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Show THE MURRAY EAGLE enemy he gave up without an effort. e ure told in the Scriptures that il We trssisi the devil, he Will fid from us, mid Mrs. Kddy iu Christ ian Science has shown the world how to stand courageously and re s;sl evil and fear. On page MlKl of Science and Health she says, "Kise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that is unlike good, (iod has made man capable of this, am) nothing can vitiate the abilitv and power divinely bestowed on man." Christian Science, in lis teaching that all is Mind ami lis Infinite manifestation, shows us that fear always makes its appearance as our thinking, us some kind of thought. It claims to he part of our own thinking, our consciousness The realization that all tint thoughts have Iheir origin in God enables us to scpurale these fear thoughts from ourselves nnd from the divine Mind, lo see them only as illusions, ns false beliefs without basis or en use iu Truth. Tills per ception that fear mid erroneous beliefs are not real imr of Got), Ives man courage ami power to meet and resist till difficulties. We learn how to study anil scrutinize the guests seeking admission to our mental homes nnd to har the door wren fear and its companion be liefs, timidity, anxiety, mid worry Fear is no pari present Ihomst.-lvesof Ihe divine Mind or Mind's creation, it has no cause in God ami (iod never made it. it Is therefore vv it limit law or Principle. In Christian Science everything in Hie realm of wrong thinking, false belief, fciir, and disease is termed error; in other words, er) . study oi L. giij.'iy, therefore, in, in N lit tler to be s.n.'d In Christian giving strict to the rules laid down for wholly spiritual, the exact and perijs aptiliciiiion, cannot fail to stic-e.- s fect image or rel'lccii ui oi' poiieci d. He will gel out of It infinite Mind. of This Christ iar teaching. hlessimju, prosperity, and pence. All siieiosilul demonstration if Science regarding the In:' ii.i.my Christian Science is hased upon a of man. according as it dis s extic ly noei concept of what we uudei'-statr- l with ihe spiritual account of ci cato he Gm1 as divine Prin tion in Genesis. ohmis the way tor declares every man and woman to underciple. Christian Science ilial since there can 1h hit! one un stand n nil demonstrate his real verse even as ttie word "universe" identity as a child or son of (iod. indicates so that universe can We are enabled to ierceive, in a have hut one cause. This universe. measure, why Jesus declared him ; it humanly, self lo le the Christ, or Son of even as we cogni:'i why and h"W he could claim the gives evidence of heing infinite, as having no limit or intelligence mid iiiiderslaiiniiig to hoiuiihiry. lte.ison tells us, too. that do works which he said were pos tliis Infinite, Immeasurable universe sihle to every man. The healing proclaims the existence of an In works of Jesus, his ledemp ion o; telligent cause or liouineuon. It is sinners, Ihe demonstration i f .tluui-danand reasonable that also evident sltpp'y where lack seemed very evident, enabling him to feed since all we cognize manifests tilt' multitude, his raising of the it must in Its very all ihls was the ivstil! id In' the phenomenon, or effect, dead, of an intelligent and self existent spiritual thought, of what he knew first meat Cause which we in of Ihe truth of real heing. It was Christian Science rail (iod. or his understanding of (iod as the' enabled ChrUt Mind, (iod is, therefore, Ihe one. in- only Mind that finite, eternal Mind. In line with Jesus to prove his souship with (iod. reason, we also see that this one And it was their understanding of t Cause or Mind must the Mind which was also In Christ) he Ihe Life of all heing, that God Jesus ihat enabled Peter, Paul, nnd others to prove by their is infinite, eternal Life. Being etorn many al and infinite. God is In His very works that the .same souship with tiatuie all inclusive, nnd Christian Cod. Are you uslmj the understand in ing of God as Ihe only Mind Science declares that God is, n stated in the Hihle, omnipotent, om- your business at.d in lie home? Are you learning to think with niscient, and omnipresent. measure of (mwer, caII is important to note here that a larger Mary Baker Kddy. the hiscoverer pacity, and visn, because ymi tin and Founder of Christian Science. derstand that these cliaraclci Isticv Untied wholly to the Scriptures in belong to in. in us the image of of Ihe Christ her search for a better