Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-17

But the realization OF God a. Life
prepares the way for the brother
hood OF man.. II there Is only one
real Life. because God Is infinite and
therefore the one and only Life, then
in reality all men have that one
Life. Then suppose court room In
which seemingly opposing interests
are contending for the mastery.
There 10 the plaintiff and there the
defendant. Each has his own lawyer,
pleading from opposite points Of view
and for opposite results. Placid
above the contending factions is the
Judge. Weighing the evidence in the
balances of truth. According to the
testimony Of the physical senses the
court room Is the scene Of a contest,
a struggle for supremacy. There may
be more or less feeling Of hostility
displayed. It IL humanity inevitable
THAT there must be some evil In con-
sciousness, whether expressed or sup
pressed.
Now let a right idea come into
this mental atmosphere. an idea
which we will designate as the spirit
ual understanding that God is the
only Life OF man. Perhaps It reaches
1.-THE consciousness first OF the Judge,
as he watches from an impartial and
unbiased point of view the struggles
of both sides for self-justification.
The perception dawns upon him that,
no matter what the appearances may
seem to indicate, in reality there il
but one Life, and that In reality,
therefore. plaintiff and defendant
alike, with their more or less nu-
merous adherents, have the same
Life, for there is no other.
| Now suppose this perception passes
from one person to another in the
court room until It has become spirit
ually discerned by thom all, namely.
that in reality they are all mani
Testing the same Life, that therefore
their interests are mutual, instead
Of being antagonists, and that IN
settling the pending difficulty equit-
ably they would be safeguarding the
rights Of all men. Is 1t not obvious
that just agreement could be
promptly reached and the case dis
missed from the docket? The spirit
ual perception OF God as Life tends
to make human beings solicitous OF
one another's rights and to perceive
that in upholding their own rights In
an equitable. just. and kindly man
ner, they are really upholding the
rights of all men, and are not there
fore acting in selfish but In scien-
tifically Christian manner.
The realization OF God as Life
shuts out not only the false sense
of strife, but also that of the ma
terial body with its sin and sickness.
: This is the experience alluded to by
the apostle Paul when he spoke of
: being willing rather to be absent
y from the body, and to be present
with the Lord" In Science and
. Health (p. 14) Mrs. Eddy has des-
! cribed this same experience in the
+ words, Become conscious for a
r single moment that Life and intel
: ligence are purely SPIRITUAL neither
: in nor of matter.--and the body will
then utter no complaints"
Here, therefore. we have the ex-
I PLANTATION OF the healing of disease
. as well as of sin by the natural men
: tai and spiritual method Of turning
: from the untrue, unreal, and non-es-
sential, to the truth about God and
3 man, to the reality of being. This
{ is the method taught BY Christian
Q Science. Man being conscious think
a ing being, has control over his own
health and happiness through the
g realization OF the truth. The Scrip
{ lures express this fact in the state
s ment, "As he Ia man) thinketh In
: his heart, so is he." The commonly
: accepted teachings of the sciences
q which concern themselves with the
a nature and condition of man are moi
g in agreement with this statement ol
v the Scriptures. Physiology and an
j. atomy describe him as material be
e ling whose health and happiness are
d dependent upon material conditions
i not upon his thought.
IS Then scholastic theology attempt.
J. to place an immortal Soul somewhere
Il inside this material being. It de
% clares that this immortal Soul car
e sin. and yet 1t is obvious that l
J. Soul could sin it would be mortal
Q because sin is self-destructive. Fur
l. thermore, common supposition places
q mind In the brain Of that materia
being. mind which can easily becom'
unbalanced or deranged, and which \