Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21

all questions on the part of evil
asking an explanation Of itself.
There is no satisfactory explanation of
error from the standpoint of error.
Indeed it is self-evident that the oblit-
GRAFTON of evil as error is the only
final and satisfactory explanation of it.
No science of any kind can ever ex-
plain error satisfactorily in any other
way. If evil could be accounted for
as If it were true or part of truth, it
would be perpetuated, not destroyed;
and such attempted explanation would
be just what it always has been in all
| previously prevailing systems, cal
amity rs.ther than help to the human
race.
True Healing Is Spiritual
That there must be, step by step,
| scientific discernment, understanding
and devotion before there can be abso-
lutte lrrefutable proof hardly needs To
| be pointed out. Material methods of
healing, however strongly entrenched
In opinion and belief, are not scientific
They ignore human consciousness or
human mentality, or if they are forced
to consider it they have no means
with which either to meet or over
come its difficulties. Such systems
are not truly educational. All accur-
ate observations pertaining to disease
tend to prove that it is necessary to
probe more deeply for the root or
cause of human suffering than do
| those who look for it solely in matter.
in order to understand anything of
correct mental healing we must re-
of fhn l.
ses no sensation as mere matter Sen
sation is only present when human
life is present. Now if one stop to
consider and remember that human
being is not entirely material, but that
he is largely mental, the conclusion,
II drawn correctly, will be that all
OF his experiences are at least par
TALLY mental. The more one views
human life the more conclusively must
| one see that when disease appears it
is part of what one calls himself,
and that this self is a conscious crea-
ture. The disease is therefore a part
OF what is called the human con-
seriousness. On this account any
propaganda tending to increase fear
is not only mistake, but is inhuman.
One who is taught to fear disease is
virtually taught to give power to dis
ease, because disease has only the
power which universal belief ascribes
TO 1t, and has no other law than uni
versal human opinion to sustain it.
therefore any system which tends to
increase the fear of disease tends
equally to increase the hold of disease.
not only upon the individual but upon
the human race, which is the exact
opposite of the ostensible object even
of medical science.
There should, however, be no misun-
derstanding of the attitude of Chris
tan Scientists toward other systems of
healing Christian Science stands
alone 1t is not competing with other
methods or systems of healing, While
we have got beyond the use of medi-
cine ourselves, we would not prevent
others from employing any method of
healing which appeals to them, since
we claim that same right for ourselves
Sanitation
We are not opposed to physicians
nor to their legitimate attempts to do
good.
We are not opposed to sanitation.
We are only opposed to its present
inadequacy. We believe that it should
not only mean perfect cleanliness of
body and environment, but that it
should extend to the human mind and
character, which should be thoroughly
cleansed and kept clean. No one need
to take my word for the efficacy of
such a system. Any person or COM
munity can try it. Just as the tend
ency to sin can be weakened and
destroyed by refusing to entertain
degrading thoughts, in exactly the
same way the tendency to disease can
be weakened and destroyed Chris
tian Science not only explains all this,
but gives one the power of Christ with
which to accomplish it.
Within the realm of eternality there
cannot be a single destructive element
therefore sin and disease, which are
both destructive, cannot exist there
You may go on thinking along such
lines fearlessly, for nothing but bless
ings can ever come from doing So
No suffering, sin or trouble can ever
be found in the realm of God, the
divine Mind. The Bible says, "The
Lord is in His holy temple. Let all
the earth keep silence before Him"
May not this holy temple be the realm
of right thinking?
False Mentality the Realm of Disease
and Faith i'm Matter
To those who feel that nothing is
being done for them unless material
remedies are being used, Christian
Science shows that nothing is being
done for them when material remedies
are being used. This becomes evident
if one stops to consider the nature of
material remedies and also the re-
quirements for healing disease To
heal disease is a most intelligent ac-
ton. To suppose that a nonintel-
ligent thing can accomplish it
is not only unreasonable, but foolish.
People believe that they are helped by
material remedies, when in fact the
material remedy does not possess any
intelligence and cannot heal or even
mitigate disease, and that is true not
withstanding the fact that people who
take material remedies or use them
often experience relief, and not in
| frequently, if the disease is not con-
sidered serious, recover under the use
of material remedies. They suppose
that the material remedy accomplishes
| the result, but they could not suppose
such a thing if they thought deeply
about it. When disease is either miti-
gated or the health of the patient i'm
proved under such systems, it is the
| faith in these remedies or in such
| systems, faith as universal as the
race and as old as its history, which
accomplishes the result. All so-called
material healing is faith healing on a
very low plane, whereas Christian
Science is even higher than the highest
faith healing. for it is not merely
| faith in God, but the knowledge of
Him, which as evidence of both Pres
ence and Power accomplishes the de-
| sired result.
The conclusion that disease is error
or false mentality is not weakened by
observing that people sometimes have
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