Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-26

tuesday,, SEPTEMBER rs, 1916.
claim to material power. The metal
in the coin has undergone no change,
it is the same as before, only the
truth is out about it now, and it can
no longer deceive.
Those who believe man to be ma
terial matter. life to be mortal, mat
ter to be power, and true health to
be dependent primarily on physical
organisms, are somewhat like the in
dividual who mistakenly relies on
counterfeit money to maintain his
credit at the bank. If the latter
were to say to the eXpert,a why do
you try to tell me this isn't real,
when I clearly see coin, and you
can't deny you see it too?" might
not the expert reply: eyes, you see
a coin, and I see it too, but you do
not actually see money any more
than I do. We both see the same
thing, only I see it for what it is
while you see it for what it is not"
And so, where the gross materialist
thinks he sees that which is actual,
the Christian Scientist, being better.
informed as to actualities, discerns
counterfeit of the spiritual real
ity. The correcting process is not go
ing to involve a change in anything
except mental concepts and their eff
fects.
Removing the Disguise from Evil.
You may be wise also to put aside
any question as to whether Mrs. Ed
dy has undertaken to invent new
kind Of evil called animal magni-i
tism. She has done nothing of the
sort. Her sole endeavor with regard
to evil has been thoroughly to I'M
mask evil, and she has accomplish
ed this in a manner that dawns most
practically and helpfully on the con-
seriousness of the student of Chris
tian Science. The individual who
still believes evil to be one or more
persons or one or more things, very
much needs to know what Mrs. Ed
dy teaches regarding the essentially
mental as well as obviously animal
qualities of evil. The term anmial
magnetism as general definition
for all evil is helpful in emphasizing
the important point that evil is pri-
marily mental, must be thought be-
fore it is acted, and is product of
|erroneous mental sense and not Of
God. Mrs. Eddy gives her students
much valuable instruction with re-
|gard to protecting themselves from
|erroneous and injurious mental in
lfluences and tendencies, but she
quite agrees with the Bible teaching
that the things that defile are from
within, not from without.
In case your convictions are such
that you would voluntarily forego
the benefits of Christian Science SO
long as any doubt remained with you
as to whether it is truly Christian,
our only request would be that you
resolve to take the word Of no one
else as to that, but to pursue your
own inquiry, frankly and without
prejudice. In that event we shall
confidently expect you to find Chris
tian Science to be in full accord with
the Founder of Christianity, who
Taught that religion should be judg-
ed by the fruits thereof, who said
his true followers should not only
preach the gospel but heal the sick,
and that they should teach all men
all things he had commanded them
1t is not of record that he acknowl-
edged any saving grace in profession
Of doctrine or dogma, but his life and
works are eloquent of the Importance
he attached to the propagation in
the hearts of men of the simple
graces, sud- as love, truth, fidelity,
purity, humility, unselfishness.
These are the fair fruits of Christian
Science, and they have to-day the
same relation to the healing of dis
ease by purely spiritual means as
fthey had nineteen centuries ago.
Do not put off the day of your
turning to Christian Science for
needed help, because of a feeling
that possibly you are mot good
enough" If any of you considered
yourselves "too good" we might con-
cur in you decision to wait a while,
for self-righteousness perhaps comes
nearer to being an absolute non-con-
ductor of truth than any other known
quality of human mind. On the
other hand, a reasonable degree of
humility and open mindedness makes
fertile soil for all good seed.
| limitations Fall Short.
Especially be careful to seek cor
rect sources of information on this
subject. Like all things that have
succeeded, Christian Science has it's
imitators. We need not discuss