The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-10

criticism In the way that Jesus taught
She has practiced the gospel which
she teaches. the gospel OF Christ. the
gospel of love. Standing alone through
years OF trial and persecution, natur-
ally OF modest. shrinking disposition,
not desiring the plaudits of the world.
impelled and supported by a power far
beyond and above herself. Mrs. Eddy.
among women. Is figure unique in
history.
THE present mission of Christian
Science is to bring about or restore
normal conditions OF mind body, and
environment. Christian Science dis
closes the action OF pure and noble
thought, not only upon what is called
the human mind. but also upon the hal
man body. It gives us a never failing
test. 1t ever declares that God is
mind. and that as there is one God.
there is one mind. 1t teaches us 70
measure every human impulse, every
thought. by this invariable standard.
and to ask ourselves continually, how
does God. the one infinite mind, think
about this or that. In this way the
day of Judgment. as our textbook says.
comes hourly and continually"
Disense Recognized rs Mental.
Those who are not accustomed to
associate thought with its effects may
not understand how the human body
can be made sick or we'll by the ~.
fluence of thought. and yet materf0
medica does recognize this to some ex-
tent. Only Christian Science. however.
discloses the right method by which
fear and sin and their effects upon
the body may be destroyed. The aver
age person learning of Christian Sci
ence as metaphysical method Is apt
also to confuse 1t with so-called mental
"a L.. -. a,
but Christian Science is unlike them
all. It involves no such thing as sug-
eestion or the exercise of the human
will or hypnotism or mesmerism, or
the use OF formulate. 1t shows that all
these methods may as readily be used
for evil purposes as for good, which
proves that they are neither Christ
like nor scientific. The power of
Christian Science lies in the fact that
it is the Christ method. whereby the
influence Of the divine Mind is recog-
nized and employed as the only power.
It ought not to be so difficult to learn
something of the influence of thought
upon the body, since this may be OBJ
which is thought, will cause a person
to turn pale. Anger will make him
flush and if he come suddenly upon
some thing which he breads, his heart
wifi beat rapidly and unnaturally.
"These are all physical effects pro-
duced by thought Suppose child
were born under the conditions of fear
which so often surround mortals, and
suppose the conditions We're more or
less continuous. Growing up in that
way, perhaps its heart would always
be beating unnaturally. and after
while. If examined by materia medica.
the verdict might be, Poor fellow. It's
all up with him; he's got heart dis
ease Suppose at this juncture that
the case should fall into the hands OF
Christian Science practitioner, as
extreme sc-called fatal cases so often
do. The practitioner. employing Chris.
tian Science, would get at the root OF
the trouble That's what Christian
Science does ana learning Of the cause
of the suffering. he would. through
the righteous prayer of Christian Sol
ence, begin to eliminate that cause and
all the memory of the fear, and, the
fear being removed, the patients heart
would become normal. There are thou
sands of normal hearts, brains and
other bodily organs in the world to-
day because Christian Science has
made them so.