p'ye, A largo dec-
orated enke wlib the name "Shark
City Team ," written on tho top of
It In red , was enjoyed by all , also
coffee Ineiiil aud coffee worn served.
A sillt scarf and a decorated calie
were presente d in Mrs. Donald
Field , In appreciation of tbo time
and work she lias put 1st at the
Community Center.
BAKED QEAN SUPPER
The Finnis h Lutheran Woman 's
t'luli pul en n line baked liean sup-
per al their church IIIH I Saturday
evening, it was very well attended
and litis was made.
STUFF TOY ANIMAL8
The Community Olub mot Inst
Thursday evening at the homo of
Mrs. Kondrlck Sears at Wequnquol
Lake. There wero 20 present, and
the Indies spoilt the evenin g stuff-
ing toy animals lor the llttlo chil-
dren ul the tSapo Cod Hospital, leu
cream , lee MX cookies, and coffee
were served.
PERSONALS
M I-H. Alfred Weeks and her Bis-
ter, June Keennii , are spending a
few days With relatives in Chatham.
Mr . und Mrs . Curl Lllmntallien
have returned to their home, after
spending the winter in Florida.
Our sympathy Is extended in Mr.
and Mrs. John Davidso n , whose lit-
tle daughter . Siisannu , passed away
last week.
We are glad to learn Ilia! Mrs.
Leonard Flsk, who was sick all last
week with the grip, Is up now and
feeling much bolter.
We WIBII for a quick recovery for
Mrs. Stanley Jenkins , who roll and
sprained her ankle and nut a wide
gush III her leg, which required sev-
eral stitches. She Is getting around
now mi crutches .
Miss Anne Jenkins spent the
weekend In Springfield visiting with
friends,
Mr . and Mrs, LOII IH Cary spent
severa l days this woek In Bridge-
water , visiting Mr. Gary's parents.
Mr. mid Mrs. Karl P. Merrltt ,
who have boun living In Now Vork
City for the past winter , are Hpend
Ing this week ut Iholr home on Cen-
ter Street. With them are their
son, Phil , who attends Cornell and
Is now having bis Spring vacation .
Mrs. Curruthei'H, and the twins. Mr.
und Mrs. Merrill are expecting nu
weekend gliosis to arrive on Thurs-
day, Mr. and Mrs. Wade llullliigs-
head , from Longiuoudnw , Mass.,
with their son, Harry, und daughter,
Allyn. On Saturday night there will
be a surprise dinner party for Mr.
Merrltt , the occasion being his
birthday,
Mr . and Mrs. Paul Coffniun will
spend the weekend at their mlminor
home, "Parker Fiirm. "
FOLLOWING THROUGH
If a man does not know lo what
port he is steering, no wind Is fa-
vorable to lilni. Heneca.
West Barnstable
[ r
A Lecture
I
on
Christian Science
Entitled
Christian Science: The Light
on Onr Path
by
j Cecil F. Denton, C. S.
of New York City
Mnkct »1 lk> Boire W LKInmbla al
Ifci Molhri Church . Tht Flm Church *f
Cfcrfcl. Stimtllt, hi IMIM, MIIMCBUM U*
Under the auspices of First
Church of Christ, Scientist, Hyan-
nis, Cecil P. Denton, C.S., of New
York City, lectured at the High
School auditorium, Monday eve-
ning, March 28, before a large and
interested audience.
Mr. Denton was introduced by
Mrs. Vallna B. Cook, of HyannlB ,
Second Reader In First Church ,
who said in part:
Good evening, ladies and gentle-
men! It is alway s a pleasure to
extend a cordial welcome to our
friends and neighbors who come to
listen to a Christian Science lec-
ture for it is here that we learn
how Christian Science heals all the
ills of mankind.
In the 30th chapter of Isaiah we
read : "This is the way, walk ye
in it, when ye turn to the right
hand, and when ye turn to the left."
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer
and Founder of Christian Science,
states on page 454 of our textbook ,
•'Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures", "The understand-
ing, even in a degree, ot the divine
All-power destroys fear, and plants
the feet in the true path,—the path
which leads to the house built
without hands, 'eternal in the
heavens.' Mr. Denton"
The lecturer spoke substantially
as follows:
It is now generally known that
Christian Scientists love and study
the Bible. It Is also weU known
that the Bible, together with the
Christian Science textbook, "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy,
la the sole source ot the weekly
Lesson-Sermon studied by stu-
dents ot Christian Science and read
from the desk on Sunday in Chris-
tian Science churchet throughout
the world. The very first tenet of
our church, as founded by Mrs.
