Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-18
SALEM OREGON SATURDAY MAR 49, 1916

longer. Knowing also who or what his
neighbor really is. he viii see through
the strutting, fretting, or cringing mask
of the featherless biped by which all
have been deceived too long, and think
better of him, treat him better, and
love him more.
Matter.
If what has been said about man is
plain, it must be evident that man is
primarily spiritual, as Mrs Eddy
teaches. If this conclusion be correct.
then any evidence which -would Indicate
materdial man must be changed ny
the fact presented in order that the
spiritual. which is the real, may be.
come more and more apparent.
This does not mean that Christian
Scientists claim to have no bodies, as
is often asserted, that BY accepting
the logical teaching that there is no
matter, they claim that there are no
such things as sun, moon, stars, earth,
trees, flowers, or othter phenomena
which are called material They see
these things and enjoy them much as
Others do, and indeed their vision and
legitimate enjoyment of them have
been enhanced by Christian Science.
Still they maintain that there is no
matter, and not only is this position
impregnable, but So-talled material i.
euce is fast eonceding it to be +rua.
indeed, philosophers aud scietists, 81.
though they have essayed to do so fr IA
time immemorial, have never been a a1la
&C explain what mttter 10, and cuuat.
aucntly have never been sure that it is
matter The individuals who frc Gu
entirely certain that everything they
s9gui4r is matter are those alone to
whom ELGtter is after bee ltsc it is
matter.
1t has long been recognized that mat.
ter is merely the term used to desig.
nate all that is appreciable to the phys.
ical senses; but the nature of what is
called matter remains absolutely un-
kncNn. Various theories have been adj
vaLced to explain matter, hut these
have always ended by explaining it
away: The atomic theory, which was
for I lens time Believed, to explain it,
was finully found to be absurd, because
the absolute mot the chemical) atom
would have to be an indivisible paEticle.
having can under and an upper sur.
face, a right and left side," and vet
without extension in order to be inca.
pable Of being thought smaller. Such
minuteness could never be reached by
any thought-process. The theory of
Boscovich, that matter is composed of
points of force, proved just as absurd,
as a point of force could not have
lengthth, breadth, rthickness, neither
could it be matter, and no number of
points of force could form the minutest
dimensiOnal object. The theory that
now obtains most widely, / believe. is
that matter is formed of electrons, but
no one knows what an electron is.
, Thus, is it not plain that the nature
OF the constituent being unknown the
nature of that which is constituted is
unknQwn9 In other words, until some
one can tell us what matter is. no one
will know that matter is. That you NAV
be enlightened on this subject by those
who have made special study of it. I
shall read few extracts from the writ.
ings Of some of the world S recognized
| scientific scholars:
Sir Oliver Lodge: "Sand is a debri,
of rock, and fresh rocks can be com
pacted of sand" Very enlightening.
| Edison "We are stin ignorant Of the
true character of electricity; indeed, tc
me after all the years / have
spent in studying electricity, it is more
a mystery now than ever" ..
Sir Oliver Lodge, again: "The elec
irons themselves must be explained. and
the only explanation which at present
holds the field is that they are knots Of
twists, or vortices or some sort of either
static or kinetic notifications of the
ether of space, small bit partitioned
off from the rest and individualized by
reason Of the identifying popularity.
So much for the electrOns. am sure
that now you all know what matter is
because that is what it is said to bt
made Of.
Prof Karl Pearson of the University
of London says: Not matter that il
seen, but sense-impressions and change
of scnse-impressions. -
Herbert Spencer wrote, as far back. a,
1880: "NTatter, then, in its ultimat,
nature, is as absolutely, incomprehensi
BILE as space and time. Frame what sup
positions we may, we. find in tracing
their implications that they leave III
nothing but choice between opposite
| absurdities. -
The natural scientists az rsst CON
cluding that there is no matter bu
they are doing so upon an entirely dif
ferent basis from that Of Mrs. Eddy
They are concluding that there is NJ
matter because there are no tenabh
constituents that could make it. such
Mrs. Eddy on the other hand. Will
recognizing that what is called matte
is to be dealt with i'm human expert
cncc, and that it can be dealt with sat
isfactorily and successfully only b,
rising above it step by step so far a
possible and having the dominion owe
it which God gave man. also recognize
and reveals that God being Spirit, an,
Spirit being infinite and all inclusive
not included by all, there is aud can b
no matter.
The Cause and Cure Of Ills.
ayes, f." / hear some say. at is plai
that if man is the image and likeness O
God, he is like God, perfect, well, able
and never otherwise; blessed or happy
peaceful intelligent, loving, aud immol
tai; but human experience contradict
this. There are many sinful, sick, in
eapacitated, suffering, dying, dcac
What causes all this2'
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