The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-22

| perlence, the awakening ana eSIhpAnSn-
ment of right thought
II law is mental the supposed law OF
disease must be mental. Therefore such
wrong law can be altered, corrected
and repealed by the law Of Truth and
right, the law Of God.
We are all familiar with the physi-
cal effects Of fear, anger and other
strong emotions. Such effects having
mental cause obviously can be healed
mentally and Christian Science teaches
that all disease, whatever it's name or
nature, has mental origin and is a
mental phenomenon, an experience Of
the mortal material human mind
which is healed by the divine Mind.
Objection to Giving Up Matter.
This leads to the troublesome ques-
ton, What shall we do with matter?
The world has always resisted strongly
the idealistic teaching Of the suprem
acy of Spirit over matter, which is
taught everywhere in the Bible; and
one of the leading objections to the
Bible today is this, that many Of it's
statements are visionary and imprac-
teal; in fact the endeavor has been
made to discredit Bible records Of spir-
| itual demonstration and to explain
them materially, or fatty deny their
reliability.
In 'Retrospection and Introspection"
Mrs. Eddy says:
During twenty years prior to
my discovery had been trying to
trace all physical effects to men
tai cause; and in the latter part
| Of 1865 / gained the scientific GER
tainty that all causation was Mind
and every effect mental phenom-
enon."
The Importance OF the mental factor,
| the power of mind in human affairs, is
being more and more generally con-
ceded and the day is Fastening on
when the truth Of Mrs Eddy's state
ment will be recognized.
The world hestiates to admit thai
matter is only mental phenomenon
because such admission refutes mat
ter's fundamental claim to be sub
stance and life. Especially is mortal
thought disinclined to consider that the
divine Mind and it's ideas alone are
real and that human phenomena are
merely projected human concepts, be
cause this means that large part of
what the human mind has believed to
be true must be classed as false.
Regarding Material Causation.
Christian Science teaches that mat
ter and material existence are phenom-
ena of mortal mind, a concept of exist
ence obtained through the physical
senses, a Misrepresentation of reality
4 4,
instructed by Science, an appearance
instead of an actuality. 1t is simply
an imitation or counterfeit
Now it is not the appearance but
only the original that has power, in
/ telligence and substance. The mani
festation OF growth, action or being in
matter is but a material concept OF
spiritual facts.
The objects, action and power ex-
pressed in a moving picture are moi
in the picture and we do not associ-
ate them with the picture but with the
original which the picture reproduces
Similarly, life. growth, action, power
substance, law, ct cetera, are not il
matter, physical existence or the ma.
terial consciousness; but in divin,
|
being, and should be so thought OF.
. When we recognize God as the onl!
Mind, the only cause, Truth is refiecte;
in consciousness and existence is har
monious. When we believe causatiol
to be material or in mortal mind, W.
put our trust and dependence in
shadow, a false belief, and existenc
so-called, is discordant, liable to dis
ease disaster death. In order to worl
out our salvation we therefore nee
! to understand causation.
' Consciousness is Existence.
a Our conscious existence is obviousl
0 what we are conscious of. OF our rea
existence we may not be conscious
n Everything that we know or see or be
e lieve, all our thoughts acts, or expert
Y ences go to make up our universe, GU
: sense OF existence our consciousness
D AS we gain our concept of existenc
s largely through the physical senses
n 1t is very important that we be able t
e weigh and sift their testimony. w
: all know how deceptive these sense
v are. The distant house Is not actual
8 small because 1t seems to be so, Meth
!, err does the sun move because it APP
j, pears to move. So also hearing tast'
4 touch and smell are all fallible. /
: fact. the impressions received by tn
o senses and recorded mentally requir
explanation and rectifcation to max
i, them coherent and ineligible.
G These senses bring to our conscious
e ness only Impressions, from which W
form concept Of things. II there
S fore the testimony OF the physics
v senses is SO unreliable and unsatisfac
n tory IL is apparent that the conscious
d ness gained through these senses, can
not be true and reliable.
IT Matter Sense impression.
d Material objects may be defined q
= objectified mental impressions, an
N since material sense is unreliable an
In untrue. these Impressions are a seen
le ing only, that is counterfeits of realit
II What Is the true nature OF substanc
es or what Is back of these appearance
IN material sense does not and cannot d,
D termine. Only a sense that can pei
s. ceive truth and reality can declare thi
ne A mortals universe liz a projection
TO the concept of existence which he hi
tn obtained through his Ave senses ar
is through the educational influences
ne his childhood and youth.
o. If we can see existence as rnent
~ instead OF physical, we have taken
q, great step onward. The next step Ii
learn what Is true and real and thl
correct our Impressions and obtain
W truer consciousness Of existence.
" The Mortal Body is Mental.
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