Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-14

material thing. If these statements
concerning matter be true it will he
seen at glance that they will explain
many phenomena in human experience
which hitherto have been unexplain-
| able. That they are true is now settled
absolutely and conclusively, as will he
seen.
When Mrs. Eddy first made the dis
covery that matter in every form has
| no intelligence, life, sensation, or sub
stance, but is merely the false mental
| concept of the material or carnal mind,
| her statements were not accepted as
| true by physical scientists. They de-
| clared that matter was real substance.
They asserted that every object, wheth-
! err it be a star, flower, a rock, orr the
! human body, was composed of atoms
brought together and held together IN
| der varying conditions, and that the
atom was material Hence, they said
that since the starting point of matter
| was the material atom, matter must Of
! necessity be substance.
Mrs. Eddy took no pains to defend
| her statements upon the subject. She
had seen the truth about it and, know
! ing that it was the truth, she was quite
| content to let the statement of her dis
| covery go into consciousness, we'll know
ing that in the end the truth would pre-
vail. 1t is most interesting, therefore,
|
! then. Within recent years a physical
| scientist discovered that the atom is
not the starting point of matter, and
that the atom is itself composed of cleo
| irons. When asked to state the nature
and character of the electron, he said
| that it was energy, which is not mate
| rial substance. Since then the physic-
| lists have come out frankly and fairly
| and now say that any inquiry concern
| ing the nature and character of the
| electron should be referred to the meta
| physician, and that the whole subject
| belongs to the domain of metaphysics
and not physics.
The far-reaching effect of this is at
| once apparent, for it frankly admits
that the starting point of matter is not
material, but mental. 1t is asserted
| that every object in the material world
starts with the electron, and they
| frankly admit that the electron belongs
to the metaphysical and not to the ply
! steal realm. In commenting upon this
matter the New York Times has called
attention, in leading editorial, to the
| Fact that the physical scientists have
| now confirmed the statements of Chris
| tian Science concerning matter, and it is
| true that physical scientists no longer
| attack Christian Science on this point
Cause and Cure Of Disease
The Importance of this cannot be
over-estimated. All sin, disease, and
death come from the belief of life, in
tell1Sence, sensation, and substance in
| matter. If it be true and it now seems
| to be settled, that there is no life in
matter, that it has no sensation or in
telligence, and is not substance, then it
| follows that all material theories con-
| corning disease, and the method of
solving all human problems, will have
| to be changed from a material to a spir-
ia hos e e.
| thing of thought objectified, it follows
| that disease in whatever form, is also
| merely the objectifcation of diseased
beliefs upon the human body, and that
such beliefs originate in the carnal
mind. and not in the body, but are mani
tested on the body only after they are
formulated in the material or carnal
mind If this be true, and it is true
beyond all possible question. it then
follows that the correct way to treat
disease is not through matter, nor by
giving material remedies and drugs to
the body, but by destroying the images
OF disease out of the human mind.
Every one must see at a glance that
disease is not itself an entity. 1t has
no mind. intelligence, volition, nor pres
ence. Disease iss neither self-created
nor was 1T created by God. 1t origin
ates in the first instance in the carnal
human mind in the form Of diseased
thought and is then objectified on the
body by the material beliefs of that
same carnal mind. The true way to
cure it. therefore, is to give to the HUI
man mind something that will neutral
ize and destroy the disease producing
qualities and beliefs. The thing that
does this is the Christ Truth which
Christian Science brings to the human
mind. and in this way. Christian Science
has healed very many people from all
kinds of disease.
Jesus Knew There Was no Substance
In Matter
Jesus knew that there was no SUBJ
stance in matter. and he knew it so per-
fectly that he walked through solid
doors and walls. He knew what was
true about matter, namely, that it is
only the manifested belief Of the ma
tertal, carnal mind, and since he did not
have that material mind; matter did, not
appear to him as substance. His con-
seriousness was spiritualized. He knew
that the only substance Is Spirit. but