Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01

active and widespread. Thousands
who at one time were bitterly op
posed to Christian Science, have, II
their extremity, gone to it for help
have received their healing, and are
now among its most ardent advocates
Is this not tangible proof of the i'm
potency and unsubstantiality of what
is termed opposition to truth?
The untold sufferings of humanity
prove that there is something wrong
in the human order of things; and
the sooner humanity looks within tC
discover what 1t is that would cruelty
the Christ idea, the sooner will II
awaken to know God Alright, apd
prove by demonstration that He is
not the author of evil.
Health and Disease.
Christian Scientists are naturally a
great deal more interested in the sub
ject of health than in disease. They
have found out that the right idea OF
health. when intelligently presented
to humanity, is far more contagious
than the thought of disease They
do not believe in falling sick and then
having to become proficient in the
human knowledge of disease before
learning how to be we'll They have
learned that health is the normal
condition of man in Christian Sci
ence; and that disease Is mistake
of the human mind, to be corrected
by right understanding Of health
as an attribute of God.
They are fully convinced through
the teaching and practice Of Christian
Science that the human knowledge
of disease never has healed and never
will heal anyone; but that positive
or demonstrable knowledge of the
truth does enable one to overcome
belief in disease. Why believe in the
power and reality of disease when
such belief can never bring surcease
of suffering? Recourse to higher
state of consciousness is mans only
remedy for disease or sin. And how
shall this be attained? Only through
the acceptance and adoption of some
idea of truth, which transcends hu-
man knowledge Truly saith the
Psalmist; "The entrance of thy
words giveth light" Gods words
are expressions of the nature Of God
or good, and 1t is through these ideas
that all the enlightenment of the ages
has come. The entrance of sick or
sinful beliefs into human conscious
ness only hinders the recognition of
Gods thoughts
Darkness. which is but the absence
of light, is dispelled the moment the
light is allowed to enter Just so
with disease: it also is dissipated the
moment the right idea of health is
allowed to dominate human con-
sciousness. Whatever is corrective
or reformatory must emanate from
God. One human belief will not truly
correct another. lesser evil can
not do away with greater one. No
human mistake can correct another
mistake. It is a mistake to believe
in the actuality of anything which
does not emanate from God. If sick
ness and suffering are of God, Jesus
woul dnot have healed them. Nor
could Christian Science heal them to-
day if they are a part of the divine
consciousness The right idea or con-
ception of God reveals them as hu-
man mistakes, or errors of mortal
thinking; and only as the Christ mind
is put on, and the carnal or mortal
mind put off, can such mistakes be
corrected or destroyed. In other
words, Christ is the one and only
Saviour Of mankind; and Mrs. Eddy
defines Christ as "the divine mani
festation of God, which comes to the
flesh to destroy incarnate error"
(Science and Health, p. 5S3). Be-
cause Christian Scientists understand
the divinity of the Christ they are
enabled to heal the sick and to re-
form the sinner No wonder Solomon
said: Get wisdom; and with all thy
getting get understanding. Jesus
did not advise us to acquire human
knowledge of disease, in order to heal
disease. He did not counsel his fol-
lowers to study medical works, in or
DER to cope intelligently with the ills
of the flesh. He did not say to study
what the world says about sin, in or
der to avoid its experience. What did
he say? This "Seek We first the
kingdom of God and his righteous
ness" which is equivalent to saying,
Seek ye first the spiritual under
standing of God and his right
thoughts or IDEAS" Christian Sci
ence has come to open the door of
consciousness to receive this under
standing of God, and to apply it to
the correction of every human mis-
take. Before Christian Science came,
who of us really knew how to cor
rect the belief of sickness or suffer-
ing? Did we not invariably magnify
its seeming presence by voicing the
belief to all with whom we came in
contact? Did we not ally ourselves
on the side Of physical sense by ad-
mitting that we had the ailment. and
that it actually belonged to us? And
did we not often send for the trusted
family doctor, who invariable con-
firmed our fears. And what next?
Why, this self-same doctor went to
work to prove, both to himself and