The Daily Missoulian., 1909-09-29

mentally leave the earth, and see lts
true relation to the sun and planets.
pupil who In not willing to make
this departure cannot understand the
solar system 80 also IN divine meta
physics. We must lie willing to leave
the mental concept Of things and take
81 standpoint outside of matter from
which we cah sse the true nature and
relation of things Just so long as we
insist that material sense Is the true
sense, 80 long we shall bc deceived and
remain in bondage.
We. therefore. need tn understand
first that our consciousness III our
sense Of existence. of being: that OBJ
jects and things are projected mental
images, the product of material SENSE
Il mental concept.
To correct this false concept, we
need to know the truth Of being. We
need to understand the real existence
which lies back pf this material APP
peanInse. To correct an error we must
recognize the truth which II faisifies
We cannot work out Our salvation
until We know that we are i'm error
and know the truth that shall SET ms
free. The science Of salvation ftust.
therefore. include the saving truth. the
principle Of oil reality. and its appli-
cation.
The reason that philosophers and
psychologists do not make any prac-
tical application of their reasoning re-
garding the mental nature of matter
ls that they do not know what the alb
solute truth is. what reality Is. what is
behind the material sense testimony
They cling To matter because they
have nothing to put In It's place.
Mortal Body Is Mental.
Through Christian Science we are
beginning tn understand that the NOR
tai body Is mental; that ii is nm en-
bodimcnt Of conscious and unconscious
mentality. the developed mortal
thought of selfhood. the externaIfza-
tion of n personal sense Of physical
being. This explains why it is 50 re-
sponsivn to thought
The prevailing belief that life Is i'm
matter. in mere sense impression
accounts for the Ills of the flesh. Is
II any wonder that the body gives out
under the strain put liDon ii SO long
as we declare that our life deuanas
upon II, upon a false concept that can
not even sustain itself? Think of the
responsibility. tn. burden. We place
upon 1t. making it not alone our de-
In normal living, but also the
scapegoat of all excesses. Is it any
wonder 1t does not make good"
We take an advanced step when we
see that the body IL mental instead of
physical. and that we do not live In
n matter body but in consciousness.
Bodily conditions are relieved in SO
Tar as we realize that God. the in
finite divine principle. is our life.
Mrs. Eddy says in Science and
Health Gpage 1p:
secome conscious for a single mo-
ment that life and intelligence are
purely spirituat-neither In nor of mat
ter--and the body win then utter no
complaints. If suffering from a belief
IN sickness. you will find yourself sud
denly wcl. Sorrow is turned into joy
when the body is controlled by spirit
uni life, truth and love"
How important then to knew what
reality In. SO that we can know what
is true and what is not true. and that
consciousness may express obedience
fo Paufs injunction tRumans fa:1-2);
Il heseech you. therefore. brethren.
by the mereies of God. that We present
your bodies living sacrifice, holy. ac-
ceptahle unto Cpd. which. is. your ,rea-
sonable sesIca.. And be ye not con-
inonted To this world but be We trans
formed by the renewing of your mind
that se may prove what Is that good
ana acceptable and perfect. win of
God"
Need of Awakening.
Is it not essential for us tn know
who and what We are. where we are
and what We live in? Ii there il any
thing about AIS that is not true and
real, do we not need to know it? Do
we not want 10 be undeceivcd?
The demand of this hour Is that we
awake. Awake" cries st. Paul
Awake thou that sleepest. and arise
from the dead. and Christ shall give
thee light" Again he says, Awake
10 the righteousness and sin not"
And how shall we awake? by re-
placing false sense with truth-the df-
vine idea. Indifference. letharsy, in
doi"nce, apathy. all these are mesmeric
mental states, and We need to become
To work out our sal
walton we must first wake up. and the
science of salvation must include the
principle and method for so doing.
What Is Mind?
We have thus far considered what
salvation IL. our great need of ii what
the science of salvation must include
ahd he able Ia do: we have seen that
the process of salvation is mental
"he ana therefore. must be pursued
anu prachced mentally. We have also