Eddy, readi, "As adherents of
Truth, we take the Inspired Word
of the Bible aa our sufficient guide
to eternal Life" (Science and
Health, p. 497). Did not the Psalm-
ist declare, "Thj word is a amp
into my feet, and a light unto my
path?" (Ps. 110:105.)
What is this light that shines in
the darkness of material belief? Is
h not the spiritual idea of God,
the ever-present Christ, guiding
mankind into the realization of joy
and health; of peace and security?
The Light of the World
TheGoapel according to St. John
emotes Jesus as saying to the
Pharisees, "I am the light of the
world: he that followeth mo shall
not walk in darkness, but shall
have the light of life" (John 8:12).
Would you not think those listen-
ers would welcome sucn an assur-
ance of true guidance to men, the
assurance that there always would
be a lamp unto thci' feet and a
light unto their path? But these
Pharisees were so blinded by their
ewn dogmatic debating that they
could not discern the Christ which
Jesus manifested.
when Jesus said, "Lo, lam with
you siway, even , unto the end of
the world" (Matt. 28:20), he was
referring to the "divine idea of
God," or Christ, which is the
Saviour to mankind, not just in his
age but throughout all time. The
man Jesus was born of the Virgin
Mary; "the Christ," our textbook
tells us (p. 833), "Is without be-
ginning of years or end of days."
B was the mission of the Master
to demonstrate this saving Christ,
and because he so did, ho proved
himself the Messiah.
Christ Jesus Our Enaample
Christ Jesus was truly "the light
of the world," because through hii
personal ministry he demonstrated
the omnipotence of God and the
impotence of evil; he vanquished
all limitations of time and space;
he healed the sick, redeemed the
¦inner, and raised the dead; he
proved that hate and fear are
powerless before divine Love. And
he assured u- that his followers
should do the works that he did
¦nd even greater worki. He could
•«y this, and did say it, becausehe
knew that all the darkness of error
'•simply the supposititious absence
of Truth, which flees before the
hght of the Christ—the conscious-
ness of Truth. This divine influ-
ence, this ever-present Christ, la
Indeed "the light," as John says,
that "shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not"
(John 1:5).
The Way of Salvation
What greater salvation for man-
hind could there be—yes, what
greater salvation is there for man-
kind—than walking triumphantly
» the enlightened way of the Mas-
ter? My friend, does the path for
you seem dark? Has joy fled? Are
you smarting from the wounds re-
ceived In "the house of rthyl
friends"? ( Zech. 18:8.) Does some
trait of disposition seem ineradi-
cable in its tenacity? Then be of
Jtood cheer, for the assurance which
Christian Science brings of com-
plete salvation hero and now will
he a lamp unto your feet and a
Jhjht unto your path. You will see
mat regardless of the circumstance
which to your suffering sense pre-
sents a problem, your peace, your
health, and your securit: are a*
reedy established in the spirituo
"amy of true being When you r»
Rent, that is, when you change your
{fought from a material and nega-
!** basis to the radiant realiza-
1Qn ot man's dominion as exem-
Hifled by Christ Jesus, you And
fat whatsoevei had hitherto
limited and enslaved you has van-
W
led ,f?r
. ,ack °* witness.
Ezekiel points the way of salva-
tion when he writes, "For 1 have
no pleasure in the death of him
that dieth . faith the Lurd God:
wherefore turn yourse.ves. and
Jive ye" (Ezek. 18:32) Does not
this passage lind a corollary in
Mrs. Eddy's statement from Sci-
ence and Health (p 316) "The
real man being linked by Science
to his Maker , mortals need only
turn from sin and lose sight of
mortal selfhood to And Christ , the
real man and his relation to God,
and to recognize the divine son-
ship ?
In recognizing the divine sonship,
in this turning from a material to
a spiritual sense of existence, we
disavow all that claims o harass
the human experience. To al' forms
5:JeIror we say
' and mean it, as
did Christ Jesus, "Get tl ee behind
me, Satan" (Matt. 16:23). In fol-
lowing in the footsteps of the Mas-
ter, we find that salvation is not
delayed until some future time,
but becomes a present reality, even
as the Glossary of Science and
Health declares when it defines
salvation as "Life, Truth, and Love
understood and demonstrated as
supreme over all; sin, sickness, and
death destroyed" (p. c93).
