Evening journal., 1909-01-15

4 Truth which makes free. to enjoy the
liberty which belongs to the sons OF
God.
Contrasting the suggestive method
with the Christian Science reliance upor
spiritual understanding. Mr.. FarloN
gives the following illustrations:
iir. McComb declares that the patient
needs to assert again and again tC
himself I will sleep This is about
as simple a dose OF human win as one
could imagine. 1t is sheer human de
termination without even q nlateria
basis for its utterahce and is certainly
in striking contrast with the Masters
declaration, Not as | Will" II it i.
said You are in a good atmosphere
in comfortable bed and therefore yol
will sleep" the answer may be Il ac-
quired the habit Of insomnia in thi.
very atmosphere and I'm this very bed. ,
Thus we might name one suggestion
after another until we have exhausted
every argument which human con-
1 sciOusness is able to produce and still
not ind ono which has logical. truth
ful and substantial basis or any feat
ure whatever that could nationally be
expected To convince the patient that
he viii surely sleep, and yet the sug
/ gestionist informs us that by such
argument ne has put his patient ia
sleep. The inevitable conclusion is that
whatever result is produced by such a
process is not by the argument or ar
gumonts employed but by the employ
ment itself. that is, by the force OF
will or magnetism put forth in the
effort.
Professor Dickinson S. Miller. in a
letter which appeared IN the New York
Times November 49, 1908, declared
"We almost never can truthfully say
TO patient You will get WE'LL We
do not know whether he viii or not
| confess TO the impractical moral
squeamishness OF wishing to Danish
the lie from suggestion altogether
May We suggest TO the gentleman that
there IS but one possible way of doing
this and that is by adopting tho Chris
tian Science method.
Mark the striking contrast between
the above practice and that of the
Christian Scientist. who with calm as
surance elucdatcs to his patient the
fact that he is i'm the very presence OF
God, Infinite Love. and that his rest is
I'm God, in whom man lives and moves
and has his being. The patient is made
to know why and how God is ever
/ present and why he sustains his crea-
lures and gives them peace at every
moment. Christian Science gives q de-
mite, comprehensive. truthful under
standing OF God and Of mans relation
TO him. The patient is thus lifted
into a consciousness Of ever present
spirit. the infinite good. and this good
/ oNercomes evil according 10 the admOn
ition OF the Master Thus we note that
| In Christian Science II is God alone
who heals. that Chrstion Science
heals by tho direct influence Of Cod
The eXponents OF the Emmanuel
movement insist unon the diagnosis of
| an expert neurologist even though
| there may be serious delay before such
/ diagnosis is obtained Christian Scien-
lists prefer a spiritual diagnosis know
/ ing that there is some mental deflec-
/ tion from the divine law Of harmony
which needs to be corrected ere the
outward manifestation of harmony can
/ be restored. The woman at the wen
OF Samaria fully understood Jesus
ability to spiritually diagnose likewise
the patient to whom He said: "Thy
sins be forgiven Ohy false sense of
! life is destroyed" Since Christian
| Science relies wholly upon the Christ
method, an approximation Of this spirit ,
/ ual discernment and diagnosis is es-
sontial to Christian Science practice
and the Christian Scientist Is wen
aware that the greater the understand
/ ing OF spiritual truth. the divine law.
/ the more clearly and scientifically Is
4 the correct diagnosis made; moreover.
the Christian Scientist appreciates THAI
the spiritual consciousness which is