Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-12

/ Ing Recourse 10 = Elgaer state o.
consciousness is mans only remedy
for disease or sin. And how shall this
be attained? Only through the ac-
! ceptance and adoption of some idea of
truth which ralseends human know.
ledge. Truly saith the psalmist: The
/ entrance of thy words giveth light. >
Gods words are expressions OF the
nature of God or good, and IL is
through these IDEAS that all the en-
lightenment of the ages has come.
! The entrance of sick or sinful beliefs
into human consciousness only hinders
the recognition CT Gods thoughts. .
/ The present widespread interest in
spiritual things is solely due TO the
trans forming influence of the true
! idea Of God as voiced TO the world
in Christian Science. This idea Is the
| harbinger of health, strength and hap
riness. 1t has no knowledge Of dis
ease or suffering to impart. -" -.
The absence of light, which We call
darkness, is dispelled the moment
! the light is allowed to enter. just so
+, with disease, 1t also is dissipated the
moment the right idea Of health is al
| lowed to dominate human conscious
ness Whatever is corrective or
| reformatory must emanate from God.
! One human belief will not correct an.
other. One sin will not correct another
| sin. A lesser evil cannot do away
with a greater one No human mistake
/ can correct another mistake. 1t is a
| mistake to believe in the actuality OF
anything which does not emanate
from God. If sickness and suffering
are OF God. Jesus would not have
| healed them. Nor could Christian
| Science heal them today If they are a
part Of the divine consciousness. The
right idea or conception OF God re-
veals them as human mistakes or err
! rors of mortal thinking, and only "a
/ the Christ Mind is put on and the
carnal or mortal mind put off can
such mistakes be corrected or de-
!; stroyed. In other words, Christ is
! the one and only savior Of mankind,
! and Christ is the true reflection Of
God who is infinite Life, Truth and
Love. Because Christian Scientists
understand the divinity of the Christ
| they are enabled to heal the sick and
reform the sinner ::--
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wisdom: and with all they getting
get understanding" Jesus did not ad'
wise US to acquire knowledge OF dis
ease in order to heal disease. He did
! not counsel his followers to study
medical works in order to cope intel
| ligently with the ills of the flesh. He
| did not say to study what the world
says about sin in order to avoid its
experience. What did he say? This.
Seek We first the kingdom Of God and
| his righteousness" which is equivalent
! to saying, Seek We first the spiritual
understanding of God and his right
thoughts or ideas" Christian Science
! has come to open the door of con.
seriousness to receive this understand
ling of God and to apply 1t to the cor
rection of every human mistake. Be
t.fore Christian Science came, who OF
us, regardless of our religious convic.
tions, knew how to correct the belief
! in sickness or suffering? Did we not
/ rather hasten to magnify its seeming
presence by voicing the belief to all
with whom we came IN contact! D1o
we not ally ourselves ON the side OF
physical sense by admitting that we
/ had the aiiment, that it actually pc
longed to us? And did We not often
send for the Arusted family doctor
| who invariably confirmed our fears7
And what next! Why, he then went
| to work to pro We both to himself and
to his patient that the so-called all;
ment didn't reilly belong to him after
! all? Had it been a part of the real
man he would have been obliged to
have it forever.
How do we deal with this subject III
Christian Science? We agree to dlsa-
gree with the very first approach oil
disease in any form, recognizing such
approach as the temper suggesting
life and intelligence in matter and
/ power apart from God. We strive 10
maintain mental pofse on the side OF
/ harmonious being, by contendtng for
the reality and supremacy of spiritual
existence We seldom voice error TO
anyone. This enables us to magnify
| good and to minimize evil, and by ack-
nowledging Gods omnipotence and
omnipresence we soon experience: a
normal state of mind and body. by
| working through the understanding
! instead CT blind belief, We Use onr
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false sense of discord, and thought is
uplifted and purified. We are that
much nearer the kingdom of heaSen.
| Under all forms of material and cr-
roneous mental treatment thought IS
!, left buried in the belief Of life in
matter, hand in hand with the admis-
SIGN that we not only had the disease
bet that we may have It again. Chris
. tan Science enables as to see that
the belief in disease is what needed
treatment. and not the real man. As
this is spiritually understood We are
enabled to declare intelligently and
without fear of contradiction that as
Gods children we never really mad
the disease and never can, have 1t.
1t is this perception of Christian meta
physics that makes it possible for hu,
lmanity to escape from the bondage
of corruption into the glorious liberty
of the children of God"
He alone can call this teaching i'm
practical who has not accepted and
proved it true In demonstration.
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