WHEN an individual attempts constantly to reflect the spiritual ideas of divine Mind, he is endeavoring to practice Christian Science. Thought so trained becomes more and more instant in its rejection of error by the sheer power of the habitual consciousness of good. The natural and inevitable result is, in some degree, the manifestation of infinite power, which in its appearing to human consciousness means the healing of sin, disease, and death.
On page 160 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" Mrs. Eddy says: "To live so as to keep human consciousness in constant relation with the divine, the spiritual, and the eternal, is to individualize infinite power; and this is Christian Science." To "individualize infinite power" makes its utilization our own; makes possible its specific application to any given circumstance. To be able thus to live "in constant relation with the divine" is the aim of every Christian Scientist. Completely to succeed in it would be to reach the ultimate fulfillment of Jesus' command, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
Between to-day and that fulfillment may seem to lie a long journey out of the bondage and control of materiality into the promised land of spiritual freedom. This is no reason for discouragement; but it is cause for renewed consecration, better metaphysical understanding, more courageous and positive spirituality.
