Article November 15, 1930 Issue

Discarding Material Time-Tables

MARGARET L. MARSHALL

On page 246 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy states very definitely that "chronological data are no part of the vast forever," and that "time-tables of birth and death are so many conspiracies against manhood and womanhood."

God is the ever living presence. Therefore, man as His image and likeness must always be living in the present, in the presence of God. Neither past nor future exists in this infinite presence that is always All-in-all; and our habit of thinking of the past with regret or longing, and of the future as uncertain, is a prominent factor in many discordant conditions. These false beliefs can be corrected by spiritual understanding. As this understanding grows, false beliefs fade out of human consciousness, just as darkness disappears from a room when light is brought into it.

The Bible declares that God gave the real man dominion over the whole earth. Christian Science teaches that this dominion is possible of realization. It gives us an understanding of God which enables us to prove dominion according to the measure of our understanding and practice of its teachings. In claiming spiritual dominion, one must begin with one's self. As each one exercises his God-given power to make his own thinking more Godlike, he is able to prove, to some extent at least, his God-given dominion over earth and time, including the beliefs called "yesterday" or "tomorrow."

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