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Show .. THE JORD AN c JOUR~AL RIST IAN ment, shapes and colors all the ex- f what Paul oharacte rires as "science does not exi;;t. CE LECTURE Matter thus becomes the power which propels it is err~ti<:. of life. The individu al then is falsely so called," when he adjures hi~ a problem not of physics but of metaHow can a mentalit y clouded by . . not a creature of circumst ance nor of friend Timothy : "0 Timothy , keep ph}'lSics. Its claim to r eter existenc e is vice or agitated by malice or upset .V. Ross, C. S. San Francisco, Calif., a heredity, but of his though~, and that which is committed to thy trust transfer red to the mental realm. by fear give proper direction to the mem ber of the Boar d of Lectu reshi p of The these lh~ ca~, w~th . divi~ help, con- avoiding profane and vain babbling;;, For the human or mortal mmc body? • Over and over again has it • trol until h1s thinkmg g1ves way to and oppositi ons of science falsely so acting upon the inadequ ate informa - been found in Christia n Science pracMoth er Church, The Fust Church of Chris t, the thinkmg , indeed is the thinking called." tion fumishe d by the five senses, mis- tice that when some lurking sin, fear, Scien tist in Bosto n Mass lectu res on of_ the o~e Mind _which. is God, that ..... interpre ts everythi ng it contemp lates, or hate has been detected " ' • ' • ."' the mind • Mmd which was m Chnst Jesus and DISCOV ERY OF !SCIENC E whether a tree, a landscap e, or a star. of the patient, and autidote d or desThe Oper ation of DIVIn e Law m which produced in him, and as given " When it was revealed to Mary Ba- It looks out upon the universe , and, troyed by love and truth, his physical Hum an Affai rS " opportunit~ will ~roduce i;n oth7rs, ker Eddy, as she describe s the revel- unable to compreh end the beauty, per- sulfering Truth, is lifted to the point where it btgins to lose its restricte d view and take in the limitless plenty supplied to all those who walk uprightl y. In the pTactica l applicati on of Science to every day affairs, what is d()ne is to take the things of the Spirit and show them to the creature , that lD ' is, present the facts to the individu al ~·\ who is confront ed with difficulti es. The individu al may seem to be cast so-called • has been relieved. the man w1thout sickness , sm, or ml· fection and vastness of the scene, it Thus it is apparen t that disease, what- down with a sense of fear, hate, pain, --------perfecti'o n. ation in her writings , that Christia nforms a linlllited, cramped , di·storted ever its name or type, has its origin sorrow, or want; but when he is (Continu ed from Page 1.) intellige nce operatin g through you, For centurie s Hebrew prophecy ity is Science and Science is Chris- concept of things. This distortia n or and support in thought, and can be shown the things, the truths of Spirt gible concept, a more definite <ief- cope successf ully with the difficult ies foretold the coming of this perfect tianity, she permitte d no obstacle to misinter pretatio n of real things con- cured, really cured, only by normaliz - it, that is, the presence of love, peace, at hand. divert her from establish ing, for the i tion of Deity, to meet the pracstr"·tutes 1natter and material man-th existenc e Messiah or Christ. But the e. ing the mentalit y of the sufferer. This confidence, health and plenty, his m~s Or suppose you seem beset by sin· · benefit of mMlkind , · the trust which Matter, then, is mental, taken view of himself and of his enor more ac- Is tical needs of humanit y; and tnis ful desires or habits. There is no cer- prophecy precisely what Christia n Science was seldom correctly inter- had been committ ed to her. First, curately speaking , falsely mental, for treatme nt does. It overcom es disease vironme nt begins to give way to the e, only tiny years or so ago, tain, permane nt relief, except to know preted and eventual ly came to mean, there was, on her part, the receptiv e- it is simply the imperfe ct concept by overcom ing the false thoughts true vision, cognizan t only of the good through tne inspired. thought of lhat·) that since Gid i,; Principl e, you, His witlh the generali ty of Jews, that in ness to spiritua l truths which qual- which the human mind frames when which are responsi ble for disease. the perfect, the plenteou s. Haker l!.