Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-22

sickness and all manner of disease
among the people" The conclusion
again is that if the truth as taught by
Christ Jesus makes free from sickness
ara disease. then these evils are the
opposite of truth and should be re-
sisted and cast out as being no part of
the purpose and plan Of God for man,
who is created in His likeness.
Christian Science teaches that the
works of Jesus were done in accord
ance with divine law. 1t teaches,
therefore, that the same works can
be done again in the same way. for
real law never varies in its operation.
Disease Has Mental Cause.
What of the experience called sick
ness. or disease? Practically all are
familiar with the fact recognized and
admitted by physicians, that certain
kinds of disease have a mental cause.
Christian Science declares that all
disease has mental cause.
Human emotions, such as fear, an
ger. worry hatred, etc. are now said
to produce poisonous conditions
or or in the physical body If
this is so may not many cases
of chronic poisoning in the hui
man system be traceable to a
chronic disposition to give way to the
emotions? Is it not as reasonable to
admit this as to recognize the fact
that acute fear Immediately manifests
itself in a blanched face? If one is
obliged to admit the mental cause of
some kinds of physical disease, why
not agree with Christian Science that,
primarily. all disease Is due to a men
tai cause? This does not mean that
all disease is the result of conscious
fear or of wilful sin. Many types of
disease are effects of latent fear,
| hereditary temperament, superstition,
ignorance, or some of the generally
accepted beliefs of the human mind
which seem to operate as law. Sup
pose a man to be sick from one or
more of these mental causes. VIII
drugs cure him? Is there any anti
toxin that will destroy hatred, or any
serum that will prevent fear? Moth
ing but the knowledge that God is
Love and that man as the image Of
God is in reality nothing less than
the expression of Love, and therefore
cannot and does not fear or hate, will
effect a permanent cure in such a
case.
Fear Overcome.
All that is real exists as the effect
Of an intelligent cause, divine Mind.
one has only to look at badly fright
ened person to see that he manifests
little or no intelligence while under
the sway Of fear Therefore, we may
conclude that fear is not the nantes
tation of an intelligent cause. 1t is
plain that if one could be free from
fear it would be greatly to his adVan-
tage Many are ready to point out
the evil effects of fear. They are
even quite ready to urge their friends
not to be afraid, but they are not all
ways able to tell them why they have
no need to fear
Christian Scientists having dis
cerned the fact that fear is not an at
tribute of God are beginning to I'M
derstand why it Is no part of man.
who is in the likeness Of God. They
reason that God is the only cause and
is good. Fear is not good. Therefore,
ii is not the effect of the one only
cause and consequently is without ac-
tual existence There Is no fear in
the universe of God and nothing in
that universe of which man could be
afraid. There is no good in fear, for
fear hath torment" hence there is
no God in it, and no truth in it. Chris
tan Scientists do not, however, claim
to have demonstrated as vet that they
are entirely immune from fear, hut
they are much less fearful than for
merly and consequently. much less
subject to disease and disaster.
IIcredity Not Law.
No more diScOuragiug and distress
e. 4.
the belief in hereditary transmission
Of disease or of certain evil tendencies
and traits when the so-ealled law
Of heredity seems to have resulted in
"a vigorous constitution and relatively
good traits of mind and character
we are apt to rejoice that the indi-
vidual has derived these from his pro-
genitors. But when the inheritance
is that Of diseased physique or evil
mentality, there is regret and despair
in place of rejoicing.
If We are to admit that good ten
denotes can be transmitted hy hered-
ity. we shall also be obliged to admit
that evil is likewise transmissible. But
Mrs Eddy has freed thousands from
bondage to belief in hereditary trans
mission by her teaching that "hered-
ity is not law (Science and Health.
page 1881. Christian Science teaches,
as Jesus taught, that God is the only
Father of man. 1t shows that in his
true nature man is the offspring Of
Spirit. Mans origin being divine Mind
and that Mind being infinitely good,
man can have no evil heritage. His
heritage is the heritage of good and
of good only. He is therefore not
subject ia heritarv faint or confa,,1i