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Show and with superstition and false beliefs. These evil and erroneous mental qualities qual-ities result in sin, disease, and death, and in all human discord. "The command is to get rid of erroneous er-roneous mental qualities, and to have in us "the mind which was also in Christ Jesus," for in his mind there was not a single sinful quality, nor any superstition or false religious belief. be-lief. Thus tho human mind is renewed by the destruction of erroneous and sinful mental qualities, and the substitution sub-stitution in their place of qualities that inhere in the mind of the Master. "As this renewing process goes on. sickness, suffering, and discordant conditions begin to disappear, and when it Is finished, and every mortal thought has been brought into subjection sub-jection to Christ, then man will be transformed from a sinning, suffering mortal into a stato of peace and harmony. har-mony. The carnal mind with its sin and superstition produces the conditions condi-tions that lead to death, while to be spiritually minded, that is to have the mind that was in Christ Jesus, 'is life and peace.' Christian Science teaches that this is the precise process by which human beings arc saved from sickness and sin. "It will thus be seen that Christian Science healing in every case is spiritual, spirit-ual, and results from the operation of Truth or divine Principle in human consciousness, and not from the action ac-tion of one human mind upon another, nor from human will, nor from hypnotism, hyp-notism, nor from mental suggestion "To summarize the matter in a sin-glo sin-glo sentence, it can be said that Christian Science healing is accomplished accom-plished through the activity of right thinking and right living, and in no other way can one demonstrate the Principle that heals. Mrs. Eddy's Discovery of Christian Science. "Mrs. Eddy is acknowledged to be the discoverer and founder of Christian Chris-tian Science, and many people ask what it is that she has discovered. In reply it can be said that she has discovered dis-covered the Law of Spirit which is Spiritual Truth. Spiritual Law. "Mrs. Eddy discovered the law of Spirit as truly as Sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravitation, and this fact should be thoroughly understood. under-stood. Just as Newton discovered that the movements of material bodies bod-ies were regulated and governed by this material law, so Mrs. Eddy discovered dis-covered the Principle that governs the entire universe, Including every detail in the lives of men. That supreme, su-preme, creative, governing, omnipresent omnipres-ent Mind or Principle, is God, the only Cause, the only Creator, the only Ruler of man and the universe. "Jesus said, 'Come unto me all yet1 that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,' and Christian Science is teaching the human race that the truo way to come unto him is to live the life that he lived, to manifest the love that he manifested, and to demonstrate the truth that he taught. In this way it has helped many people to find rest, and peace, and health." oo |