The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-12
emphatically declared

selves have emphatically declared
this.
CfIMISTDAcSl SC1ENC1E HEALING.
The true Christian Scientist re-
fleets the divine Mind, stands on the
basis OF God, man and the universe
as Spirit and spiritual, as Love and
its manifestation, as Nliad and its
ideas--perfect and harmon GUS. Hence
he understands the unreaiity OF mat
ter and evil and knows that man Is
net sick but that the patient Is
simply suffering from a false mesmer-
ic belief. From that standpoint he
proceeds to correct the errors OF be-
lief with the Truth or being and
thus establishes harmony on a spirit
ual, scientific basis.
The patient Is not improved merely
physically, but morally and spirit
ually as well, because the divine
Mind, God, has reached his conscious
ness. His belief in matter, sin anu
disease is lessened and the under-
standing and love of God, of His
Christ, and OF the Bible is greatly In
creased He has begun to let that
mind be in him which was also in
Christ Jesus, the ''soand mind"
which St. Paul declared God has
given us.
Thus 1t is seen that II Is not the
human mind that does the healing
but divine Truth which is brought
to bear upon the case by reflection.
Truth is reflected by knowing. The
human mind reflects Truth by know
ing Truth, knowing God Alright.
This is a cardinal point in Chris
tlan Science healing, tina. it is God
divine Mind, that does the healing
and not human thought. In Chris
tian Scien,e healing the human
sense serves only as vehicle fol
Truth 1t is the Truth tione that
effects results.
TwO-FoIID PROCESS IN HEALING
Another cardinal point IL Christian
Science healing is that 1t works from
the standpoint of the UNI eality oi
matter and evil and thus proves the
allness and supremacy OF God. 1t in
| cludes the knowing and affirmation
OF Truth; the recognition and denia
OF error.
| Some people do not understand
why 1t is necessary to deny matter.
The reason, is simply this, that the
belief in the reality OF matter
seems so strongly established In
human consciousness through her.
edity environment and eduohtion
that the mere acknowledgment OF
declaration OF the allness God does
not always beget the conviction OF
the unreality of matter; and the
specific denial of matter aids in de-
stroying or lessening this claim In
the human consciousness.
1 CAUSE OF SICKNESS AND SIN
Sickness is the result Of mesmer'
ism. Illusion. The human thought
listens to the arguments of morta
mind instead of refusing to believe
them, ,--heni-e its ills. The sick are
asleep in the mesmerism of materia
sense and need to be awakened tt
mans true existence as Gods child
Christian Science shows us the way t
do this.
SO also sin and all evil are mes
meric Illusion. Sin is INDUCED II
because the sinner believes that ther,
is some good or pleasure in it, som'
advantage TO be gained by indulg
ence. This belief in evils realit,
and the pleasure II promises is III
only strength, and when Christian
Science reaches the thought of tn,
sinner and convinces him that sir
oonfers no pleasure and is but an, IL
lusion, and that indulgence in it re
suits only in suffering and bondage
the foundation of his belief Is broker
and through the Christ love he awak
ems TO a new life and Is healed.
God is the infinite all. Is omnipotent
omnipresent, omniscient good, as th
Bible teaches. evil can hive neithe
power nor existence.