Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-19

aration along another line OF experience.
In her practice as a homeopathic physi-
clan she had noted often that prescrip-
tions in which the drug had been so
highly attenuated that it had practically
disappeared, healed cases that larger
doses failed to reach. Even utterly un-
medicated water or pellets frequently
reached the same result. Only one ex-
PLANTATION for this appeared, and that was
that it was faith in the prescription and
not the prescription itself, which
wrought the cure. Out of all these ex-
periences she had become convinced that
healing OF any kind is always CT mental
procurement, and through her own heal
ing she reached the understanding that
God, Divine Mind, is the true curative
Principle. Thus, she arrived naturally ct
what she has given as constituting the
central idea OF her discovery" The
scientific certainty that all causation was
Mind, and every effect q mental phenom-
enon. :" (Retrospection and Introspec-
tlon).
This brings US to the basic point of
view Of Christian Science, which is that
OF a radical and consistent ideaIism. Its
position, to put it a little differently, is
that to find the true explanation, the real
nature, meaning and substance OF things
we must look to Mind and not to matter.
One OF the fundamental propositions of
the Christian Science textbook is,
"There is no life, truth, intelligence nor
substance in matter. All is infinite
Mind and its infinite manifestation, for
/ God is All in all" This position is GER
tainly radical and revolutionary; but any
system that will interpret and demon
] akw - - -
less. The kingdom of God cannot admit
either matter or evil, and Christian
Science eliminates both Is either power
or reality.
We read of q man v no once healed the
sick and raised the dead; who turned
water into wine, walked the wave, out Of
handful OF Ioaves aud fishes fed the as
sembied thousands; who finally came and
went through closed doors, appeared and
/ disappeared, and at last passed hence, not
through the gateway OF death, bat
\ through the unfolding portals OF eternal
life. What would Gods universe seem to
rs to be, could we gain his insight and
secure his point of view ? For what
must have been his sense Of the real pow
er that lies back Of chemical activity and
chemical affinity, when he turned water
into wine What must have been bis re-
lation TO the elements and forces about
him when he stilled the storm and
walked the wave7 What was his con.
ception Of 9be nature OF life when be
healed the~siek and raised the dead !
And what his understanding of the Law
of Mind when, with a spoken word or an
unutterea khought, he restored the lun.
attic and deinoniac to rational poise and
power From all these mighty workings
we can be sure OF this-that Jesus under
stood that the government Of the universe
is constituted in spiritual power and spir.
itusl law; but this is only another way oil
saying that Jesus understood that the
real universe is spiritual, and not mate
rial
Jesus teachings and works, then, SET
before us an idealism that excludes mat.
ter and evil, and includes all good. The
Christian Scientist frankly, squarely
adopts this idealism, and be meets every
manifestation Of evil whether OF sick
ness, sin, poverty, sorrow, disaster, with
a positive denial of its power or reality,
and an affirmation of the allness and
goodness of God; and just in the degrees
Of his spiritual clearness and understand
ing, he supports these statements BY
demonstration.
+ IN IOllOWlnB TINS line OF l1gnL tine
Christian Scientist has acknowledged that
-s'As adherents OF truth, We take the in
spired Word of the Bible as our sufficient
guide to eternal Iife.n Hand in hand
with the Bible-not as experimenting itG
message, not as adding to or taking
aught therefrom, but as interpreting its
meaning-is the textbook of Christian
Science, Science and Health, With Key to
H the Scriptures, whose author Is the Rev.
Mary Baker Eddy. The Christian Scien.
tist has increasing and unreserved con.
fidence in these two books, because he has
thus far proven them safe guides upor
the way, and this gives him assurance
that they viii be safe guides to the end
He believes that the light which theiI
message has brought, with its witness o.
unfolding health, holiness, harmony, viii
grow brighter and brighter unto the per
feet day. He brings his supreme allegi
ance, which is his reasonable service, e
the Christ that they reveal, and he bring
an abiding and Astounding gratitude t.
the discoverer OF Christian Science, as tn.
} one whoin our own day has helped hu
man thought to find its way back to tbs
cIearness and power of primitive Christi
anity; who has shown how, in the under
standing OF the Christianity that Jesu
taught and demonstrated, is to be estab
lished the kingdom Of heaven on earth
and who through evil report and good re
port has stood faithful and obedient 4
the heavenly vision in declaring the trutl
! as she has received it.