<HJy, wnen she U1~cerneu, a:; course of time, a great warrior, com- ified her to receive the revelatio n it contemp lates It h ld be · "' ed tha 11 Then he finds himself surround ed spiritua l reality.. s ou not lllJ.err t we sne wntes on page 4ti<> or ner gn~a. likeness, are a man of Principl e, with parable to J-oshua, would appear and Then there was the courage which But this conditio and supplied with such a s he needs in n is not beyond re- people are necessar ily very good or book .Sc1ence anu .Healtn, wat ··\.ovu whom evil has no affinity and to whom deliver them from their enemies and enabled her to put the revelatio n indemptio n, for as the human mind ex- that ill people are necessar ily very his home, his business , his professi on 11. incorpor eal, divme, SU!>1t1ut! 1 ill- vii thought s make no appeal. Evil oppresso rs. But in the fullness of to practica l operatio n in the face of pands and clarifies under the influenc e bad. The conseque nces of wrong do- -food, equipme nt, opportun ity, abilfinite Mmd, Spint, :Soul, .t'nnclpl e, thoughts , like sick thoughts , do not from mortal usage ,and she named all the oppositi on which human i'llof Truth, it gains a more accurate ing do :not always overtake the offen- ity, health, happines s. For it is more L1fe, Truth, Love." 'l'h1s definitto n lti originat e with God or with man. T·hey the Hebrews , a woman, who was able genuity could fashion or invoke. The view of things. They lose somethi ng der immedia tely. Nor on the other normal to experien ce even material abundan tly sustaine d by l::>cnptura~ are not yours. Therefo re you need to glimpse, to at least faintly con- receptiv eness came because she lived of their suppose d finitenes s and im- hand, does obedienc e to the letter of plenty and health than to experien ce authorit y. Thus Moses, encoura gmg not harbor them nor respond to them. ceive the true man. Her concepti on in obedienc e to the divine will; like perfectio t... This process of correc- the Comman dments avail the :individ- want and disease. Eventua lly, as the hts follower s durmg their struggle ;; They come from mortal mind, and was mental or spiritual , quite apart the prophets of old she walked with tion and reconstr uction, as it p1·oceeds, ual against incursio ns of disease, if individu al grows in understa nding in the wilderne ss, remmds them •mn hence are no part of the reality of be- from mortal usage, and she named God and hence could hear His voice will bring about a more a.nd more en- he believes that gemns are deadly, or and grace, and in ability to live in uod is Life. Paul refers to lrt>d as ing, no part of your true thinking or her child Jesus-a ll of which Mrs. Ed- and understa nd His message . Her inlightene d percepti on until finally a indulges , on occasion , in what he calls accordan ce with the law of righteou sMind when, in writing to the Phil- experien ce. Taking this stand, and re- dy explains in her writings . Matter uomitab le courage was born of her melting away of mortal mind leaves righteou s indignat ion, ()r fails to util- ness, he discover s how true \t is that pians, he admonis he;; them to have fusing to entertai n evil thoughts , y()u and ~material laws appear creative or unselfish , inflexibl e purpose to make only the real Mind and its universe ize his knowled ge of Science to close the external semblan ce of things bethat Mmu which was in Christ Jes.us. will find that they become less and causativ e only because human belief known to humanit y the way of escape of wonder and glory. Then matter, the door of his mental home against lies spiritual immensi ty, and that Jesus, finding the Samarit an wo,nen less persuasi ve, more and more un- lleems to invest them with this power. from its difficulti es. that is, the mistake n sense of things, the lying suggesti ons of mortal mind. nothing w'hich exists in the universe at the well in an inquirin g mood, says real. F()r, says Holy Writ, God saw True causati() n is mental and spiritPeople are sometim es heard to say will disappea r, and with it all the But to those good people whose of good is denied him. to her, "God is a Spir1t: