The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-05

/ subject OF healing as understood aul
practiced in Christian Science.
What is it That Heals?
After what has already been said
about the spiritual ieda one will nat
.mrally anticipate the answer to the
| question What is it that heals? 1t
( must be that which expresses activity.
law and intelligence, and nothing does
tins except Gods perfect idea. The
only power that operates through
, the idea Of infinite good is God, in
/ finite Mind, as Jesus indicated when
he said, The Father that wOrketh
/ IN me- he doeth the works" This
understanding of the power that heals
separate Christian Science healing
from all systems which employ the
! mesmeric or counterfeit forces of the
human mind or will. The Christ
method of hoaling is rapidly spread
. ing throughout the civilized world.
Curing VS.. Healing.
Christian Science makes clear
cut distinction between physical cur
ing and mental healing. 1t does not
! ddny the many instances Of seeming
restoration TO health effected through
various human systems, but it does
/ declare that until the true idea Of
, God is allowed to enter individual
/ cons ciousness and TO purge out all
/ fear and the belief in an evil power
/ and causation, the Christ healing has
( not been effected
1t declares that real healing can
be accomplished only through that in
telligent activity which DEGREES the
destruction of wrong motives and Of
the desire to sin
Then is the individual free in
deed for the Son the Christ idea,
is the only channel through which
such healing could come. The limit
ed operation of human consciousness
does not lay the AK at the root of the
trouble; il is palliative rather than
corrective.
Deals With Material Symptoms.
It deals almost wholly with physic1,
SYMPTOMS and so fails to grasp the
one mental causation. Christian Sci
ence healing reasons from cause to
effect. and thls first establishes In
thought what it would have eyter-
naii2CG an the body. 1t knows that
because The body is embraced IN
consciousness the only way to reach
the body is through Mind. through
consciousness, not through unconsci
Ous matter 1t says to the sick and
suffering: Resist the thought of dis
ease, know that il is not a manifes-
tation of intelligence and that Goa
fOrbids all belief in it.. awake men
tally and lay claim to better things
which Cod hath prepared for them
that love Him" The power of righ
thought is your unfaiiug remedy.
He Who Alone Understands.
,ie alone understands the mOdus of
treatment in Christian Science who
grlsps the spirit of the Lords prayer,
THY Kingdom come, Thy Will be
done in earth. as it is in heaven"
Scientific treatment is the utiliza-
tion of the power of right thought
1t is the uEerring and unceasing op-
! Grafton of Gods law of perfection.
which Is necessarily curative, because
| it is corrective.
II is the activity of the Christ idea
silencing all evil arguments and de-
Clarlng the Omnipotence and Omni-
presence of good. 1t is not the influ-
erce of one human mind over an
other
Human will or so-called mental
suggestion does not enter into Chris
! tian Science treatment any more than
ii does INTO true prayer, Right treat
mont is right mental activity and
| this is always spiritual, never human
or material Treatment is PRAYER in
its highest and truest sense. 1t is
! knowing what really is
Results Of the Treatment.
What of the results of scientific
| treatment? Observation and expert
ence both compel us to admit that
the most successful and salutary in
| fluenCe known TO the world today is
the practice of Christian Science.
AS a prophylactic with both chill
dren and adults it has no cOmpeer
! Unnumbered cases of healing Of
nearly every known disease, many OF
| these pronounced incurable by the
ablest medical authorities, stand as
| living monuments to the power Of
| Truth.
So many such instances of healing
are in evidence that practically the
| whole world agree on one point, that
| Christian Science does heal the sick.
And it is fast acknowledging some
thing of still greater moment, that
what is called physical healing in
Christian Science is but the outward
and visible sign of an inward and
spiritual grace" which characterizes
the Christ consciousness, Christian
| Science teaches us to seek first the
! Kingdom of God and His righteous
ness" and through obedience, moral
and physical healing ensues to prove
that we have touched the hem of the
seamless robe of righteous thinking.
Christian Science declares that there
can be no reformation without a
change of consciousness.
only Sure Character Builder.
Standing upon this basis it becomes
the only sure character builder. There
are thousands in the various walks Of
life whose lives have been radically