Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-06

of escape is through matter. Anothe
shackle is added to their chains whe
the attempt is made by mean of hyI
motto power to induce the sufferer t
exchange his present belief Tor anothe
belief, whether calling itself good 0
evil, of this same mortal mind.
Christian Science has no sympath,
with any such methods. Indeed. it de
~nounces all forms of mental domino
ton whether practised in the name o
healing, or otherwise.
Christian Science teaches, in lin
with the Scriptures, that what is need
ed is not the attempt ny human mean
to make the body well, but that thi
human mind, with its materialistic ten
denotes, should be laid off, as St. Pau
says. For true healing we must turn
unr~eservedly to the divine Mind, an(
thus awake from the mesmeric sleeI
of materialism to find the truth abou'
man-as the spiritual idea of this di
vine Mind. An honest effort in thii
direction lis always accompanied by
healing, for it is in the divine Mine
that we flnd the truth which makes
free both mind and body. 1t is through
the teachings and example of the mar
Jesus that we learn the truth about the
divine Mind. "Believe me that l an
in the Father, and the Father in me-,
he said to his disciples, cor else be-
lieve me for the very works sake"
CHRISTIANITY AND FAITH
HEALING
People sometimes speak slightingly
of faith-healing, but surely all healing
is faith-healing. Is it not always "Ac-
cording to your faith whether you
are swallowing the mixture Gas be
FORE, +" sitting in a mud bath, or hav-
ing your body pummelled? 1t may not
be your own individual faith in
the process, so much as your belief i'll
other peoples faith in it, but accord
ing to your faith it will ultimately be.
Science teaches that the un
derstanding of Gods true nature and
its c~orollary, the truth about man sup
plies the only right kind of faith which
necessarily and naturally expels the
sick, discordant or SHINING point of
view. And this is the Christ way by
which a man may prove for himself
the reality of God s love, its strength
ening protecting, healing influence
q anu AOWy anu NC tudDlCu " say
David said, "Though l walk through
the valley Of the shadow of death, /
will fear no evil: for Thou art with me;
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort
1t is sometimes said, however, that
f you are going to deny matter and its
supposed laws, you knock the bottom
of existence and live in a world of
lreams by YOURSELF like the dog who
lropped the bone to pick up its shadow
reflected in the stream. But you must
'emember that when the dog dropped
he bone, he lost the shadow too;
whereas when a man begins to let go
# his material beliefs and to make the
Principle and idea, the Mas
.er's thought-model, his, experience
hows that he invariably finds himself
benefited physically, morally and spir-
tually, and with a much stronger grasp
reality and substance than he ever
lad before.
If the teachings of Christian Science
eem startling to some orthodox Chris
ians of the present day, it must be be-
ause they have lost sight of the start
ing nature of the Christ teaching at
is very inception. John the Baptist
aw it as the axe "laid unto the root
f the trees" Telling to earth the false
material systems and superstitions of
mankind. Jesus said that he came not
o bring peace on earth. e., to mater
alism, where there is no peace-but a
word. We need to remember that this
tartling teaching, famed into a con-
uming flame by the resurrection of
he great teacher of Life, related hui
history. The dawn of the Christian
ra marks the commencement of a new
urpose among men to dethrone mater
not to try and make it good,
ut to make an end of it on the basis
{ the Christ, ''the wisdom of God and
he power of God,'' as st. Paul says.
THE TRUE FOUNDATION
What was it that Jesus established
is Church on2 Could it possibly have
cen a mortal or material concept of
fe or manhood9 Some have thought
}, but Christian Science teaches that
le rock, the immovable fact, upon
hieh he founded his Church, was not
lie material personality of Peter, but
lie spiritual idea to which Peter gave
tteranee, "Thou are the Christ, the
IN of the living God. In that mo-
ent of Illumination Peter saw the di-
ne Mind and His Christ, the perfect
true model of manhood, revealed to
ortals in the man Jesus, and he had
s beloved Master S assurance that 1T
as not flesh and blood, the material
nses, which had revealed this TO him,
the Father, which is in heaven.
gainst this idea "the gates of hell,
Ie arguments of matter, could never
From henceforth this was to
/, the true basis for all scientific
ought and demonstration, and this is
.e Foundation upon which the Chris
an Science movement stands today.
know that Jesus left no written
cords Of his teaching. His scientific
ethod was different from that, it
as written in the lives of his follow
s. His action in writing on the
ound, as recorded in the gospel of
4. John, may have served to point a
sson on the emptiness of mere famil-
rity with the written word-the let
r without its spirit. Carlyle once said
a leeture:@ Actions only will be
und to have been preserved when
tiers are forgotten. Actions will not
destroyed, their tinfluence must
forever 1t is easy for some to
TX and it is easy for some to write,
t what is needed is the doing-the
tual overcoming of material belief
tn the spiritual fact, of evil with
od-and if the way to that some
mes seems difficult. is not its accom-
.shment worth while2
Let us read a passage from "Seienee
d Health Up. 473):-