understand Mini? On page textbook Mrs. Kddy lug of God. mid that, therefore, the ian Science definition of God us stated in writes: "The term Science, prop"Science and Health with Key to erly understoodrefers only to the the Christian laws of (roil and to His xovcrn-mcii- t ihe Scriptures," of Hie universe, inclusive of Science textbook (p. fN7), finds its sanction in I be Bible. In her del'i- - man. From litis it follows that busit Ik she declares Him lo he: "The iness men and cultured scholars have found Ihat Christian Science lug. great I Am: the liiin.s lf lo the ' hi Nlhlll Seiel'ee, A Ledure on CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Entitled I (thristian Science: Its Healing Influence in Business and the Home $ i r-- . (. By Mi Richard J. Davis, earnest C. S. 4 Mother Church, The First tuber of the Hoard (if Lectureship of The 111 Mass. Boston, Church of Christ Scientist, pirents and all his family arc Jiiiihlhisis and he had hecn reared in that helief. Naturally' he knew little or nothing of the Hihle of and the occidental Christianity, t ideas of God mid of Christ Jesus were unknown to him. Like millions of other iieople the prohiems of life f. were forcing him to seek a solution and in his extremity Christian Science was presented. This man. a thinker, commenced the study id Christian Science solely from the Mandiioliit of reason. There could he no other approach lncause of his utter unfamiliarity wiih and lack. an indication that men mi- of faith In the Hihle. Little hy lit tit 31 he found that reason and revelation lking a closer and more pracltical were hcitiL' reconciled mid followed not? And why (iod. jinct wilh In tin mild it he thought strange that hy test or demonstration. are line of reasoii a flood r lignt was women and men elllgetii thrown on the I'.ihle and the life ruing from outgrown ideas of with days of service, works, and words of Jesus. Thh die concept of an omnipresent, man, all his life a Buddhist, train fcnivailal.le God, and a religion ed in modes of thinking entirely he liveil every day of the week.' remote from our own, has accepted Christian Science and realizes that every hur of the day? Mrs. Kddy has correctly and scienTHK (.KKAT DISCOVFKY tifically hased her discovery on the I.ihle. The teachings of that hook In J mm; a gentle New Kiiglaud heen shown to him to he ah- have bed. her suffering I;ty niwn i;iil eternal: Principle; Mind; rcasonahh', logical, and was solutcly which 'Jtih n mere ailment Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth: Love: lie result of an accident. A devout all substance ; intelligence." no'etl that Mary It is lo he Christian, educated and reared by It is possible lo analyze and prove host Baker Kddy says she discovered hy logic and reason the truth of )er parents according lo the tradition of that day. this woman. Christian Science. She did Hot inevery term in this defiliiiioii of Jlary Haker Kddy. luid through her vent or originate It. In the same (iod. but I Ids is. of course, not Whole life iK'i'ii seeking a more way that Lief Kricsson may he said in the short space of time iinderslandiiiK of God. a i have discovered America, so she practical a lecture. I.t us conto allotted own human II Cod available to her discovered or drought to light a moment the teaching of sider fellow-meffds mid those of her riinciple that has existed throimh Christian Science that God is Mind, mid other medicine in divine ihe one Kiiierleiice all ages, mi infiiiiie, intelligent Cause the lieallng methods had led her step hy law, harmony. of the universe. How does this Mind indicating a conseto from mutter It of away heing. icp Science, and continuity rewal itself? How is It evidenced? crated study of the Bible and the was the promised Comforter ol ill thought. or ideas, as infinite us apiritmil healings of Jesus and his Christ, the spiritual Idea of God. ihe Mini conceiving them. Viewed exIn her this At so point of disciples. this Comforter or truth heiug even on a human plane, all that mid illumined her consciousness with we perience, alone and helpless, cognie nil of which we arc earing what her physician, what light that tin divine facts of doing conscious Is the product or result. Into relatives and thought friend came as a complete revelation, some kind of thinking. of primarily, 'd in the lssik ker death, she turned unreservedly which she This great building, everything mutter from to medicine (iod, with from known as "Science and Health dealing witli its plan, construction. from