Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

by the substitution oil spiritual
truth in place OF error and false be-
lief In the human consciousness.
"Ye Shall Know the Truth and the
Truth Shall Make You Free"
1t IS recorded in the sth Chapter of
the Gospel of John that upon one oc-
casion when Jesus was being sarassed
by the lawyers and theologians, who
We're plying him with questions and
seeking to entrap him by his answers,
he turned to a group of his followers.
who We're standing near, and said to
them, .4Ye shall know the truth and
the ruth shall make you free" In all
of thu Bible there is no statement of
greater Importance to mankind than
this utterance Of the Master. 1t pre-
scrihes the remedy for every human i'll.
knowledge of a thing must come
through the mental ana not through
the physical, hence. according to the
words of Jesus, mankind will he deliv-
cred from sin. disease and death not
by doctoring the physical, but by fIll-
ing the mental with truth. Ii this
statement of Jesus was true 1t follows
by irresistible logic that the enslavine
from which humanity suf-
fers must be due to the belief Of some
imng WHICH, is not true. In othe.
words, il the time is ever to come. as
Jesus has declared that it will come
when the knowledge Of the truth shall
humanity from It's bond
age 10 sickness. sin. unhappiness. pow
erty, old age and DEATH. such results
can only be brought about when the
Knowledge Of the truth shall have dts
placed and destroyed tout of human
.consciousness) the belief of that which
Is not true. There is no escape from
this conclusion.
q Christian Science shows that Il is the
effect produced ny Truth operating in
the human mentality, destroying sup
erstItion, false and vicious beliefs that
must and will some day emancipate
mankind from bondage TO sin. disease
ond death.
Ultimate Truth.
There must be ultimate truth some
where, and when it Is appreheHded by
the human mind it will emancipate
those who apprehend it from bondage
to evil. Christian Science asserts that
ultimate truth concerning Goo and
man and their relationship is revealed
Ivy the Scriptures, and may be gained
Nv every person when the Scriptures
are rightly interpreted.
Difference Between Belief and Under
standing.
dt2ir,,lt ror yoorta IN
how religion can heal sick
ness and destroy sin, but the words OF
Jesus make it plain. Since 1t is through
a knowledge of the truth that these
results are accomplished the import
ant thing for each one is to gain an
of truth instead OF being
satisfied with mere belief about II. In
other words, in order to find our now
religion can destroy sin. sickness ano
all sorts of evil condition. it Is nrst
necessary to gain an understanding as
To wat is religion. To gain the dement's
in the Bible to true believers
II is necessary to get rid of that which
Is erroneous in religious BELIEF anu
practise, and to ascertain what con-
stitutes true religion.
There are many who honestly think
that it makes no difference what re-
lieious beliefs they entertain, 50 long
as they are sincere in them. mo-
ment's reflection. however, VIII SNOW
that such a theory is pernieious anu
for it is perfectly pam
that if a thing is not. in fact, true no
amount of sincerity on the part OF the
believer can ever make il true. NO eh.
pineer ever arrived at a correct fesui'
No matter how sincerely he may nave
believed that his processes were 'o'
rect If they were not so in faet.
With respect to many things 1t may
be unimportant whether the ,'iils oe
lisved is true or not. but with respect.
q the things that people beheVe apou.
God. and about themselves, ana ooo ~
heir relationship to God, they are ".
I'll because it will be shown una. .ne
rh,nes believed with respect 10 .nese
matters. become laws that are pi'io
ng upon the believer.
God.
y. .r.,,,a t. as.ers W what consh-