Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26

/ stance, or what is back of these ap-
| pearances, material sense does not
and cannot determine. Only a sense
/ that can perceive truth and reality
can declare this.
eff we can see existence as men
tai instead of physical. we have taken
great step onward. The next step
is to learn what is true and real and
thus correct our impressions and OBJ
tain a truer consciousness of exs-
! tence.
What is Mind
THE ordinary human concept 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, omniponent, omni-
Scient, omnipresent, the all inclusive,
eternal, unchanging. all-wise being,
the only cause and creator. This is
very different mind from that
which is supposed to result from the
action of the gray matter
christian Science makes it clear
that material existence is not the
manifestation of this divine mind.
but the phenomenon of the counter
felt. called mortal mind
1T is this false concept of exis-
tence that does 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
be good, never evil. AS real think
ing is the activity of the divine mind,
the only real thoughts or ideas are
good. Therefore everything that is
evil, pertains to evil or results in
evil is not mind nor included in
mind, hence is not real Human
thought, will power, hypnOtism, men
tai suggestion or magnetism are all
capable of evil. and hence are not
mind or the activity of mind, are
not of God, and so are not good but
and entirely evil.
Healing Methods.
The difference between the
method of healing through mental
suggestion, or hypnotism, and that
of the divine mind, the Christ heal
ing, must be clearly seen.
when the effort is made to heal
by suggestion, the operator endeay-
OTs by means of mental manipulation
to make the patient believe he is not
sick. He attempts to change the be-
lief. but the cause of disease remains
and in time manifests itself even in /
worse forms. The patient is no bet |
ter off, he has not risen in the scale |
of being, he has no more manhood, |
or moral courage, and does not |
know any more about God and His |
Christ than before.
The true Christian Scientist re-
fleets the divine mind, stands on the .
oasis of God. man and the universe /
IS spirit and spiritual as love and /
rs manifestation, as mind and its
IDEAS - perfect and harmonious.
Hence he understands the unreality
# matter and evil and knows that
nan is not sick but that the patient
5 simply suffering from a false mes
neric belief. From that standpoint
lie proceeds to correct the errors of
,elief with the truth of being and
hUs establishes harmony on a spirit
ial, scientific basis.
This is a cardinal point in Chris
ian Science healing, that it is God.
Irvine mind. that does the healing
nd not human thought In Christian
science healing the human sense
erves only as a vehicle for the truth.
[ is the truth alone that effects re-
ults.
Another cardinal point in Chris
ian Science Healing is that it works
rom the standpoint of the unreaIity
f matter and evil and thus proves
he allness and supremacy of God. 1t
Includes the knowing and affirm alton
f truth; the recognition and denial
f error.
Mrs. Eddy Loved and HOnorrd.
1T is not to be wondered at. in
eed it is inevitable. that Christian
scientists should love Mrs. Eddy for {
aving brought TO the world this
cience of salvation, the true knowI-
dge of the science of God and man,
he spiritual understanding of the
oily scriptures which enables them i
o know themselves and to demon
,rate that saving faith which alone
eads to heaven.
eve love her not only for the rev.
latiOn of the demOnstrable Christ I
ruth which is contained in her won
erful book. Science and Health with
icy to the Scriptures and her other !
'ritings, but for her conservation
nd devotion in continuing to lead :
nc great religious movement she has
laugurated. She has remained q,
-eadfastly at her post of duty and :
)ntinued to instruct, guide, advise. :
dmonish her followers and to lead =,
n her great cause in it's stately pro-
ress.
Mrs. Eddy did not simply state
err discovery to the world; she first
it and then offered it u
) dem6nstrable science forallm man y
md to profit by. This science over "
,mes evil by giving a true knowI- d