the room to Mind. Slip Key to the S i Iptures," Ihe and development. ail Ihe ingenuIhose who were with her and ok hiN.k of Christian Science. Study if ity, invention, and art manifested. manIs her Bible to the account In this hook revealing to all ih intelligent work of many men. misled the of of the healing kind "the Comforter which Icadetli all this and much that is not vis exof hour In that Jesus. and all Health, hy tiulh" (Science into jnati ible. Is the product solely of human tremity she esiH'ih nced a spiritual p. In the great buildings ll;n':i;!il. from revelation which raised her up lown through the ages the law about us, these loo, the product of tier led. She dressed herself and availahle thought, are thousands of p. epic, talked Into the next room, l the of God has always deen who dis- conscious, intelligent, thinking jht consternation and amazement of her hut there have deii few sons, all uiauliesiiug thought or friends. Knee to face with God, the cerned eiioiich of the truth to it In human oxjicrioiice. Ideas. The dig office dtllldlligs are e of min and suffering faded at various periods in fairly throddiiig with the life, acgwity. She recognized lit r true heri- Occasionally have aps'ared great tion, and thought that constitute there history God. of a child as tage and wets A hrnba tn. what we call business. Indeed, is prophets Fortunately for the world this Moses, Klijah, Iaiah, mid others.' l.ol all thai means business or comius the beginning, not the end of u These men approximated Truth suf- merce, the result or effect thereof? great ex'rienee. for she Immediate- ficiently to Uplift the lliouiihl of There eollhl Is' no dllsinesS without ly couiuienced lo study and ponder their ami dy pracltical though! or ideas. eoplc, tie spiritual law underlying her re Is anyone originating demonstrate to an hIiuosI all thN proof uvery. Hy this act this loving an avail- himself? Can anyone think for a thought, doubting always has made God available to nil ahle G'hI. Confucius, SiH'rutes, and moment that ho Is himself the (ibtiklnd through Christian Science, Pluto nl-- o represent n riodn when cause and inalor of thought, of fhohmid tire grateful for men were reaching out for a clearer Inveii'lon. diislue-- s, skill, art, and er life of service and in the future roui-cp- t that of God through philosophy, science? A nil Is it AllllnlM Vill rise up and call her i hut Ihe actual Science or law of ln lllltlle isiiruhlo the nature of ihssed. Turning to the Bible In her lug. the relation of God to man. thiamin, infinitely mid continuously law which made her the for feiinh maulfcMed In man, finds Its origin hut dimly discerned. saw they ecovery iilh. Mrs. Kddy Irln-flplin brain natter, a pulpy ma-- s withI At ihe outset may remind you Qiut there must he an absolute in a rraiiium? Christian Science do . hack, of the life ami works of that ( hirst Ian Si lomv Is a nclem-ehire that tJiice there Is hut one Sclem-Science Ihe the of doing. Christ Jesus. cr study resulted In Mind or Cause, that all true . which enahle the discovery f uhat she termed of actual exlslelii-efinds Its origin thought "the Christ Science of the divine everyone lo gain u deiuoiislrahle un that nil Is and Iheie. there, only of Ihe laws and rules laws of Life, Truth, and Iove" Mind and lis in finite Ideas or divine ISclecne and Health, p. lo7. hli" of all true living. It, therefore, manifestations, mid that linili.de-- i declared Hint these laws, the law of makjcs Its iicat tit your Mison hirisl ill the first chapter of Genesis . ronhh-ruiioiiIn Life, the law of Truth, ami the law and Ihouuliiftil .i he the image and likeness of God, of love, could lie clearly nnderslmsl order thai you may get out of likethe ial dlessings which must de the iucnl.il Image or hy tuen and that when understood ness of Mind. IndiS'd. the Icelandic they could Is applied spcclllcully lt are there for Jdil, the duioand is translation of Genesis puts It In made that you shall think, think the myriad prohiems of the race. Anil (iod said. thai way; jus carefully and accurately and regard us make maii after our n.lnd and SCKIITI'KAL BAMS it as n suhjis-- lo Ik- - studied rather God shaped man than periiMil. N'n one would think our likeness ami i Al li'ls point there may U lho--a for His mind, after God's mind the scietiiv id Ua will say, "Von nsk me to merely of HTU-llre ChrloTiiMi Id' hint: nlld He shaped Science on the has- astronomy if k exnst.s to vain shaped ncccpt I he'll j and female." male t n prin leal understanding