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

ef1o Appll6u tO-uASt the ScftS
healing effects would follow.
Non-believers in the Bible and in
what are called miracles deny the
possibility of spiritual power over
material things because they do not
understand spiritual law, the Prin-
cipie and rule involved. Some good
people believe that the spiritual heal
ing of the early church was mere
phenomenal exhibition of divine or
superhuman power, and therefore
make no effort to relate spiritual
power to present human needs. Could
they but realize that there is
Principle underlying all existence,
which operates according to law, and
quite regardless to time and place.
they would see that the physical
changes accompanying Christian heal
ing are due to the operation of this
Principle, In accordance with law;
and that such Principle, law and
operation constitute Science.
1t is evident that Christ Jesus con-
sidered this healing work a very es-
sential factor of his ministry; indeed
he made it test of Christian disciple
ship, for he said, He that believeth
on me, the works that I do shall he do
also; which means that he who is a
Christian shall be able to heal spirit
ually. Surely every Christian must
desire to believe in and to practice
Christian healing and thereby to ac-
complish much more than drugs and
surgery now do, while freeing men
from the fear, pain, and risk of death.
too often attending surgical opera
tions and the use of drug nostrums.
Most right minded persons, too,
would like to overcome evil with good
If they only knew how: most of us
would like to overcome our failings.
and be right toward our neighbor
What we have not known is this, that
such results follow naturally the
knowledge that good has more power
than evil. Few realize that the logi-
cal the inevitable. sequence of an un-
derstanding of the Masters teachings
and strict obedience thereto would
bring about a cessation of all sorrow
and sickness in the world.
All those who admit that Christian
healing is even desirable can but well
come a consideration of what it
would involve. what it would depend
upon. Let us consider. therefore,
whether there is Science. a Principle
and law which can be applied. and
how this application can be made.
Let us inquire also what we can and
must do with the prevailing belief in
matter, that greatest stumbling block
to belief in the Bible and the fulfil
ment of its promises.
Phenomena of Nature
To the student of nature. it be-
comes very evident that there is an
| intelligence operating through law.
which explains the marVels of mineral.
vegetable and animal formation, that
there is a power or creative force,
which is materially interpreted in ad-
hesion, cohesion and attractive; that
there is law whose activities are init
mated in growth, atomic aggregation,
1 structural formation and other pho
lnomena of the world about us. To
human sense there is a creative, gov
eruing. controlling power or influence
called force or energy, and a substance
called matter, in which this force
seems TO inhere and through which ii
acts. Even in common thought these
two are essentially different. Matter IS
visible to the material senses, force
is not: matter has mass, force has
none; matter occupies space. force
Goes not. In fact, matter is that
which is actuated or brought into
| evidence by force. They seem to CO.
exist
Matter was formerly believed to be
an entity separate from force oil
| energy but recent researches and dis
coveries have rendered this view uu-
tenable. The unit called the atom
which was supposed to be the small
est possible division of matter sub
stance. is now affirmed by physicists ro
I be itself composed of thousands oi
/ what are called eleetrons. These ~elec-
itrons are infinitesimal particles OF
electrical energy. composed of positive
and negative charges of electricit j.
which are vibrating with very great
velocity. 1t is thus disclosed that the
atom is a manifestation of force, and
that atomic aggregation or so-calIe6
material substance and growth, i;
! therefore a form or manifestation OF
energy OF force. In short matter Is
now regarded as the appearance. ex.
Iternalization or projection of force oil
energy, and consequently what We
touch. taste, smell. see or hear, is in
fact force.
Then this brings us to the view.
point of materialistic philosophy and
psychology, from which it further ap-
pears that the mental faculties which
we call sight, hearing, ETC.. are differ
ent forms OF vibration, and conse-
quently what we see, hear, feel. taste
or smell is a mental impression. IN
| every case it is not matter or an OBJ
! ject which cognizes or is cognized
but mental phenomenon experienced
| in consciousness. Thus we se5 that
we are conscious of existence mentally
and the things we are conscious OF
are mental impressions objectified-
sense phenomena. It is evident. there
| fore, even from the point of view OF
modern physicists. although perhaps
not yet admitted by them. that exist
ence is consciousness and that ouI
present universe is our individual inn
preston or concept of the universe
the way it appears to us through the
five physical senses. Thus existence
is wholly mental All its activities
appearance and phenomena are men
tai and must be dealt with mentally
Christ Jesus proved the mental ma
ture of matter and existence when he
walked on the water. stilled the temp
est. healed the sick. raised the dead
and overcame other material condi.
tons.
Sense Impression Not Absolute But
Relative
1t is further evident that the charac.
ter of our existence depends upon the
character of our consciousness We
cannot avoid this conclusion when we
think of the differences in persona
characteristics. in educational bias
environment. association and expert
ence. and what widely varying sense
of existence these differences, produce
! in different individuals. Sense phe
ncmena are. therefore. not absolute
since they depend upon the charac
ter of the pereeptive faculties, boil
native and educated, which vary
greatly with different people. For ex
ample: let a tree be viewed by s