Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26

IL mental and not physical. and that
both sin and disease may be cured by
one and the same metaphysical pro-
cess. namely. by the substitution OF
spiritual truth in place OF error and
false belief in the human conscious
ness.
"YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH
AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE
you FREE"
IL is recorded in the 9Th Chapter of
the Gospel Of John that upon one oc-
casion when Jesus was being harassed
by the lawyers and theologians. who
were plying him with questions and
seeking to enirap him by his answers.
he turned to a group of his followers,
who were standing near, and said to
them. "Ye shall know the truth and
the truth shall make you free" In
all of the Bible there is no statement
of greater Importance to mankind than
this ntterance of the Master 1t pre-
surlbes the remedy for every human
III. knowledge of u thing must come
through the mental and not through
the physical, hence, according to the
words Of Jesus, mankind Will be de-
liyefed from sin, disease and death
not by doctoring the physical, but by
filling the mental with truth. If this
statement OF Jesus was true it fol.
lows by irresistible logic that the en-
shaving conditions from which human
il, suffers must be due to the belief
Of something which Is not true. In
other words, If the time is ever to
come. as Jesus has declared that ii
Will come. when the knowledge of the
truth shah emancipate humanity from
its bondage TO sickness sin, unhap-
piness, poverty, old age and death,
such results can only be brought
about when the knowledge of the
truth shah have displaced and de-
stroyed tout of human consciousness),
the belief of that which is not true.
There is no escape from this conclu-
sion.
Christian Science shows that II is
the effect produced by Truth operat-.
ing In the human mentality, destroy
ing superstition, false and vicious be-
lief that must and will some day
emanclpate mankind from bondage to
sin. disease and death.
ULTIMATE TRUTH.
There must be ultimate truth some
where, and when 1t is apprehended by
the human mind it will emancipate
those who apprehend it from bond
age to evil Christian Science asserts
ia nd
and man and their relationship is re-
yealed by the Scriptures and may. be
gained by every person when the
Scriptures are rightly interpreted
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BELIEF
AND UNDERSTANDING.
II is sometimes difficult for people
TO understand how religion can heal
sickness and destroy sin, but the
words OF Jesus make 1t plain. Since
II Is through knowledge OF the
truth that these results are accom-
plished the important thing for each
one IL to gain an understanding OF
truth Instead of being satisfied with
mere belief about ii. In other words.
in order TO find out how religion can
destroy sin, sickness and all sorts OF
evil condition. it is first necessary 10
gain an understanding as to what Is
religion To gain the benefits prom /
ised in the Bible to true believers u
is necessary to get rid Of that which
is erroneous in religious belief ana
practice, and to ascertain what con-
stitutes true religion.
IN h0nHAllN
think that It makes no difference !
what religious beliefs they entertain |
so long as they are sincere in them. !
A moments reflection, however, Will
show that such theory Is pernicious
and destructive, for ii is perfectly
plain that II thing is not. in fact,
true, no amount of sincerity on the
part of the believer can ever make 1t
true. No engineer ever arrived at a
correct result, no matter how sim
cerely he may have believed that his
processes were correct, If they were
not so in fact.
With respect to many things II may !
be unimportant whether the thing
believed is true or not. but win re-
speet. to the things that people be
lieve about God and about them
selves, and about their relationship
to God. they are vital, because It VIII
he shown that the things believed
with respect to these matters, be-
come laws that are binding upon the
believer.
GOD.
In trying to ascertain what consti- ,
tptes religion The very first subject ,