Article February 6, 1960 Issue

THE TRULY SUBSTANTIAL

ALFRED MARSHALL VAUGHN

Joy comes into one's thought as one learns through Christian Science that man and the universe are not composed of formations of matter but of spiritual ideas. As one accepts the fact that Spirit, God, is substance, he sees the mortal beliefs of change, discord, and limitation as fables. He is then alert to deny these false beliefs whenever they come to his attention. He sees that the true sense of substance must be held steadfastly in thought in order that one may demonstrate the unchanging, harmonious nature of man.

True substance is forever beautiful, perfect, blissful. There is no substance that can break, decay, or be injured, for substance is eternal Spirit. There is no substance that can be sick, for substance is all-harmonious Life. There is no substance that can be impaired or grow old, for substance is unchanging, ever-active, incorporeal, immutable Soul.

Through the understanding of substance as ever blissful, students of Christian Science have overcome beliefs of discomfort and pain; through the realization that man is the reflection of Spirit, immutable substance, they have been protected in accidents and have overcome fear of accidents; through the understanding of the eternal nature of substance as God, divine Life, they have overcome beliefs of sickness and have gained a sense of health as the eternal fact.

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