Arizona republican., 1917-10-31

seems 10 lnhere and through which it acts. Yet matter has always beer believed to be an indestructible stuff, substance or entity separate anu apart from force or energy.
 Recent research and discovery in l tfe physical sciences, however, have rendered this view untena ble, for the unit of matter, ctiled the atom, whlci always has been supposed to be the smallest possible division of mat ter substance, is now affirmed by ! physicists to be itself compose1 of l thousands Of what are called electrons Tkese electrons are infinitesimal cen | ters of electrical energy composed t 1 positive and negative charges of cleo i tricity vibrating with great velocity. | 1t is thus disclosed that this atom 1 the basis of physical substance, as in 1 fact manifestation of force, and therefore, atomic aggregation. or what ] is called material structure and growth, is form or manifestation of energy or force.
 To illustrate: five take any ma ] terial object and reduce it by means ] of mechanical and chemical processes i to it's ultimate theoretical limits, We 1 first destroy what seems to be the | object, then we destroy the residue called organized matter. reducing ii i to molecules, then to atoms then # we separate the atoms into their constituent electrons. there remains nothing of our material object but a form of energy a theoretical mani festation of force in. which every yes i tige of the characteristics of matter and of the object has completely dis appeared. What may be the nature 1 n nf fa6 electron which is all that remains, is i something for the physicist to puzzle over; and he is puzZling over it for | the solution is not to be found in physics but in, metaphysics.
 Thus from the physical standpoint rsatter is seen to be the appearance, externaliZation or projection of force or energy. and consequently what We l touch, hear, see, smell, or taste, is in fact, force! To illustrate: What we touch or feel is a form of pres sure which is force what we hear is the vibration called sound, which is force; what we see is the vibration called light, which is force; what We | smell and taste is a form of chemical energy or vibration, which is force. Thus matter is a manifestation of force and not what it has been sup posed to be.
 Mental Nature of Existence
 This then, brings us to the view point of materialistic philosophy and psychology, from which it further ap- pears that the mental faculties which ne call sight hearing, and the rest sie also hut different forms of vibra- ton. consequently so-called mater ia' sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell are themselves mental impressions su- rerinduced by force or energy in some l fOrm. In every case it is not matter Q, an object which cognizes or is cog nized, but a mental phenomenon eX perienced in consciousness. We are conscious of existence mentally and the things we are conscious of are mental impressions objectified-s phenomena. Thus existence, together with all it's activities, appearances and phenomena, is in fact wholly mental Christ Jesus assuredly proved the mental nature of matter and exist ence when he walked on the water stilled the tempest, multiplied the loaves and fishes, healed the sick raised the dead and overcame other material conditions.
 When we concede the mental na lure of existence, we take one Of the first steps in the understanding and practice of Christian healing, for we have overcome one of the greatest stumbling blocks. We can see that whatever enters our existence, enters it mentally, as a state of consclCus- ness, and consequently disease, dis aster and death are but experiences in consciousness. What else can they be? Where else can they be? The con- sciousnss which has a finite dimen- sional concept of existence, which cognizes materiality, evil and discord St Paul called the "carnal mind,
 which he said is enmity against God" in other words is Gods oppo- site. Since sin, disease and death are it's inevitable products, Mrs Eddy further defines it as normal mind, thus distinguishing it from the inn mortal divine Mind. She also says
 Physical force and mortal mind ale one. (Science and Health, D. 4S4.) We thus see that, all discordant conditions of whatever name and na- ture exist solely as phenomena and experiences of the carnal, morta mind, as states of mortal conscious ness. Therefore they are wholly men tai, and not only can, but should, be dealt with mentally Hence, in order that they may be healed it is very evident that change must bc brought about in the human conscious ness, a transformation by the renew ing of the mind. as St. Paul puts it How can this be done?
 Transformed By Truth
 This human mind is that quality o1 consciouness which embraces errol and yet which can begin to know al. vine Truth. It is the plane, on whicl the real can reach the unreal It is 6 kind of clearing house where Trutl can be known, where error can bt corrected and where harmony can bs established. It is a transitional stage of experience in which transforma , tion takes place, through the renewa of the mind. It is an imperfect con- sciousness, still influenced by error but one to which the saving Chris
 can come, healing it of its erroneou!
 beliefs and renewing it with the mint of Christ. Mortal mind or the carna mind is wholly evil and erroneous
 but the human mind, although cnri. taining much error, possesses alsC some good. It is this element e good which is quickened and enlarged through the appearance of the Chris in consciousness, and which will even.
 tually be so transformed that all CT
 TOT will be destroyed and the perfect , spiritual, harmonious consciousness. of the real man be established l thus becomes necessary to consider the nature of absolute Truth and t, I distinguish between what is real anC what is unreal.
 Truth is defined as actuality, tha