Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-08-25

largely through the physical senses, It is
very important that We be able to weigh
aud sift their testimony. We all know
how deceptive these senses are. The dis
tant house is not actually small because il
seems 10 be so, neither does the sun move
because il appesrs tO'move. So also hear
ing, taste, touch and smell are all fallible.
In fact, the impressions received by the
senses and recorded mentally require ex-
PLANTATION and rectihcation TO make them
coherent and ineligible.
These senses bring TO our consciousness
only impressions, from which we form a
concept OF things. II therefore the testi-
mony OF the physical senses is so unrelia-
bic and unsatisfactory 1t is apparent that
the consciousness gained through these
senses cannot be true and reliable.
What Is the true nature Of substance,
or what is back Of these appearances, ma
terial sense does not and cannot deter
niue. Only a sense that can perceive
truth AID reality can declare this.
II we can see existence as mental in
stead 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 obtain a truer conscious
ness Of existence.
WHAT rs MIND2
The ordinary human concept Of mind is
that which thinks, feels or Wills, the in
t~ellect, or the activity Of the gray matter
called brain. Christian Science reveals
the fact that Mind is divine Principle,
the infinite Life, Truth, Love, omnipo-
tent, omniscient, omnipresent, the all-in-
elusive, eternal, u~ncbanging, all-wise be-
ing, the only cause and creator.
This is a very different Mind from that
which is supposed to result from the &C
tion OF the asgray NATTER
Christian Science makes It clear that
material existence is not the manifesto
tion OF this divine Mind, but the phe-
nomenon of the counterfeit, called mortal
mind.
II Is this false concept OF existence that
does all the wrong thinking; 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
evil. As real thinking 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 uOL 2lAnu nut AuNAAuCu II 0AAnnf
hence Is not real. Human thought, will
power, %hypnotism, mental 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 essentially 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 healing, must be clearly seen.
When the effort is made to heal by sug-
gestion, the operator endeavors by means
OF mental manipulation to make the pa
tient believe that he is not sick. He at
tempts to change the belief, hut the cause
of disease remains and in time manifests
itself even in worse forms. The patient
is no better off, be 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 be-
fore.
The true Christian Scientist reflects the
divine Mind, stands on the basis Of God,
man and the universe as Spirit and spirit
ual, as Love and its manifestation, as
Mind and its ideas-perfect and harmon
ious. Hence he understands the unreali-
ty of matter and evil and knows that man
is not sick but that the patient is simply
suffering from a false mesmeric belief.
From that standpoint he proceeds to cor
rect the errors OF belief with the Truth of
being and thus establishes harmony on a
spiritual, scientific basis.
This is a cardinal point in Christian
Science healing, that it is God, divine
Mind, that does the healing and not hu-
man thought. In Christian Science heal
ing, the human sense serves only as a We
hicle for Truth. 1t is the Truth alone
that effects results.
Another cardinal point in Christian
Science healing is that it works from the
standpoint OF the unhealthy of matter and
evil and thus proves the allness and SUI
prsmscy of God. 1t includes the know
ing and affirmation OF Truth; the recogni'
ton and denial Of error.
MRS. EDDY LOVED AND HoNoRED.
1t is not to be wondered at, indeed it is
inevitable, that Christian Scientists
should love Mrs. Eddy for having
brought to the world this Science Of Sal
walton. the true knowledge of God and
man, the spiritual understanding Of the
Holy Scriptures which enables them to
know themselves and to demonstrate that
''saving faith' which alone leads to
heaven.
We love her not only for the revelation
of the demonstrate Christ Truth, which
is contained in her wonderful book,
'Science n Health with Key to the
Scriptures and her other writings, but
for her conservation and devotion in con-
tinuing to lead the great religious move
ment she has inaugurated. She has re-
manned stesdfastly at her post OF duty
and continued to instruct, guide, advise,