The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
SAYS Mind is ABLE
To CURE ALL DISEASE
Writer in Christian Science Monitor
Tells of Divine Healing.

Science not only reveals the origin
OF all disease as mental, but It also
declares that all disease is cured by
divine Mind" These words, written by
Mrs. Eddy, are to be found on page 1853
of Science and Health. To understand
just how Christian Science looks at So
called disease and to understand how
Christian Science heals disease, 1t is
necessary that one should be brought
face to face with fundamentals; that is
to say that one should come into the
knowledge OF absolute truth to some ex-
tent And II there Is one thing which
characterizes Christian Science more
than another 1t Is the clearness Of its
teaching about God"
The foregoing Is the opening paragraph
IN an editorial utterance in the Christian
Science Monitor. printed under the cap
ton. Divine Mind Heals" Continuing
the writer says:
The history of religion brings out
that monotheism was discovery to the
human mind Men were polytheists or
believers in many gods, before they got
the first glimmering of the fact that there
Is only one God. The Jews are generally
regarded as having made the discovery.
But whether that Is actually the case or
whether they borrowed the idea from
some other nation, what remains certain
Is that they were the people which en-
deavored to translate the great spiritual
truth into practice. Crude no doubt
were their attempts to do so at times,
but wonderful also were the results which
followed its application in the cases of
certain OF their prophets whose names
stand out on the Bible pages. The mes
sage Of Christ Jesus made no doubt about
the question. Throughout It runs the de-
sire to direct the minds of men to the
central truth that there Is but one living
and true God. Christian Science is do
ing the same. The whole endeavor of
Mrs. Eddy was devoted to bringing the
name of God before the world as a per-
feet unity, and in giving to the world a
knowledge of God definite and precise and
absolutely true
Christian Science Teaching
Christian Science. then, teaches that
God is Mind As God is one, or in
finite, Mind is infinite. That Is an
other way Of acknowledging that Mind
is the only real substance in existence.
and that Mind is the only cause there
is Again, God is infinite good. 1t fol-
lows therefore that Mind, the only
real sub 5tance or cause Is infinite good.
To state this in everyday language,
such as the human mind uses: the ex-
preston of Mind, as good, Is to be found
everywhere. Now. consider where this
truth leads one. If good be infinite, then
harmony must be omnipresent No
matter where a man may find himself,
and whether he be conscious of 1t or
not good oF harmony is there expressed.
There is no getting away from the truth.
1t is the most persistent, the only per-
sistent thing in existence. God, Mind,
being infinite good, did not cause any
thing to exist the opposite Of harmony.
What men call disease, what men cali
sin. are not harmonious conditions; and
Christian Science declares them to be
inharmonioUs states Of the so-called
human consciousness.
IF God thea is not the cause Of
apght but harmony, can inharmony,
either of disease or sin, have a real
existence? They certainly have no real
cause, sigce God is infinite. And Christian
Science consequently maintains that dis
ease and sin have only a fabulous ex-
istence; that inharmony by whatever
specific name mortals may allude to
is Illusion, or simply false belief enter
tained by the human mind as IL II were
reality or truth. Thus all forms Of sick
ness are erroneous mental concepts or
beliefs, distorted images OF thought
seemingly occupying a place as con-
sctousness
What would be the best way to put
a man right who was laboring under