of it. I' of the llltde, iJ"' ran I do that? we cotuvive nf u universe Clin 4 The dlsi lisnloim mid debute of lo mid this Is I'ipially true of Christ Without or law, a older, plcl-b'M- , Ian Science. In day and the radical difference devoid of thought or Ideas? universe ilnloti even hi ehurihcn of ohh r hi the study of ihls Si ieiin you When thinking i eases ihs-- in it con ' faith than yours have niiiMttled toy will find that its teaching tvvurdins si ioiislicss al'.o cease? What ihounhi. How- do you or I know thai God Is clear, logical, mid reason of a mill without Mind and Ifce Hihle ran ln aiiiiitiil as true?" aide. Veil will find that il coituhh-s- . ldea? A iioiietuity or nonexistence. k Christian S lctif does not you Willi tiimli that you have An h man ihinki'th. so is lie. and to luvifit H slntli' statement nhout unconsciously fell true. You will Mrs. Kddy says In Science and Ih BihW or nnythlmt else which find that Ihe of Christian Health, mi iigi lo'.i, "Christian leaihilig ikien not eolm lde with correi t ren Sclcnep regarding man nnd lii true Sclciee reveals ininiitroveriibly that son or that yon cannot fully lest i illation lo (;,H aiir.vlng and Mind Is All In all. thai Ihe only reMrs. lteiillzlii demonstration. this, hoH-fuI- . and that this Siloine pro alities are the divine Mind and Kddy Werwlf testel tier rilneovery vldes ceriiiln rules whhh must Idea." for years M'fore she giive It to Ihe low eil If the Selclice Is lo de Is It roiiceiviible, Iheli, that mi world. rorrwily and dolentiflcully nppll.sl lin'lfis t thought could fiiinlililc ot Iouk ngo a young man came out .f nn exsrleici' ef frmu Ihe one nil Hrfec Mind? No. I j4i dm, a JaMiniM. lie was situ In tiiany yesrs, I can uny to you ilmi reaoti tells un (hat Ihls muted he and educated there. Ills any limit or ivuiimn who will mi Is effect. Caue lielng Vifehesp lectures, which tire nrrnng-- f to meet the need of men mid mu-everywhere, tire n concrete of maple of the nniversiil appeal its and practical Science iristian of lilleulion in every department audi-C- e man endeavor. This treat cf active, busy is niade-iileft their offices Dple who have ri homes anil lire gathered here that they may take 111 the hoi which ck with theni something meet and to them enahle heller )! harass-Hitjidle the problems and that come Into their everyday . This is indeed a hopeful in-tin- p perii-nce- . a h.-r- ever-ois-rati- tran-crilK- - ii-- d Mat-Hu-v- v e iu It t e ng s a-- l ftblVt l"ifist, WIF i .1, !i;tt ii iimt pcrswrverailce, hut we recognize that what culls success Is of, ell not real tcieccss but the result of human will mid false ambit ion, which sootier or later break down. Christ-ia- li Science shows us how failure and spiritmay be scientifically ually overcome, II gives us a rca for the hoe that is in us. Ii docs not tell a man or woman suffering with the sense of failure, no i say 'I can; 1 can succeed; I success,' " or something like that. That is Hot the proecss of Christian Science at nil. Instead. It explains ih" true nature of God mid His creation. Failure could never originate in or emanate from the divine Mind, God licwr made a failure, could md make a failure, never knew a failure, Is'cause lib universe, including man. is a complete success, finished and very good. It shows mail how he ma legitimately assert his dominion over (lie belief of failure, how he may separate it from Ids thinking mid claim infinite success, infinite opportunity, ami iiniuite capacity Hie natural mi ribtites of God's 'Must urn a man. Christian Science points out that men often fail because they tire weighed down with a great i f personal responsibility. It is iheir business. They must lend il. They must watch it week-daySundays, and liolidavs or It will get away irotu mom. l.ui where is God in all this? is there no application of spiritual thinking iu business.' In the case of the man carrying on his business solely through the efforts of human will ami with the consciousness Unit he alone is personally responsible, one can a time when he imagine easily would find himself in fear anil wholly nnsusiaincd. But Hie man who turns daily mid unreservedly in divine Mind, Ihe source of all intelligence, this man will not fail enhances iheir endurance ami men- or fear, for he has learned to detal powers, enlarges their jwrcep-- I clare as did Jesus, "t can of mine lull of character, gives them neiite-iies- s own self do nothing. . . The Father and comprehensiveness and an that dweUetli in me. he doclh t