and they everythi ng that He had made, and He ual, and, when fully recogniz ed, needs that they cannot accept MI1S. Eddy's trouble, disaster, and suffering which healing seems to be delayed let it be that worship Him must wol'Ship Him made all that was made, and behold it no material accompa niments. views. They forget that Mrs. Eddy follow in its train. said that no right effort is wasted. was very good. Resist the devil, evil, in spirit and in truth." While Jolm, In t'his incident ' the Word, to use has not put forward her own opinions , Every attempt to think and act along whose associati on with the impetuo us says James, and he will flee. But you the languag e of St. John, was made she has promulg ated the fundame nMIND AND BODY the lines mapped out by Christia n Son of Thunder to the gentle Apostle can resist evil etfective ly only as you flesh, that is, spiritua l law was made tals ()f divine Science as they have Science brings you one step nearer of Peace, can say, "God is Love; and see that evil thoughts are not yout operativ e in the material realm, to the been revealed to her. They forget With these truths in mind, let us to relief. The way of escape is prethoughts , and that, &nee good is all, eliminat ion of physical law and belief. that Mrs. Eddy has not created Science e that dwelleth in iove dwelleth in consider , for a moment , the human pared. Others have already found it. evil actually is nothing. uod, and God in him." And this process continue d through - -she has discover ed it, discov-ered bO<\y, for it is the furm of matter That you will do so is as certain as Suppose , once 'lllOre, that you seem out the earthly career of Jesus. When those unerring Nor is there any escape from the truths which have al· which most vitally concerns us. The that God reigns. Until that happy logic of Mrs . .l:!:ddy's definitio n of Dei- cast down with sorrow or disc()ura ge- .twelve years of 'age, for example , ways been at hand, awaiting recognihuman mind, because of its inability time arrives you will not be tempted ty. For when we concede, as we do, ment. It is at least a triflle reassur- while at the feast of the Passove r in tion and utilizatio n by man. People to see things in their fullness, seems beyond what you are able to bear. that God is everywh ere present an<! ing to rememb er that .much of the Jerusale m he became absorbed in dis- may like or dislike Christia n Science, to reduce spiritua l man to a creature Gratitud e for blessing s already reall-know ing, we are driven to the con· trouhle w'hich heretofo re has harrow- cussions with the learned doctors, en. accept or reject it, but they cannot of flesh and bones. It visualize s man, ceived, cheerful ness in the presence elusion that He must be Mind. Noth- ed you never actually happene d, did gaged in his Father's business , as he hold Mrs. Eddy responsi ble for what who actually is incorpor eal and "'ith- of trials, confidnc e in God's purpose ing other than Mind can be all kn()w· it? But speaking seriously , is there put it. "All that heard him," so the it is. Science is what God made it. out dimensio ns, as a figure normally and power to heal, determin ation to ing and measure up to omniscie nce. anything 50 comfort ing, so healing, Scriptur al narrativ e runs, "were as· It is of divine not human origin. five feet nine inches. in height, one rely upon Science and upon Science But Mind, ever animate and cease- as to rememb er that God, the onl" tonished at his undel'sta nding and anElectric ity has always been in the h d d , · t · speed the day of release. un re and SlX lessly active, cannot be dissocia ted power and presence , is Love. There- swers." The Word was made flesh on world, ready to do man's Y pound s m weigh t, alone, Meanwhwill ile rememb er the assuranc e of bidding and and three score years and t · d :Cfom Life. Therefo re we are led to fore He does not and cannot visit you that occasion , in that divine intelli- lighten his burdens, but en m uhim who fought the good fight as few the penetra- ration This the h , · 1 ' see that God is Life as well as Mind. with affliction or perplexi ty, and there gence found expressi on in him to the ting vision of an Edison · P YSlca senses have fought it: "I reckon that the was