The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-25
System is Practical.

Sociology, or the science of society
and human association, can be called the
highway to the realm of brotherhood In
a practical way Christian Science can be
termed Christian Socialism, for that
Magma Charta of divine democracy, the
Sermon On the Mount is the foundation
of this Science, and the Lords PRAYER,
which petitions that Gods kingdom or
rule shall come on earth as in heaven is
its one great Article OF faith The ques-
tons Of capital and labor, government,
business, education, practical philan-
throphy. all confront Christian Scientists
as they do every social and religious re-
former. 1t should be remembered that
the very transcendentaiism of the philoso
ply of Christian Science makes it of
practical value to all aspects of human af-
fairs. Because the system deals wholly
and directly with mind and mental forces,
and because il aims at the publication
and capitalization Of thought, it at once
enters the realm of mental causation, and
there purides, elevates and corrects. This
systemaims at the establishment of the
Brotherhood of Man, with one governing
Mind. on the basis of divine Love 1t
SLOWS that erring thought. false motives
and standards, selhshness, and human fear
evolve and create the perplexities that
surround the questions of class strife, and
the inequalities of life SO prominent in the
varied aspects of the great problem of
capital and labor. Christian Science lays
the AK at the root of the tree of human
error, 1t demands that love shall take the
place of fear, trust and confidence the
place of suspicion, and the consciousness
of Christian democracy and equality in
individuality flor individuality can never
last), shall overthrow the power of human
greed and jealousy. Genuine reform will
be vain dream, and brotherhood phan-
tom, until the elements o. human natare
are changed by the acquisition of the
Mind of the Master. Individual reform
must and will end in the general reforma-
ton of the race.
Christian Science is of vital import
ance and value to the business man. II
intensihes the normal mental power of
concentration, application for sight, and
wise conservatism. 1t engenders that
optimism which enables the we'll poised
and experienced business man to wait and
in cautious movement attain legitimate
and desired end 1t enables the business
man to read human nature more keenly,
more accurately. Thus he is better fitted
to protect himself against human subtlety
and craftines SO common among those
mortals who attach no value TO integrity,
recognize no obligations in friendship and
see no grandeur in being honest, with
word and bond as one. 1t helps him in
times of panic and in hours of fear. be.
cause it reveals the fact that the Principle
of honesty like that of spirituel percep-
ton, is God. Christian Science, through
its process OF mental training lifts bust
ness men above the petty annoyances #
daily life and renders sure reward under
the natural laws of cause and effect, to all
effort and action that tend to uphold in
tegrity, honesty and right motive Finan-
cial panics, so-called hard times, and bust
ness depression. come in most cases from
mental and abnormal reasons. 1t is but
, infrequently that actual and reasonable
causes exist for these distressing distur-
Dances.
"Merciless waves Of concrete or defined
fear aggravated and increased by sugg.s-
ton, press and telegraph sweep over the
minds which constitute what is known as
the business world and manipulate condi-
tons and values as a tornado sweeps over
forest. Constant talk about ores bodi-
ly ailments or mental woes Railways per-
cetuates and increasd these troubles. The
rehearsals of crime and vice tends to
evolve like conditions in the life or en-
vironment of The person who dwells in
such error. Business men unwittinely
talk poverty. limitation and hard times,
brood over the detailed symptoms of a
diseased or sick business, and so work
against their own interest and evolve
either distress or actual failure The
Christian Science business man is wiser.
than the generation about him He APP
plies rational mental methods to all con
ditions that confront him and by SO doing
avoids the torment of continued worry.
fear and perchance catastrophe
The varied manfestat .ons OF fear
dark n the mind. perpetuate umidi,y, and
hinder individual advancement. There
fore, the practical application of the rules
iof Christian Science ends the gradual
destruction of this element in the human
mind
Mary Baker Eddy.
ITO its Discoverer and Founder the
race owes everlasting gratitude. Hundreds
of thousands, long bound by chains of
suffering an error, now call her career.
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