The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-30

"o1uS IL d CIld1Se OI lNOuSnI Will
change the flow of fluid t the eyes,
why will not a change Of thought
change the flow of fluids to the stom.
ach? Is it not more rational then to
treat dyspepsia with the mind than
with tabloids and powders?
And so it is with all other bodily dis
eases and arrangements. they have one
and all responded to the curative in
f1uence OF Mind. administered in Chris
tian Science.
Jesus proved for all time and for all
C%hristendom that the origin Of disease
was mental and he healed it with
concern about physical symptoms, but
he destroyed what caused them. He
cared little about what the sick man
had been eating. but much about what
he had been thinking. He said in so
many words. 1T is not that which
goeth into a man which defleth him."
When he healed the sick he gave no
parting directions about diet and rest.
but on at least n occasion said, Sin
no lest a worse thing come unto
thee" thus indicating the mental orig
in of the disease. The sick were
healed by him through spiritual un-
derstanding. not by human will. Chris
tian Science. similarly relying wholly
divine Principle. has nc relation
ship with will power, mental science.
hypotism, mesmerism. ~auto-sugges-
ism or any Of the other cults or
schools which rely wholly or in part
upon the influence of one human mind
or human will upon another. These
are essentially adverse to the teachings
Of Christian Science, wherein the hu-
man mind and the human will are
made wholly subordinate and subser-
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God. Success in Christian Science Is
only attained as fallible human
tally is eliminated. This implies self.
denial, the denial of the human sense
of self, and the affirmation of all good.
and is a condition to which all must
come sooner OF later. LAS I live. saith
the Lord, every knee shall bow. and
every tongue shall confess to God"
HEREAFTER.
In considering the Immortality Of
nan n is confronted by the ques-
lions, What Of the hereafter: How
am I to regard the change called
death? What and where is heaven?
Christian Science makes direct answer
to these very natural questions. That
which is called death, though always
al enemy and finally to be overcome.
be feared than is sleep. In the pres
ent state of our development both are
incidental to the experience of man
kind: both interfere for the time with
mans activities; and the awakening
alike in both cases-will, we believe,
show no substantial change in individ-
uality or advancement. The gates Of
Of death. but are to be entered by right
thinking and right living. here and
hereafter.
The work of regeneration and refor-
nation left unfinished here will have
to be done hereafter. The stirring
command. Work out your " sal
vation." follows us wherever we may
nay pass. Death does not silence it
nor modify its demands. Love of life.
not fear Of death. is in Christian
Science the great incentive to action
and achievement.
The isles of the blest Of the ancients.
the Elysian fields Of Greek and Latin
mythology. the seven heavens of He
brew cabalism. he battle-plains Of the
belligerent Norsemen, the happy hunt
ing grounds of the American Indian
all express belief in a place Of hap
piness after death portrayed In wide
ly differing imagery.
All of them. Pagan and Jew. Greek
and barbarian, Norseman and Indian.
Mohammedan and Hindu. unite in
MAINTAINING LudL HeHScT StduuS lOI
futurity. that its portal Is death. its
threshold is mystery. And now comes
Christian Science proclaiming in the
words of Jesus that the kingdom of
heaven is at hands here n now
a%ttainable. 1t declares that we do not
gain heaven by dying. but by right liv-
ing; that death is not the gate to a
far-off paradise. but that heaven is
within our reach today I'M h a we
get little or much of it as we conform
our lives, our thoughts and deeds. to
Gods eternal laws.
Christian Science puts aside the
mythologic idea OF heaven as a place.
and shows it to be a state or condition
Of mind. 1t follows. therefore. that its
attainment depends upon h mental
processes Of the individual. In other
words 1t af1rms that right thinking
leading to right living is the sure pass
port to heaven. Turning to the life of
the great exemplar. Jesus the Christ.
we find in him the ideal thinker whose
thoughts and actions cOnformed in
variably to the laws Of God-Spirit---
touching lightly upon matter. and
things material only as tolerated con-
comitants OF his dwelling on earth
among men.
But his hcavenward thoughts were
not those of the inert mystic. or tho
cellbound monk. They ripened quick
ly into action and touched his fellow
men with the ardor OF regeneration.
His thoughts were about God. hence
they brought lasting good to man.
They were Of heavenly law. and SO
brought order ~ Of earthly chaos.
They were Of holiness. Wilderness, and
hence health attended his footsteps.