Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

substratum, matter, and shows that
material, discordant conditions must
be dealt with as error. for only on that
basis can truth heal them, as is the
case with the correction of any other
error.
The order of scientific Christian
healing therefore is expressed first. in
the knowing of perfect God and per-
rect man, followed by the recognition
or the erroneous nature of disease.
sin and all that is unlike God; then
IN the application of absolute truth to
the elimination of error, so that right,
harmonious conditions may be estab-
| lished
Right spiritual knowing or real
thinking expresses the activity of
Truth in consciousness. The knowing
OF God is the appearing of Christ in
Iorts the sorrowing, brings hope to
the infdel, awakens the sinner and
heals the afflicted by destroying the
darkness of error with the light of
Christ, Truth.
A Necessary Discrimination
1t is thus seen that Christian heal
| ing is not brought about through
hypnotism, will-power or mental sug-
gestion in any form, for these meth
DDS all involve belief in the reality of
matter and evil, and simply effect the
exchange of one belief for another.
They depend wholly upon the in
} f1uence of one human mind over an
other and the danger of this method
becomes apparent when we recognize
that the quality of the mind may be
/ evil and may thus transmit evil. In
Christian Science healing the human
mind is not factor, for the healing
| power is divine Truth, which dispels
error and its effects The human will
does not enter therefore into the
operation, even as in correcting a
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
Christian Science healing is to recog-
nize all disease and sin as mesmerism
and as no more a part of man than
1t is of his Maker, the infinite divine
Principle.
Writing to the Romans, St Paul
says:
THE good that I would I do not;
but the evil which I would not that I
| do. Now if / do that | would not, it
is no more that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me-"
In conformity with this statement
of the great Apostle, Christian Science
teaches that the evil is not the man
| but is always impersonal and only
! acts in so far as it is believed to be
true by deceived human sense, and
this separation between man and false
material belief has a very significant
relation to the healing of sin as we'll
as disease.
Human Sense Healed
! The healing work is accomplished
in the human mind by bringing about
a change OF consciousness wherein lies
| the belief in error which has to be
corrected. This human mind is that
quality of consciousness which en-
braces error and yet which can begin
to know divine Truth. 1t is the plane
on which the real can reach the un-
real. 1t is a kind of clearing house
where Truth can be known, where
error can be corrected and where
harmony can be established. Tt is Il
transitional stage of experience in
which Transformation takes place.
through the renewal of the mind II
is an imperfect consciousness. still in
| fluenced by error. but one to which
the saving Christ can come, healing il
of its erroneous beliefs and renew
ing 1t with the mind of Christ. Mortal
mind or the carnal mind is wholly evil
and erroneous but the human mind
lalthough containing much error
possesses also some good 1t is this
element of good which is quickened
and enlarged through the appearance
| of the Christ in consciousness, and
which will eventually be so transform
ed that all error will he destroyed and
the perfect. spiritual, harmonious con-
seriousness of the real man be estab-
lished.
Christian Science heals sin in the
same manner that II heols sickness. hv
recognizing the fact that evil is the
opposite of good or the absence q:
good, and thus has neither Principle
nor power; that it is no part of Gods
creation since in the infinity of good
there can be no place for evil. IT
shows that evil is a lie, "a liar, and
the father Of it," as Jesus termed il,
and that il exists in the human con-
seriousness only as a false belief OF
good. When Christian Science reach
es the consciousness of the sinner, il
shows him the deceptive character OF
evil. and awakens him from the
m esmeric dream. the bondage in
which he has been held. He is thus
set free and evil no longer appeals
to him. He ceases indulging in Il
because the desire has been DESTROY
ed by the presence and power of di-
vine Love. he has begun to work out
his salvation through Christ.
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-
ccptive consciousness and brings about
la change in the quality of the thought
so that there is an awakened interest,
y new view point a clearer vision,
ar uplifted sense, g removal of fear.
2. yearning satisfied, the darkness OF
evil dispelled and the brightness and
power of good made manifest; the
majesty, glory and presence of in
finite divine Mind revealed. This i'm
proved consciousness is then external
lied in improved bodily conditions
and health and harmony are express.
ed. 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
1.-THE effort made by a person 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 text
J book and by the application of the
Masters teaching in a scientific way,
whether it be a case of disease. sin
or other discord. This healing like
wise results from the destruction of