The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-29
| WHAT MENTAL
SCIENCE IS.
An Explanation Of Its Principles
by Or. Patterson.
DIFFERS FROM FAITH CURE.
Scientists Trust 10 the Law Of God 10 Bring
About State Of Health.
IT is THE OPPOSITE OF HYpNOTISM.
Mental Science Takes ihe Ground That The World
About Us IS The Expression Of The Power
Of God I'm Unseen Force.

There was a large attendance at the
Savoy on Mathewson last evening i'm
response to the announcement by the
Rhode Island Metaphysical Society that
DR.. Charles BroGie Patterson, president
OF the Society OF the Alliance OF the Di-
vine Unity OF New York city and one
OF the leading teachers of metaphysics
| and science i'm the country. would lee
ture on THE Fundamental Principles
! of Mental Science"
Previous TO the lecture a piano reci-
tai was given by Miss Margaret A.
| Gardner assisted by Miss Elizabeth
Trip Northup,a very sweet-voiced con-
tralto.
AT o'clock Henry s. Taft of the
| Rhode Island Association announced
that i'm January will be resumed the
| fortnightly meetings. OF the association
az the rooms at ia Weybosset street.
( The first melting is set for Saturday,
January at O'Clock. President Taft
then presented DIR. Patterson, who spoke
In part as follows:
Before coming TO the real subject of
the evening ! would answer few
questions often put To me- lis Mental
Science like hypnotism; Is IL like Spir-
ltualism? Without purpose To antago-
nize any body of thinkers L am utterly
opposed To hypnotism. | may differ
with many i'm ways of thinking but l
have no fault to find with any religious
belief. The difference between mental
science and faith cure lies in the fact
that when the faith curist believes in
the power OF God TO heal the mental
scientist entreats a patient TO trust to
the law of God to bring about a state
of health and strength. Hypnotism de-
prives the person of action and mem
ory, but the scientist takes the ground
that no one has the right to interfere
with any ones will or action. Mental
science Is exactly the opposite Of hyp-
notism. The mental scientist takes the
ground that the great world about US
iS the oppression of the power OF God.
We admit this outer world as the eX-
preston of an unseen force that lies
back of IT. We take the position that
sin is any want of conformity to the
laws OF God, Then comes a state of
mental and physical discord. In order
To overcome sin we must dispense with
the discord i'm the mind.
Mental science stands fairly and
squarely on the affirmative side of life.
Through this true aid of the physical
faculty will come the true expression
of physical form. The mental scientist
takes the position that IL is possible to
know through the law of correspond
ence the real state of the mind that
renders certain states of disease so that
IL is possible TO find an indication on or
i'm the body, of disease. The body Is
continually showing what is in the
mind. and we claim that this can be re-
duced TO an exact science. Mental sci
ence tries To understand Alright the
need of the individual and then to sup
ply that need.
Everything i'm the universe is anlmat-
ed by supreme power. Everything i'm
the power of God. Everything i'm the
great universe is controlled by the
power OF God. We believe in one life
that is in all. through all and above
all. Ours is not the pantheism that says
nature is God. Nature is the expression
OF the power of God. God Is omniscent.
All knowledge has but one source. All
people draw from II. That which i'm
any way contradicts the knowledge OF
God is vain imagination in the mind
of man.
The foundation upon which science
exists is God is omnipotent, God is om-
niscent, God Is omnipresent. What con-
tradicts this cannot be true. The King
dom OF God and righteousness Is the
understanding of all the different fac
ulties OF the mind and using them as
God intended them-for our own good
and for the good of others.
An important faculty of the mind Is
the power of concentration that deals
with objective things. Most people want
to do one thing and think of dozen
other things M the same time. If you
want To do well do one thing at "A time.
Concentration is not the power, but
that which concerns power. Meditation
is another faculty. Through mediation
we enter the world OF force and power.
Meditation and prayer are the same.
When we shut out everything of an eX-
a In. A.. l.t
state of mediation then every thought OF
the outer world Is gone. and there is
another consciousness OF mind. The
purpose of this faculty is 10 enter the
external world and give expression 10
power which ~ IN the unseen world
that that power may De used IN the
true way.