The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-02


please God" So It is plain that God
did not make the mortal body. for His
own thoughts, His own ideas, cannot
be at cnmtty with Him.
Now this material body cannot do
anything Of itself, but Is simply the
expression of the conscious or uncon-
scious thought Of the mortal human
mind. Investigation proves that all
sickness is mental, that is, it is sick
thought made manifest on the body;
and when we are we'll it is well thought
which Is made manifest on the body.
Every function, every action, every
condition Of the body, Is tho express
sion OF what We are consciously or
unconsciously thinking from one mo-
ment to the next.
IL man We're hungry and food which
was placed before him had something
about It that was exceedingly unappc-
tizing. it would apparently be his stom-
ach which protested, because tho
thought which he entertained about the
body: but what would his stomach
know about the food? Absolutely moth
! ing! IL he believed that the food was
all right, this thought would be made
manifest in proper activity OF tho
| stomach; and il he had eaten food be-
+, lieving It to be all right and had then
discovered that it was all wrong, his
changed thought would be made mani
fest in changed function--in nausea,
indigestion, and so forth.
| In like manner. to believe that cold
or wet could harm us would be just as
disastrous to the lungs or throat as to
believe that unapretizinE food could
make the stomach sick.
1t Is not necessary to know each
particular mortal belief, or so called
law. IN order that we may appropriate
the sickncsscs and troubles they stand
for. because We have accepted the false
belief that man is subject to all man :
ner of diseases. the nature OF which
he is unaware. and this belief insists
that we may have any sort of trouble
to which flesh has claimed to be heir.
| AS We see that both sin and sickness
arc simply manifestations of mortal
thought, thoughts of impcrfcction, we
also see that by putting the thought of
the perfection of God and all that God
has made in place of this wrong
thought. we shall rule out the wrong
thought: and with no wrong thought
there can be no wrong manifestation.
The Bible makes this identical state
mcnt when 1t says, Put off concerning
the former conversation the old man,
which is corrupt according to the de-
ceitful lnsts; and be renewed in the
spirit OF your mind: and d put
on The new man. which after God Is
created in righteousness and true holi
ness"
TO those who arc just beginning tho
study or Christian Science the moth
'ngncss OF material man Is the most
difficult proposition to accept. The
logic of the argument OF the infinite
perfection OF Mind. God, and the spir
itual creation, seems clear to most of
us, but the equally logical and cor
related argument OF the nothingness
and unrcality of the material crca
ton causes us more trouble, This
point will become clearer as our spir
itual perception enlargcs. for In the
proportion that the spiritual creation
becomes real to us, the material loses
its reality.
| have often been asked the question,
If this mortal material body is not OF
God-if 1t isn't so--what am I going In
do about 1t? what am I going to think
about it?
| wen, don't try to get rid of il all at
once. BE content for today to get rid
OF the very worst things you know
about it.-thosc things that are so oh
V'o"s'y unlike God. so contrary to the
thought of His perfection. that you can
detect, no matter how small your un-
Outstanding. that they are not His
making. and hence have never been
maze. AS you deny their reality and
assert what you know to be Gods per-
'cctton. these conditions will disap-
pear; and though you will still have
n material body to deal with, II will,
be better body. made better and
stronger through the application OF
Gods law of health.
1t Is the putting off OF the old man
and the putting on of the new. through
the application of the teachings of
Christian Science, that constitutes the
healing. The thoughts of sickness and
sin are ruled out of human conscious.
ness by the understanding and decla .
ration OF the perfection Of that which
God has made.
There are those who feel that II is
almost sacrilege to dispose of ma :
terra! man as just the counterfeit OF
the spiritual. perfect man. This ma
terial man is so wonderfully made. thew
say. how can 1t be possible that God
did not make him? They feel that Il
Is dishonoring God to disown the mn.