The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20

average Of seven testimonials are heard
at each session of cases which cover
every known disease of body and mind
and morals, chronic and acute, organic
and functional. One can readily see
what volume of evidence is thus all
the time accommodating of the curative
efficacy Of Christian Science.
Tho not much given to statistics,
we can say without exaggeration that
many hundreds of thousands of SO.
called incurable cases of disease have
been healed thru Christian Science.
| Notwithstanding this astounding state
ment its work is by no means confined
to the cure of physical ills-rather is
this incidental to the vastly greater mis-
sion Of healing sin and leading in all
matters of genuine reform. 1t reclaims
the sinner, not thru fear of punish
ment nor anticipation of reward, but
by the supremacy of Mind that is good,
dispelling the illusion of his love of sin,
and by so uplifting his sense of good
and charging his affection for it, that
he ceases to find satisfaction in aught
but the way of holiness. Hosts of peo-
pie have been and are being healed of
and opium thru this sort of temperance
work-proving it to be a prohibition
that actually does prohibit the sin itself
:: instead of spending its energies in the
fruitless attempt to prevent the conse-
, quences Of sin.
, Thru the knowledge of the reality
) Of Mind and the unreality of matter the
varied vices of the flesh are annulled
l the Mind Of Christ, the Love that is
: God, is enthroned as the all-governing
e Principle Of spiritual, universal man,
t and thus appears the divine manhood
S and womanhood of the sons and daugh-
D tiers of God. The immediate result is
: that human affection is purified AMI
t exalted above the plane of instinct and
s thus rendered wholesome and perma-
t nent. Family ties that have been rup-
l. tured thru the destructive belief in
il minds many have been reunited, and
@ homes restored to Wilderness by the
9 unity Of Spirit, which is the guarantee
It of purity and the bond Of peace.
j. Christian Science is not profession
l. for few to follow, but a divine order
7, of daily living for all mankind to adopt
e and practice. 1t is at once the messen
f ger and the message of Divine Love
n coming to self-afflicted humanity to
heal, to redeem, to uplift, to crown will
is blessings infinite.
d One common criticism against Chris
d tian Science is that its adherents lose
y interest in the public veal: that they
n regard the usual methods and means OF
e reform unnecessary for the benefit OF
,e the people at large; that they do not
n enter popular plans for refining and ele
waiting the race. The fact is the advo
t. Gates of Christian Science do express
IL practical and active interest in tn,
t. general welfare of mankind. They are
ID by degrees, proving that its Principle
It permeates' and governs every avenu
10 of human experience and is ingrafte,
y. into every department of human affairs
If While our methods may differ somewha
t. from those most in vogue by the alb
q. sence of outward form and machiner,
,e in our enterprises, still the essentia
IN elements of true progress are neve
lost to view, and we heartily aid an
n endorse all that educates, ennobles, re