Christian Science declares ability to exceed their ordinary capacity. The human mind, imbued that we may legitimately cast our with this spiritual understanding, burdens on the Lord. Can we conbecomes more elastic, is capable of ceive that the the God Is tumble or unwilling somegreater endurance, escas-what from itself, an ! reptiles less to carry them? "For that he is roiose. A knowledge of the Science; strong in siwer. not one failclh." Are you afraid to declare, "1 of being develops the latent abiliIt am a son of God"? Are you afraid ties mid possibilities of man. extends the atmosphere of thought, to establish your relationship with Father-Motheaccess to broader your creator, thgiving mortals ami higher realms. It raises the God? Are you afraid lo think' with thinker into his native air of in- tlie Mind that was in Christ Jesus, sight ami perspicacity." His native witli the Mind that knows all air! Vour native air. right lo day, things? And if you are not thinkis one of vision, capacity, and Intel ing Willi this M'nd. upon what are ligeme, if you will just claim what you rel'ing for your intelligence hcloucs to you. your heritage as a and thinking capacity? Christian child of God. Our Wakening lo litis Science shows us how to be spirit-mi- l truth is not unlike thai of a man thinkers, it shows us that since who has gone all his 11, 'e in pov- Mind is Infinite nnd man Is the erty, while all Ihe while n ureal image or reflection of ihat Mind, inheritance awaited fiim in the there is no limit or hound lo one's hank. Why didn't he draw ujion it ability to think, thai we can iiow before? Simply because be was in claiiu as ours, infinite Intelligence, infinite underignorance. He did not kimw enough. infinite wisdom, He did tut I know It was there, that standing. lo you lielieve It to be il was his to claim. Chrlstiau prestimpi ions to claim that ymi refiInfinite intelligence? Are yon Science shows us what we have In- t-el herited. It reveals our Immeasur- doubtful lest there bf not enough able legacy. It declares Ihat we Mind to go mound? My friends, may every day, yes, every hour, you Heed have no fear on that make our rightful demand on the score! The very Immeasurable charhank of Infinite Ijive. Mind, for In- acter nT Mind indicates its unlimittelligence o carry on our business, ed mil ure. Ymi may claim all then-Imid there will still he enough for rapacity and capadility to fill our Hisitioiis in a del lor way, mid for the rest of us, till litis Mind is one and Infinite. to manifest progress, the legitimate No Pharaoh of Kgv pt held the result of woik well done. There Is never a lime when the dank of III children of Israel in greater horn! Is exacted of Imfinite mp will refuse payment a ge than Voii can write out a iln ik mi thu' munity by the task nuister fear. hank at any time and It will never Men ar afraid lo eat. and nfriild lie prolosicd. Mol isiver, I In batik of lint in eat. If biislnv.s is good, they infinite Love lieVer closes its doors M'c afraid it will Is- - dad. and if il Il is upon for the "l ather's husi is b id ihev are afraid It wllr he ness" al all hours. Your check will worse: afraid if Ihe weather Is never coiue hark marked "noi suf- hot, afraid if il is cold. Indeed, foal ficient funds." There N always Is usually present iu some form al enough, decause ihe resources of all occasions. Wlial is this Ivrali1. Hi" dank of Imluiie Ioe are Infifear? I it real and G d provided? nite, its ( ipltul mid funds immeas- Has the all loving creator of the urable, our Interest or returns me universe put into the heart of man Ihe blessings t luiT are Muuel out tie-sthoughts of timidity, appro, In such abundance thai tbete hens',, n, and tnisgix ing? No, not one room launch to rseive litem, of them. "For Ceil hath not givtii us the spirit (l f, ;ir: but of power, What Is a failure? What has ha pi n nl di the thinking of a in. in who and of doc, and of n sound mind." falls, and why has he fallisl? The The world i coming lo see !"' of luting message of salv.it dm frnin available are lie teaehim.