The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-07

but thousands Oh peoP'' 1T,
.ame In some measure those "",.
conditions which could ON! pe ue
scribed by the words nell "itnin'
and Christian Science mas enao'I'
hem TO do this. Today its mission y
J TO restore harmonious cohditiohs "
mankind; to give health III p'acs
disease, and harmony. peace ana nap
, ,iness instead of discord. conteh'ion
md misery. and II is ligltimate hi,'
! Son II is accomplished through tht
understanding that evil is no par. U.
he reality of being in Goa ~"
those systems which never prove 'ne
nower of good over evil should oo
icct 10 our way OF proving IL seehhs
anomalous
OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS CON
sIDERED-One who learns that Chrls
ian Science healing involves correct
/ linking and scientific basis for II, is
aut to Indignantly remark, w nat uo
Won mean to say that | Just thlhh l III
sick," Let 1t here be answered that
| christian Scientists do not go TO a
moor sufferer with the ilippant remark
| that he Just thinks he's sick, CHRIS
ian Science is always compass ionate
and kind and encouraging, ana the
practitioner would probably say 10 the
suffering one that God had not pro
wider for disease nor for its continu
ance. He will tell him of the nature
Of God, of His presence and power
and that every true thought about Him
is helpful and uplifting and healing
and then. II so desired. he will give
what is called treatment in Chris
tian Science. which is in the nature
of PRAYER. and is recognition OF
mans harmonious relationship to God
and consequent denial of everything
unlike it. 1t is this two-fold nature
of Christian Science prayer that gives
il efficacy. and enables it to heal the
sick. The method involves righteous
ness on the part of the practitioner:
il means conscious and constant COM
munion with Good, with God: II means
publication of sense and self. or bap-
tism in the highest acceptation OF the
word
THE INFLUENCE OF PRAYER-l
What" says someone, do you mean
to say that goodness is related to
health? Why. If that is so. how is 1t
that good people are so often sick?'
The answer that true righteousness |
involves science or understanding |
ought TO be satisfactory. A person
may be good and yet he may not
lave realized that disease is no part
If the divine provision made for man.
He may even suppose that God has
n some mysterious way arranged for
lis suffering or that it is permitted by
God, and with such erroneous con-
,eptions, he could not possibly free
himself from disease. Righteousness
involves not only goodness. but cor
'ect or right knowledge. and such
improves health inevitably.
DISEASE RECOGNIZED AS MEN,
TAL-Those who are not accustomed
o associate thought with its effects
nay not understand how the human
,ody can be made sick or well by the
influence Of thought. and yet materia
nedica does recognize this to some
.xtent. Only Christian Science, how
ever. discloses the right method by
which fear and sin and their effects
lpon the body may be destroyed. The
sverage person learning of Christian
Science as metaphysical method, is
lpt also to confuse it with so-called
mental methods more or less preva.
ent today but Christian Science is
mike them all. 1t involves no such
ming as suggestion or the exercise of
he human will or hypnotism or mes
nerism. or the use of formulae 1t
hows that all these methods may as
'eadily be used for evil purposes as
or good. which proves that they are
neither Christ-like nor scientific. The |
)ower of Christian Science lies in the |
act that it is the Christ method,
the influence of the divine |
Mind is recognized and employed as
the only power. 1t ought not to be |
so difficult to learn something Of the |
influence of thought upon the body, |
since this may be observed at almost |
any time. Fear, which is thought. |
Will cause person to turn pale An
ger will make him flush. and II he |
come suddenly upon something which |
he breads, his heart will beat rapidly |
and unnaturally. These are all physi- |
cal effects produced by thought Sup
pose child were born under the con-
ditions OF fear which so often surround
mortals, and suppose the conditions
We're more or less continuous Grow
ing up in that way, perhaps its heart
would always be beating unnaturally.
and after awhile, II examined BY ma,
terra medica, the verdict might be.
Poor fellow. it's all up with him;
he's got heart disease" Suppose at
this Juncture that the case should fall
into the hands of Christian science
practitioner. as extreme so-called fatal
cases so often do. The practitioner.
employing Christian Science, would
get at the root OF the trouble. That's
what Christian Science does, and
learning Of the cause OF the suffering
ne would through the righteous pray.
er OF Christian Science begin to eli.
inmate that cause and all the memory
OF the fear, and the fear being re-
moved. the patients heart would be-
come normal. There are thousands
OF normal hearts, brains and other
bodily organs in the world TODAY he
cause Christian Science has made
hem so. A slight indication Ia thus
gwen OF the nature of disease and