"A Lady with a Lamp"
It may be rightly said that no
one since the advent of Christ
Jesus has labored so patiently and
so persistently to make available
to mankind a working knowledge
of God and His Christ as did the
divinely inspired Discoverrr and
Founder of Christian Science. From
early childhood Mary Baker Eddy
had known both dark and bright
hours. And as the years advanced,
those dark hours were marked by
sickness and poverty, by pain and
persecution. But through all these
vicissitudes, Mrs. Eddy never lost
her faith In God, never lost her
acceptance of the Psalmist's as-
surance that the Word of God
would be a lamp unto her feet and
a light unto her path. She knew,
however, that faith alone would
never solve her problems. So
through wide and varied experi-
ence and unremitting searching of
the Scriptures, Mrs. Eddy sought
an understanding of God's Word.
Mrs. Eddy Shared Her Discovery
And so that your heart and mine
also might know their Redeemer,
Mrs. Eddy labored to give her dis-
covery of the Christly scientific
way of release from bondage to
materia] limitations to the whole
world. She first put into practice
this revelation of Truth by healing
the sick and redeeming the sinner
in the same way that Jesus and
his discipleshad brought salvation
to mankind. Mrs. Eddy then wrote
"Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures," the Christian Sci-
ence textbook, which is just that—
a textbook wherein and whereby
we find her discovery reduced to a
system so exact in its Science and
so simple in its presentation that
even children can grasp the state-
ments of Truth therein and make
them practicable in their daily ac-
tivities.
To illumine the path of life more
glowingly, Mrs. Eddy established
The Mother Church with its world-
wide branches and activities. Mrs.
Eddy established The Christian
Science Publishing Society; The
Christian Science Monitor, which
is truly an international daily
newspaper; weekly and monthly
periodicals;and the quarterly peri-
odical containing the Bible Lesson-
Sermons. These Lesson-Sermons
Christian Scientists study grate-
fully, for in this study they gain
new light on the Scriptures and
fresh inspiration to solve the
problems encountered In daily liv-
ing. The scope of Mrs. Eddy's
work unquestionably entitles her
to the appellations Discoverer,
Founder, and Leader. Those for
whom Christian Science has erased
the darkness of material beliefs
know how truly the words of her
great contemporary, Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow, apply to ths
Discoverer of Christian Science:
"A Lady with a Lamp shall ...and
In the great history of the land,
A noble type of gooa,
Heroic womanhood."
The Search for God
Throughout ail time mankind
has longed for the peace and se-
curity which an understanding of
God alone can bring; but they have
not always known just how or
where this realization might come.
In his search for God, Job cried
out, "Oh that I knew where I might
find him" (Job 28:3). He, too,
was looking for a lamp unto nil
feet and a light unto his path, and
he found these m a life so freed of
selfishness, fear, and self-pity that
in place of the darkness of human
suffering he found the radiant re-
alization of God's ever-presence
and infinite goodness. Therefore
he could declare, "I have heard of
thee by the hearing of the ear: but
now mine eye seeth thee" (Job
42:5); that is, now mine eye seeth
the tangible evidence of God's
goodness and power.
In referring to this statement,
Mrs. Eddy has declared: "Mortals
will echo Job's thought, when the
supposed pain and pleasure of
matter cease to predominate. They
will then drop the false estimate of
life and happiness, of Joy and sor-
row, and attain the Miss of loving
unselfishly, working patiently, and
conquering all that is unlike God"
(Scienceand Health, p. 282). Then
she adds significantly, "Starting
from a higher standpoint, one rises
spontaneously, even as light emits
light without effort; for 'where
your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.'"
Starting from a Higher Standpoint
What is it to start from "a higher
standpoint"? Is it not to base one's
thinking and acting on the premise
that God, good, alone is power? Is
it not to recognise the falsity of
evil's boast to be and to act? Is it
not to acknowledge that the man of
God's creating is "unfallen, up-
right, pure, and free," as Science
and Health declares him to be
(p. 171)? There is no limitation of
ttoien- space in this "starting from
a hiher standpoint," and it has
noting to do with the human be-
liefs of material origin, tempera-
men or heredity; but it has every-
thln/ to do with a correct concept
of mn.
