Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-04

The teachings Of Christian Science,
- II generally known, have to do with
mans thinking, but in Just what way
IN not so well understood. The Dis
coverer and Founder of Christian Sci
ence. Mary Baker Eddy, in her work
entitled miscellaneous Writings"
says Of this Science, Its genius Is
right thinking and right acting Up.
1859. and in another of her works, mo
and Yes" she says. 'The essence of
this Science is right thinking and
right acting (p. 12). Mans actions
are the expression of his thoughts.
Let US then consider what constitutes
right thinking, its effect upon the life
of man. and the way by which one
may learn so to think and thereby
gain the benefits.
IMPORTANCE OF THOUGHT IN
HUMAN AFFAIRS.
We are all deeply interested. wheth-
or we have considered the fact or not,
IN the subject Of thought Our
thoughts are in fact the most import
ant thing in the world to each one of
~ We are primarily interested in
our own thoughts for there we find
our sense OF life and existence. We
are also interested in the thoughts of
relatives, friends. our business asso
oiates, and in the thinking Of society
a. . whole. We cannot fail to agree
that thought Is the most essential OF
all things to carry on the worlds at
fairs. In thought government is
based, law has it's foundation. busi-
ness il conceived and carried on, hu-
man relationships are formed; in
short, It IL in thought that the whole
scheme and order Of our affairs Is
founded. Let any one try to conceive
q day without thinking in 1t and he
will realize that thought is indeed the
very modus and current Of life. Stop
thinking and the world would be an
inert mass, q mindless desert. Mans
worth to himself and to society de-
ponds upon the thoughts he enter
tains. His thoughts and his life go
hand in hand. They are coincident
and inseparable.
II then It Is to be through thought
that the world Is to find the real and
certain remedy for its ills. and that Is
what Christian Science teaches, 1t
surely must be through different or
der Of thinking than any which has
been generally known to mankind up
to the present time. Speculative
philosophy, physical science, mere In
tellectualism and lofty ldealism, scho-
lastic theology. materia medica, ne
cromancy. hypnotism, mesmerism, and
many other systems Of thinking,
though given every opportunity to
meet humanity's need for happiness,
health, and peace, have fallen far short
of that need. Words and theories
there have been a plenty. but there has
been a poverty of works.
MIND THE ONLY SOURCE OF IN
TELLIGENCE.
In seeking an answer to the aues-
ton how to think rightly, Christian
Science recognizes that there must
necessarily be basis or standard ac-
copding to which thought may be
measured as right or wrong, the same
rs mathematical law measures with
exactness the correctness or incor-
rectness of mathematical thinking.
What then Is this standard? A per-
ppective of the world as we see II
shows us that there Is in it good
thinking, bad thinking. matter and
material phenomena. These must be
accounted for and rational basis
reached for the elimination Of evil and
the establishment of good.
In her explanation of Christian Sci
ence Mrs. Eddy has pointed out with
keen discernment the total dissimilari-
ty between Mind and matter, mind
representing intelligence, matter stand
ing for the exact opposite of intelli-
gence, non intelligence. She boldly
. rejected the theory that intelligence oil
thought could come from -intelli-
gent matter, and accepted the one
reasonable premise that intelligence
must come form Mind, and that al
thought and life Is the outcome and
expression of Mind. She did not at
tribute matter or evil to the one intel.
ligent cause. Mind. because both ex.
press ignorance, discord and limita-
ton, which are contrary to intelli
gence.
EVIL THE sUPPosITIoNAL oPPo
SITE OF GOOD.
For every fact we know In our dali!
life we may suppose it's opposite, thu
lie about 1t. So In the universal order
Mrs. Eddy discerned that evil and al
that is mortal and material is but thu
suppositious or supposed opposite q
Gods creation, which is the good ans
eternal. She recognized that matter
and evil are merely temporal phenom
ena, the visualized concepts of tn,
mortal or carnal mind. the opposite c
the one true Mind. God. Jesus exposed
this negative nature of evil when n
spoke of 1t as "a liar" in which Their
Is no truth. Thus evil and matter ar
seen as false mortal beliefs, mental Il
character. while all that Is good an,
eternal is the manifestation Of divin
Mind, God. Thus does Christian Sci
ense unite, not cut, the Cordan kno
OF mind and matter, the puzzle Of tn
ages.
The human mind sometimes stand
aghast when told that matter is onl,
mental phenomena. II perchance an,
Of you may feel shocked at this asser
tion you will be interested to know