Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-16
VALUE OF FAITH
IS EXEMPLIFIED
CONFIDENCE is ATTRIBUTE OF
DIVINE MIND
MRS: EDDY REVEALS SPECIFIC
ACTIVITY OF oMNlPoTENcE
Founder of Church DscIoses Mans
True State and Gives Remedy for
Regulating and Controlling
Human Conditions
BY CLARA E. MAO MAHoN

/ AlIH is word used primarily u
express the state of consciousness
essential to religious teaching, and
it is commonly differentiated from the
understanding which is essential to
the acceptance of scientific teaching
or knowledge of truth. 1t is ordinarily
thought that the understanding of ply
steal science is an activity of the hu-
man mind based upon the testimony
of material sense, and that therefore
it is to be relied upon; while faith is
regarded as a transcendental mental
state, a spiritual attitude which ac-
cepts as a guide to eternal life theories
about an unknown and unknowable God,
and which bases it's hope of salvation
upon belief IN the uneXplainable mira
cles attending the life Of Christ Jesus,
who through a special gift from COD
was able to put aside the customary
order of divine law for a SPECIFIC time
and purpose.
In the early centuries of the worlds
history this type of faith was almost
universal, and scientific knowledge
practically non-eXistent, but through
the gradual development of thought
exact knowledge of material facts ana
phenomena has become more general
and faith in the mysterious unknown
has gradually diminished. The discov-
cry of the relation of the planets to
the sun transformed the thought of
mankind about astronomy and brought
to our knowledge the existence of fixed
laws governing our solar system. me
discovery of the laws of gravitation,
of radiation, of attraction, ETC., has
DESTROYED much superstition, much
blind faith, much mystery, and has
brought to mankind an ever-increaslng
sense of security and confidence IN a
definite, controlling power or Principle,
underlying and supporting the uni.
verse; and as scientific knowledge OF
the universe increases, 1t is being ap-
pretended that this underlying, con-
| trolling Principle pervades the mtnu-
tiae of affairs and through unvarying
law governs every least detail of being.
Divine Mind Is Infinite
Of late years, as men have pondered
over this problem of the government
of the universe, it has become manifest
that this governing Principle is infinite,
all-pervading, ever-present, ever
active, intelligent, and unvarying in
perfection; and in Christian Science 1t
| is recognized as divine Mind and ac-
knowledged to be the one creative Prln-
ciple, the only creator, and in so far
as this divine Principle is apprehended
| through it's manifestations or actiVi-
/ ties there is always confidence, or
faith, in it's unvarying support and
! protection.
Does any one ever stop to worry lest
| the law of gravitation may not work
| properly tomorrow, or whether some
| circumstances may arise to prevent its
perfect action? Why not? 1t is be-
cause we have faith In its unvarying
rule When night comes on there is
no frenzy of fear lest the light may not
come again; nevertheless. If we trust
the evidence of the material senses,
how can we know that day will return?
/ - a S,oE1 fNfy h
we can see, hear, feel, taste or smell OF
coming daylight but because of our
| knowledge of and faith in the immuta-
| BILE activity of law, the law by which
| the earth is turned upon It's axis so
that in due time we shall be brought
again into the SUMS light.
| Again, when we go to the railroad
| station prepared to make journey, our
| first impulse is to look up the track and
see If the train is coming, and in so
J doing we may observe that the track
rails seem to converge to point on the
| horizon; and vet when the train comes
in we go aboard without rear or hesl-
| tation, because we are not trusting the
| evidence of sight and because we have
| faith In parallel lines-faith in the law
| which declares that, no matter what
| the seeming be, If laid parallel the rails
are the same distance apart through
out their entire length. These simple
| ILLUSTRATIONS might ne IuulIlpllCu' oue
| enough has been said to emphasize the
fact that wherever men have discov-
! cred in the universe a manifestation OF
unvarying law, they instinctively nave
| faith in it; they trust it, and find that
| In their affairs it works to produce ana
maintain harmony.
Discord Due to misunderstanding
Just here a query naturally arises, to
wit, If divine Principle, the infinite in
telligence, creates and governs the uni
| verse in perfect harmony, how snail
we explain the discord of which we
have too common and intimate an eX-
perience? 1t cannot be due to the df-
! vine absence, nor to the mutability of
| divine law. but rather to lack of I'M
| derstanding. to wrong teaching with
respect to the nature of being and OF
| the divine manifestation. In the realm
| of mathematics the action of eternal
| and immutable law has long since been
| discerned and has been correctly
! taught, and as a result we witness the
| worlds faith in mathematics, and the
| ensuing unanimity and peace so far as
| this science has to do with human con-
| ditions.
and on examination into its affairs the
| accounts are found to be in disorder;
| this does not excite fear or despair in
| the minds of the people concerned.
Even though they may not themselves
understand the science of bookkeeping,
| they acknowledge that there is such
! science. or knowledge of the law or
numbers, and they employ an account
| ant who will use what he knows or
this science to straighten out the af-
| fairs of the estate. During the process
| the heirs are not troubled with doubts
| and fears lest perchance this science
| NAV not work, the neighbors do not
gather to shake their heads and utter
dismal prophecies in view of the fact
| that their friends are trusting to
mans right thinking to destroy dis
cord: not at ALL Every one concerned
whether he understands bookkeeping
or not, has faith in mathematics, is at
peace with it, and so allows the work
to go on undisturbed.
Wonders Cease to Exist
Tn the realm of physics also the
recognition of order is being rapidly
established, and the achievements of
mans dominion in the physical world
have ceased to be wonders simply be-
cause of the appearing of a correct
knowledge of the facts and the laws
nertaining to them. Turning to an
other field of thought, it may be said
that no one statement of Jesus has been
considered more impracticable, more
impossible of literal acceptance than
this: For verify 1 say unto you, That
whatsoever shall say unto this noun
tain, Be thou removed, and be thou
cast into the sea- and shall not doubt
in his heart, but shall believe that those
things which he saith shall come to
pass; he shall have whatsoever he