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

ualized thought, he would not then
see his fellow man as material, but
would see him for what he really is,
namely, the perfect spiritual child of
God.
From the foregoing consideration
o. the subject Of man, and of the diff
ference between spiritual man and
the so-caIled material man, 1t is
obvious that there are certain ques-
tions concerning the nature and
character of matter that may be .ex-
amined with much profit.
Matter.
Since the material man Is only the
carnaI minds mis-concept of man, 1t
follows that matter has no entity, and
is in every case nothing but material
thought objectified Christian Science
shows that there is no life, truth,
intelligence, nor substance in mat
ter" Science and Health, page 46S,
lines 8 and 10. and that, Matter has
no sensation" ibid, 4S5, 3. Every
thing in the objective world. which
appears to human sense as matter, is
merely the visible manifestation of
material thought, formed in the ma
terial or carnal mind, and cognized
by the physical senses as a material
thing. II these statements concern
ing matter be true 1t will be seen at
glance that they will explain many
phenomena in human experience
which hitherto have been unexplain-
able. That they are true is now set
tied absolutely and conclusively. as
will be seen.
When Mrs. Eddy first made the
discovery that matter in every form
has no intelligence, life, sensation, or
substance, but is merely the false
mental concept of the material or
carnal mind, her statements were not
accepted as true by physical scien-
lists. They declared that matter was
real substance. They asserted that
every object, whether 1t be a star. a
flower, a rock, or the human body,
was, composed of atoms brought to-
gether and held together under vary
ing conditions, and that the atom
was material. Hence, they said that
since the starting point of matter was
the material atom. matter must OF
necessity be substance.
Mrs. Eddy took no pains to defend
her statements upon the subject. She
had seen the truth about ii and.
knowing that 1t was the truth, she
was quite content to let the state
ment Of her discovery go into con-
seriousness, well knowing that In the
end the truth would prevail. II Is
most interesting, therefore, to observe
what has taken place since then.
Within recent years a physical scien-
fist discovered that the atom Is not
the starting point of matter, and that
the atom Is itself composed OF cleo
irons. When asked TO state the nat
ure and character Of the electron, he
said that Il was energy, which is not
material substance. Since then the
physicists have come out frankly and
fairly and now say that any inquiry
concerning the nature and character
OF the electron should be referred TO
the metaphysician, and that the
whole subject belongs 70 the domain
OF metaphysics and not physics.
The far-reaching effect Of this IL at
once apparent, for II frankly admits
that the starting point Of matter Is
not material, but mental
Cause and Cure os Disease
The importance Of this cannot be
overestinated All Sin. disease, and
death come from the belief Of life,
intelligence. sensation, and substance
in matter If Il Be true. and Il now
seems 20 be settled. that there is no
life in matter. that It has no Bensa-