Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
Divine Principle Oueycomes ReUenge

injury has been done, that "eVif' has been used against us to hurt uS. If this were not admitted there would be no incentive to retaliation. Now since '-esil' is unreal. it is absolutely true to say that evil never injured any thing or anybody; but. relatively speaking, the belief in evil is contin ually giving trouble. And what con cerns mankind is how to overcome the so-called effects of evil belief. as well as the preSumptive cause of the be lief itself Christian Science takes the highest possible line and states that men must educate themselves to understand the divine Principle bet ter. and that as they do so their knowledge will destroy the belief in the power Of evil. Charity, which is based on the consciousness of OIuni present good, Of omnipresent Love, destroys revenge. As we learn to trust the great spiritual truth that good alone is real, evil in proportion loses it's fictitious power Writing in Science and Health (page 445) Mrs. Eddy says: Self seeking. envy pas sion, pride. hatred. and revenge are east out by the divine Mind which heals disease.
 When a so-called injury is done 1t is invariably pride, self-esteem. or agotism that is hurt. Instead of all owing resentment to grip us, the sci entific way to meet the difficulty is to et once affirm the truth about reality, summon to our aid the facts of spiritual being, know the allness and omnipotence of good; in other words it is divine Principle which de- stroys the belief or tendency to be- lieve in anything unlike good. It will 1t once be evident that a knowledge of divine Principle is synonymous with the exercise of charity. The re- suit. mol cover. will not he all on one side. Divine Principle not only pro tects but it heals The Christian Sci antist knowing that evil is not part of real being, knows that evil is not a part If man, spiritual man created i'll he image ana likeness of God, but
 hat morta,s are simply being handled by false belief. This enables him not Dnly 10 prevent a feeling of soreness )n his part springing up. but to pos
 sess the charity which IS based on true knowledge. Thus he actually orays for his enemies; and prayer, when it is scientific, heals. One of
 he most wonderful things to morta' sense is to witness the overcoming of malice or hatred by the Mind of Christ
 In Science and Health CD. 410 Mrs. Eddy writes: "A moral question. may hinder the recovery of the sick. Lurk- 'ng error, lust, envy, rev enge, malice )r hate will perpetuate or even create he belief in disease Christian Sci ence goes far deeper than mere sur face symptoms. It traces back to wrong thinking every i'll that afflicts the world. And experience has prov d it correct. The evil beliefs just enumerated while indulged in, pre- vent the recovery of the sick in an unmiStahable way; and they must be cast out through Christ, Truth. Moth ing can ever surpass the joy which one experiences when, living in the thought that, since. the divine Princi- Dle is Love, good is the heritage the riehtful heritage. of man, one wit nesses a so-called disease vanish into ts native nothingness The discom- fort the sorrow, which results from avil practices is just the same as the ,ain which accompanies diseased con iitions. Both are the result of q ,louded mental state whereby man is separated in belief from God. But ICd is omEipresent harmony; human 'ty has. but 10 scientifically realize his 10 escape from its self imposed woes.
 Malice. envy, hatred, can never touch him who is dwelling in the | consciousness that good is omnipres- | one revenge has been overcome. Z