The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
DOCTRINE OF HEALTH
WOULD DISPEL DISEASE
Christian Scientist Writes on Subject
Of True Healing"

Nnnsudn Ocienust Wntes on O1DJeCt
of True Healing.
The question Of Christian Science heal
ing. concerning which 50 much interest
Is being taken, Is briefly and clearly set
forth by Clarence W. Chadwick, G s. B.,
IN recent number Of the Christian
Science Sentinel. under the caption True
Healing" as follows:
TT "a indeed true that the time for
thinkers has come (Science and Health.
Preface, D. viD. Humanity Is rapidly
awakening to the fact that II IL living in
a thought world. The advancing scientific
mentality OF the twentieth century is
willingly resolving things into thoughts.
and thus a truly mental or metaphysical
basis for thinking and living Is coming
more and more into prominence.
"As cherished theories and beliefs are
summoned to appear before the bar Of
Spirit there to ascertain that there Is no
law OF continuity for material thought.
its ways and means. two marked phases
Of human activity are In evidence: hrst,
a joyful acceptance Of both the theory
and practice OF Christian or metaphysical
healing on the part OF countless thou-
sands who had begun to think along ad-
vanced lines; and second. a jealous and
persistent determination on the part OF
the advocates of material systems to
hold their subjects in line and even to
make light OF the achievements OF those
who have found in Mind what they fall
ed to find in matter. In describing this
disposition OF the human mind Jesus has
well said: "Ys have taken away the key
OF knowledge spiritual understanding;
ye entered not in yourselves, and them
that were entering IN ye hindered.'
Christian Scientists know the source OF
all such opposition to spiritual truth;
they know i Is not people who are ar
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Jesus, but the universal mortal belief in
a power opposed to God, and when they
pray for the enlightenment of ell man
kind they simply know spiritually what
constitutes the kingdom Of heaven and
mans connection with II. This Is the
opposite OF hypnotic suggestion, of per-
sonal or human-will influence; 1t is
Christian healing. and not mere ex-
perimentation-
Material Treatment.
Material methods Of treatment view
ed from a strictly scientific or Christian
standpoint. are but the exchange OF one
human belief for another. They are the
substitution Of a mistaken sense of health
for material belief OF disease. In the
truest sense OF the word II may be said
that doctOring or curing Is a form of
human idolstry. in that 1t Acknowledges
other gods II makes a craven image
OF the mortal body and bows down and
worships It increasingly. Primarily It is
a deception. in that il promises some
thing TO humanity which II does not and
cannot bestow' upon IT, viz. health and
happiness. Taking drugs or indulging
any other form of body worship Is wholly
an experience Of mortal mind: neither
God, divine Mind, nor the real man. have
any part IN such experiences. 4 lifeless,
non-inteligent drug can make no appeal
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erns its use A drugs so-called influence
upon the system Is dependent solely upon
the human thought and belief that are
associated with the drug. There is no
action. effect. or influence. without
thought to impel and to govern It.
Gods knowledge Is a consciousness of
His own perfect spiritual creation or re-
hection, which rules out all sense or
consciousness OF matter. Hence the con-
clusion that scientific right thought robs
a drug Of all its supposed power for
good CT for evil. Time and time again
has 1t been proven in Christian Science
that so-called poison, taken Intention
ally or by mistake. has failed to pro-
duce the effects universally attributed to
IT, thus verifying the Scriptural promise.
II they drink any deadly thing, il shall
not hurt them In other words. the
law Of God, scientifically understood and
applied, annuls drugs so-caIled effect
upon the human system. One Christian
Science treatment has often completely
destroyed the patients faith in the sup
posed power OF drugs. even where this
faith had remained undisturbed for years.
Thus It's that the demonstration Of the
power Of divine Mind to heal and to save
mankind discloses the fallacy Of material
means and reveals to the rcce rtive heart
the divine method as practiced md taught
by Christ Jesus n =
All human systems fail to grappIe
with sin. hence their inability to heal.
Dosing the body to free it from the ef-
ects OF excessive or sinful ipdulgerces
does not lay the ak at the root OF the
trouble. II is little else than attempt
Ing to erase a shadow without first re-
moving its cause. It is only a sooth-
ing or smoothing over process, which in
variably leaves human consciousness in
total ignorance of the Science Of being.
and the failure to receive help in this
way Is often the opening wedge that
arouses human consciousness TO higher
order of thinking, which inevitably leads
Into the glorious liberty of the children
OF God.
Not until Christ. Truth, comes to in
dividual consciousness, can one take his
stand on the side of spirit and contend
intelligently for the employment of spir-
ttUal means only. He may discontinue
taking drugs, but not until he learns to
eliminate matter from the realm Of cause
and effect, and to grasp the idea of spir-
hual causation. can he enter the domain
Of right thinking. which constitutes the
more excellent way in Christian Science
u is a fallacious belief that people have
no need Of Christian Science until they
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herence to the doctoring habit The
- WLrk Of Christian Science Is to
Fe~l mankind's idolatrous belief in ma
teIial health and in material curing, to
rrouse human consciousness from its
deep sleep IN matter to an understand
mg OF the practical import of the Scrip
tural declaration that in Him God we
live. and move. and have our being as
Paul announced to the Athenians in the
carly days OF Christianity.
What humanity needs is more of the
true doctrine OF health and less OF the
doctrine Of disease. more Of instruction
In righteousness and less in things
temporal and discordant. Human
pathology Is the fckle child OF idolatry,
based wholly upon human reason and
sense testimony. Jesus was not versed
In this so-called science. and yet he was
enabled to accomplish the most wonder:
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