Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-11-09

which embraces and supports all rea'
existence; constituting perfect God
perfect man, and perfect universe
which cannot be perceived through the
physical senses but only through IN
derstanding
Unreality of Evil Mind.
But if reality is spiritual, perfect
there arises the question, ''what of
evil, material discordant conditions ,"
Christian Science shows that the So
called mind which includes the belief
in evil, matter and disease, is not real
Mind but false concept of mind, the
Adam dream, which ST. Paul terms.
''the carnal mind which is enmity a
gainst God" in other words, Gods I'M
likeness or opposite This carnal mind
Christian Science further defines as
mortal mind, since it includes all that
| is sick, shining, discordant and mortal
1t IS the inversion or counterfeit of the
immortal divine Mind and it's betrav-
ing characteristic is finity as opposed
to ininity. All that is real is infinite.
therefore all that is finite is unreal.
The unreal beliefs Of the carnal mind
have neither place, location, nor pow
er, any more than has the school bows
erroneous belief that two times two
make five. It is simply a false con-
cept.
This then is one of the initial and
essential steps in the Science of Chris
tan healing-the recognition of the
unreality of all that which is unlike
God, that it has but a seeming and not
an actual existence Unless this stand
is unequivocally taken, and maintain
ed, Christian healing cannot be scien-
titically or successfully demonstrated.
The order of scientific Christian heal
ing therefore is expressed first. in the
knowing of perfect God and perfect
man, followed by the recognition of
the erroneous nature of disease, sin
and all that is unlike God; then in the
application of absolute truth to the
elimination of error, so that right.
harmonious conditions may be estab
lished.
Right spiritual knowing or real
thinking expresses the activity of
Truth in consciousness. The know
ing of God is the appearing of Christ
IN US. This healing consciousness COM
forts the sorrowing, brings hope to the
infidel, awakens the sinner and heals
the afflicted by destroying the darkness
of error with the light of Christ, Truth.
A Necessary Discrimination.
1t is thus seen that Christian healing
IS not brought about through hypno-
tism, will-power, or mental suggestion
in any form, for these methods all in
volve belief in the reality of matter
and evil, and simply effect the ex-
change of one belief for another. They
depend wholly upon the influence of
one human mind over another and the
danger of this method becomes ap-.
parent when we recognize that the
quality of the mind may be evil and
may thus transmit evil. In Christian
Science healing the human mind is not
a factor, for the healing power is di-
vine Truth, which dispels+ errors and
/ re off
enter therefore into the operation, e.
ven as in correcting a mathema-
teal error we do not use will-power
but perceive the error as such and APP
ply the corrective truth.
One of the cardinal points in Chris
tian Science healing is to recognize
all disease and sin as mesmerism and
as no more part of man than it is
of his Maker, the infinite divine Prin-
ciple.
Writing to the Romans, St. Paul
says:
"The good that I would I do not;
but the evil which I would not that
do. Now if | do that | would not, it
is no more l that do it, bus sin that
dwelleth in me-"
In conformity with this statement
Of the great Apostle, Christian Science
teaches that the evil is not the man
but is always impersonal and only acts
in SO far as it is believed to be true by
deceived human sense, and this sep
aration between man and false mate
rial belief has very significant rela-
ton to the healing of sin as we'll as
disease.
Human Sense Healed.
The healing work is accomplished
in the human mind by bringing about
a change of consciousness wherein lies
the belief in error which has to be
corrected. This human mind is that
quality of consciousness which en-
braces error and yet which can be-
gin to know divine Truth. 1t is the
plane on which the real can reach the
unreal. 1t is kind of clearing house
where Truth can be known, where err
ror can be corrected and where har-
mony can be established. 1t is a tran
sitional stage of experience in which
transformation takes place, through