The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-24

never had a failure.
In the genuine Christianity Of Christ
healing has the same place That the
fruit has to the tree, for he said by
their fruits shall We know Them" The
omission Of healing from religion, the
divorce of practical helpfulness from
Christianity, is of modern invention.
When Jesus ordained his twelve dis
ciples into the Christian ministry, the
commission he gave them was one sin
gle command in these words: go
preach and heal" Luke In giving US
an account of this first ordination
service says in the ninth chapter Of
his gospel, "He called his twelve dis
ciples together, and gave them power
and authority over all devils and to
cure diseases And he sent them to
/ preach the kingdom of God and to heal
the sick"
| When 1 first began the investiga-
ton of this interesting subject I did
not suppose that I was to learn some
| thing new of God. In common with
all Christian people, I had thought of
God as the Creator and Father Of all.
I believed that He was spirit" as
Christ Jesus said, and Love as John
wrote. But there was one view of the
Creator which the members of the new
denomination dwelt upon which I had
overlooked if not neglected. The start
ing point in their thought of Him was
that God does not send sin, sickness,
nor death When rejecting upon this
declaration that the evils and ills which
aff1ict mortals are not created by God,
it was borne in upon me with the force
of conviction that if God did not send
pain and disease, then mankind need
not suffer because of them.
Mind the True Remedy.
| Because the Christian Scientist re-
CARDS man as an idea of Mind, just
as the mathematician regards numbers
as ideas of mind he holds that what
is true philosophy in dealing with the
problems of mathematics, is true phil
osophy in dealing with the problems of
man. In mathematics certain prob
lens present themselves and certain
fixed and invariable rules prevail for
their solution. The mathematician in
working out his problem, when he fails
of the correct answer, has an exact
method of procedure. He finds the
mistake and corrects the error through
! the right understanding Of the truth
Likewise the musician has a scientific
method for restoring harmony when he
| finds discord. He knows the truth,
and the truth makes him free from
| the discord. The mistakes in the
mathematical problem are made ap-
parent by misplaced figures. For these
mistakes the figures are not held re-
| sponsible. To correct the mistakes,
the human mind which made them
must be corrected. Free mortal mind
from mistakes and the problem will
| be free from mistakes.
| The Power Of Good Thoughts.
AS the face Of the earth is changed
so also are the faces and lives of
mortals transformed by true thoughts.
We have seen sin and selfisnness, ap-
petite and passion give place to
thoughts of purity and Truth, and we
have beheld there a desert bud and
blossom as the rose. We remember
others where fear and despair nave
been changed for faith and nope. We
know the transformation. A new light
glistens in the eye. A new song how
ers on the lips, and on the placid brow
there rests a crown Of glory which
fadeth not away. Truly might one so
changed exclaim with the Christian
astronomer as he viewed the starry
hosts of heaven, II think thy thoughts
after thee, o God"
Christian Science receives the ap-
proval of all who give it earnest heed
because/it strengthens hope and faith,
intensifies nigh resolve and noble aim,
exalts honesty and virtue, cultivates
charity and unselfishness, and en-
thrones the love of God within the
heart Of man.
| Discoverer and Founder.
For eight years it has been my
privilege to reside in the home city OF
the Discoverer and Founder of Chris
tan Science. For several months of
this time 1 was member of her
household ad therefore I speak from
personal knowledge Mrs. Eddy has
endeared herself to Concord's best peo-
pie by reason of her broadminded.
public spirited citizenship. her numer-
Gus and constant philanthropies. her