needed inadequ ate concept of what man is. Mind and Life, however , in their true is no other power to do so. Really, exclusio n of the humanly childish to discern its hidden forces and harIt is a poor caricatu re of the real man: suffering s of this present time are not sense, are insepara ble from Love, then, there is no cause or ground fo1· thought which might have been ex- ness them for service. People do not a supposed target for accident and a worthy to be eompare d with the glory which reminds us of the Apostle' ,; unhappi ness. God cannot, by reason pected at his age. Then there was blame Edison nor hold him responsi lodging place for disease. which shall be revealed in u.s." declarat ion that God is Love. But of His very nature, do less than sur- that mortal sense which made him a ble for what electrici ty is. They use But when we close our eyes and, so The trials and bitter experien ces of mind, life, and love, as humanly I!Il;!ln- round and sustain you with loving dutiful son and a good carpente r be- it and are grateful to nim for the far as possible , silence the voice of the by-gone days which may seem to have ifested, are lamenta bly imperfec t. kindness and fill your life with peace fore he became the Teacher and Sav- incalcula ble good he has done. Pos- material senses, we see how immeas · mental~ i~p~iredt~=a~t Only as Love is unselfish , Mind un- and joy. ior. But more conspicu ously was the sibly .there are those who .scorn to urable and boundles s man is. We see M! dav~~eh v~ Guodc e dreahi h ' Thus it is that a right sense of Dei- W()rd made flesh in those remarka ble ride in an elevator erring, Life above disease, can they , preferri ng to walk the.t he is not Incased in a body of ~ alw.l..IC 18eh dian ~ t~' serene . properly be held to be Deity. In oth· ty has a most vital and practica l in- deeds of later years, often mlistake n- up long flights of stairs, or who re· fixed dimensio ns, but that he is as an -compr en ng, ~ ~ source er words, only as they are sustaine u terest to people in their every day af- ly called miracles , when the suppose d fuse to listen in on the radio because, free and unc fi d th ht ;+ If and substanc e of your mtelhge nce.and vitalized by Principl e are they fairs and troubles , for it enable~; them laws of disease and of matter gener- they have ne .as oug "'se · true mentalit y. So the sufferbeen told, it ·is the work of Indeed man ~n IS a thing of thought, a . d th ha d hi ·h. h wo1-thy names of God. And on the to apprecia te that God is not only the ally were made to yield to the higher the devil. But the average person is perfect emanati on of the one perfect ~ng ~ ~ t~ sd ps w 1~ ~Y ~em other hand, only as Principl e is not controlli ng and sustaini ng infiut:nce law of Spirit, and people were healed quick to make use of those inventio ns Mind. His absolute freedom and safe· 0 ~e chad tr; t r:;r · :ch .' d:Je abstract and mindless but imbued with of man, but also the very fount and of all manner of sickness and even which tend to brighten and happify ty are graphica lly suggeste d in Je- never ~u e a e w lS ' L · e, Mind and Love, is it entitled to fibre of man's being. From this van- raised from the dead. existenc e. So thought ful people are sus' stateme nt to Nicodem us: "The ~d ~hich! eternall y perfe~t and unbe regarded as Deity. Then are they tag-e ground people dispute, with meaJesus did not make his complete coming more and more to disregar d wind bloweth where it listeth, and rmpalred , lS, as Paul says,~ you an~ all transfer red from the realm of the .surable success, encroach ments of di- demonst ration at one~. He did not the advice of hostile, ill-infur Noth ing in the med crit- thou hearest the sound thereof, but ~:ough you, the very fabnc of your ;;ease, disaster, and every conditio n escape from material ity and mortalit y ics and to human to the divine. investig ate and try the canst not tell whence it cometh, and world is more mg. . It is not denied that there appears threaten ing their existenc e or menac- at a single bound, but step by step. Science of Christia nity and prove for whither it goeth: so is every one that If the consequ ences of miStakes , to e another mind opposed to or at ing their well-bein g. They see that