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


do to its material appearing or SYMBOL
When figures are written down AZ
random without regard to law, ahey
have no meaning. no power. II Is only
when they are correctly used that they
express truth or life So TOO when hui
man thought eonceiyes OF ideas as
fragmentary. discordant, temporary,
without principle or law. this concept
IS without substance. truth, life or
power
1T In thus seen that there is neither
substance nor life in matter nor ma
terial phenomena that our existence
Is not material but mental, state OF
consciousness, and that truth and lie
can only be conceived Of metaphysi-
catly On this plane alone can We
analyze existence logically and intel
j ligentIy. and solve it's problems.
! IN the preface TO the textbook OF
Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy says,
The time for thinkers has come. This
/ is surely true. Christian healing being
contrary TO the teachings OF physical
science, cannot be interpreted on ma
terial basis, it can be understood only
as we gain a metaphysical or spiritual
| view point. Mrs. Eddy makes it en-
tirely clear that material existence Is
not real existence; that matter Is not
what it seems to be. and that we can
not safely trust the evidence Of the
physical senses. Her writings lead
thought into the realm Of the immater-
iaI and divine. they show US that We
must look beyond physics into meta
physics for causation aud truth. The
world is now beginning to feel this
demand. Inquiry into the mental ma
ture of things is becoming more gem
eral and the call is for an intelligent
Interpretation of experience, Of physi-
cal phenomena, and Of the nature OF
the human consciousness, Many of
the points for which Mrs. Eddy has
commended are today finding corrohora-
ton as result of advance in physical
science in psychology.
we are now ready to concede the
possibility of Christian healing. that
which is effected through spiritual
means. the power OF divine Mind.
1t is further evident that the mind
or intelligence which is the source OF
all right ideas, Is the intelligence and
power which may logically be looked
ito as a remedy for all wrong ideas OF
: conditions OF human experience. The
natural healing power must be the
mind or intelligence which is the IN
,. DERIVING principle of being. It is OBJ
vious that truth alone corrects error
hence the discord or disease which re-
suits from false sense, can be put
away. or healed only through truth
Many who believe in God as the Great
; OF are so illogical as to taevs that al
though He knew enough to make al
things. He does not know enough tc
correct our false sense Of what He has
made,
Having seen that all the phenom.
ena of nature are mental, the projec-
ton of imperfect human sense, ant
that disease is mental and must bt
= healed mentally, it is essential for US
to see clearly that body is mental
We have seen that matter is q men
tai phenomenon. state of human con
seriousness. hence we logically con
clude that the so-called material bod.
is mental. 1t is evident that thit
body is mot the man. since he is no.
lessened though he lose limb. Man.
real selfhood or individuality is il
1 consciousness, and this is obviously
mental