The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-26

nit that matter or material existence
is a thing of mortal thought, forever
changing and therefore quite mex
plicable. and quite unlike God. and as
has recently been said by one great
thinker. Mr.. Balfour. They have only
explained matter by explaining IL
away"
Definition of Evil by Christ Jesus
/ and Christian Science
To every one who has studied the
teachings of Jesus it must be clear !
that ne regarded matter. material
laws. and material existence as SIM
ply a false sense Of being having
neither realty nor permanence, al
though seeming TO be real, and that
he unfailingly overcame the resist.
ence of matter and its spurious laws.
and dispelled its false testimony
through his perception of true being.
which true being he understood be-
cause he knew God, the cause OF all
being
Jesus pertinently declared that the
flesh. or the material sense OF being
"profteth nothing" for it is the spir-
itual or true sense which quickeneth,
and this is exactly what Christian
l Sciences teaches. 1t teaches that
material existence is false sense
! of existence and is the only hell there
is. or can be. and that from this false
sense arises all human woe. In fact,
Mrs. Eddy sums up the whole subject
: when she tersely declares in her
writings that matter is mortal error
II (Scienee and Health, p. 1851. Chris
y tian Science is not engaged, now
u ever. in explaining this false sense
e of being for il is impossible to ex
. pIain what is not true,-but is wholly
~ engaged in dispelling it through the
IN understanding of true or spiritual be
H. ing. Just as a mathematician dispels
III the belief that two plus two are five
&c by his understanding of the fact tina
II two plus two are four. and does no
% waste his time trying to explaii
~ where the mistake that two plus tw'
he are five came from, or the nature
- such a mistake.
it
Neither is Christian Science Ell
:, gagged in finding remedy for dis
ease, or wrong thinking of any kint
:" in material methods or in the actio
az OF the human mind for 1t recognize
~ that there Is no remedy for the woe
~ but in the action OF the divine Mine
- or in right thinking
:, The effort to find a remedy for tn
:. diseases OF the carnal mind. in ma
:. ter or in the action Of this same ca
.. nal mind, has only increased the III
-, of socalled incurable diseases, for
-. is evident that the more hume
!. thought knows about disease u
more disease 1t will manifest, sim
as a man "thinketh in his heart,
eA' Is he" II would be well for the ra
~" If this were more clearly recognize
the -, - oor,o,n material he
'oo ing systems, not content with hllil
io the minds of older people wi
'"' thoughts of disease. are now be
my on filling the minds of our childr
mn also with these same harmful tn
ries. Jesus and his disciples heal
''is disease in the only scientific a
ure- -. J., Lnow,nc anvthi
az about disease but by knowing sor
70 thing about the antidote for disea
iii' that is Gods eternal and spirit
lnes law of health and harmony.
Conclusions Of Christian Science
; az The conclusions of Christian
and enee are therefore briefly sunni
teal. IN: that true being, or spiritual
tho ing Is In and of the divine Mind,
,bso. is in fact the kingdom OF hea
hole here and now; while the false Sc
was Of being, or material existence,
,onte wholly in and of the so-called cal
rh,,s mind st. paul states this same
"a or when he says that ito be earn
God. minded Is dea,h' pu' 70 oo sp'' :.
ivine ly minded is life and peace Cf
au,v tian Science explains that to be
real nally minded is to believe in the
or nal mind ana IT'S erect iiia'o' 20
Mind istence. as real, while to be spirit
, ad. " minded is to understand God