The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-30

product of material sense, a
mental concept.
TO correct this false concept,
we need to know the truth of be-
ing. We need to understand the
real existence which lies back of
this material appearance. TO
correct an error we must recOg-
nize the truth which it falsities.
We cannot work out our saliva
ton, until we know that we are
in error, and know the truth that
shall set us free. The science
of salvation must therefore in
clude the saving Truth, the
principle of all reality, and its
application.
The reason that philosophers
and psychologists do not make
any practical application of their
reasoning regarding the mental
nature of matter is that they do
not know what the absolute
Truth is, what reality is, what is
behind the material sense testi-
mony. They cling to matter be
cause they have nothing to put
in its place.
Through Christian Science We
are beginning to understand that
the mortal body is mental; that
it is an embodiment of conscious
and unconscious mentality, the
developed mortal thought of self
hood, the GENERALIZATION of a
personal sense of physical being,
This explains why it is so re
sponsive to thought.
The prevailing belief that life
is in matter, is a mere SenSe-im-
preston, accounts for the ills of
the flesh. Is 1t any wonder that
the body gives out under the
strain put upon it so long as we
declare that our life depends up
on it, upon "A false concept that
cannot even sustain itself? Think
of the responsibility the burden,
we place upon it, making it not
alone our dependence in normal
living, but also the Scapegoat of
all eXceSses. Is it any wonder
that it does not make good?"
We take an advanced step
when we see that the body is
mental instead of physical and
that we do not live in a matter
body. but in consciousness.
Bodily conditions are relieved
is so far as W" realize that God,
the infinite divine Principle is
our Life.
Mrs. Eddy says in Science and
Health page l4):
Becomes conscious for sin
gle moment that Life and intelli-
gence are purely spiritual -
neither in nor of matter-and
the body will then utter no com
plants. If suffering from a be
lief in sickness, you will find
Yourself suddenly well. Sorrow
is turned into joy when the body
is controlled by spiritual Life,
Truth and Love
How important then to know
what reality is, so that we can
know what is true and what is
not true, and that consciousness
may express obedience to Paul 5
Injunction. ORoman II: -
Il beseech you, therefore,
brethren, by the mercieS ofGOd,
that We present your bodies Il
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your reason
able service. And be not con
formed to this world, but be We
transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and accept
able, and perfect, will of God.
Is it not essential for us to
know who and what we are,
where we are and what we live
in; If there is anything about
us that is not true and real, do
we not need to know it? Do we
not want TO be undeccivcd?
The demand of this hour is
that we awake. Awake" cries
st. Paul, Awake thou that
sIeepest, and arise from the
dead, and Christ shall give thee
light" Again he says Awake
to righteousness and sin not.
And how shall we awake? BY
replacing false sense with truth
the divine idea. Indifference
lethargy, Incidence, apathy, al.
these are meSmeric mental states
and we need to become de-meS
merized. TO work ont our saliva
tion we must first wake up, ano
the science of salvation must in
clude the principle and method
for so doing.
We have thus far considered