The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-19

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Understanding OF Christian Science as
I've have as yet, what viii the world
lie when we all consciously. !eheet
the Mind that was IN Christ ana live
Eaccording thereto?
4It is well 70 ponder this question,
ior so it must eventually be. even as
the Bible declares. Il IS only with the
mind OF Christ that We can ever see
cod and dwell with Him: Jesus said;
The Kingdom Of Cod IS within YOU
Thus it is not a place. but state OF
mind or consciousness. which IS 10 be
awakened. developed, attained
@christian Science shows that this
transformation OF consciousness does
NOT and cannot take place suddenly,
bus that it is the result OF spiritual
! indictment. the DECENTRALIZATION OF
though, character, and life. and
Christian science makes it possible
for us all to begin this work here and
now. ana thus begin to experience
some of the blessings which are the
inevitable accompaniment OF an en-
lightened spiritual Consciousness
Need of DinereutiaIion.
AS the working out of our own SAL
vation is thus a menta- process, it Is
of vital Importance that We distinguish
clearly between the divine Mind and
its activities and the human mind and
its beliefs. for the Bible teaches that
tits only through the Christ Mind that
our salvation can be obtained.
The human mind is so filed with
concepts OF limitation, materially
mortality, personality that it is not
safe influence to use either upon our
selves or upon others, for it is too
liable to be wrong.
Mental suggestion, hypnotism. win
power. the endeavor of one human
mind TO influence or control itself or
another these are all the activities OF
the human mind. and subject to its
limitations and evils; indeed. they are
constantly being used for evil pur-
poses. The BIbIes,feclares that We
cannot obtain both sweet waters and
bitter from the same fountain. Since
tai suggestion. hypnotism, Will
power are used for evil purposes and
ao,,,s111y cause evil continually, they
must be wholly evil, for they cannot
be both good and evil Any seeming
good that may at times result from
them must he superficial, illusory, and
| dangerous. They do not express the
activity of the Christ Mind, and hence
they cannot be divineiy authorized
remedial agents.
Healing Methods COntrasted-
TT may be well.to illustrate briefly
the difference between the attempt 70
! heal through mental suggestion OF
hyUnotism and the healing in Christian
/ Science with the divine Mind for
Christian Science healing has been
much misunderstood respecting this
matter. while it very much deserves
and asks only TO be correctly under
stood
when one person tries to heal OF
help another through mental sugges-
I ton or hypnOtism. his endeavor is tc
change that persons belief from
belief IN sickness 10 belief in health
4 This is done through mental manipu-
latiou- by securing control OF the pat
tents mentality. dominating it, caasr
I ing it to be obedient to the will Of
/ the operator, and thus making him
believe what the operator wants him
/ wills him, or suggests to him to be-
Iieve, be it. good or bad.
The operator himself believes in
the reality Of matter and evil; he be
/ lieyes he has sick man there to
I treat. and yet he tries to make that
man believe that ne is not sick. OBJ
viousN this method does not get AZ
the root of the difficulty. 1t does not
II get at the cause OF the sin or disease
I and destroy it; its effect is simply to
produce a change of belief. it is SUI
\ perfciaI and injurious. The indul-
4 gence of the counterfeit OF the divine
/ Mind as a substitute for that Mind
L is a serious evil. There is neither
i God nor Christ in this process, nc
uplifting or specialization OF thought
no elevation 70 higher plane or con
sciousness; the entire action is on u
\ plane OF the mortal carnal mind
|, hence its danger.
Cbristfan Science Healing.