Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-08

purely spiritual.-neither in nor of matter.-and the body vii then utter no complaints
 Here, therefore, we have the expla- nation of the healing of disease as well as of sin by the natural mental and spiritual method of turning from the untrue, unreal, and non-essential, to reality of being. This is the method taught by Christian Science. Man being conscious thinking being, has control over his own health and hap piness through the retaliation of the truth. The scriptures express this fact in the statement As he Ca man) thinketh in his heart so is he" The commonly accepted teachings of the sciences which concern themselves with the nature and condition of man are not in agreement with this state ment of the the scriptures. Physiology and anatomy describe him as a mate rial being whose health and happiness are dependent upon material condi- tions, not upon his thought.
 Then scholastic theology attempts to place an immortal soul somewhere inside this material being It declares that this. immortal soul can sin, and yet it is obvious that if sould could sin it would be mortal, because sin is self destructive. Furthermore, common supposition places a mind in the brain of that material being, a mind which can easily become unbalanced or de- ranged, and which is dependent upon it's existence and thus for it's equili- brium. When this strange being, rep resenting a. mixture of mind and mat ter becomes diseased or deranged ma terial medicine is called in to restore the equilibrium which has been tenn porarity disturbed.
 Effect of Christian Science. | approaches the sick and shining with the truth of being, and treats man as a thinking being whose condition is to be regulated by right thinking. The | cure is to be effected by mentally ac- cepting those thoughts which are like which are unlike God. This mental and spiritual process has healed all l manner of diseases, many of them con- ! sidered incurable from the standpoint | Of material medicine. It has given a new lease of life to those doomed to an early grave. It has rejuyenated the ] prematurely aged. It has relieved the victims of depraved appetites. It has | regenerated the fallen. In the course | of it's ministrations to the bereaved
 and the suffering it has flooded human consciousness with hope well founded
 with legitimate expectation of good
 with faith based upon spiritual under 1 standing. It is explaining the Bible | to multitudes who either had lost in i terest in it or had never known its 1 glorious message.
 The presence of Christian Science in | human consciousness has sweeteneo ] the daily life of many who had become | embittered by their misfortunes, and ] it has shown them the way to rid | themselves of these misfortunes. It is l hallowing family life with the touch of spiritual companionship. It is re- many who have felt themselves g of intemperance. inva1idism, or in world is a better place to live in by of Christian Science, now to be found in every continent on the face of the
 globe.
 Discoverer and Founder.
 These beneficient results are directly I traceable to the Iabors of Mary Baker Eddy. the discoverer and founder ot I Christian Science. The steps whicl led up to her discovery, and thos,
 which she took with view of founding I this movement upon a solid basis, arr
 matters of universal historic interest
 Tn Mrs. Eddy's autobiography, en. titled "Retrospection and Introspec I tion,'' she tells us that for some twent, years prior to her discovery she hat
 been trying to trace all physical effecti I to mental cause. In the year 186i she had an experience which provet I to her that God was this mental caus T for which she had been seeking. an