Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-07

engineer if his beliefs concerning the rules of mathematics are faulty In each case erroneous beliefs must be 1 displaced by positive knowledge be- | fore correct results can be ttained.
 Every one will recognize not only | the desirability. but the necessity, of | exchanging false and erroneous beliefs about religious matters for positive | truth. Tn no other way can he grow spiritually. Spiritual trAth is the truth about spiritual things but as long as one believes erroneously about spiritual things he is on a false track him of the benefits that would other wise come to him through g. correct understanding of the truth. Like wise, 1T one wraps around himself the robes of seif-satisfaction, and main tains that there is no spiritual truth outside his own beliefs, he is not like ly to progress. He should remember that Jesus proved that there is enough spiritual truth in existence that can be taught to and understood by hu man beings to enable them to heal the sick and raise the dead, and no one should be satisfied until he has attained Ito this understanding and demonstration.
 True religion consists of spiritual truth, and not of erroneous beliefs, hence it follows that ones religion is
 Mmited ito the amount Of spiritual truth he knows, and that erroneous religious beliefs are only so many de- lusions that serve no other purpose than to obstruct spiritual growth.
 Moreover it is plain that since reli- zion in its true sense is spiritual truth it necessarily follows that real religion and real science are one and the same, for truth whenever and wherever found is capable of proof by demonstration. Hence the term. Christian Science, Is perfectly correct, for it is a statement of the spiritual truth composing the Christian reli- zion, and, as such, it may be proved by demonstration in healing sickness and destroying sin.
 What Christian Science Seeks to Ac-
 compiish.
 Christian Science aims to destroy erroneous religious beliefs by substi- tutlng knowledge of truth in place thereof, and to destroy out of the hu- man mind all evil qualities by plant ing good qualities in their stead. It wages relentless warfare against all wrong mental qualities. It seeks to substitute love in place of hate, un- selfishness in place of se1ishness, hon. eSty in place of dishonesty, and truth in place of error. l. lays tremend- ous emphasis upon the necessity for
 bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience Of Christ"
 GIT. Cor. 10:5 3 as the Bible commands. u SAAO"S L1cAL bitS CHIdSS Ol dll OI5SdSS and sin Is mental, and not physical, and that both sickness and sin are destroyed by the evangeliZation of the human mentality with truth and love.
 It seaches without any reservation whatever that the truth taught and and applied, is sufficient without drugs or any material means to heal the sick and regenerate the sinner, and
 Christian Scientists everywhere are engaged daily in demonstrating and proving this to be true.
 Every student of religion should begin to give heed to what the Bible teaches concerning the importance of looking to the mental rather than to the physical for deljverence from hu- man discord. We read in Romans viii. 6, ', ITO be carnally minded is death: but to be spiritually minded l is; life and peace. Because the car nal mind is enmity against God;- for l 1t is not subject to the law of God | neither, indeed, can be- Again in 1 Philippians ii. it is said, ''Let this mind be in you which was also in 1 Christ Jesus;" and in Rom ns xii. 2, l ''Be ye transformed by the renewing | of your mind"
 These jsignificant statements from the scriptures leave no room for doubt 1 death, or their cure. The carnal mind | is nothing more nor less than the un- regenerated human mind. + is the | human mind in it's natural state, when | filled with hatred, selffshness, deceit, 1 dishonesty, and other evil qualities, | and with superstition and false beliefs. 1 These evil and erroneous mental qual- ! ities result in sin, disease, and death, i and in all human discord.
 The command is to get rid of erro- neous mental qualities, and to have
 in us "the mind which was also in -Se-A fr,, I,1
 was not single sinful quality. nor 1 any superstition or false religious be- l lief. Thus the human mind is renew l ed by the destruction of erroneous and | sinful mental qualities, and the sub | stitution in their place of qualities l that inhere in the mind of the Mas
 ter.
 As this renewing process goes on,
 sickness, suffering, and discordant
 conditions begin to disappear, and
 when it is finished, and every mortal
 thought has been brought into sub- l transformed from a shining, suffering l mortal into @ state of peace and har-
 mony. The caInal mind with it's sin
 and superstition produces the condi- l tions that lead to death, while to be l spiritually minded, that is to have the
 mind that was in Christ Jesus lis l life and peace" Christian Science I teaches that this is the precise pro-
 cess by which human beings are saved
 from sickness and sin.
 It will thus be seen that Christian 1 Science healing in every case is spir- i itUal, and results from the operation l of truth or divine principle in human 1 consciousness, and not from the action 1 of one human mind upon another, nor l from human will, nor from hypnotism, nor from mental suggestion
 | To summarize the matter in 6 single 1 sentence. it can be said that Chris 1 tian Science healing is accomplished l through the activity of right thinking and right living, and in no other way
 can one demonstrate the principle i that heals.
 Mrs. Eddy's Discovery of Christian l Science.
 Mrs. Eddy is acknowledged to be
 the discoverer and founder of Chris 1 tian Science, and many people ask what it Is that she has discovered. In | reply it can be said that she has dis
 covered the law of spirit which is 1 spiritual truth.
 | Spiritual Law.
 l Mrs. Eddy discovered the law of