It was Alexandei Pope who said
that the proper study of mankind
is mn. And Charles Lamb ren-
der*! a variation, "The proper
stud: of man is himself." In a
metiphysical sense, Mr. Lamb Is
righi Christian Science, however,
deciles further that the proper
stud; of man is God, his creator.
In fct, it must be admitted that
all he ills of the world—social ,
econimic, and political , as well as
one'sown discords and disappoint-
ment!—stem from ignorance of
God md man, His image and like-
ness. To know God, therefore, is
to kiow man, and we know both
throigh the revelation of Christian
Scierce.
Truth's prism and praise"
Scence and Health declares (p
558) "To mortal sense Science
seem at first obscure, abstract, and
dark but a bright promise crowns
its trow. When understood, it Is
Truti s prism and praise. When
you ook it fairly in the face, you
can leal by its means, and it has
for jou a light above the sun, '
or
God is the light thereof.' "
In the laboratory of physical sci-
ence the prism used in studies
of li;ht reveals the narrow beam
of wiite light to be composed of
sevei primary colors. In the study
of )eity, Christian Science —
"Truh's prism and praise"—re-
veal; the completeness of God
throigh a number of primary syn-
onyms which Mrs. Eddy tells us
are "ntended to express the nature,
esseice, and wholeness of Deity "
(Scimce and Health, p 465) Four
of these synonyms—namely, Spirit ,
Life Truth, and Love—Mrs. Eddy
discivcred in the Bible as name's
for God. The rJier three—Prin-
ciple Soul, and Mind—she found
impied in the Scriptures, and
thee conform to both reason and
revilation.
The Light of Spirit
Tie light of infinite Spirit re-
veak man's life controlled by di-
vine law and not by matter. All
thatclaims to govern man, whether
it it a belief In fortune, good or
bad or a nervous system, good or
bad or hereditary characteristics,
gool or bad, is seen in the light of
Chrstian Science to be a miscon-
cepion of true beiag int which
mater enters not at all.
Tie word of Spirit is Indeed a
lanp unto our feet and a light
unb our path, for through spirit-
ual-mindedness we walk untram-
meed through every circumstance
wheh confronts us. We know the
riglt thing to do at the right time.
Pad said, "To be spiritually
miided is life and peace" (Rom.
8:6i, and so it is, for the man to
wtom the ideas of Spirit are real
an< enduring Is unmoved by the
frlition and frustration of material
seeking,and planning. To him in-
tufcion , therefore, is not something
reserved for the feminine mind, but
is unerring response to spiritual
guidance.
Vhen Jesus told the woman at
thi well at Sychar (John 4:24, Re-
vised Version) that God is Spirit,
he was defining not only the in-
coiporeal nature of God, but he
wet also establishing the fact that
man is governed by spiritual law.
Jeais' own life and deeds testified
to he fact that because man is the
inuge and likeness of Gou. he is
the image and likeness of Spirit.
Therefore, al! the inspiration and
di\ine energy which characterize
infhite Spirit are also true of man
as His image and likeness. Energy
is not in matter: it emanates from
Spirit and animates man without
depletion or exhaustion.
When Jesus reminded his dis-
ciples that they were the light of
tie world (Matt. 5:14), he surely
must have intended to convey that
s) long as they expressed the
Christ, Truth, which taey had
learned under his patient teaching,
S3 long as they retained the splrit-
ual-mindedness of Christ Jesus,
would their influence tor good be
irresistibly felt among men. But, oh,
the tragedy of those who once hav-
ing walked in the light have al-
lowed their zeal to become dimmed
through apathy or compromise
with matter. Hence the significance
of Paul's earnest admonition to tho
Romans to "maintain the spiritual
glow" (Rom. 12:11, Moffatt's trans-
lation).
The Light of Life
We sometimes jpeak of life in
terms of the material sense of the
here or hereafter. This concept Is
simply in terms of material evalua-
tions of what we see about us or of
what we ourselves experience.
Thus life may suggest only frus-
tration or monotony, as a con-
temporary poet has expressed it in
the lines,
"And tomorrow and tomorrow and
tomorrow and tomorrow
There's this little street and this
little house."
(Edna St. Vincent Millsy. )
In the face of disappointment and
defeat, one has been heard to say,
"Well, that's life." But it Is not
life, my friends, unless it is good;
it Is not life unless it is stable; it
is not life unless it is harmonious;
it is not life unless it is radiant
wlth J°y- - .. .,
What is it, then, you ask, If it
is not life? It is ignorance of real
Life, of Life divine. It Is Ignorance
of God and Hit Christ, whom lo
know aright is life eternal. A
Christianly scientific understand-
ing of true Life relesses us from
the restrictions of material living
and replaces disease with nor-
malcy, poverty with needful sup-
ply, monotony with spontaneity
and inspiration, and failure with i
accomplishment.
