Arizona republican., 1917-02-19

Go to medical science and you VIII |
never find disease explained otherwise
than as though it were real, with the !
result of increased fear of and liability |
to disease Then turn to the compare
lively short history (about fifty years. !
of Christian Science. On the one side |
there is an ever increasing fear of dis |
ease and no decreasing tendency to
sin in that greater part of the human
race which is educated to believe in
the naturalness. reality and inevitable
ness Of both. On the other, the COM
paratively few people who have con-
sdered and accepted the unquestion-
able fact that God could not be the
author of such destructive elements as
sin and disease, and who have conse-
Quently shaped their thought and
lives according to this, the highest and
only correct standpoint, have healed
thousands. of cases of diseases that had
always been considered incurable, and
reformed thousands of people who had
been considered hopeless sinners. In
deed they have accomplished SO much
good for themselves and others through
some understanding of Christian Sci
ence as to excite not only the curiosity
but the interest of the civilized world.
Whatever may be the visible evidence
to the contrary. the fact is that the
unreality of evil is the only explana-
ton of it that has ever done any good
1t is not theory, but an absolute fact
as the history of Christian Science
practice amply proves, and while the
object OF stating this fact is redemptive
rather than controversial. nevertheless,
like any other absolute fact, it must
be perceived before it can be demon
strated. hence it must be explained,
even though such explanation chance
to arouse opposition.
Furthermore, it may as well be said
here that any questions which may &C.
cur to you or any other person as to
why evil seems to exist, or how it is
that, having no reality, it has an ap-
pearance of reality, or how it is that
sin and disease seem to be part OF
human consciousness, seeing that they
are no part of divine Mind are all
questions on the part of evil asking an
explanation of itself. There is no sat
isfactory explanation of error from
the standpoint of error Indeed it is
self evident that the obliteration of
evil as error is the only final and sat
isfactory explanation of it. No science
of any kind can ever explain error sat
isfactorily in any other way. If evil
could be accounted for as if il were
true or part of truth. it would be
perpetuated. not destroyed; and such
attempted explanation would be just
what 1t always has been in all previ-
ously prevailing systems. a calamity
rather than a help to the human race.
TRUE HEALING
is SPIRITUAL
That there must be. step by step.
scientific discernment, understanding
and devotion before there can be alb
solute irrefutable proof hardly needs
to be pointed out Material methods
of healing. however strongly entrenched
in opinion and belief are not scientific.
They ignore human consciousness or
human mentality, or if they are forced
to consider it they have no means with
which either TO meet or overcome it's
difficulties Such systems are not
truly educational. All accurate obsar-
vations pertaining 10 disease tend to
prove that il is necessary to probe
more deeply for the root or cause of
human suffering than do those who
look for it solely in matter. In order To
understand anything of correct mental
healing we must remember that the
human body possesses no sensation as
sinere matter. Sensation is only pres
ent when human life is present. Now
IL one stop to consider and remember
.tlat human being is not entirely ma
5~Flai bat that he is largely mental the
conclusion. if drawn correctly. will be
that all of his experiences are at. least
partially mental. The more one views
human life the more conclusively
must one see that when disease APP
pears it is part of what one calls
2 ND ha &c
scious creature. The disease is there
fore a part OF what is called the hui
! man consciousness. On this account
any propaganda tending to increase
/ fear is not only a mistake, but is in
human.
One who is taught TO fear disease is
! virtually taught to give power to dis
| ease, because disease has only the
/ power which universal belief ascribes
to it, and has no other law than uni
1 versal human opinion to sustain it,
/ Therefore any system which tends 70
I increase the fear of disease tends
equally to increase the hold of dis
ease, not only upon the individual but
upon the human race, which is the ex
! act opposite of the ostensible object
/ even of medical science
There should, however be no mis-
4 understanding Of the attitude OF
| Christian Scientists toward other sys-
TENS of healing. Christian Science
stands alone. Ii is not competing with
I other methods or systems Of healing
/ While we have got beyond the use OF
/ medicine ourselves, we would not pre-
vent others from employing any meth
| cd 81 healing which appeals to them
since we claim that same right for
ourselves.
| SANITATION
We are not opposed to physicians
nor to their legitimate attempts to do
4 good
We are not opposed to sanitation
We are only opposed to its present in
adequacy. We believe that it should
not only mean perfect cleanliness OF
body and environment, but that 1t
should extend to the human mind and
character. which should be thorough
ly cleansed and kept clean No one
Fsaeed to take my word for the efficacy
OF spch a system. Any person or COM
mun1ty can try 1t. Just as the tend
ency to sin can be weakened and de-
stroyed by refusing to entertain de-
grading thoughts, in exactly the same
way the tendency to disease can be
weakened and destroyed. Christian
Science not only explains all this, but
gives one the power of Christ with
which to accomplish it.
Within the realm OF eternality there
cannot be single destructive element
therefore sin and disease, which are
both destructive. cannot exist there
You may go on thinking along such
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