The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-18

lh' succeeding stages shOu Il ful.Ow
IVA natural sequence. He needs 10
KNOW llnl since infinite iutp,ligenrr
ia ilh very nature ccu.d not be- the
"Nll'r of sickness. and sinc- there b,
u" other power that could be lts Hu.
I'ni The huNIs " sickness, Ike lgnor
H".' ana other lJrm3 or evil. mus T..
H"H'nlllN or uegatiUn, not something.
'"l lhr absence ur lack of something.
Iu this why through the human NJ
p'rh'uNIon OF dl in, Science, the So.
man may learn that dis rse is ~. the
'rNul' 'f ANY rrpl law, mu' IS the e.,
pIrssInu, mnnif'dalOn or effect II
r'It''u "rruueor, modes ur habit, "
huI'nh Ir''l, whicl though tn, mN
nave been ior ages formulating aud
fastening themselves upon an Hppar
rIltly helpless humanity, are found On
examination lo be- utterly unlawful
ana nbnoma. aud without Jusifica
non other Than that mankind for n
long I'M" has been asserting and sub
nitting a. them 10 illustrate: II
mas not lnfrrqurnlly occurred thai rhr
people of Il nation FOR ypars have Ter.
mltted thrmsrlyr, tO be governed hy
an enactment which they supposed 10
De law, but which when flnnlly test.
Ell In their higher courts has been
ulscerned to be- not law. but an un.
warranted assumption ~ nbwer rnd
authority There never had been renl
occasion for anybody 10 yield olcdl.
thce To lis terms aud those who Nrrc
Influenced io dp sU. ia following the
Ilhe ~ common consent. and who ,uf
Tered inconvenience ana loss .huinhy.
were At no time suffering from the
workings of law. but only from their
erroneous submission ~ that which
was not law az all. but the absence II
law negatlon Had these penplp
been better Informed AS tn their nat
ural rights they would have been dis
posed 10 resist rather than 10 submit
Resistance would have been NJ rttlc
avail, however. unless conducted on
Intelligent aud well defined lines.
Ihus II those who were 10 have un
dertaken merely 90 drfy it. without
establishing their riGhl 10 no ~ I'm ac.
cordance with the orderly LrCcesses
for testing the validity n an enact
ment, they doubtless would have Iu,it
ed more trouble than theg were ca
pable OF meeting The citizen who Is
even half wise will mot dispute points
~ law with the poli0' offl,er who un
dertnkes 10 enforce against IN. llbrrtl
" that citizen rule or regulation
which the citizen knows ~ be unwnr.
ranted. There Is proper and ade.
quate way for him TO obtain his rlgnis
aud the more he ressts the policeman
the less standing he may have m the
court 10 which he must finally al
peal The policeman Is not the law
hut only an instrument thereof
Orderly Resistance Of False law
Now Christian Science dis,loseS 10
It's stduents that the accumulated be-
llefs OF the human mind commonlb
known rs laws Of health. but which
might be named more appropriately
laws " disease, are not really laws
being directly at variance With the
divine and true law. and therefore IN
their final analysis utterly impotent
and void. The Christian Scientist
knows that he has q right 10 resist
but he knows that fighting IN the
street with the policeman. flguratlve
~ speaking Is not the way to make
resistance effective I'm becoming 4
Christian Scientist therefore Il IL rot
necessary for cue 10 assume an attl.
tude " struttlng about with clip
ON ones shoulder, challenging cold
drafts. germs, accidents, neighborhood
opinion and other unpleasant rtllngs.
10 do their worst The genuine Christ
IAN Scientist Is not queer Ur spec.
iacular person He does not seek
trouble, though when trouble arrives
he usually finds that he can meet Il
with less fear than before And with
better assurance Of the dominion over
evil that Ia natural attribute ~ bis
real self The method he employs for
annulllng unjust pnsctments relating
10 the health VI mankind Is au order
ly method In which The beginning Is
not mistaken fur the end. nothing Is
assumed Or taken Tor granted. nor Is
step number two attempted until step
number one hE, trtu mastered. The
t'riDrs that caus' he human hntv ~
respond with rRrrntsge " ,um'laI
SYMPTOMS under similar circumstances
iHid which because VI this tendency
have been mistakenly supposed 10 be
Tue result " phtslcal law. but vhith
christian Science shows are primai Nv
mental factors, the fruit NJ perhaps
centuries NJ wrong thinking may not
because OF that he dismissed A. with
n wave " the hand. There must be
4 systematic and thorough und0ing VI
the false mental processes by which
these conditions have romp al,out For
tnhately II does not follow that be-
cause mankind has heeu ages In get
ting Into this state an equal amount
ot time Il TO he required to get him
out on IL Gu the contrary. when posi-
i've good IN applied tu the pradlca
ton OF negative evil the element W
time lnay he considered as not nee
essHrlly entering into the operation nj
all Who would say that msn might
not be transformed hy the renewing
OF tue mlnd" In very Instant "
time hut the important phase " the
subject 10 us is that Without the rr
pewing Of the mind man cannot he
transformed either lu moment OF =
century, Oue may oyerpower or eyude
me policeman, AS II were hy drugglng
me pain or patching M the hudlly n
tects OF sick thoughts. and thus fur
me day or the week ur the year EN-
JOY y Kind ot Immunity hut such n
course can he OF hut temporary ad
vantage AZ best, and for hlmsef alone
whereas he who proceeds In IN order
~ ana effective manner toward the
ultimate annullment ~ MI oppressive
ana unjust law Il thereby performing
= service not merely to himself hut
TO all mankind Therefore II would
seem To be wlse 10 disput not The ease
with the polltpman materIBliv hut