The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05

ceaSelessly to every human being.
Since then. through Christian Sci
ence prayer. so many people have
found health contentment and peace,
II is plain that sooner or later. every
thinking person will desire to know
how to pray as Christian Science
teaches.
Mental CauSatlOn.
know how difficult a thing II is
for people who are unacquaInted with
the teachings of Christian Science to
understand what Is meant by mental
causatiOn. Humanity has been accus-
toned through so many centuries 10
consider that all caUsatlon Is vested In
matter. that when We begin to dis
cuss the subject OF mental causation
we are dealing with something that
is unfamiliar TO many. When first
turned to Christian Science. | healed
under circumstances that admitted OF
no doubt that | had been healed. ].
therefore. became deeply convinced
that Christian Science must be the
truth, because 1t had wrought in me
so great change. When was told.
however. that there was no intelll-
gcnce or sensation in the human body.
said that the thing was so manifest
ly absurd that no intelligent person
could believe 1t for moment, and In
spite Of the fact that had been healed
through Christian Science. ! came
very near turning my back upon it
Instead OF doing so, however. | dc.
termined To make an honest effort TO
find out, II / could. what Christian
Science meant by the statement that
there is no intelligence in the mortal
body.
81 had not proceeded very far be"
fore ! found that the statement was
true, and then | found that 1t was
necessarily true, and then l began To
wonder why myself had not thought
OF 1t long before. because it appeared
so perfectly plain and obvious. 1t
was pointed out 10 me that this body
which people worship and fear, and
which most people get down on their
knees before every day and say TO
1t, "Oh. body, what can do for You
today to keep you from ifhrting me?"
is composed Of something over seven
ty per cent of water, and that the
balance Of 1t Is chalk. lime, starch,
potash and few other things-that
1t is matter. just as truly as the in
gradients of the dirt and wood ar
matter.
then learned that there could be
no=more= intelligonce= or sensation in
matter when in the form of flesh,
bones and nerves than when in the
form of dirt or stone, which fact is
proved whenever an opiate is given
to n person and the human mind is
put to sleep. The body may then be
cut and gashed and the nerves lac
Grated without the slightest indlca-
ton of intelligence or sensation.
thus learned that sensation and
intelligence do not reside in the hui
man body apart from the human
mind.
Regardless of what any one may
think or say to the contrary, Chris
tian Science has proved beyond all
possibility of successful contradiction,
that the human body is not self acting,
It is not self acting machine. Since
it possesses neither intelligence nor
sensation in or Of itself, it can only
act in obedience to the mentality that
governs it.
Governing the Body.
at this point Christian Science per-
forms an invaluable service to man
kind by explaining how each one may
take possession of his body and gov
how mt eli t1Kstu nj
ence here declares that no one is un-
der any obligation whatever to allow
the so-called mortal mind to dictate
the terms and conditions upon which
he may live, but upon the contrary, II
is the right and privilege of every
one loves him. What is 1t that makes
spirit instead Of the sO-called laws OF
matter and that by telling the truth
10 mortal mind and thereby destroy
ing false belief, to preserve his body
in health.
To illustrate how the body responds
TO the mentality that governs 1t, study
the faces of two men. One is fur
rowed with deep lines. 1t expresses
bitterness. and shows that the man
hates every one, and believes that
every one hates him. The other is
radiant with good will and shows by
its every expression that the man
loves every one, and thinks that every
one loves him. What is 1t that mawes
the difference between the faces OF
the two men? Is 1t not their thought?
And II thought can produce such racial
changes in the shape, expression and
contour OF mems faces. is 1t not plain
that thought will also produce like
changes in the shape and action OF
every organ of the body?
Also observe what happens when
person becomes angry. Immediately
tho functions of every organ in the
body arc disarranged The liver at
once begins to secrete bile, and to diff
fuse it through the system, so that one
of the first results of fit of anger is
that the breathe becomes foul. The
heart action is also disturbed, either
being accelerated or retarded, and the
face becomes pale or flushed. Any
physician will say that many deaths
have occurred from fits OF anger, and
yet anger is only mental quality or
state.
Power OF Habit.
Now. let one ask himself that. since
such results as these. which arc Wit
messed daily, can arise from sudden
wrong mental impulse. docs 1t require
much thought to see that like evil re-
suits will also occur from the habLtual
entertainment of a wrong mental
quality? Is it not plain. that hatred,
and all OF its subdivisions. and by
nrnd1icts s1lnh na tnallnn snitn re.