The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-07
THE FARMER; MAY 7, 1917

obeyed; it is proved not to be law
And it is safe to say that Christian
Science practice has anulled every So
called law of health not only in one
but nj many instances.
Thorough overcoming those beliefs
which ultimate in the experience call
ed death Christian Science is gradual
ly leading it's students away from be.
lief in death
Some who are not entirely familiar
with the teaching of Christian Sci
ence believe that it's practice consists
in the effort Of one person to benefit
another person by exerting the influ
ence which one human mentality is
supposed to have over another. Start
ing with such a promise it would be
quite natural to conclude that Chris
tan Science practice might be capable
of resulting in evil If the practitioner
should for any reason decide to use
his mental influence to the detriment
of his patient.
Such a premise as the one stated
is, however, mistaken, and therefore
the conclusion drawn from 1t must be
and is incorrect. The fact is that
Christian Science regards the social
ed human or mortal mind as the
cause of all discord, including dis
ease, and regards the immortal or di-
vine Mind as the only effectua1s healer
Of mortal discord.. This fact may
have been known to the psalmist, who
sang of God as the one who for
giveth all thine iniquities; who heal
eth all thy Diseases" Certainly the
all-transforming and redeeming pow
er of God was understood by Christ
Jesus, for he healed every kind of
sickness and sin among the people of
his time. Never in any utterance of
Jesus was there anything to indicate
that he believed that his power to
heal the sick and reform the sinner
depended upon the exercise of human
will. The record of his life-work as
found in the gospels does not contain
anything that could be worked by
means of what is known as the in
f1uence Of one mind over another. On
the contrary, everything recorded of
his own works by the authors of the
four gospels tends to confirm the
fact that Jesus brought about the de-
strutcon of evil in all of it's forms by
a faithful reliance on and Intelligent
application of the power Of divine
Mind. He prayed and taught his fol-
lowers to pray, mot my will, but
thine, be DONE" So Christian Science
emphasizes again and again the fact
that there is no permanent deliver
ance from human ills save through
the Transforming power of divine
Love. The action of divine Mind does
not depend upon the exercise of hu-
| man will, but subjugates and controls
~ r1oo ~
| make free often does and always
should touch and transform the con-
| sciousness of the sufferer as gently
| as light comes into a dark room and
dispels the darkness. On page 445
| of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy de-
scribes this process as "the unlabor-
ed motion Of the divine energy in
| healing the sick"
Today, when there are in differ
emit parts of the world more than 1900
Christian Science organizations found
ed upon the rock Of Christ-hea1ing
Mrs. Eddy is generally acknowledged
as the Discoverer of Christian Science
and the revered Leader of the Chris
tan Science movement. And Chris
| tan Science Is gradually coming te
be recognized as the Enlistment
or restoration Of primitive Christian
ity. AS this understanding becomes
more general, and consequently the
resistance to Christian Science Mind.
healing diminishes, distressing condi
lions of human existence will continue
to be ameliorated until they. finally
disappear. Each case healed in Chris
ton Science practice makes human
ity's burden lighter, and even now
through its beneficent ministration.
those who still feel obliged to doub
are being brought nearer to the light
Mrs. Eddy has said of her discover,
and of its reception, IT have never
supposed the world would Immediate
lily witness the full fruitage Of Chris
4 tan Science, or that sin, disease, and
death would not be believed for al
indefinite time; but this I do aver
that, as result of teaching Christian
Science ethics and temperance hav,
received an impulse, health has beel
restored, and longevity increased. I
! such are the present fruits, what viii
the harvest be, when this Science i
more generally UNDERSTOOD" (Scienc
and Health, p. 348.)