Part 53 (2/2)

The Christian Scientist keeps straight to the course.

His whole inquiry and demonstration lie in the line of [15]

Truth; hence he suffers no s.h.i.+pwreck in a starless night on the shoals of vainglory. His medicine is Mind- the omnipotent and ever-present good. His ”help is from the Lord,” who heals body and mind, head and heart; changing the affections, enlightening the mis- [20]

guided senses, and curing alike the sin and the mortal sinner. G.o.d's preparations for the sick are potions of His own qualities. His therapeutics are antidotes for the ailments of mortal mind and body. Then let us not adulterate His preparations for the sick with material [25]

means.

From lack of moral strength empires fall. Right alone is irresistible, permanent, eternal. Remember that hu- man pride forfeits spiritual power, and either vacillating good or self-a.s.sertive error dies of its own elements. [30]

Through patience we must possess the sense of Truth; and Truth is used to waiting. ”Commit thy way unto

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the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to [1]

pa.s.s.”

By using falsehood to regain his liberty, Galileo vir- tually lost it. He cannot escape from barriers who commits his moral sense to a dungeon. Hear the Master [5]

on this subject: ”No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve G.o.d and mammon.”

Lives there a man who can better define ethics, better [10]

elucidate the Principle of being, than he who ”spake as never man spake,” and whose precepts and example have a perpetual freshness in relation to human events?

Who is it that understands, unmistakably, a fraction of the actual Science of Mind-healing? [15]

It is he who has fairly proven his knowledge on a Chris- tian, mental, scientific basis; who has made his choice between matter and Mind, and proven the divine Mind to be the only physician. These are self-evident proposi- tions: That man can only be Christianized through Mind; [20]

that without Mind the body is without action; that Science is a law of divine Mind. The conclusion follows that the correct Mind-healing is the proper means of Christianity, and is Science.

Christian Science may be sold in the shambles. Many [25]

are bidding for it,-but are not willing to pay the price.

Error is vending itself on trust, well knowing the will- ingness of mortals to buy error at par value. The Reve- lator beheld the opening of this silent mental seal, and heard the great Red Dragon _whispering_ that ”no man [30]

might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”

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We are in the Valley of Decision. Then, let us take [1]

the side of him who ”overthrew the tables of the money- changers, and the seats of them that sold doves,”-of such as barter integrity and peace for money and fame.

What artist would question the skill of the masters in [5]

sculpture, music, or painting? Shall we depart from the example of the Master in Christian Science, Jesus of Nazareth,-than whom mankind hath no higher ideal?

He who demonstrated his power over sin, disease, and death, is the master Metaphysician. [10]

To seek or employ other means than those the Master used in demonstrating Life scientifically, is to lose the priceless knowledge of his Principle and practice. He said, ”Seek ye first the kingdom of G.o.d, and His right- eousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” [15]

Gain a pure Christianity; for that is requisite for heal- ing the sick. Then you will need no other aid, and will have full faith in his prophecy, ”And there shall be one fold, and one shepherd;” but, the Word must abide in us, if we would obtain that promise. We cannot depart [20]

from his holy example,-we cannot leave Christ for the schools which crucify him, and yet follow him in heal- ing. Fidelity to his precepts and practice is the only pa.s.s- port to his power; and the pathway of goodness and greatness runs through the modes and methods of G.o.d. [25]

”He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”

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