Tempted at all points like as we are, themselv es that satisf ying than a it fulfiills its prom- is born of the Spirit." which you may seem to have made, enmity with the divine Mind which is they are not held "in the fell clutch he began, as we begin, with the easier ises. good frien d; What an individu al is, then, depends try to rise up out of the past to emGod. This baser mentalit y, of which of circumst ance," but that they are, demonst rations, resisting the ordinary Certain commen tators on America n upon what his thought s are. ' Other· barrass or torment more will presentl y be said, seems to in so far as they order their thought s mortal-m ind argumen ts of sic1rness you, your protecnothin g more dif., civilizat ion deplore what they are wige stated, the individu al exists as tion lies in realizing find expressi on in a material man and and lives uprightl y, safely hid "under selfishne ss, and sensuali ty. Thereby the fact that pleased to call its material istic bias a :atate of consciou sness. This con- everythi ng ficult than to find which is not in accordin a nnateria l universe , whereas divine the s.hadow of the Almight y" where the human gave way before the divine and its lack of spiritual or religiollS sciousne ss of hilmself mortally may be ance with Principle , whether past, Mind finds expressi on in a spiritual danger and discomf ort cannot find nor in him somethi ng as it does in other one. A good leadersh ip. How superfici al and mis- small, cramped , sickly, but it has the present or future, is unreal. man and in a spiritual universe . Jesus molest them. The folindividu als. Rejectin g as unreal and leading such criticism is should be poss;ibility friend wears well. of limitless J!xpansio o lies and errors of last year, like the pronoun ces this so-called mind a lie none of his, all thought s but those apparen t to the most casual observer . through the coming in of Godlike dreams of last night, from no part of and the father of lies, while Mrs. EdPERFEC TION OF MAN Clothes Tailored emanati ng from the divine Mind, he For since the early Christia n em thoughts and the going out of erron- your actual life experien ce; and when dy, recogniz ing its fictitious characgraduall y escaped from the confusio n there has arisen no greater religious eous thoughts . By this process of you repe11.t and reform, sincerely and to Meas ure by ter and definitel y distingu ishing it But this sense of security i,; attain- of a dual sense of man and of things leader than Mary Baker Eddy. Nor mortal mind giving way before divine thorough ly, they become as though from the divine Mind, designat es it ed only by indllStri ous, intellige nt ef- as both good and evil and became M. Born & Comsince that time has the world wit· Mind, the individu al, as time goes on, they never had been. They were writmortal mind, for its suppose d man fort, for anyone at all given to intro- cognizan t only of the good, the real, nessed a greater religious moveme nt gains a trueT and truer, a larger and ten upon pany have made the sand. Repenta nce, reand creation , being physical , are sub- spection must be impresse d with the the spiritual . At last came the as- than Christia n Science. . This move· larger, a healthie r and healthie r con· formatio n, and restituti ject to disease and death. on have washapparen t controve rsy, almost constant - cension, when the humanit y of Jesu.:; ment, launched over a millio n by Mrs. Eddy scarcely cept of himself, until at last he enters ed them away, for, in Science, It is importa nt to keep this distinc- ly going on in consciou sness, between gave place entirely to the divinity of more the than half a century ago, has al- into that sense of life which knows forgiven eess of sin friends. is the destruct ion tion between the spiritual and the right thought s and wrong thoughts . Christ. Then he entered into the unready overleap ed the boundar ies of no pain, limitatio n, or imperfec tion. of sin. They can no longer be read matetfal , the real and the unreal, in Each individu al seems to find in h1m- obstruct ed sphere of Spirit, whe1-c our country and encircled the globe, He is "born again" into the spiritual or rememb ered against you as hencethought, and to rememb er that when :>e!f