The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-22

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room has been maintained in darkness
for Ave minutes or fifty years, the
light win dispei the darkness With the
same ease. In like manne IL matters
not whether an individual has been
suffering from sickness and sorrow five
minutes or fifty years. the light OF
spiritual intelligence will dispel them
with the same ease. 1t will illuminate
thought to conscious strength in the
good to rule out evil.
Sin Not Of God.
Jesus employed the term sin In over
100 places in the four gospels, and in
each case the corresponding word in
the Greek manuscripts is hamartia.
The first meaning imputed to this word
hamartia is to miss the mark" as in
the throwing Of a spear. The Greeks
were much given to the enjoyment of
athletic games, and If one were to hurl
a spear and miss the mark, he commit
ted hamartia-the same word which
Jesus employed for sin. So 1t is with
archery. When a man pulls his bow
and shoots his arrow, If he fails to hit
the mark he has transgressed the laws
OF archery or committed hamartia. So
it is that sin is the transgression Of
the divine law.
What is it that would make a man
transgress the laws OF archery? Is it
not his ignorance or lack of practice?
And what is sin but the result Of ig-
norance or disobedience Of the divine
law? No educated person could trans
gress the simple law that two and two
are four, for he not only understands
1T but practises it, and he will tell the
child that his errors are not in the
mathematical law nor Of that law; that
mathematical law knows absolutely
nothing of mistakes but heals them
just the anne So it is that sin is not
in the divine law nor Of the divine law.
1t is simply the result of mans trans
gression OF the law through ignorance,
fear, or w~ilfulness. Therefore we
that God never visited a nan
with sin. God not only is not the
author of sin, but He never afflicted a
with it, for the Bible specifically
declares that God is Of purer eyes
to behold evil and again that
God tempteth no man. When there
fore we gain the recognition that an
Outstanding Of divine law destroys sin,
no longer will be slaves to sin; we
longer will defy it or honor it; we
than any lie that is known to be a lie.
Disease Mental.
Mrs. Eddy has presented the under
standing of this Christ law with such
simplicity and accuracy that ven the
children and young people can gain its
spiritual meaning which reveals the
power and presence of God, and there
by liberates them from suffering and
sin Of every sort. This is on the basis
the cause Of disease is mental.
Diseases Of a mysterious sort are to-
day on the increase and some are con-
by many to be incurable.
Science heals all such dis
eases. 1t is possible that rs per cent
Of those who are Christian Scientists
today have been healed by it's minis
after reputable physicians
have given them up as beyond all hope
Of recovery. and all on the basis OF the
Science teaching that dis
in its cause is not physical but
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considered by many to be an incurabIe
disease. 1t is considered that no
known drug or medicine can heal con-
sumption in it's advanced stages.
the usual method Of today
Is to resort to what is known as the
nature cure; outdoor life, exercise,
and pure air are resorted to in the hope
Of abating the white plague. as it is
called. 1t is generally conceded that |
is largely a consuming
ear and manifestIy no drug or medi-
line can cure fear. The Bible declares
hat fear hath torment but perfect
owe casteth out fear One OF the
argest factors in all disease is fear,
there is no known remedy for fear
# any sort a v only the tenderness
compassion of unsettled Love. 1t is
understanding Of God as divine
love that enables the Christian Sci
to cast out the fear Of consump-
and destroy it's physical effects.
this same basis Christian Science
leals cancers, tumors, pneumonia, To-
omotor ataxia, etc,-heals them per-
nanently. The carnal so-called mind
.annot effect a permanent cure be-
this carnal mind is the source,
rigin and cause of disease, and the
anne mind which produces disease
annot destroy it. II there seems to be
cure 1t is a case of a greater error
overing up but not healing a lesser
rror.
A Surgeons Testimony.
The question has been frequently
sked, How can some inanimate drug
now just where to go and what TO
o" is it not endowing matter with
to think and act contrary
D God? An eminent surgeon once
aid in my hearing that mo drug,
ledicine, or physician ever healed
nything in the world This is a
remarkable statement, and might
ppear meaningless if uttered by some.
he gentleman is, nevertheless, a prac-
Ising surgeon, examining physician
a large life insurance concern, and
lso instructor in physiology and hy-
iene in a weH-known American uni
Moreover, the declaration
ras made before a legislative commit
on public health at the Massachu-
etts State House. A physician on this
ommittee challenged this declaration.
yhereupon the surgeon invited cita-
lons, in refutation OF the assertion,
the committeeman cited appedi-
and pneumonia. The surgeon
len proceeded to explain that "a man
aid to be suffering from appendicitis
lay be operated on his appendix cut
ut. and after a long time he may re-
over; but he isn't healed, because he
0 longer has an appendix, and he
ught to have one. So 1t is with
neumoniaD continued MNo dr,Io