The Marshall republican., 1914-05-01

human will, pride, seif-rishteousness
and the like, they will continue to see
man and the universe as material In
stead Of spiritual: they will continue
to see a deformed and diseased man
and a distorted universe. But when
they shall begin to lay aside the NOR
tai eyeglasses and shall begin to look
Through the lenses Of the spirit-len-
ses that are composed Of truth, spir-
itual understanding. meekness, hum
iiity. love, faith and purity-they
Will then see a constantly improving
man and universe. As this mental
transformation progresses, disease.
sin. sorrow, poverty and the limita-
lions, of old q viii disappear, and
the spiritual real man Will begin to
appear. When this transformation
shall have been completed we shall
then see man and the universe as
wholly spiritual as they now appear
10 0od and M they have always APP
seen His children nor His creation
through mortal eyeglasses. He has al
ways seen us as spiritual, and hence
to Him we have always been perfect.
In that day we shall know, as in fact
We fdft hoW itdfntIs tifdt nOtnlnK
that God made IL material or ever
needs to be healed. and that the only
thing that needs to be healed is our
own false concept Of that which lie
made perfect.
people might be justified I'm refusing
10 accept IL. but Christian Science
practitioners are proving daily In all
parts Of the civilized world that by
holding the perfect nan In concept,
by knowing that man is spiritual
and perfect and is governed by an
all loving God. and by arguing
steadfastly from the standpoint Of the
reality OF good instead of from the
standpoint OF the supposed reality OF
evil, the sick are healed end human
conditions do improve.
Christian Science, therefore, Is
proving step by step that the declara-
ton made by Jesus Is true. and that
In proportion as the knowledge OF
the truth fills human consciousness.
driving out error and false beliefs,
men and women come into possession
here and now OF their God-given do
imnion.
Mental Causation.
know how difficult a thing Il Is
Tor people who are unacquainted with
tho teachings of Christian Science to
understand what Is meant by mental
carsation. Humanity has been accus-
toned through many centuries con-
slider that all c~ausation is vested In
matter, that when we begin to discuss
the subject OF mental ~causation we
arc dealing with something that Is
unfamiliar TO many. When I first
turned to Christian Science. I did so
for physical healing, and ] was healed
under circumstances that admitted
OF no doubt that I HAD been healed. I
therefore. became deeply convinced
that Christian Science must be the
truth. because IL had wrought In me
so great n change. When I was told,
however. that there was no intelligen
&C or sensation In the human body. l
said that the thing was 70 manifestly
absurd that no intelligent person
could believe II for q moment, and In
spite OF the fact that I had been heal
ed through Christian Science I came
very near turning my back upon Il.
Instead OF doing so, however, I deter
mined TO make an honest effort to
lind out, IL I could, what Christian
Science mean by the statement that
there Is nc intelligence or sensation
In the mortal body.
! had not proceeded very far be-
fore | found that the statement was
true. and then | found that II was
necessarily true. and then | began to
wonder why I myself had lot thought
OF II long before, because Il appeared
70 perfectly plain and obvious. II was
pointed out to me that this body
which people worship and fear, and
which most people get down on their
knees before every day and say to II,
Oh, body, what can I do for you to-
day. to keep you from hurting me?"is
composed OF something over 10 per
cent OF water. and that the balance
OF II Is chalk, lime. starch. potash
and a few other things-that Il Is
matter, Just as'trully as the ingredi-
entB OF the dirt and wood arc matter.
then learned that there could be
no more Intelligence or sensation In
matter when In the form OF fresh,
bones and nerves than when In the
FORM OF dirt or stone, which fact Is
proved whenever an opiate Is given
to a person and the human mind is
put to sleep. The body may then be
cut n gashed and the nerves lac
Grated without the slightest indica-
ton or Intelligence or sensation.
l thus learned that sensation and
intelligence do not reside In the hui
man body apart from the human
mind.
Some day all mankind will recog-
nize the Unreasonable service that
Christian Science has performed for
the human race In making this fact
plain. For IL II be true, and It Is
true. that sensation and intelligence
do not reside In the human body,
apart from the human mind, then II
follows, absolutely. that the human
Body cannot do anything. feel any
thing, or have anything, except that
which the human mind first DEGREES
and that by educating and controil-
Ing the human mind with truth. we
shall thereby control the body with
truth. and the body will then be heal
thy and harmonious.
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