The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-06-02
PROF. HERRING TELLS AUDIENCE
ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

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| IN matter is but material concept
OF spiritual facts.
The objects, action and power ex-
pressed III knowing picture" are
| not in the picture and we d not-as-
sociate' them with the picture, but
with the original which the picture
rcproduces. Similarly, life, growth,
action, power, substance, law, ct
cetera, are not in matter, physical
existence or. the material conscious.
ness; but in divine Mind, the only
cause and principle Of being, and
should be SO thought of.
| When we recognize God as the
only Mind, the only cause, Truth is
reflected in consciousness and exist
ence is harmonious. When we be-
| lleVe cauGatlon to be material or in
mortal mind, we put our trust and
dependence in shadow, a false be-
| lief, and existence, SO called, is dis
cordant, liable to disease, disaster,
death. In order to work out our
! salvation we therefore need to un-
derstand causation.
Matter II :-cnsc-1mprcssion.
| Everything that we, know or see
or~believe, all our thoughts, acts,
or experiences 80 to make up our
| universe, our sense of existence, our
| consciousness.
AS we gain our concept Of exist
ence largely through the physical
senses, 1T is very important that We
ne a]@le TO weigh anu AftJller~testi-
mony. We all km6W how -det6ptive
these senses are. The distant house
is not actually small because it
seems to be SO, neither does the sun
move because it appears to move.
30 also hearing, taste, touch and
smell are all fallible. In fact, the
| Impressions received by the senses
and recorded mentally require en-
PLANTATION and rcctification to make
them coherent and ineligible.
These senses bring to our con-
sciousness only impressions, from
which we form a concept Of things.
] If therefore the testimony Of the
| physical senses is SO unreliable and
unsatisfactory it is apparent that
the consciousness gained through
these senses cannot be true and re-
| liable.
What is the true nature Of sub
stance, or what is back Of these an
ncarances. material sensc does not
and cannot determine Only a sense
that can perceive truth and reality
can declare this.
If we can see existence as mental
instead. of physical. we have taken
a great step onward The next step
IS to learn what is true and real and
! thus correct our impressions and OBJ
tain trucr consciousness OF exist
| cncc.
What Is Mind?
The ordinary human cOnceDt Of
| mind is that which thinks, feels or
Wills, the intellect, Or the activity Of
the gray matter called brain Chris
tIan Science reveals the fact that
Mind is divine Principle, the infinite
Life, Truth, Love, Omnipotent. ON
n'"Hiert. omninr"sont. the all-inclr-
siVe, eternal unchanging, a1l-wisc
being. the only cause and creator.
This is very different Mind from
that which is supposed to result
from the action Of the gray mat
ter"
Christian Science makes it clear
that material existence is not tho
manifestation Of this divine Mind.
put the phenomenon Of the counter
lett, called mortal mind.
1t is this false concept Of cXist-
once that docs all the wrong think
ing; that believes in sin. disease and
death: that claims there IS life and
Intelligence in matter.
Since God is Mind, this Mind is
good, and its effects must always be
good, never OWL. AS real thinking
IS the activity Of the divine Mind, the
only real thoughts or ideas are
|good. Therefore everything that is
|Hvll, pertains TO evil or results in
'eYil is not Mind nor included in
Mind. hence IS not real Human
thought will power, hypnotism,
mental suggestion or magnetism arc
all capable Of evil and hence arc not
Mind or the activity OF Mind. arc
not OF Goa, and 50 arc not coed but
essentially 0pd entirely evil.
Healing Methods.
Tho difference" between tho meth
Cd Of healing through mcntal sug-
GCStlon, or hypn"tiSm, and that Of
the divine Mind, the Christ healing
must bc clearly scCn.
When the effort is made TO heal
by suggestion, the operator cndoav-
OrS BY means Of mental maniDu1a-
ton TO make tho patient believe that
he IS not sick. He attempts tnI
change thr belief. but the cause Of
disease rpmainG and i'm tinno t1,oni