Sunday, February 24th, 2019 Roundtable

Sight, Hearing, Memory, Your Immortal Faculties

This week’s Lesson Sermon Subject: Mind

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Morning Prayers

Oh, may the light that is never dim so encompass you, that no night is there. May His angels hold thee in their power, and Songs of Science be heard in the intuitions of thought, till your life is in tune with the rhythm of God.

— from Divinity Course and General Collectanea, (the “Blue Book”), by Mary Baker Eddy, page 224




We, to-day, in this class-room, are enough to convert the world if we are of one Mind; for then the whole world will feel the influence of this Mind; as when the earth was without form, and Mind spake and form appeared.

— from Miscellaneous Writings by Mary Baker Eddy, page 279: 27-2

Discussion points

Golden Text — “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” — Psalm 32: 8




31 — WATCH lest you feel that man is the master of divine power rather than its servant. False theology declares that Jesus was equipped with deific power that he wielded to perform miracles as he chose. On page 119 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes that man is but the humble servant of the restful Mind. When she went forth on the lecture platform she prayed: “Now, dear God, here I am. Use me. I am absent from the body and present with Thee in consciousness. Love uses me in its own good way. I would lift myself right of of the material sense of self and audience and let God use me.”

You must feel that divine power is using you. You must kneel in humility at the throne of God asking and seeking to be imbued with deific power. Then you can go forth and exercise that power with authority. But, you ask, is not this using divine power? Yes, but only as a servant who goes forth to do his master’s bidding. Jesus might have been called Master, because above all other he permitted divine power to master him.

— Watching Point 31 from 500 Watching Points by Gilbert Carpenter




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MIND. The only I, or Us ; the only Spirit, Soul, divine Principle, substance, Life, Truth, Love; the one God; not that which is in man, but the divine Principle, or God, of whom man is the full and perfect expression; Deity, which outlines but is not outlined.

— Citation 2 from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, page 591 : 16-20




Mind alone possesses all faculties, perception, and comprehension. Therefore mental endowments are not at the mercy of organization and decomposition, — otherwise the very worms could unfashion man. If it were possible for the real senses of man to be injured, Soul could reproduce them in all their perfection; but they cannot be disturbed nor destroyed, since they exist in immortal Mind, not in matter.

— Citation 3 from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, page 488 : 23-31




LIFE is the law of limitless enablement. So the more I exercise my vision — spiritually, mentally, and physically —the clearer and stronger it becomes. “Unto every one thathath shall be given, and he shall have abundance:” (Matt.25 : 29). There are no laws of limitation in the divine sight.

It is no effort for me to see all things easily, as man is “the unlabored motion of the divine energy.” My sight isever fresh, for it is the expression of newness of Life.

I know that my sight derives direct from the Father. Itdid not begin with birth, nor does it diminish with age. It isageless, fadeless, ever new, self-renewed, and restored perpetually. I rejoice that I have perfect sight now.

Life is the great Giver, so my vision is generous and appreciative. My outlook is never mean or uninterested inothers, but magnifies the divine individuality in everyone.

In Life my vision is open and extrovert. It is directedoutward, so that I actively look for and see God every—where. In the nowness of Life, I am quick to see and appreciate new truths, new aspects of God and man, new ways ofapplying what I know. My vision never looks backward, butis constantly going forward.

— from Notes on True Vision by John Morgan, page 8




There is more Christianity in seeing and hearing spiritually than materially. There is more Science in the perpetual exercise of the Mind-faculties than in their loss. Lost they cannot be, while Mind remains. The apprehension of this gave sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf centuries ago, and it will repeat the wonder.

— Citation 13 from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, page 487 : 6-12




EYES. Spiritual discernment, — not material but mental. Jesus said, thinking of the outward vision, “Having eyes, see ye not?” (Mark viii. 18.)

— Citation 4from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, page 586 : 3-6




EARS. Not organs of the so-called corporeal senses, but spiritual understanding. Jesus said, referring to spiritual perception, “Having ears, hear ye not?” (Mark viii. 18.)

— Citation 5 from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, page 585 : 1-4




ANGELS. God’s thoughts passing to man; spiritual intuitions, pure and perfect; the inspiration of goodness, purity, and immortality, counteracting all evil, sensuality, and mortality.

BELIEVING. Firmness and constancy; not a faltering nor a blind faith, but the perception of spiritual Truth. Mortal thoughts, illusion.

CHILDREN. The spiritual thoughts and representatives of Life, Truth, and Love.

Sensual and mortal beliefs; counterfeits of creation, whose better originals are God’s thoughts, not in embryo, but in maturity; material suppositions of life, substance, and intelligence, opposed to the Science of being.

CHRIST. The divine manifestation of God, which comes to the flesh to destroy incarnate error.

CHURCH. The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle.

