The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23

l. all in the thinking jus, think you are wei
/, and you will be 40. Now the same ignor
ant belief that causes disease can never eur
", for, II thinking yen are well II all tina
| IL necessary, and 10 could be 80 arranged al
twelve O'clock tonight 10 have everybody
think they are well, then all the pain ane
suffering ~ the world would be wiped GU
in a single night. But the most masterfn
logic Of material PHILOSOPHY can never con
vince suffering man that his pain is no
real. for the same mind that produces diseas,
can never destroy Il, Only the spiritual Mind
as taught by Christ Jesus can uncover sin
and disease and destroy u. and that Mind
that In Christ Jesus has stood forth IN
bold relief throughout the Christian era as
| the panacea for the worlds ills. Therefore
let this mind be in you which also in
Christ Jesus -
Christian Scientists do not 20 TO the sick
bed with the heartless assertion, Nothing
| ails you. Jesus had compassion for those
who were bound He never healed man b,
| ignoring his difficulties. but by recognizing
| in that bondage a problem which needed q
be solved with spiritual understanding which
| exposes the nothingness OF evil and dissolves
| II like dew before the sun.
Jesus Eschewed Human Will
| Il is well TO know that the supposed cause
| ~ disease obtains In the mortal mind and
| that the understanding OF the divine Mind
VIII cure II; but human nature always finds
| somebody who wants 10 climb up by some
other way. Such people hold that the
spiritual Mind is FIT only for weak women
| and children. but for the man with belief
| in personal magnetism the exercise OF human
Will seems more manly. This unchristian
belief in human will has been seized upon
as ready method for competing with Chris.
tian Science in casting out disease by men
tai process Various names have been used
TO designate these efforts such as therapeutic
suggestion, psyco-therapeutics or Christian
psychology. They are admitted TO be tn,
operation OF the human will or carnal mind
Inv wiz ad
infidel or pagan, and therefore must be tn.
polar opposites of the mind OF Christ. for
the carnal mind is enmity against God
Human will is an animal propensity which
tries to dominate everything. and seeks 10
exploit itself as some great thing. bat il
the light that is in thee be darkness, how
great is that darkness, This blind belief
in animal will would commit murder and
do all manner OF evil TO satisfy its own de.
sires, Its chief characteristics are lust and
seltishness. As an educated system its more
hidden use is exploited IN hypnotsm and
animal magnetism. Think you that this
fabe.monger of mythics is the panaces for
the worlds ills
Christ Jesus completely esehewed any use
of the carnal will, well knowing that il pos.
sesses none OF the JOY and strength of divine
Love which regenerates both mind and BODY. |
Indeed he understood the powerlessness OF
human nun viii. for he said, II can Of mine own
mine own will, but the will of the Father
which hath sent me. If bear witness of |
myself, my, witness is not true
raul declared that the unrighteous nam.
mon changed the truth of God into lie |
ana worshpped and served the creature more
than the Creator Therefore the basis NJ
an eyll. anlmaliiy and disease is lie; with
any use of this animal will or therapeutic
suggestion is lie about God or Truth. The
carnal mind being lie no one can ever
explain "a lie as something for who can
Truth, on the other hand, can always be
understood and Truth casts out error rs
dew before the sun. We are learning in |
CHRISTIAN Science to recover our divine in
sin and in consequence we are learning TO
experience more of the joy of that blessed
Truth. VI
Cause and Effect.
We may read from the book of Hebrews
10" ot Lnat the hgure Of the law never made
ne chosen people perfect, rather did it con
ihually remind them of their sins. whereby
hey made sacrifice year after year for the
anne SIN. But Christ Jesus, manfesting the /,
cience once for all, and once pureed thav
lad no more consciousness of those sins
lther in mind or in body The apostle PAM
tead P" of this as the true healing
esus dealt with the mental causes, and 9
men ne purged the conscience of sin Il also
reed me body of disease, indicating n posi
W.. I'VE relation between sickness and sin, FOR
;,.e is easier to say, Thy sins be for I
l ,, thee or to say Arise, and walk o
nus, nus IT is that Christian Science heals both
hySically and morally wv" h
here are many who really believe that | G
od visits sickness and death upon bnman;t~ | n
Would starfle many to learn of the large Fl
unoer OF excellent people who are driven $,
ssertiayn INTO lnndehty by the cold and cruel Ii
way from us; and Christian Science wins
lese good people back to the Fathers king a
pm by proving that divine Love never az | II
V VEG man with suffering and disease. b.
when Jesus healed the lunatic child he X
~; fot reDuke the angels of God in the hi
buked the, devil and he departed '% ont of \,
m. m and and the child was cured from that Of
II! nour' Even poor crippled woman | w
referred to as "a daughter Of Abraham | 70
nom Satan hath bound 10, these eigbtsar ~,
a arsi and he healed her by first castinn So
me ne mission of Christ Jesus was IN in
lestroy the works of the devil" He no, sy
rued both sin and sickness as beIono;ne mn
!, ,haT class, which he proceeded to desfroS h;
IN truth and Love. His sense of devil an
u Iet h, was not something with hoofs wa
M; norhs' put the carnal mind which is | sb
mt! against God. The sick man. bowaver 10,
reason of his sickness NAV no, Inv hei; va va
81 s,nIui as the well man, as YOU will ner. ba
we by the following words: 'sTbosa aieb. va va
~ upon whom the tower of Sloan fell and 10
ov 'nem, think We that they were sinners vo
e al men that dwelt in jerusalem IN
al ali l; isay; but except you repent, We
'a,d we repent, if not the carnal mind with
Train of materialsm, that we NAV ssa,i fie
! that which is good9'' ma! hoid an
'o GOOD man as Job regarded his sick. pr