Divine Life understood, there- i
fore, replaces a false sense of life i
with its limited concepts. Life un-
derstood establishes the conviction ;
of the eternal goodness of being,
into which no separatirn, no grief,
no misunderstanding can possibly
enter. True consciousness holds no
dread of the future but rejoices in
ever-present good. One therefor
can go forth each day in the happ
realisation that each hour is unde'i
God's control and is filled with Hil
love. In the Glossary ol Science
and Health Mrs. Eddy gives the
spiritual definition of "day" in part
as "the irradiance of Life" and
says furthe r: "The objects of time
and sense disappear in the illu-
mination of spiritual understand-
in.';, and Mind measures time ac-
cording to the good that is
nn rolded. This unfolding is God's
day, and 'there shall be no night
there '" (p. 584).
The Light of Truth
It is the light of Truth which re-
veals lo human consciousness
man's innate integrity, his com-
pleteness, his wholeness, his indi-
viduality. And this understanding
enables the individual to maintain
both his moral and physical whole-
ness Mortal mind's attack upon
one's ennracter or health is ren-
dered impotent by the understand-
ing that divine Truth alone governs
and controls man and gives him
enduring identity. This under-
standing is the forever coming of
Christ—yea , it is the icver leaving
of Christ in human consciousness.
Said the Psalmist, "As for me, I
will walk in mine integrity"
(Ps. 26:11).
The Light of Truth Brings Healing
Obviously that which is true is
also that which is logical. And
that which is true appeals to
reason, eliminating misconceptions
and making way for healing. The
truth of this statement was made
clear to a young mother who had
known literally nothing of the
teachings of Christian Science. Her
little daughter had been ill with
what the doctors had diagnosed as
pernicious anemia. Finally, when
it was said that nothing further
medically could be done for the
child , Christian Science was
brought to the mother's attention.
She listened patiently to a practi-
tioner 's explanation of tht good-
ness of God and the power of His
Christ. Finally he recounted to the
mother the incident in which
Christ Jesus at the marriage in
Cana turned the water into wine
(John 2:1-11). The practitioner
then asked her If she did not sea
that the same Christ-power which
performed what has been desig-
nated as Jesus' first miracle could
replace the abnormal condition in
her child's body with a normal
one. The mother saw the correct-
ness of the reasoning and gladly
consented to the child's having
Christian Science treatment. The
word of Truth became to that
mother a lamp unto her feet and
a light unto her path, routing her
fear and grief, and her newly
found faith saw fulfillment in the
child's complete recovery. Indeed,
she learned the actuality of the
Psalmist's statement, "Mercy and
truth are met together" (Ps. 85:10).
The Light of Love
The Apostle Paul knew through
experience how the light of Truth
penetrates the darkness of material
resistance and reveals the great
heart of divine 'Love. He who
wrote to the Corinthians (II Cor.
13:8), "We can do nothing against
the truth, but tor the truth," also
declared, "For I am persuaded,
that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor pow-
ers, nor things present, nor
things to come, nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature, shall
be able to separate us from the
love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord" (Rom. 8:38, 38).
How unforgettably Paul learned
that the tender and compassionate
love which characterized Jesus'
ministry was the consistent ex-
pression of divine Love. In refer-
ring to this statement ot the apos-
tle's, Mrs. Eddy has said: "This is
the doctrine of Christian Science:
that divine Love cannot be de-
prived of its manifestation, or ob-
ject; that joy cannot be turned
into sorrow, for sorrow is not the
master of joy; that good can never
produce evil; that matter can
never produce mind nor life re-
sult in death. The perfect man-
governed by God, his perfect Prin-
ciple — is sinless and eternal"
(Science and Health, p. 304).
Love Not an Abstraction
In the light of Christian Science,
Love is not an abstraction. Chris-
tian Science reveals God as both
Father and Mother, self-contained
and self-complete creator, who
brings forth man and who holds
man forever in completeness and
in the activity of selfless service.
Since divine Love is another name
for creator, all men must be
brethren. Have we not all one
Father-Mother God:
Sometimes we hear it said, "1
wish I were more loving." If it is
true that the wish Is father to the
deed, then the answer to that de-
sire is simply to be mere loving.
