The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-06

Here is point that critics seem to
practice is in perfect accord with his
theory that his exclusive reliance upon
God in time of sickness is due TO his
firm conviction that God is the only
Power. that He is the author OF all
that exists and that, as sin is no part
of the divine economy. it is simply err
-or, which can be destroyed by truth
alone
Speaking of the Emmanuel Move
ment, Rev. Frank L. Goodspeed OF
'pringfield. Mass. has said that 1T
is not like Christian Science. You do
lot have to insult your intellectual fac
llties and blackguard them into be-
ieving what isn't so. as in Christian
Science" We venture the assertion
that every Bible student will readily
endorse the basic statement of Chris
tan Science, namely, God is Spirit. and
he will agree that spirit is not matter
but Mind. To do thrs he is obliged TO
deny the testimony of material sense
If he does not Insult and black
guard" it, for material sense declares
Il do not believe there is any spirit
l. IL
it is possible for one to reject the tes-
timony of his material senses suffi-
GENTLY to believe that God is Spirit.
there is no reason why he cannot con-
5istently accept the entire teaching of
Christian Science, since every propo-
sition of Christian Science is consist
emily deduced from this as a premise.
Jesus was not afraid of insulting his
human sense of things. He declared
that The flesh Lmatterl profiteth
nothing" at is the spirit that quick
eneth [giveth life and existence.l The
Masters denial of sense testimony was
as sweeping as that of Mrs. Eddy. In
deed Mrs. Eddy finds warrant for her
denial in our Lords teachings.
Rev. Artemus J. Haynes, New Ha-
| ven, Conn, in a sermon delivered in
that city, said: 81 wish to pay a trib-
ute that l feel is deserved. Christian
| Science took up a great truth that had
| fallen into disuse since the days of the
apostolic church. Christian Science SO
emphasized that truth-over-empha
sized it, If you insist-as to compel
the church, compel the medical frater-
nifty, compel the world to listen. Let
us be fair; We should never have heard
of this Emmanuel clinic had it not
been for the Christian Science
| Church"
One Mind or Minds Many.
There are and can be but two men,
| tai methods of treating the sick, or in
fluencing a fellow mortal,-one is that
which recognizes no other Mind, hence
no other power. but God, good; the
other is that which is based upon the
human, mortal, or "carnal" mind. Now
either there is but one Mind, one God
Which proposition is true? The
Scriptures teach the fact that there is
but one God. God is Spirit, Life
Truth, Love. Hence. the implied
teaching that there is but one Life, one
Spirit, one love, lone good"
An erroneous belief seems to prevail
to some extent that all mental methods
employed in the treatment of human
ills are fundamentally alike. Expert
ence will correct this error, for as a
matter of fact, God, divine Mind, is
the only real Cause and the only actual
exterminator of evil Either a meth
cd Of healing recognizes this fact, or it
does not If it does, it will proceed
in complete confidence of the power
of God to deal with all cases. 1t will
not require a diagnostician to deter
competent to act. II, on the other
/ -, i
NIT that God is the only cause. then
! the mind employed in it's mental
healings will be human mind. It's
power is the force of human will and
its cures not fundamental. The sup
posed changes which are produced by
the exercise of human will and which
are regarded by some as genuine heal
ings will eventually be discovered to
be only temporary changes of morta
consciousness, which are not real cor
rections, but simply substitutes of
certain erroneous mental conditions
for others equally erroneous. They
are the outcome of the condition men
toned in the Scriptures, God is not
in all their thoughts We affirm that
the Psalmist was right in his practice
as indicated by the declaration, His
delight is in the law of the Lord; and
in his law doth he mediate day and
night How continuous meditation
On the supremacy of God heals the
sick and overcomes sin may not be ap-
parent to the casual observer, but it
will surely become clear to the Chris
tian who puts the practice to test.
1t may be well to note here that think
ing Of God, as matter of course,
means and necessitates a consciousness
of what God is, realization of his va
rious characteristics and attributes,
and His relation to man and the uni
verse. If such meditation is compre-
hension it must of necessity take in
the very nature and essence of Deity.
Among the myriad ideas which it in
cludes, we might mention that it
would embrace a consciousness that
God is infinite Mind, eternal Life, i'm
mutable Truth. unchanging Love; that
He is the only Cause. the beginning
and the end, the foundation of being.
the ultimate sustenance, the author
and the finisher" of all things, that
He is ''all in ALL; that since He is the