not one but two conflicti ng per- the ills and the bonds of the flesh re- plowing its way through sullen sel- consciou sness. This transfor mation forth you press resolute ly fomvard in Christia n Science insists, as it does sons, the spiritua l and the material , lax their hold and slip away int() ob- fishness and sordidne ss of the age is not hastened by centerin g attentio n righteou sness. insist, that man is perfect, without the good and the bad, the well and the livion. and planting in humau consciouSIIless on the body, but by directing thought, Hold to these truths, live up to sin or siclmess , it refers not to the sick. Paul speaks of being torn by It is reasonab ly certain that Jesus' the virile seeds of truth, which in due as Paul advises, to whatsoe ver things them as best you can, for thereby you mistalCen mortal sense of man as phy- these two conflicti ng emotion s when fpllower s did not fully understa nd season will spring into universa l are lovely and of good report. In bring health and strength and peace sical with finite form and outline, but in his letter to the Romans he says: the Science involved in his supreme health and righteou sness. this way the attribute s of immorta l your experien ce; thereby you pray to the spiritual and real man of divine "I find then a law, that, when I would demonst ration. In fact they looked Life are incorpor ated in individu al effect, pray, in a degree, as JoeMind's creating ; not to the counterf eit do good, evil is present with me. For for his early return to -.:omplete his MATER IAL APPEAR ANCF.S existenc e to the exclusi~n of the gross ·sus prayed, whose prayers had such man describe d in the second chapter I delight in the law of God after the work of bringing the world to an end. and sens~al, for consc1ousness grows tremend ous healing efficacy and which of Genesis as .made by Jehovah out inward man; but I see another law They did not realize that he had finLet us return to a consider ation of by what It feeds upon.. . were, as Mrs. Eddy describe s them of the dust of the ground but to the in my member s, warring against the ished his course and brought an end the universe of matter and physical . Ho:ev~r . we may VIew the s1tua- on page 12 of Science and Health genuine man describe d in the first law of my mind, and bringing me in- to earthly things so far as they touchobjects, briefly alluded to a moment t10n! Jhere 1s no e~cape from the co?-- "deep and conscien tious protests of chapter of Genesis as made in the to captivity to the law of sin, which ed him. Thereby he gained R. GYGI, Prop. his own ago, which seems to greet us on all ~lus10n ~hat man, m ~he last analysis , Truth,-of man's image and likeness of God, of Elohim. is in •my member s." likeness to God and freedom and showed others how to sides. It is importa nt to analyze and JS the hke~ess of Mmd, not of mat- of man's unity with Truth and Love." At this point someone may say: "It The menta~ battle, thus vividly des- secure theirs. It remaine d for Mrs. dispose of this phenome non becau:;e ter. He Is not an a&:grega tion of Such prayer awakens you somewh at may be true, in the absolute , that God cribed by Paul, i·s simply the attempt Eddy, eighteen centurie s later, to dis· it is the source of our difficulti es. cells, but an aggregat10~ of true to y()ur oneness is Mind and that man is spiritual and of false mortal-m ind thoughts to es- cover and state in terms intelligi with Divinity , which ble Modern chemistr y finds that matter thoughts . Ev7n the body 1s a mental necessar ily makes perfect, but what ·has that to do with tablish themselv es in human con- to the masses, the divine law underyou the recipien t is .not the solid substanc e it seems conc.ept.' . It 1,s th~ l?wer strat.um of of all the attribut me in my present seeming material sciousne ss and thereby usurp the leg- lying Jesus' teaching s and practice es which go to make . to he, but resolves it into force, ener- ~he mdJv1dual s thinking . T,lult 1s why up the perfect man. con<litioJJ. with its difficult ies and dis- itimate place of true thought s from Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus gy, or influence . A recent authorit y 1t seems to have inelligen ce and sen· tresse&.? It has just this to