Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-11
PAUL STARK SEELEYIECIlIRESIO
IARGECROWDAT THE OPERA HOUSE

OF the human mind A prominent
physical scientist in one of the best
known European universities has with.
in the past few years said, Matter is
thing OF thought which we have
constructed for ourselves" Another
says, "rhe universe as known to US
consists wholly OF mind, and . E.
matter Is n doubtful and uncertain in
fluence Of the human intelligence.
II Mrs, Eddy's premise was correct
and everything was in truth mental,
the next and far mere important ques.
ton was, how evil, mortal mind, and
its sinful and diseased conditions, was
to be mastered and destroyed by the
one true Mind, God This question
she met without compromise, and
through her writings so clearly eiucl-
dated the laws of the one true Mind
and the scientific way in which these
laws can be used to subjugate, over
come, and destroy all evil and disease,
that millions of mankind have through
their application In thought been
healed, comforted, and purified. Her
premise, which is in perfect accord
with the Bible, that there Is but one
God. divine Mind. who. creates only
good, has been proven BY irrefutabie
works to be the basis and starting
point OF right thinking.
Evil Cast Out Through Right
Thinking.
The distinction drawn by Christian
Science between the mortal and the
immortal, the material and the SPIT
itual, is no new thing, no personal
opinion. II Is a spiritual and eternal
tact, the central truth OF the Bible.
This Science points out that II Is
through the correct understanding OF
the one true Mind and his relation
shin to that Mind that man may free
himself from all evil conditions. DE
learns to put out of thought the evil
and temporal sense Of existence, with
it's sinful and diseased beliefs. and
gradually gains that consciousness
which knows only good and IS not
subject to sin, disease or death. This
Is but the reiteration in present-day
language of the statement MADE py
Paul to the Romans, that, TO De car
nally minded is death; but to be splr.
itually minded is life and peace.
There is nothing strange about spir'
ituality or spiritual mfndedness, Spir-
lt,ial mindedness is RICH. thinking,
that is. thinking in accord with the
one true cause, divine Mind. II all
evil. sin. and disease is mental, then
1t must be apparent that the thing
TO be done Is to stop thinking evil and
to think only good From the worlds
point Of view II may seem a monu.
mental If not an impossible task %
cast dut all evil thinking. without
d sure and certain law TO go Dy ~
wouId be so. But to the man who
has gained even q slight understand
ing Of the demonstrable supremacy
az the divine Mind over all evil, the
accomplishment seems but the natural
and inevitable outcome of the law OF
God. operating through right thinking
or spiritual understanding.
The Nature Of Mind. :
Cause signifies power. Divine Mind
being the one cause, 1t must have all
mower. Being the only Mind, It must
he all.vise. Being the only true sub
stance. there is nothing to limit II,
therefore it must be everywhere.
Minds expression sor manifestat
which Is its creation, must necessarily
be mental and spiritual, since effect
must have the same character and
nature as its cause. Minds creation
too must be harmonious and good, pc
ing the creation of ,ansall-wise and all
cause There being no
cause precedent to Mind, there can De
no antecedent cause. Mind there
fore. must be and is self-existent ana
eternal. without beginning and WITH
ont end. Now this Mind. as stated
before. is the one God, and as under
stood In Christian Science Is synony.
NOUS with Spirit, Father, Love- names
which the Scriptures apply to Deity.
Loving consideration must then gcnar-
acterize Minds relationship win us
Intelligence, wisdom, tlove,
goodness, harmony, are seen to mark.
the natural order of this creation.
perfection is its standard and no eie-
ment of evil or destruction Is there. \
3 acknowledging the divine Mind as
tho alone cause, Christian Science tnena
reasons logically from cause to effect !
and brings out what must be true
about man and the universe which
spring from and are the expression
Of Mind. This is the second step to-
ward getting true basis for right
thinking. and brings to light the cor
rect and complete idea of creation
Mind and its manifestation, God and
His universe, including man, cause
and effect-:as the basis for all true
thought. Here then is to be found
he true andscomplete standard, Gods
exact. scientific. unchanging.
Mans Relationship 70 Mind.
Reasoning then from Mind as the
primary cause, let US see what man
really is. How is he related TO Mind!
What is his function. his destinyg The
bible designates man as Gods image.
son. and heir. 1t also says that he IS
made after Gods likeness, thus making
lin out to be the living representa-
i've or expression of God. These
,erms of course apply to the real and
sternal man. not to the mortal and