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

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causation. Humanity has been ac-
customed through so many centuries
TO consider that all causation is vested
In matter, that when We begin to
discuss the subject OF mental causa-
ton We are dealing with something
that IL unfamiliar Ia many When 4
fist turned 10 Christian Science. /
did 20 Tor physical healing, and WAS
healed under circumstances that adj
United cf no doubt that had been
healed. l. therefore. became deeply
convinced that Christian Science must
be the truth. because Il had wrought
in me so great change. When | was
told. however that there was ne In
ltellgence or sensation IN the human
body. | said that the thing was so
manlfesuy absurd that no intelligent
i person could believe il for moment
and In spite OF the fact that l had
/ been healed through Christian Sci.
ence, came very near turning my
back upon IL Instead OF DOING 50,
however, determined to make an
/ honest effort To hud out. II could,
what Christian Science meant 10y the
statement that there is no intell-
gence or sensation in the mortal
body.
I | had not proceeded very far before
+ / found that the statement was true,
and then found that il was necessar-
lily true. and then / began TO wonder
why ] myself had not thought Of II
/ long before, because IL appeared SO
perfectly plain and obvious, 1t 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 IT,
"Oh, body. what can I do for you to-
day, to keep YOU from hurting me 2'
is composed OF something over 20 per
cent of water. and that the balance Of
il is chalk. lime. starch. potash and
Il few other thiugs-that il is matter
just as truly as the ingredients OF the
dirt and wood are matter.
| then learned that there could be
no more intelligence or sensation in
matter when in the form OF flesh.
bones and nerves than when in the
form OF dirt or stone, which fact Is
proved whenever an opiatc is given To
a person aud the human mind il put
to sleep. The body may then be cut
ana gashed and the nerves lacerated'
without the slightest indication Of in
telligence or sensation
/ thus learned that sensation and
intelligence do not reside in the hu-
man body apart from the human
mind.
Some day all mankind will reeog-
nize the unreasonable service that
Christian Science has performed for
the human race in making this Tact
plain. For If 1t be true, and II "
true. that sensation and intelligence
do not reside in the human body,
apart from the human mind, then Il
follows, absolutely that the human
body cannot do anything. feel any
thing. or have anything. EXCEPT that
which the human mind DEGREES, and
that by educating, instructing ana
controlling the human mind with
truth, we shall thereby control the
body with truth. and the body VIII
theu be healthy and harmonious
Just rs certainly as the human
body has suffered from disease and
discord. and has gone down in wreck
age In all of the ages of the past, as
the result OF wrong mental govern
ment, Christian Science Is proving
that in the future the body viii re-
spond Nt;h health and harmony, when
il shall be governed by that mind
which was also in Christ Jesus"
Regardless of what any one may
think or say to the contrary, Christian
Science has proved Leyond all posi-
bility Of successful contradiction, that
the human body is not self-aeting. 1t
IA not a self-acting machine. Since II
possesses neither intelligence nor sem
sation IN nor OF itself, It can act only
in obedience 10 the mentality mat
governs it,
AZ this point Christian Science per-
forms an invaluable service 10 man
kind by explaining how each one may
take possession OF his body and gov
ern ii tremendously Christian Sell
ence here declares that no one Is I'M
der any obligation whatever TO allow
the so-calleu mortal mind to dictate
the terms and conditions upon which
he may live, but upon the contrary, IL
is is the right and privilege OF every
one to be governed by the law OF
Spirit instead of the so-called laws OF
matter, and that by telling the truth
% mortal mind, aud thereby destroy
ng false belief. TO preserve his body
In health.
TO Illustrate how the body responds
o the mentality that governs II, study
he faces Of two men. one is FUR
owed with deep lines. II expresses
bitterness, and shows that the man
iates every one, and believes that ev-
'ry one hates him The other is ra-
liant with good Will, and shows by
Is very expression that the man
owes everyone, and thinks that every !
me loves him. What is il that makes !
he difference between the faces OF
he two men? Is ii not their thought !
md If thought can produce such rad |
cal changes in the shape. expression /
md contour of mems faces. Is 1t not /
,lain that thought will also produce /
Ike changes in the shape and action |
# every organ and part OF the body /
FOR there Is no part OF the body That I
$ beyond the reach of human thought,
md since no part OF the body pos \
esses Intelligence or sensation In nor
# itself. 1t follows that no organ or
lervc can act except in obedience to
he mentality that governs 1t.
Also observe what happens when q
crson becomes angry Immediately |