Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
REIGN OF MIND
IS NEW HEAVEN
REALIZATION OF INFINITUDE
DlSsoLvES MATERIAL
Christian Science Finds Strong Ex-
ponent In Woman Who Declares
Teachings Solve Fourth Die
nenslon of Space
az HELEN E. sTuDLEY

TIME first chapter OF Genesis reVedis
that God is cause,-"In the be-
II ginning God created the heaven
and the earth. The full revelation OF
discernment of Truth, announced by
Jesus. was prophetically outlined In
the book of Revelation, which similar
ly proclaims God as cause,-I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning ano
the end, the first and the last froiI
Genesis to the Apocalypse the Bible
discIoses, by means of reason and reve-
lation, the footsteps leading from err
ing finite sense into spiritual under
standing Reason alone is inadequate
to explain God 1t has been said that
reason Is only for our intellectual eye,
and like the eye, to see, 1t needs Ilsnt'
to see clearly and far, 1t needs the
light of heaven" Reasoning is defined
as 1.-THE process Of arriving at concIo-
sions by systematic comparison or
facts" and it Is obvious that If the
so-called facts are incorrect, the con-
clusion is faulty. It was once believed
that the earth is fiat. This theory is
now known to be false, therefore any
past reasoning which was based upon
this as a fact must have led to I'M
true conclusions.
In the same way, many things when
at present are believed to be facts,
will be seen as untruths when larger
perception of Gods perfect creation
shall be manifest. Hence, comparing
facts as we see them, and drawing
conclusions therefrom, cannot be an
absolutely correct process. This ac-
counts for the unreliabiltty of the nu-
man reason. Marchs Thesaurus calls
attention to that type of reason de-
nominated ratiocination, and defines
it thus: 1.-The process of drawing con-
clusions from the premise stated. By
following this process, no matter what
the facts may seem to be, one does
reach the correct conclusion, provided
the premises are right, and whenever
we speak of the correct operation or
reason we refer to this process or
ratioeination, for the premises OF
which we must look to revelation. 1t.
is necessary that revelation should
convince the reason, and. thus con-
WINGED, the rational faculty serves to
present revelation to mankind.
Uncovers Hidden Treasure
Guided by revelation, the author of
the book of Genesis doubtless per-
ceived the faultless premise that COO,
Spirit, is the only cause and creator.
But because he allowed his gaze to be
turned aside by the seeming facts of
materiality, and because of his vain
attempt to explain materiallty as
evolved from God, his judgment was
led astray, and, as the narrative pro-
ceeds, the book becomes lamentaply en-
tangled in the mazes of mortal think
ing. For centuries mankind have been
reasoning about God. They have strug-
gled in the dark to understand Lie;
since reason, apart from revelation, Is
nothing but mortal mind wandering IN
the mists of its own creating. Mrs.
Eddy says, Reason, rightly directed,
serves to correct the errors or cor
poreal sense"
Revelation is the disclosure of Truth
through the perception of GOD as spirit
and man as His spiritual ana perIeSe
idea. In so far as human reason alds
mankind in joining revelation and I'M
Outstanding, apprehending spiritual
truth in so far it is beneficial ana es-
sential to humanity.
Christian Science gives access to the
hidden treasures of the Bible. II SHOWS
that only as one starts from tne OASIS
of revelation can an understanding Oh
God be brought to human perceptloii:
This Science asserts that every step OF
reasoning must be submitted to the
light of revelation, allowing it to act
upon reason and to cast ASIDE as
worthless all so-called rational argu-
ment that Is not susceptible of PROOF;
thus making both reason and reVela-
ton practical through demonstration,
purging thought from the errors OF
sense, and proving spiritual UNDER
standing to be an ever-present, ever
active, all-powerful reality. In this
practical, operative Christian Science
Christ neutrality-suspicious. rlshtly
dominates reason and penetrates De-
yond the veil of matter into the giorl-
GUS understanding of God.
The so-called science of mathematics
is based entirely on reason, ignoring
revelation altogether, and its Held Is
therefore restricted. The theories con-
corning the three dimensions-length,
breadth and thickness, or in other
words, the line, plane, and space-haVe
to do only with material protection ana
concepts. In explaining these dimen-
sions, the mathematician considers
what appears to human view to be
fact, taking as his basis the atom or
particle of matter. But he finds that
he must practically endow 1t with in
telligence, in order that 1t may be free
to move in the three dimensions. The
mathematician assumes that the atoms
first action was movement in a straight
path. This movement Is the first d.
length, or the extension called
atom meets an impeachment in Its path.
Since the first dimension cannot bestow
entire freedom, it gains greater liberty
by passing around the obstruction.
This added possibility of action Is the
mathematical breadth. The atom now
moves about in these two dimensions,
line and plane, but 1t does not find
entire freedom. 1t still meets with OBJ
stacles to be overcome, and 1t must
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This movement up and down adds the
concept of thickness, the third dimen-
sion. The atom now moves in the line,
in the place, and in space. Finding
that the three dimensions are not able
to explain all phenomena, however, the
mathematician is awakening to the
fact that he must look for what he is
pleased to call fourth dimension.
Every human consciousness is seek
ing for infinity, but the mathematician,
in working today for a statement of
the fourth dimension, may not realize
that the impetus back of his search
is the faint glimpse which he possesses
Of the eternal law Of infinity. 1t Is
clear, moreover, that when infinity is
grasped, thought cannot be dimensional
or measurable. 1t is only the finite
mind which sees according to material
AS 1t becomes evan
gelized, human sense loses its concept
OF material and dimensional existence
in the Understanding of Spirit and it's
Human reasoning has
reached its limit at the third dimen-
sion. For the solution of higher prob
lens the gaze must be turned, not to-
ward reason, but toward the revela-
ton that comes through spiritual un-
This revelation has come
m Christian Science, and when under
stood. it is accepted by the reason. A
recent writer has suggested that the
idea will be an aid to re-