The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-30

evil Is seeming, not the actual; that
10 is the result of wrong thinking
which a right understanding OF God
/ first unCoyers and then destroys. God
is the only cause but lie is not the
cause OF evil EVIL has no cause, new
or had any and never viii have any
To attempt TO discover The origin OF
evil is like chasing the will-o,the.wisp
il leads nowhere and profits moth
I ing
Existence in Condolences.
Christian Science deals with men
tality alone. What we know and ara
conscious that we know is the funda.
mental fac, eli our existence. The
Christian Scientist. therefore. Is con.
cerned primarily with the state of his
own mind neayen TO him Is 60 know
and manifest the ideas of the divine
Mind, the angels OF His presence,
which supply an harmony Joy, peace
and happiness. This Us what Jesus
meant when he said "the kingdom OF
God is within you. The Christian
Scientist has discovered through the
study of Chrlatign Science that his en-
yironment his financial condition. his
rotation 20 his God and 10 his fellow.
men. his hoalth and the control of his
body, arc determined by The state OF
hts own thought Before the disc0v.
ery 81 Christian Science the body was
generally considered 20 be an indie.
pendent mechanism over which the in
dividual had little on no control. H.
largely dictated TO him his state of
H 4t... ii A..
taught to believe that It could some.
times be coaxed into fairly good be-
hayior by The use OF drugs, massage,
electricity. change OF climate. or kin.
dred devices. such methods have az
WAYS finally failed ana then the indi.
vidual was left IN q worse state than
he was before.
Christian Science demonstrates that
She body Is not the master but the SER
want on the man: chat the individual
can. through knowing God Alright. con-
troll his mental states and thus control
his BODY and determine that Il shall
manifest health instead Of disease. AIS
a matter AZ faet thc natural function
of the body Is ID be a servant. not a
master. We viii to movo the hand to
the face ana IL obeys. When thought
grasps the laws and harmonies Of mn-
JIG NE train the body 10 express this
harmonious action and the result is
an artistic musician.
Since the body is a servant, why
have we permitted this body, which
is BUT tMe objective expression OF NOR
tal thought to become q dictator and
tell us we are diseased, sick, melan-
choly? The only rational renlg is
that a false, perverted sense that man
is a physical. material machine. THAT
his life is i'll fibers, nerves, and brain
cells has usurped The place Of the
perception that man is spiritual, the
idea Of God, the image and likeness OF
God.
IL we believe Id, and fear disease or
contagion, If we believe that food air,
water, heat or cold, VIII injurously
affect the body we may have these
false conclusions manifested on the
body, thus proving the words Of the
writer OF Proverbs "as he thinIceth tn
his heart, SO is ho" Paul said. Il
keep under nay body, and bring il into
subioetion' and he was able 10 do
this, as he said. on another occasion.
"ror the law of the Spirit Of life in
Christ Jesus hath made me free from
The law Of sin and death
Our AerItaae.