The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06
ONE MIND OR MINDS MANY

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There are and can be but two mental
methods of treating the sick, or in
| fuencing asfellow 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 .'carnaT' mind Now
either there is but one Mind, one God,
or there are minds many, Gods many
Which proposition is true? The Scrip
lures 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, "one 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 ex-
terminator of evil. Either method of
healing recognizes this fact. or else
it does not If it does, it will proceed
in complete confidence of the power of
God to deal with all cases. It viii not
require diagnostician TO determine
whether in the premises God is COM
petent to act. If, on the other hand
method Of healing does not admit that
God is the only cause, then the mind
employed in its mental healings will be
human mind. Its power is the force of
human will and its cures not funda-
mental. The supposed changes which
are produced by the exercise of human
will and which are regarded by some
as genuine healings will eventually be
discovered to be only temporary
changes OF mortal consciousness. which
are not real corrections but simply sub
stitutes of certain erroneous mental
conditions for others equally erroneous.
They are the outcome of the condition
mentioned 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-meditate day and
night" How continuous meditation on
the supremacy of God heals the sick
and overcomes sin may not be apparent
to the casual observer, but 1t will
surely become clear to the Christian
who puts the practice to a test. 1t
may be well to note here that thinking
of God, as a matter of course. means
and necessitates a consciousness of
what God is. a realization of his vari-
Gus characteristics and attributes, and
His relation TO man and the universe.
IL such meditation is comprehension it
must of necessity take in the very ma
ture and essence of Deity. Among the
myriad ideas which 1t includes we might
mention that it would embrace a con-
sciousness that God is infinite Mind,
eternal Life, immutable Truth, un-
changing Love; that He is the only
Cause, the beginning and the end, the
foundation OF being, the ultimate sus-
tenance, the author and the fnisher"
of all things, that He is "all in alP';
that since He is the only Cause. that
which He creates is the only effect.
that the discords, abnormalities. evils,
which appear to exist, being no part of
the very good things which God created,
have only a mythical existence. they
are but counterfeits of the real and
spiritual creations, and that notwith-
standing the fact that they appear to
exist in erring mortal experience and
therefore must be grappled with and
overcome through divine power, they
belong only to erring mortal sense
experience. which Solomon denominated
the error of life
CHRISTIAN HEALING
For about forty years Christian Sci
ence has found more or less acceptance
and has healed many sick folks through
a reliance upon spiritual power alone
Surviving its doubts and misgivings.
Christendom has eventually concluded
and acknowledged that Christian Sci
ence heals; hence Mrs. Eddy's prophecy
of fifteen years ago seems about to be
fulfilled She said, IF the lives of
Christian Scientists attest their fidelity
to Truth, 1 predict that in the twenti-
eth century every Christian church in
our land, and few in farofr lands, viii
approximate the understanding of
Christian Science sufficiently to heal the
sick in His name" pulpit and Press.
page SD Within the past two years
movements relying more or less upon
mental methods of treating the sick
have been instituted. On this subject
the March number of Current Litera-
ture'' declares: The significance of
this new propa ganda can hardly be ap-
preciated apart from its relation to
Christian Science. 1t is the product of
the time-spirit that has given birth to