do with divine Mind. But every Christia n discerne d the true man; Jesus demon~ on the subject writes: "It is a crude, sation. The action of the various oryou ana your problem s. Suppose , for Scientis t is proving, since evil has on- strated his own identity with the THE WORLD OF BUSINE SS inadequ ate and impossib le idea, this gans changes as thought changes . Joy example , that you appear to be sick. ly a fictitious existenc e, only such Christ; while Mary Baker E<ldy made naive concepti on of matter as Wine· quickens while fear slows down, or in It is clear that the individua l',s Now instead of dwelling upon your power as mortals concede to it, that the basic Science of it all so plain thing •solid, heavy, hard, inert, inde- extreme cases, entirely stops the vital health, ability, and morals are improv· aches a~ pains, try to di·smiss them one right thought can chase a thou- that he who runs may read. structibl e, impenet rable, colored and function s. Even the form or contour from th ught; for they are not yours, sand wrong thoughts and that two The practica l importan ce of all this surfaced ." And again he says: "The of the mortal body improve s as ed as .he recogniz es ~s union with they are not real things nor genuine good thoughts can put ten thousand is, that the way is made clear for progress of science (that is, physics thought improve s the de1fic nature. In he same way thoughts , they are only false sugges- ~vi! ones to flight, which gives prom· every individu al in these tilmes to put and chemistr y) is continua lly toward Hence it is that · ··t l t t t and for the same reason his supply tions springin g from mortal mind. 1se of an end to the battle sometim e into effect the Science which Jesus a demater alization of matter. Physi- in Christia n Scien~!u~:ma~~:sm~~ ~~ w:ldl~ ~f.~~gs, /he n~:ties h~f Then direct attention , as best you can, with a desire for and a consciou sness employe d and thereby bring out in cal. analy~ resolves the crude, heavy, function s of the body and improve s ~ e! 1 1 Jes tor 't~n uf ngl e tahc to the great truth that Life--yo ur of good only. . IS himself the true man, that is, estab- sohd stuff that our senses show us, its outward . appeara nce even to the h 1;1smesds, e oppor uru Ies or P ymg Life--is God, and that since God is Then there is the more or less con- !ish a state of consciou sness which into finer and finer particles , further extent of correctin g deformit ies. ' lS ktra e, are mad~ ~~ate, 0 eoverywheire and alway.s ex:Pre .g stant argumen t, silently going on in knows only unbound ed good and life and further ~ that apart, until these prac- Function al sluggish ness is akin to 1ac ' poverty, an 1 eness Himself perfectly , Life is everywh ere the mind of every individu al, between harmoni ous. For spiritual law can ecoane tically disappea r into mere points of mental sluggish ness. Physical de· -?bB?le~. Poverty or. lack of any sort and always function ing harmoni ous- the force of health and the suppose d be made operativ e with men today as radiatin g influe~." But all thos formity, like moral deformi ty, is men- 1::.t.m 1:s !ast :alysl.s , a. mental co~ ly and uninterr uptedly, even where forces of disease. The controve rsy is eertainl y as it was in the case of Je- does not help the situation . It mere- tal It is said and it · t 1 th t · Ion JUS as sease or Ignoranc e lS. the distress seems to be. The result, purely mental, although its results sus. Students of the BiPle there are, ly changes the form of matter, when Sci.ence we d~ not tr 15 t r~;· h a tn fact lack deficienc y is a type of · as you hold steadfas tly to this truth, may even t uaII y appea1· upon the body. · . h . b d .ea e. uman Ignoranc e, a or. Jt 1s true, who doubt whether Jesus' w at IS fa1Iure on the part of the needed is the eliminat ion of o. Y a.s such. Yet Ill. treatm~ and individu al to realize that God supplies will be a change in oonsciou·sness, This ultimate outward appearan ce has birth, hi.s wonderf ul works, his resur- ,the belief in matter. conectm g the human mmd we, m ef- the re whereby your sense of sickness , which given rise to the supposit ion that rection l'be II 'th 1 and ascensio n took place as Now Christia n Science agrees with feet,. treat