The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-09

AA--hDle SGTFa2- o. tC2 FtStIGl Mind.
though ! seems otherwise to finite sense :.
LET We sail never understand this Xhile
We admit that soul is IN body. CT miad in
natter, ana that man IS included in non
Intelligence. Soul is Cod. interchangeable
CSC eternal; and man c~oexists with and
rejects Soul, for the All-ln-all IS the Alto
her. AMI the Altogether embraces the
A~iI-cnc. Soul-Hipd. Mind-Soui Love.
rift. Bcncs, Liver. enc or q series.
~lare and without equal
1T is very curious. tho effect which
Christian Science has upon the verbal
bowels. Particularly the Third Degree.
Il makes che think OF a dictionary with
the cholera. BUT ! only thought this;
Gil not say it,
what Is the origin Of Christian Sci
eroa? Is il a gift Of Cod, or d.d il Just
ha2pen?'
In a sense, it is a gift Of Cod. That
is u say. is powers are from Him. but
tsc crcGi- CT the discovery Of the powers
aEd what they are for is due to an Amori-
can lady
Indeed? When did this occur?'
in 1866. That is the immortal date
When pain and disease and death disap-
pcared from the earth to return no more
Ter ever. That IS, the fancies for which
those terms stand, disappeared. The
things themselves had never existed,
therefore. IS soon as II was perceived that
there we're no sucn things. they were
easily banisAed. The history and nature
q tie great discovery are set down IN
tle Gcoh here, and'-
Did the lady write the book?"
Yes, she wrote It al, herself. The
ti<ia ~ .Snfa-,.1. md @IIpoI-b vrf+I Ivov- =,
tie 5criptures-for she explains the
scriptures; they were net understood be-
icrc. Not even b. the twelve Disciples.
She begins thus-I viii read 1t to YOU"
But she had forgotten to bri1g her
glasses.
Wei, it is no matter" she said, =
remember the words-inleed, al Christian
Scientists know the beck BY heart; It is
necessary II our practice. We should
Otherwise make mistakes and DO harm.
Size begins thus: IN the year 1866
discovered the Science OF Metaphysical
Healing, and named it Christian Science.
And she says-quite beautifully, think
Through Christian Science, religion and
medicine are Inspired with q diviner ma
ture and csacccc, fresh pinions are given
= faith aud understanding, and thoughts
acqaaint themselves i~1tClliGentiy with
Cod Ter very words
It is elegant. and it is a fine thought,
too-marryiIg religion to medicine, in
lstoad Of medicine to the undertaken, in
the Old way; for religion and medicine
properly belong together, they being tho
bass CT all spiritual and physical health.
What kind OF medicine do you give fer
the ordinary Disease, such as"-
we never give medicine in any cir
cumstances whatever. Wc'-
But, madame, it says
Il dent care what it says, and I don't
wish TO talk about it."
I ana sorry il : nave offended, but you
see He mention seemed in some way in
consistent, and'-
There are 10 Inconsistencies IL Chris
t5an Science. The thing is impossible, fol
the Science is absolute. 1t cannot be
otherwise, since it proceeds directly from
The Ai-in-2u and the Eycrything-in-
Which, also Soul, Bones, Truth, one Of 3
series, alone and without equal. It is
Mathematics purified from material Gross
and made e2iritual."
Z can see THAI, butt
1t rests upcn the i~mmoyahle basis OF ar
.Apodistical Principles"
TIE word llatteneu itself against ing
mind IN trying to set in, az disoracred
nc a little, ard before | could inquire into
lis pertilency, she was already throwing
the nccGoJ light:
This Apodistical Principle in the abso-
late Principle Of Scientific Manufacturing
the sovereign O1cnipote1cc which delivers
the children Of men from pain. disease.
decay, and every II that flesh is heir to
"SCrSly not every IL, every dccay.'
.@--
there is 20 such thing IS decay-it is IL
u~nrcaiity, it has no existence"
but without your glasses your failing
oyesight does not permit yea To-
My eyesisht nno fail; nothing can
fail; the Mind IS master. and the MinG
permits no retrogrcs2ion."
She was under the inc-iratiCn o. tbs
Third Degree. therefore there could be &c
lrc6t III continuing this part Of he sub
ject. I shifted to other ground and in
quired further concerning the DiscoyereI
OF tie Science.
Did the discovery come suddenly, like
Klondihe, or after long study and calcula-
ton, like American"
The comparisons are not respectful
since they refer to triviaIities-but let i
PASS. I VII answer ii tie Diseoyeror's
own words: cod had been graclously
fitting nc, during many years, for the
reception OF a final revelation Of the abso-
lutte Principle OF Scientific Mind-h2ai-
in-.'"
Many years. How many??'
eighteen centuriesi'
ss.AIl-God. Cod-gcod, gcc1-Cod, Truth
Bones. Liver. one OF a series. alone an1
uitlcut coual-it IS aGaz.nG.."
f.T-o,, -,ozr wolf GOV II sir Nni II = HIi