-the lu'llef and fear of failure is one fl,ril.iu Science that God is Urn-ani- l that the i nly Mind goVei iiii man. of the luosl glorious blos-hiiexists for eeryone In Christian Now til's llluh islanding en.ihles II It it iiI cast out fear. We rtsngldc Hull the to Science. world is filled whh men aid women hnws us that fear comes into carrying within ihcir leans the thought primarily as a lemptullol; COseoUsH'-- s of fear that they to acknowledge ,ttn! how down Inhave not toictivdcd. l'odldy they due a power oilier than the unihave started out well enough, hut fied. We ale asked to admit Ihe f an evil ititiiy whiih somewhere on the ronij I hey hiivc run into difficulties. They lnivc I II" the ubiiiiy to ilieupacli a!e, tcr iint where loin la d n they say rify, ninl destroy the children ol Ii It u.i I ieiioti t' lts lis ilia' within lhotnelws: "I can't. I don't G'k. know how. I inn afraid. I am dis- all ibis - not the product of an Iu couraged. I cali'l siicos'd. I mn a f.oitclv good God, and hidisil (!! if evil and failure." It Is a will known fad would not Ik- - in f in i Ihat no man ever accomplished any- its olfspt iiig, fear, lite self eolisti, thing worth while until he admin-i- tilled and eteriinl realities, I his Innate capacity to do il. aged and disheartened in great man must have claimed the slritggt" with life's problems, it his ability Is'fore he inuhl put It would t'lii !h"i.,li one's ability to the lest. He knew he ssscssi to cope with difficulties mid lo re t tin ni had so weakened, that lit Ihe power lo accomplish. Many men sis'tii o sms-ccthrough personal ihe vciy first oiislaimhl of the T(H b o, I g s - r e s s ijM-ou- t Kv-cr- si-- YA . roneous Ihoitghl. Tin) way of ' de- liverance from error for everyone is a way of correct and right thinking. There is no other. We all possess the power lo think divinely, to have spiritual ami holy thoughts, whether we have exercised that power or not. That even children may think, themselves out of error is ilttstralcd iu the method used by a small hoy I know in California. t'oniH-lleby a serious physical condition to remain in bed. this little fellow lay earnestly trying ill his childlike way lo get rid of the trouble. Suddenly he stood up in the center of the bed. am) pointing his finger said. "KVnr, you mole on. Voti can't patk here." II" could not have expressed II more exactly. For is it iml Hie nature of evil nnd wrong thinking to do ju- -t that thing, park in our Ami. like some cars, if breaks the law nnd should he told io move on. Li t hlisliun Science, we do not "send" Truth or true thoughts lo oilier people. Truth's very nature Is i mtilpicsi nee. The noiion of send to ing thoughts from one another is only n species of sugges lion. Trill Ii cannot be suggested. It just is. Therefore, how Inspiring It Is to realize Hint when we see (hut man Is free. well, awake, mid alive. this is mi omnipresent fact, and Ihe very presence of (his right bought eliminates ami dissipates the that lunii is sick, fettered, or ash-op- . The practical application of Christian Science and its greal blessing was demonstrated in our family many jears ago when It delivered my father from bondage to drink. Mli- - had Hied all kinds id cures to fn-- him from the habit f e f lliem helped 111 all)' hut w ith his healing In not however, Christian Science, only was his life regenerated hut this hi. sscd Tinih becmuo the (impotent influence iu Ihe lives of every member i f our family nnd has governed us ever since. Von can but di lo guv. ol therefor" understand the gratitude which I give lo God for revealing lids blessed Trill ii to our revered N ader. Mrs. Kddy. Those who would set aside the Iu re Ci,iisti;uiioual Amendment gard to prohibition nre forevei claiming that their individual lib ciiies are taken away, but let inc ask anyone. Who has !cs liberty than tin- - man or woman who Is a to drink? Spiritual thinking slav gives man Hue liberty and the (tower in jici rightly mid conversely frees him from his degrading slav cry to evil habits nnd wrong think kind. Imr of Iu Hie touching There Is i f Christian Scii nee Ihat Ihe excuses, or advociiles iisoiu-liictnN- use of litioxh iiilng liipims, , The church iuinl siinitely with at.d give its wholehearted supsirt to the Constitution of our country a ml to those who arc dutifully upholding it. We Islievc that the Prohibition Auiendtnelit Is not only :i gmsl law bet Is a great moral mid spiritual funs- for the welfare of the nation, and that it cilue nbolit us the result of heller thinking oil Ihe purl of ii gieal majority of our people lie, aitse It Is a force for good opcr II canat ing Iu hum. in not de separated from the progtcs utifoldllielil of our llllllotl. No detti-- r Illustration of the lVinlinit motive humatillalluli christian Si (i tiii- - tan Is- - found than Chrit hut Seli-u- exjs-tlciic- : . 