The Church is that institution, which affords proof of its utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the dormant understanding from material beliefs to the apprehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of divine Science, thereby casting out devils, or error, and healing the sick.

EARS. Not organs of the so-called corporeal senses, but spiritual understanding.

Jesus said, referring to spiritual perception, “Having ears, hear ye not?” (Mark viii. 18.)

EYES. Spiritual discernment, — not material but mental. Jesus said, thinking of the outward vision, “Having eyes, see ye not?” (Mark viii. 18.)

GOD. The great I AM; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love; all substance; intelligence.

HEAVEN. Harmony; the reign of Spirit; government by divine Principle; spirituality; bliss; the atmosphere of Soul.

JAPHET (Noah’s son). A type of spiritual peace, flowing from the understanding that God is the divine Principle of all existence, and that man is His idea, the child of His care.

JESUS. The highest human corporeal concept of the divine idea, rebuking and destroying error and bringing to light man’s immortality.

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. The rein of harmony in divine Science; the realm of unerring, eternal, and omnipotent Mind; the atmosphere of Spirit, where Soul is supreme.

MAN. The compound idea of infinite Spirit; the spiritual image and likeness of God; the full representation of Mind.

OIL. Consecration; charity; gentleness; prayer; heavenly inspiration.

SALVATION. Life, Truth, and Love understood and demonstrated as supreme over all; sin, sickness, and death destroyed.

TEMPLE. Body; the idea of Life, substance, and intelligence; the superstructure of Truth; the shrine of Love; a material superstructure, where mortals congregate for worship.

— from the Glossary of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy




According to Christian Science, the only real senses of man are spiritual, emanating from divine Mind. Thought passes from God to man, but neither sensation nor report goes from material body to Mind. The intercommunication is always from God to His idea, man. Matter is not sentient and cannot be cognizant of good or of evil, of pleasure or of pain. Man’s individuality is not material. This Science of being obtains not alone hereafter in what men call Paradise, but here and now; it is the great fact of being for time and eternity.

— Citation 8 from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, page 284 : 28-6




Definition of spiritual senses:
     Sight – spiritual discernment.
     Hearing – spiritual understanding.
     Feeling – divine consciousness.
     Smell – intuition of character.
     Taste – relish of Truth.

— from Divinity Course and General Collectanea, (the “Blue Book”), by Mary Baker Eddy, page 224




WATCH — Just go alone and close your eyes, and in the depths of your own consciousness, say over and over again, I AM, I AM, I AM, I AM. Your whole being will be filled with the sense of the power to overcome, the power to accomplish, the power to do all things.
I AM because Thou art (Mind is) I AM
I AM what Thou art (Mind is) I AM
I AM where Thou art (Mind is) I AM
I AM one with Thee (Mind)
Oh! Thou infinite I AM
I AM good
I AM well
I AM abundantly satisfied
I AM holy
I AM free
I AM because Thou art (Mind is) I AM
I AM, spoken upward towards the good, the true, is sure to outpicture in visible good, in success, in happiness, in abundance.

— from Watches, Prayers, and Arguments by Mary Baker Eddy, pages 52-53




Final Readings

The hour is imminent. Upon it lie burdens that time will remove. Just now divine Love and wisdom saith, “Be still, and know that I am God.” Do all Christian Scientists see or understand the importance of that demand at the moment, when human wisdom is inade- quate to meet the exigencies of the hour and when they should wait on the logic of events?

I respectfully call your attention to this demand, knowing a little, as I ought, the human need, the divine com- mand, the blessing which follows obedience and the bane which follows disobedience. Hurried conclusions as to the public thought are not apt to be correctly drawn. The public sentiment is helpful or dangerous only in proportion to its right or its wrong concept, and it impels or the prejudice it instils. This prejudice the future must disclose and dispel. Avoid for the immediate present public debating clubs. Also be sure that you are not caught in some author’s net, or made blind to his loss of the Golden Rule, of which Christian Science is the predicate and postulate, when he borrows the thoughts, words, and classification of one author without quotation- marks, at the same time giving full credit to another more fashionable but less correct.

My books state Christian Science correctly. They may not be as taking to those ignorant of this Science as books less correct and therefore less profound. But it is not safe to accept the latter as standards. We would not deny their authors a hearing, since the Scripture declares, “He that is not against us is on our part.” And we should also speak in loving terms of their efforts, but we cannot afford to recommend any literature as wholly Christian Science which is not absolutely genuine.

Beloved students, just now let us adopt the classic saying, “They also serve who only stand and wait.” Our Cause is growing apace under the present persecution thereof. This is a crucial hour, in which the coward and the hypocrite come to the surface to pass off, while the loyal at heart and the worker in the spirit of Truth are rising to the zenith of success, — the “Well done, good and faithful,” spoken by our Master.

— from “A Word To The Wise” in Miscellany, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 223







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