The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-25

FARMER: NOVEMBER 9 we are learning that it is not incuIn- bent upon us to abuse or outrage our common sense, just to please some one, or to uphold false and injurious teach ing and doctrines.
 DAWN OF SALVATION.
 Surely the night of mental inertia ds Gar spent, for the dawn of salvation 1.-the day of spiritual understa nding- is at hand. Perhaps we do not realize this so vdvidly as we ought, for per-
 chance we heed not the cry, Awake
 thou that sleePest; est: :. and < Cnase saIas
 shine; for thy light is come, and the
 glory of the Lord Is risen upon thee !" Ad1ntstering to the needs of suffering
 humanity through spiritual knowing, is the most conclusive evidence of true Christianity of which we can pos sibly conceive. It is especially so, since such ministry is in fuldhnent or Scriptural prophecy The practice of Christian Science has dem onstr ated that the false material laws which by common belief and con sent operate through fear, ignorance, and superstition to dncapacftate nor
 tate nortals a1fd cause dnva.1i dism, are rendered null and void by the higher law Of Mind The individual knowl- edge of this, and its application, nat urally effects the eradication or the discordant conditions which may be held in thought or externalzed on the body.
 There is nothing mysterious or mir
 aculous about the modus operadi of Christian Science healing, since an infinite and irrevocab1e law provides for reconstruction. readjustrnents res iteration, recovery, or redemption, in accordance with the supreme dasdona and power of the Principle which es- abolished the law. sss5s The changes wrought in consctous- ness, and which result in the healing of the sick according to the practice of Christian science, are in no sense due to the use of hypp otisrn or sug- gestfve therapeutics The donination of a submissive mentality or conscious ness by an imperative one, is recogniz- ed as dangerous practice. the bulk of the results therefrozn being evil rath- CT than good Moreover the practice IS unctriEtian, because contrary to the teaching of Jesus, who denounced and repud1ated such methods. The exer- else of the human will as evidenced in one human or mortal mind donnfn- atfnas another, was characterized by the Master as Che equivalent of cast ing out devils by the prince of devils. IMPORTANCE OF RIGHT THINK ING
 1 The simplicity of the mode of heal ing wrought through spiritual means
 is fully appreciated when one realizes that wrong thought is responsible for the appearance of disease. Jesus re- E;garded evil thinking as the source of all disorders. He indicates in words which appear in two of the &ospels- sA1attl7ew and AGark-that the dehae- naent or contamination of the body was due to stevd1 thoughtsgs or the habit | of wrong thinking. He thus taught that an exceedingly close intimacy ex- dsts between consc1ousness and it's low : CT sufstrata1an,-the body or enbodi- ment. We might designate their rela- tionsF1ip under normal conditions as that of master and servant Following the teaching of Christian Science, and by educating consc6ousness in the way of righteousness and peaces many thousands have found to their great astonishnent and joy, that it is poMsi- ble to obtain an improved mentality or consciousness, and this dnturnY ex- erts 8 corrective influence over the body This experience has repeated ly operated advautzag eo1Sly to oness re- eovery from discords, which seemed
 to appear wherever and whenever the normal relationship of consciousness and body-that Of servant and master was not well de1ned or understood. The varied experiences of humanity abqndantIy prove that turbulent or ex- trene mental conditions have caused pain and disease in accordance with existing mortal laws The so-ca1Ied mortal or material man seems to be the one who Is especially subject to these experiences. To rescue all who believe in this standard of man, and who suf- fer the bitter consequences of such
 belief, was the chief mission of Christ Jesus 1900 years ago, and ffsas is the day
 MRS EDDY'S DISCOVERY. < That there is a divine law operat- ing in the affairs of men to accomplish heating and salvation through spdxft- uaI t1rldeastandtng today, is the revelas- ton of Christian Science to the world
 If, as the Master and his disciples proved a law existed and operated to effect healing and redemption in their
 time, it surely exists and is operative now Mrs. Eddy has again and again in her writings niustrated the simple manner Of accomplishing the
 healing of the body through mental
 process Am instance in point is found on page 42S of Science and Health,
 which reads las follows: we must
 rea1ie the ability of mental mind to offset human misconceptions and to
 replace them with the life which is
 spiritual. not material" And again on
 page 39s we have the emphatic decIar-
 ations: Take possession of your
 body, and govern it's feeling and ac-
 ton. Rase in the strength of Spirit
 to resist all that is unlike good. God
 has made man capable of this, and nothing can V4tiate the ability and
 power div4ne1y bestowed on man. Be
 firm in your understanding that the
 divine Mind governs, and that in
 Science man reflects Gods govern
 ment-"
 Here Mrs Eddy gives emphasis to
 the teaching and practice of Christ Je-
 sus, and urges us to extend the range
 of the influence of thought or con-
 sciousness beyond the mere point of
 directing the movement Of the body,
 even to the bounds of governing it's
 sensations and casting out its inf1rrni
 bies and protecting it against their re- currence. We are also urged to .cu1-