Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-23


Right spiritual knowing or real
thinking expresses the activity OF
truth In consciousness. The knowing
of God is the appearing of Christ in us.
This healing consciousness comforts
the sorrowing, brings hope TO the in
fidel. awakens the sinner and heals the
afflicted by destroying the darkness OF
error with the light of Christ, truth.
4 Necessary Discrimination.
1T is thus seen that Christian heal
ing is not brought about through hyp-
notism. wiIl-power. or mental sugges-
tion in any form, for these methods all
involve belief in the reality Of matter
and evil and simply effect the ex-
change of one belief for another. They
depend wholly upon the influence Of
one human mind over another and the
danger of this method becomes appar-
ent when we recognize that the quail
ity Of the mind may be evil and may
thus transmit evil In Christian science
healing the human mind is not a fac
tor. for the healing power is divine
truth. which dispels error and its eff
fects. The human will does not enter
therefore into the operation. even as in
correcting mathematical error we do
not use will-power but perceive the
error as such and apply the corrective
truth.
One of the cardinal points in Chris
+ tian science healing is TO recognize all
( disease and sin as mesmerism and as
no more a part of man than il Is of
] his Maker. the infinite divine principle
Writing TO the Romans. st. Paul
says The good that l would l do not;
but the evil which would not that |
do. Now if / do that I would rot, ii is
no more that do it, but sin that dwell
leth i'll me
In conformity with this statement
OF the great apostle. Christian science
( teaches that the evil is not the man
I but is always impersonaI and only acts
insofar as it is believed TO be true by
/ deceived human sense, and this sepa-
ration between man and false material
belief has very significant relation to
the healing of sin as well as disease.
Human Sense Healed.
The healing work is accomplished
in the human mind by bringing about a
change of consciousness wherein les
the belief in error which has TO be cor
rected. This human mind is that quail
ity Of consciousness which embraces
error and yet which can begin to know
divine truth 1t is the plane on which
the real can reach the unreal. 1t Is
a kind of clearing house where truth
can he known. where error can be cor
rected and where harmony can be es-
tablished. It is a transitional stage Of
experience in which transformation
takes place, through the renewal of
the mind II is an imperfect con-
seriousness, still influenced by error.
but one 10 which the saving Christ can
come, healing it of its erroneous be-
liefs and renewing ii with the mind Of
Christ. Mortal mind or the carnal
mind is wholly evil and erroneous but
the human mind, although containing
much error, possesses also some good
It is this element of good which is
quickened and enlarged through the
appearance of the Christ in conscious
ness, and which will eventually be so
transformed that all error will be de,
stroyed and the perfect, spiritual, har-
monious consciousness of the real man
be established.
Christian science heals sin in the
same manner that it heals sickness, by
recognizing the fact that evil is the
opposite of good or the absence Of
good, and thus has neither principle
nor power: that it is no part of God S
creation since in the infnity of good
there can be no place for evil. 1t
shows that evil is lie, a liar. and the
father of it, as Jesus termed It, and
that it exists i'll the human conscious
mess only as false belief of good.
Three Modes OF Healing.
Christian science healing reaches
the individual in three ways. First,
through reading Of Christian science
or hearing it spoken. This healing is
accomplished when the truth of the
written or spoken word enters re-
ceptive consciousness and brings
about a change in the quality of the
thought, so that there is an awakened
interest, new viewpoint, clearer
vision, an uplifted sense. removal of
fear, yearning satisfied, the darkness
Of evil dispelled. and the brightness
and power of good made manifest: the
majesty. glory and presence of infinite
divine mind revealed. This improved
consciousness is then externalized in
improved bodily conditions, and health
and harmony are expressed. 1t surely
proves the divinity of Christian Science
for the healing is solely the result OF
the declaration of divine truth.
! Second. healing is effected through
the effort made by persons TO apply
the principle and rule OF Christian
science to his own problem. This is
accomplished by the study OF the bible
and the Christian science textbook
and bv application Of the Masters
teaching in scientific way. whether X
be case OF disease, sin or other dis
cord. This healing likewise results
lfrom the destruction OF erroneous be-