1 WITT )ffl? Hie establishment hy Mrs. Kddy of the great international daily THK CHRISTIAN MONITOR, designed, as she said, "to Injure no man, hut to till mankind" bless (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and news-paiie- SCI-KNC- Miscellany, p. 3fi.'l). A liewspnjx-- r writer from girlhood, Mrs. Eddy keenly appreciated the potency of Journalism and Its effect upon Unthinking of tlie world. We often hear the term "power of the press" hut to what extent have we analyzed It to see Just whut that means power of the press? To what extent have we seen that what is known us human consciousness Is largely constructed, framed or built up through what we read In the newspaper? We think, whether we realize It or not, largely In terms of the printed pnge. Indeed It is snhl that we are a newspaper-governeMuch that we think or talk u bout through the day finds Its origin or first expression in the newspaper. Consider for a moment! here In this city Kvery morning thousands of you get up nnd stream out. Into the streets nnd buy a newspniier. And then what? Each one commences to fill his consciousness with thoughts of crime, scandal, accident, disense, and death not very got si mental food with which to begin the work of a day. Not long ago a professor in Hrndfonl College, England, s made the statement that of tlie thinking done hy (he civilized world was furnished It hy the liewspuers. Now Mrs. Kddy, great woman Unit she was, looking Isdovv the surface of things, saw the tremendous jsiwer of the printed page, the ('ommiiulculion of Ideas lo human consciousness through Hint medium. She recognized, too, the part that the press plays In all this, and conceived Ihe Idea of a newspaper reflecting the spirit of truth, of honesty, Integrity, and rightismsness in business affairs, iu government. In tin- - home, In education, In art. III every tlepartuielit of life, III fact. is acknowlThe MONITOR edged by many of Ihe great men of the time to he the criterion for all nevvspaiers. It Is a wayshower In Journalism. lis practical influence dis-ask-- r, five-sixth- y upon human affairs cannot he es- timated, mid only love for mankind inspired its incept ion anil is Us governing pnrMise. liiscoiitciit ami restlessness are states of thought frequently met with today. We find men and women dissatisfied with one another, their hollies, their families, and their positions. They want a change, a mitl a change thy surely change of thought, of thinking, mid not of Hisilion. Christ-tu- n Science declares Hint there Is no condition, however unbearable, discordant, or inharmonious, that dy right may tnd be adjusted thinking. Not long ago n man came to see a Christian Science practitioner, lie was n salesman for a well-- , known car. He had a fair drawing he was not selling account, hut lie wns dissatisfied, many curs, querulous, ami full of fear. He found much to criticize iu ihe automobile industry In general mid in his own company in particular; his was altogether n most unhappy stale of mind. He ought to have he was more money; he knew worth It; mid why didn't he sell more cars? As the practitioner came to understand the situation, to nsp something. This he man was demanding that Christian Scieiinhelp him sell more automobiles. It was as if he were that Spirit, divine Mind, iu could ls called upon lo hi the sale of material his motor cars. Now do ymi suppi-sfor mi Instant ihuf that mate of thought was prepared for what In I Science we cull a u proof of God's illflliHt! povver nnd law? Not nt all. What was a Has nun really doiuge in thought, a di. nge In his own thinking. What he actually reeded wn a healing ciirtclstn. Irand Itua ritability, Inoomjieiiii-'y- , patity. In that mate of mind he was iml giving his company Ihe value of his drawing atcoilld. 1:1 other words, he was not establish, ing for himself and proving by his rl.ht mental nttliud.- - that God had already omlovu-- him with lulelli-gcnci- '. wisdom, and capability and Ihat these qualities had lo Is- - put ln!o action dy him, to ! proved In When he gras-good work." that what ho tussled was n change Iu his mental attitude, he iiiiiur.itly demoiittitted a greater measure of m-c- - oH-r.'ii- e demon-(tiali'-l- hri-ui.i- i. ms-dis- l MICH'S. The correct iiiulcrt. Hiding of Christian Science never permits one In Igliote the human problem. The ntisoliit" liuih aboitl Gnl and the real man must always lie Intelligently applied to tin' relative n million, rigid where htmuiii Indies i"S'iu lo N liBvinn difficulties, lor example. biisines nu-t- i and women who tire siitemeii ran. through Iheir Mndy of Christian i Continued on Page Six) t |
