The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-12

Which are summarized as sin, and when the error of belief is destroyed by the truth which Christian science imparts, the disease disappears Chris tian Science. therefore, teaches that the cause of all disease and sin is mental, and not physical and that both sin and disease may be cured by one and the same metaphysical process, namely, by the substitution of spiritual truth in place of error and false belief in the human conscious ness
 "Ye Shall Know the Truth and the
 Truth Shall Make You Free"
 It is recorded in the Stl chapter of the Gospel of John that upon one Cc- casion when Jesus was being harass- ed by the lawyers and theo'ogians, who were plying him with questions and seeking 10 entrap him by his an sWers, he turned to a group of his followers, 'Wlo were standing near, and said to them, Ye shall know the truth and the truth sha1 make you free" In all the Bible th5re is no statement of greater importance to mankind than this utterance of the Master It prescribes the remedy for every human ill Knowledge Of a thing must come through the mental and not through the physical. hence, according to the words of Jesus, man kind will be delivered from sin, dia- ease and death not by doctoring the physical, but by filling the mental with truth If this statement of Jesus was true it follows by irresistible logic that the enslaying conditions from which humanity suffers must be due to the belief of something which is not true In other words. if the time is ever to come, as Jesus has declared that it win come. when the knowledge of the truth shall emalc- pate humanity from its boGl1ge to sickness, ,sirL uuhapp.Iess. poverty. old age and death. such results can only be brought about when tha knowledge of the truth shall have dis. placed and destroyed (out of human ccasciOusness), the belief of tha; which is not true There is no .s care from this conclusion
 Christian Science shows that it is the effect produced by Truth oper5t ing in the human mentality, destroy ing superstition. false aad vicious be- liefs that must and will some day emancipate mankind from bondage to sin, disease and death
 Ultimate Truth.
 There must be ultimate truth some where, and when it is apprehended by the human mind it will ema lcipate those who apprehend it from bondage to evil Christian Science asserts that ultimate truth concerning God and man and their relationship is revealed by the Scriptures. and may be gained by every person when the Scriptures are rightly interpreted
 Difference Between Belief and Under.
 standing.
 It is sometimes difficult for people to understand how religion can hea. sickness and destroy sin. but the words of Jesus make il plain Since it is through a knowledge of the truth that these results are accomplished the important thing for each one is to gain au understanding of truth in- stead of being satisfied with mere be. lief about it. In other words, in or- dor tO find ont U,ou- ,-o1io;o,, .o.-. 1, stroy sin sickness and all sorts Of evil condition, it is first necessary to gain am understanding as 10 what is religion. To gain the benefits prem. .sed in the Bible to true believers it is necessary 10 get rid of that which is erroneous in religious belief and practise and 10 ascertain what con. stitutes true religion
 There are many wlo honestly think that it makes no difference what re- ligiOus beliefs they entertain. so long as they are sincere in them. A mo- ments reflection, however. will show that such a theory is peru'cjous and destructive, for it is perfectly plain 'HAt A' e t''th- 49 HJAs III idAt. n ut, no amount Of sincerity on the part of the believer can ever make it true. No engineer ever arrived at a correct result. no matter how sincerely he may have believed that his processes were correct. if they were not so m fact.
 With respect 10 many things it may be unimportant wh-ther the thing believed is true CT not, but with re spect to the Things that people belieev about God and about themselves. and about their relationship to God, they are vital, because it will be shown that the things believed with respect to these matters, become laws that are binding upon the believer.
 God.
 In trying, to ascertain what COns'i tutes religion the very first subject to be considered is that which relates to God Every one must agree that a correct understanding of God is es- sential as Inc foundation of religion. Any system of religious teaching that is founded upcn al imperfect or erro- neous conception of God must neces- sarily fail to bring to it's adherents 4h, haI, o,,d n1,,,e.,t .,.1,t 4i,o,.