We may not always see the oppor-
tunity to express our love in spe-
cific deeds, but we can always
think of others in terms of spiritual
perfection and love. True love just
loves, seeking no human approval,
asking nothing in return. Lo >
sends forth no unkind criticism and
barbs none. Because love is truly
humble, It is moved by neither the
world's flattery nor its censure.
Love is unmoved in the face of ad-
versity or opposition or hatred;
therefore love is always the victor
and never the vanquished. Indeed,
as our hymn says, "Love is the
roysl way" (Christian Science
Hymnal, No. 179).
A Place of Calm
Physicists tell us that in cy-
clones, no matter how tempestuous
they may be, there is always one
ipot which is so calm that a feather
»n be sustained there in perfect
poise My friends, let love bt your
place of calm, and then regardless
af the irritations or pressureof the
world, you will find your poise and
Kour joy in loving.
'Then, brother man, fold to thy
heart thy brother,
For where love dwells, the
peace of God is there:
To worship rightly Is to low etch
other;
Each smile a hymn, each kindly
deed a prayer."
(Christian Science Hymnal.
No. 217.)
The Light of Divine Principle
The more closely we adhere to
the realization of the true man's
oneness with God, the more con-
sistently wc demonstrate the
guidance Of divine Principle in our
lives For example the business-
man , whether he be among those
"that go down to the sea in ships,
that do business in great waters"
(Ps 107:23), or whether he be an
executive , a salesman, or a mer-
chant—regardless of his pursuit,
so long as he adheres to what he
knows is honest, to what is just, to
what is serviceable, and to what is
good, he is expressing divine Prin-
ciple , and he will therefore bring
out In his experience the fruitage
of such adherence in terms of use-
fulness and success. Tho light of
divine Principle reveals the fact
that all God's ideas dwell together
to bless each other, and all are
mutually co-operative. Therefore
supply does meet demand, unfair
competition becomes obsolete, and
all are blessed.
Principle Guides Men and Nations
"God is the lawmaker," declares
Science and Health , "but He is not
Ihe author of barbarous codes"
(p. 381). God's law , or the law of
divine Principle, is a loving law;
it governs men and nntions in
equity . When adhered to, it settles
all disputes on the basis of the
Golden Rule. Principle reveals the
universality and omniaction of di-
vine justice and replaces avarice
with contentment, revenge with
love, and disunity with unity . In
prophesying the union of Israel
and Judah , Ezekiel records God as
saying, "And I will make them one
nation in the land upon the moun-
tains of Isruel; and one king shall
be king to them all: and they shall
be no more two nations, neither
shall they be divided into two
kingdoms any more at all: . , ,
so shall they be my people, and 1
will be their God" (Ezek. 37:22, 23).
Principle and Ethics
What we term ethics and con-
science, whether in the affairs of
nations, in business, in church ac-
tivities, or in our individual lives,
are simply our subscription to the
operation of divine Principle In our
conscious experience. Hence the
Christian Science practitioner is
scrupulous in his keeping in sacred
confidence all that Is divulged to
him in the relationship of practi-
tioner and patient. And all those
who have named the name of
Christ are grateful for increasing
light upon how to choose between
right and wrong; in short, how to
discern that which is consistent
with divine Principle and practice,
As Paul says of this influence for
good, "God, who is rich in mercy,
. . . hath quickened us together
with Christ'7 (Eph. 2:4, 5).
The Light ef Soul
Our textbook declares (p. 247),
"Immortality, exempt from age or
decay, has a glory of its own,—
the radiance of Soul," Soul or God.
therefore, radiates the beauty of
holiness, the joy an'- bliss of Spirit,
the omniaction of Life and its own
color and harmony. Surely one
cannot see a magnificent sunset or
hear a moving symphony without
being conscious of "the radiance of
Soul."
Science and Health tells us that
"God is the Life, or intelligence,
which forms and preserves the in-
dividuality and identity of animals
as well as of men" (p. 550). It is
the function of God or Soul to pre-
serve life. Your true individuality
and identity are expressions of
Soul and are therefore immortal.
One's individuality is always
poised in Soul and is therefore dis-
tinct and distinctive as spirit usl
entity My friend, honor your true
individuality . We should never
try to be like somebody else, but
rather we need only to bring out
our own individual expression of
Soul. Thus we eliminate envy or
jealousy of another's attainments
or talents, for the light of Soul re-
veals to each one his peculiar abil-
ities, usefulness, and charm which
are his Soul-filled individuality.