the body, fo1· they are on- thing n~~~~ is fal~ gives place to a sense of health and disease are physical con- recorded in the Gospels. in~~a that~! the~e;r But he who so-called physical science when the ly d1fferen t strata of the same men health, which is true. ' ' a fare ditions, that health is promote d by denies the possibili ty of these things latter asserts . - Father has is the .son's also, in so that matter, is not the tahty · 1 d h d Suppose , again, that you appear to rnatena h d processe s, an t at disease enies, does he not, the possibili ty of ar indestru ctible stuff • . . . . as the son, by intellige nt obedienc e it seems. Phys10lo gy ms1sts that bram be worried or confused , that your is healed by material remedies . and to the law of rigihteou sness makes • escape from material ity and mortal- But the agreeme nt goes no further, nerv~s control the body, but the fact it possible for him to re~ive the mind seems dull or impaired or that But the fact is that the individu al ity? If Christ Jesus did not maste1· for when pl!lysical science declares 1·e.mams that the ,hu~~n your personal or business problem s lives in consciou sness, rather than in disease and death, how can others that matter is energy, and then ac· mmd, throu~h the md1v1du or mortal abundan t blessing s which God beal is large- stows. defy solution. There is no remedy so a mate11ial body, and that he is well hope to master them. Yet master cepts this energy as real, Christia n ly unc.onsc10us thereof, assum~ to near, n1pe so effective , as for you or sick accordin g as his thoughts are them This inward realizati on of the abunthe individu calmly to insist that the all-know ing wholesom e or unwhole some. Health attain immorta al must if he would Science insists that matter is the low- !Sovern ~he mortal body an~ direct dance of supply compels the outward lity. Submlitt ing to er or denser stratum of mortal mind, 1ts functwn_s. Wt; have no difficult y, sense Qf supply to conform to what is Mind which is God is never disturbe d, and disease are opposite states of them means annihila tion, not the res· and then disposes of the whole affair therefor e,. m .seemg that when the needed to meet the legitima te demands never weary never inadequa te, and mind, as truly as are joy and despair urrectio n and the life. Few things by the bold yet logical assertion that human mmd 1s sul?pose d to be nor- of the individu al. It is an<)ther case that this Min~ expresse s itself through ~ fact explains why correctin g the are more pathetic , few more obstruc- mortal mind has only a seeming ex- ~a! the body function s normally and of the word being made flesh, or of you and Euide you in every right ef- thought of a sufferer, through the ap- tive of spiritual growth, than the dis- t,>tence, for divine Mind is the only Js~ as. w~ say, well; Annual banquet is Saturda y evenbut when that spiritua l law being made operativ e in fort and undertak ing. You will then plication of Christia n Science, cures position to reject portions of the Scrip Mind, of which 1mortal mind is merely mmd IS ~stracte~ by w?rry find your thought clarifyin g and ex- his ailments . Since the individu al ture o~· anger, human affairs, whereby the material ing-50 cents. Reserva tions must be which run counter to those hu- the counterf eit or imitation . Matter the bod1ly function s, m behef, ar~ world is made to yield whateve r is made by noon. panding . You will find, too, that lives in consciou sness, what he thinks man opinions and speculat ions, which, is therefor e left. without foundati on necessar ily deranged . and ~here is sick- necessar y ft>r daily needs. Putting it while of yourself you can do n()thing, constitu tes what he is. What he at best, are only partial truths, and or substanc e. It 1s reduced to a vag- ness. Even a machme will not oper- in another way you can, with the help of the divine thinks also construc ts his environ- 'which the individu al's If you apprecia te what has been in the aggreKa te constitu te ary of a mind which seems to but ate smoothl y or satisfact orily when thought , in respo~e to the touch of done by Logan friends, tell them so. lS. ::f\;'()U c:friendship Midvale Tailor Shop !n } All Kind s Of Print ing Call Midvale 178 • • • |