The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-17

ton or intelligence, and is not sub
stance, then IL follows that all ma
| terial theories concerning disease,
and the method OF solving all human
problems, will have to be changed
from material to a spiritual basis.
II matter is itself merely a thing Of
| thought objectified, II follows that
| disease in whatever form, Is also
merely the Capitalization OF diseased
beliefs upon the human body, and
that such beliefs originate in the
carnal mind. and not in the body, but
are manifested on the body only after
they are formulated in the material
or carnal mind. If this be true, and
1t is true beyond all possible question.
it then follows that the correct way
to treat disease is not through mat
| ter, nor by giving material remedies
and drugs TO the body, but by de-
stroying the images OF disease out
Of the human mind.
Every one must see at a glance
| that disease is not itself an entity. It
has no mind, intelligence, volition, nor
presence. Disease is neither self
created nor was 1t created by God. 1t
originates in the first instance in the
carnaI human mind in the form Of
diseased thought and is then objecti-
fed on the body by the material be-
liefs Of that same carnal mind. The
true way TO cure 1t, therefore, is to
give to the human mind something
/ that will neutralize and destroy the
disease producing qualities and be-
liefs. The thing that does this is the
Christ-truth which Christian Science
brings to the human mind and in this
way Christian Science has healed
very many people from all kinds Of
diseases.
No Substance in Matter.
Jesus knew that there was no sub
stance in matter and he knew 1t so
perfectly that he walked through
solid doors and walls. He knew what
was true about matter, namely, that
1t Is only the manifested belief Of the
material carnal mind and since he
did not have that material mind, mat
ter did not appear to him as sub
stance. His consciousness was
spiritualized. He knew that the only
substance is spirit but because Of the
material element in their conscious
ness the people were unable to see or
Comprehend Spirit as substance. They
could only think Of matter as sub
stance and therefore to them matter
appeared as substance.
Knowing that there was no sub
stance IN ulaNNeE ne KNEW IuAL HldM
was not material. Mrs. Eddy point
ed out many years ago in Science
and Health Opp. 476, 4771 that Jesus
saw the real man where mortals
saw the mortal man and that his true
view healed the sick. The more one
ponders over this statement the more
H. becomes apparent that II Is neces-
sarily true. When there came TO
Jesus the man who had been born
blind, and who had grown from in-
fancy to mature years without the
perfect organs OF sight. Jesus healed
him instantly. He looked through the
material veil and saw the real man,
who, in every case, Is perfect Jesus
knew that God had never created enc
Of his children without sight. God
never made an imperfect man. Man
being perfect has perfect spiritual
senses, and by geslngs the perfect
man, Jesus pulled away the mask,
and allowed the perfect condition TO
appear. When the paralytic was
brought TO him. Jesus. BY seeing the
real man, pulled away the mask
created by the material beliefs Of the
carnal mind. thus allowing the real
condition Of harmony and perfect be-