East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-15


two times two do not make five even
though he sees II written out He
knows that they make four regardless
OF appearances. Jesus said. Judge
not according to appearance. but
Judge righteous judgment"
Absent Treatment.
The healing OF patients who are at
distance from their practitioners
has frequently been misunderstood
and pronounced impossible. notwith-
standing that Jesus healed the CEN
turlon's servant and the nobleman's
son without being present with them.
This misjudgment arises from the
mistaken belief that the healing Is
accomplished through the transms-
sion OF thought and that distance
hinders this transmission. In Chris
tlan Science healing there Is no
thought transference. for mortal mind
is not a factor in the healing. Tho
! divine Mind being omnlpresent, the
1 human knowing OF the truth regard
ing a sick man at a distance brings
Truth TO bear on the case the same
as II he were near by. In the realm
of Spirit there is no space. no time.
! and no sick man. All Is infinite Mind
and its perfect, ever present IDEAS
II Is important TO see that Christian
| Science healing includes denial Oh
error as we'll as the affirmation OF
the truth. the reason for this being
that the belief in matter, sin. and DIS
ease is so fixed in the human con-
scIousness that a specific denial helps
/ TO weaken and destroy that BELIEF.
; This denial can be made only from
the basis OF spiritual truth: II Is but
/ the reverse side OF the declaration OF
truth. and II Is the truth alone, not
the denial OF error. which heals. In
deed. the keynote OF Christian Sci
( ence healing Is the knowing OF the
allness OF Spirit and the nothingness
Of matter
Summary.
To epitomize: In Christian SCI
ence healing we must first know the
nature and character OF divine real
ity. then see that what Is termed ma
terlal existence Is wholly mental, ana
that sin. disease and death are not OF
God. but are manifestations OF err
roneous states OF human conscious
1 ness. and therefore neither true nor
authoritative. We thus perceive that
we do not have to be Sick for Coo
did not make us so. When spirituat
knowing dominates consciousness, the
error banishing influence OF divine
Truth and Love establishes harmony
As with the healing OF sickness. so
Is IL with the healing OF sin. the
! overcoming OF evil. We must see
that 1t Is not OF God, divine Mind;
that Il is therefore unreal and pow
erless and no part OF man. This
correction OF thought when spiritual
| truth destroys the error the Impulse 10
do wrong. Sin causes suffering so
,ong as II is believed and indulgei
/ in; but when sin Is mastered and the
] evil thought destroyed. man Is set free
/ from this bondage and begins TO ex-
perlence the promised liberty OF the
sons OF God.
Christian Science Is thus seen TO
be reformatory and regenerative. IL
uplifts consciousness. brings man near
er to God. and makes him better
acquainted with his own true self
hood 1t improves him morally ana
physically, which improvement con-
tinues as his spiritual development
progresses. To the Ephesans. -.
Paul writes: This | say therefore.
and testify in the Lord. that ye hence
| forth walk not as other Gentiles walk,
! in the vanity OF their mind. having
the understanding darkened. being
alienatcd from the life OF God through
the ignorance that is in them, because
OF the blindness OF their heart:
that ye put off concerning the form
er conversation the old man (materiai
/ consciousness), which Is corrupt ac-
cording to the deceitful lusts; and be
renewed in the spirit OF your mind;
amid that ye put on the new man
(splritual consciousness). which after
! God Is created In righteousness and
true holiness" Christian Science
makes II possible for us all to begin
to do this today
Finally It must be understood that
Christian Science healing Is not a
mere mental method, requiring sim
ply the entertainment and repetition
Of certain thoughts. Being scientific.
II calls for accurate, logical meta
physical reasoning and analysis, a
correct mental application OF divine
Principle, Above all. It demands
| clear reaiIzatInn nf tho nllneqa ne
God, Spirit, and the nothlngness OF
His opposite, evil and matter. Divine
Love alone makes this spiritual illu-
minatlon possible. for Love Is the
real healer in Christian Science. =
Mrs, Eddy's Discovery
II is important to recognize that
Christian Science, the demonstrable
knowledge OF the teaching, IA
n discovery, not an invention. This
notable discovery was made by Mrs
Eddy in 1866, and It was proclaimed
to the world in her great work, "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Sculptures" which was first pub
lished in 1875. This book contains
complete statement of the teachings
and pratlceof Christian Science. 1t
interprets the Bible so that It can be
understood. its redemptive truth be
practically utilized. Very many have
been healed of organic, structural
and functional diseases. as we'll rs OF
sin, while reading this book. know
this to be true, for / have personally
Investigated many such cases.