Article January 18, 1908 Issue

THE TRUE IMAGE

A. E. BRANDT.

The lenses of large telescopes, as ordinarily ground, admit all rays of light, a fact which presents a difficulty to the stellar photographer. To avoid this a ray-filter, which consists of a plate of glass covered with a preparation that is transparent to so-called photographic rays of light, and opaque to all other rays, is placed in the telescope. Thus, by the rejection of all undesirable rays and the admission of proper rays only, a well-defined photograph of a heavenly body may be obtained.

A parallel is presented in Christian Science in supplies a thought-filter, by its discrimination between good and evil, the real and the unreal, so that the Scientist's thought becomes opaque, oblivious to rays or influences of evil, and only thoughts or ideas of good—truth and love, health and admitted to the consciousness, when the result is again an image of a heavenly body: in this case a spiritual one. This image a reflection of that only which is good, is and must be in the likeness of God, good. By the admission of all kinds of rays into the telescope, no well-defined image of any kind is obtained on the photographic plate. Likewise, by the reception of all kinds of influences, of good and of evil, of sin and of disease, no well-defined or clear perception of an idea or creation of God is obtained, but by keeping our minds open to the good alone, we have at length the perfect image. Does not Christian Science thus clearly point out the way to be perfect even as our heavenly Father is perfect, and show how natural is this process by which the true idea is gained ?

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