Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALING IS LECTURE TOPIC OF PROF Herring

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IN any other way. Christ Jesus proved
what is called matter to be wholly
mental when he walked on the water
/ stilled the tempest, and oyerCame
other so-called material conditions.
Material Mentality.
Having seen the mental nature OF
matter. let Us now consider the ma
ture of the mind which perceives ma
terial things and OF which matter is
the obieetifIed concept or externaliZa
ton, the mind which. largely consti
tutes human consciousness. This
mind is consciousness of which the
factors are dimensionaL variable, de
struetible. and our concept of the ma
ture of these factors is gained through
! the testimony Of the five physical
senses. II is consciousness of evil
sin, disaster, and death. 1t claims to be
| intelligence, but is inherently non
intelligent: il knows nothing of it.
self, it has to be educated. 1t claims
to be substance, but is really shadow,
since IL is based on false testimony
II claims to be life. but is really death
since it is net self-sustaining. Recog.
MIXING the nature Of this so-called
mind, St Paul named il 'carnal," and
Mrs. Eddy designated it mortal
since sin, disease. and death are its
inevitable products.
| Thus we see that all discordant
conditions exist solely as phenomena
and experiences of this carnal, mortal
mind, as states of human conscious.
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#rectien or destruction, involves a
Transformation of this consciousness
AS existence implies consciousness,
and as the body is externalized con.
| seriousness, the conditions Of existence
and CT the body depend upon ones
mental state A discordant conscious
ness results in discordantr existence.
| IT is therefore necessary to change the
human consciousness if we wish to
have changed conditions How is this
to be done? -. -.
First, it Is necessary to determine
/ whether the mortal or carnal mind
with it's experiences is true, for we
know that the initial step in the cor.
rection of any mistake is the percep-
ton of the mistake. We recognize an
error when we know the truth which
/ it falsifies. When we apply the cor
receive truth to an error, it disappears
and right, harmonious conditions pre-.
vail If the phenomena Of mortal
mind were true, they could never be
altered. If untrue, they cannot be
corrected until we know their falsity.
ut is impossible to correct an error
until It is recognized as such For ex-
ample, if we receive wrongly com
puted bin and, believe it right. We are
Edeceived and suffer for it. Yet we do
not perceive that it is wrong until we
know what is right. Directly we know
the truth about the facts involved,
this knowledge eorrects or sdisplaces
the error. the wrong concept. i
The Nature Of Truth. g.. -. -,.sf... .,..
Let us then examine into the essen
tial nature and character Of Truth,
OF that which really is, and learn
whether matter and mortal mind are
/ true and real, for we have seen that
matter and material existence are
mental. and we must now determine
the truth regarding this mentality.
Truth by its very nature is infinite
everywhere. Being that which is,
there can be no place where Truth is
not; therefore Truth is omnipresent
Truth is intelligent. always knowing
enough to be itself and never any.
thing else; being infinite, it is infinite.
" intelligent: that is. omniscient
Truth is almighty. having power to
be itself and resist being anything
else, power to correct that which
seems to falsify it. Truth being in.
4 finite, the power Of Truth is infinite
oninpotent Truth is indestruetible
since it is impossible for any element,
quality, or particle of emnipresence
or real being to be annihilated '..'
/ We thus see that Truth is actual
ity; absolute. fundamental, independ.
emit; without beginning or ending,
without dimensions or limitations; it
is immortal, forever self-sustained; it
is eternal Principle, the source of all
true being, harmonious and perfect.
Truth is thus identified in Chris.
tan Science as Spirit, Mind, Soul
Life, the supreme Ego. the great |
AM, the one infinite God, the God of
1 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God
whom Jesus called his Father, the God
whom st. John defined as Love This
Infinite, aH-inclusive, alternating ON.
mpctenf. omnipresent, cmniscient di.
vine Love, is, the incorporeal Ged re-
vealed through Christian Science.
Man as the image and likeness of
God. the real man of the Scriptures,
must be ike his Father, not corporal
! but mccrporeal; net material but
/ mental, spiritual consciousness: not
mortal but immortal. The universe
, created and constantly sustained by
Gcd must be like Him, for like pro-
duces like; therefore the real universe
is not finite but infinite; not destructi-
BILE but indestructible; not material
but spiritual
{, The Nature Of Reality.
i Thus reality is essentially infinite,
without limitations or dimensions, in
finite in extent, in presence, in wis
dem and IN power 1t is unchanging.
lindestructible. eternal 1t is harmo.
lnicus, perfect, spiritual. Therefore
the standard CT infiintv, indestructi.