New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-27

transferred nor adopted: that II Is not
the chattel Of any particular organization
or church. and that IL is not acquired ny
fasting or feasting. They are asking ior
more practical religion; for less dog
ma and more love: less ritualism ana
more spirituality; less creed and more
works: less scholasticism and more truth
"The religions OF the world have failed
TO answer the hearts appeal The searcn-
er for truth has been made TO believe
that nothing definite can he known Until
the portals Of human existence close be-
hind him. The man who is hungry and
thirsty will seek food and drink wherever
he can find it, and the same is true CT
him who IL hungry and thirsty for spir-
itual food and drink.
A DemonstrabIe Religion.
christian Science Is doing much to
satisfy this craving by giving men
scientific demonstrable religion. re-
lIgon not so much OF preaching as of
works.
Jesus taught his disciples how to heal
the sick and reform sinners, and they In
turn taught others, so that, as history
records. the healing was practised near
ly three centuries after the crucihxion'
and then 1t became so densely overshad-
owed by the evil In mortal mind that the
human consciousness could not longer re-
tain It,
IF you were the only person In the
world and you had been thinking good
and evil as the world generally does, and
then you should conclude TO discontinue
this way and decide to think exactly as
the Commandments and the Sermon on
the Mount direct, and you should carry
this out to the very letter. that is, think
and do only that which is good, pure and
upright, then where would evil be?
Good thoughts. such as the crildlike
trust In God, kindness. love, gentleness,
purity, honesty, uprightness, reject
health. harmony and beauty upon the
body. while their opposites-trust in ma
terlal help, hate. Jealousy dishonesty, i'm
morality, etc.-express discord and sick
ness In the body.
What is true of the human body is also
true of the body polite. panic pro-
duces a rigid state in the arteries Of
cial centres, so that nothing seems TO
move without extreme pressure. The die
tionaries define panic as extreme or sud
den causeless. unreasonable fright To
cure such a condition confidence must be
restored. 1t was the great cry during the
panic Of 1907 that everything would be
rlghted If only the fear Of the people
would relax.
"If all people were Christian Scientists
there would be no more panics. because
they have confidence in the protecting and
sustaining care of their Heavenly Father,
and thus lose the sense or anxiety in re-
gard TO their supply. They believe In the
verify Of the statement Of our Master,
Seek We first the kingdom OF God ana
his righteousness and all these things
shall be added unto you.
Christian Scientists are sometimes
said TO be a prayerless people. No as
persion could be further from truth than
this. Christian Scientists believe In
prayer without ceasIng.'
when Christian Scientists understand
enough Of Christian Science they will not
only heal all cases of disease. but will do
SO NJ We az
glad even to touch the hem of the Christ
garment. We are still like the children
who demonstrate the simpler degrees Of
mathematics.
Mrs. Eddy's first awakening to the d.
vine healing power came to her when
from the effects of an accident, her re-
covery seemed beyond all earthly hope.
Her early spiritual training tended to In
spire confidence in the power of God to
heal the sick. so. when man reached his
extremity and failed, she turned to God
TO verify that early confidence. Her heal
ing was instantaneous.
Mrs. Eddy had discovered the law OF
spiritual healing and brought the blessed
message to the world that there is com
forter for every sorrow. however despair
ing: that there is law of restoration for
every fear and disease, publication for
avary sin and "A panaCea for every Ill.