Man's Spiritual Faculties
Christ Jesus was the greatest
Individualist the world has ever
known. He defied creed and dogma
and consistently exercised Soul-
sense In place of material sense. He
healed all manner of diseases and
gave sight to the blind and hear-
ing to the deaf. The Master did all
this and more through the realiza-
tion that man's faculties are spir-
itual and not material. Sight, hear- •
ing, and their co-ordination and
preservation, he knew to be de-
termined by God alone and to be
eternally free of impairment or
blemish.
The word of Soul Is a lamp unto
your feet and a light unto your
path, for through spiritual sense
you come to know your true being.
This understanding brings health
and a right sense of affluence; it
annuls the frictions of material
sense and reveals man's serenity
unshaken. In a letter to a branch
church, Mrs. Eddy once wrote,
"Into His haven of Soul there en-
ters no element of earth to cast
out angels, to silence the right In-
tuition which guides you safely
home" (Miscellaneous Writings,
P. 152).
The Light ef Divine Mind
Just as the Bible Indicates that
Gou is Soul, MI the Scriptures re-
vet) that God is Mind Paul said,
"He that searcheth the hearts
knoweth what is the mind of the
Spirit" ( Rom. 8:27). And the
Psalmist declared, "The entrance
of thy words glveth light; it giveth
understanding unto the simple"
(Ps. 110:130).
Obviously the source of wisdom
or spiritual understanding must be
divine Mind. And because there is
but one God, there is but una Mind.
This is one of the cardinal poinli
in the teaching of Christian Sci-
ence and one of the most imperii
tive to understand. In fact , our
textbook makes this arresting
statement , ". . if mortals claimed
no other Mind and accepted no
other, sin would be unknown"
(Science and Health , p. «69). All
the world's distress, it may be said,
comes from the failure to acknowl-
edge God as the only Mind.
Man Reflects Divine Intelligence
Divine Mind replaces ignorance
and fear with wisdom and confi-
dence. Do you recall that when
the Lord sent Moses unto Pharaoh,
Moses was fearful that he could
not fulfill his mission, for he was
slow of speech? The Lord assured
Moses, however, that He Would
teach him what to say, but still
Moses doubted his ability. There-
fore the Lord gave Moses the wis-
dom and confidence he needed in
terms he could understand, that is,
He sent Aaron with him to be his
spokesman. Moses had not yet
grown sufllciently in understand-
ing to realize the true man's one-
ness with divine Mind wherein is
infinite knowing and expression.
The Medicine ol Mind
Because Mind is all-knowing, the
light of divine Mind reveals to us
whatever we need to know for the
solution of any problem, financial ,
moral, or physical. The mention
of physical problems brings to
thought an incident which 1 ob-
served. 1 overheard iwo girls of
high school age talking in front
of a Christian Science church.
Upon reading the inscription on the
cornerstone, one turned to her
friend and asked, "What chuich is
that?" Her friend replied, "Oh,
don't you know , they're the people
who don't believe in taking medi-
cine!" What the girl should have
said is that Christian Scientists do
not believe in taking material
medicine, for Science and Health
states plainly (p. 142) that "God
being All-in-all , He m.ide medi-
cine; but that medicine was Mind. "
And the textbook ndds: "Truth is
God's remedy for error of every
kind , and Truth destroys only what
is untrue. Hence the fact that , to-
day, as yesterduy, Christ casts out
evils and heals .he sick. "
Prayer and Healing
Walking in the light of Mind
means walking in the path of en-
lightened consciousness, and like
the logic of Truth, enlightened
consciousness, or understanding
prayer, makes the way for healing.
A case in point is that of a
student of Christian Science who,
upon spending several hours at a
seaside resort, discovered he had
acquired what was said to be a
severe case of sunburn. The con-
dition was also characterized by ¦
general over-all illness. The young
man knew that his remedy lay in
spiritualized consciousness. He
therefore sought a Christian Sci-
ence Reading Room, where he pon-
dered the truths he had known
from childhood. He gained much
Inspiration from the study of the
Bible and our Leader's writings,
and he found his attention particu-
larly arrested by a statement Mrs.
Eddy makes in her Message to The
Mother Church for 1902. After de-
claring that "