Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-30

thoughts. In this sense, and in this
sense only, is the operation of Christ
ina Science the operation of good
thought on evil thought, true thought
on error, and the effect is the same as
the effect of an al-powerful positive
upon its negative, as, for instance, the
effect of light upon darkness. As
light is reflected from the sun and an
initiates darkness, just so the qualities
Iof divine Truth and Love are reflected
by ones purified consciousness, and
penetrate and destroy and dark, evil,
diseased, or fearing condition of thot
in human consciousness. 1t is the real
ization of the allness and omnipotence
Iof Spirit or divine Mind which con
stitutes this spiritual reflection, and
when spiritual reflection heals the sick
or sinner, error and evil are cast out,
and the cause and the effect of the dis
case are then, and only then, fully and
permanently destroyed Spiritual re-
Election will uproot and entirely remove
what willful suggestion only smooths
over or changes into different evil
form.
The relapse of disease and its con
tinuance in new forms, difficulty so
prevalent and mysterious under mater
ial modes of treatment, is now under
stood, and such experiences are not pos
siblc when Divine Principle has des-
troycd the evil thought germs Of mortal
mind. 1t is also understood in Christ
lance Science that acute, chronic, and
organic forms of disease are only in
essence more or less deeply seated states
and stages of mortal belief, which re-
Iquire like degree more positive and
radical spiritual realization to heal.
4 Jesus the Way-Shower.
4 My friends, Jesus once said to his
/, followers, "He that believeth on ME,
the works that l do shall he do also;
: and greater works than these shall he
he do" 1t is quite universally accept
ed that Jesus did his healing works
through spiritual means and methods,
: Through his spiritual understanding OF
God, and not by means of drugs, blind
faith, or will power. Surely Jesus
meant that his followers should, under
+, stand what he understood and work as
he worked. Otherwise how could he be
the Way-showerg He must have re.
/, garded sickness, as mental the same az
he regarded sin, and he cast them both
out Of mind, as when healing the pal
sled man he said, "Thy sins be for
given thee" and to the man who had
been physically infirm, "Sin no more
lest q worse thing come unto thee.
If Jesus understood that his Father
was our Father, as he declared, he cer-
tainly knew that this spiritual Father
7 was the one Spirit, Or Mind, and de-
sired that his followers have this same
> Mind that was in himself. Moreover
that they employ the intelligence and
? understanding of this divine Mind to
Y overcome every i'll. W
Jesus daily proved the divine Princip-
|, 10 Of his being, the oneness and allness
of divine Mind, by casting out the sins
and errors Of mortal mind, and it was
. the cross or burden of his ca.-er that
! his mission to humanity was SO little
= comprehended, and that they were ua-
ready tounderstand the "many things
I Of the kingdom of heaven, whlcA 30
: strove by parable and symbol to teach
:, was within them, a condition of Mind
- here and now, and not condition Of
: lmatter to be hoped for hereafter. Is IL
= not probable that Jesus would experion-
! ce the same anguish could he be here
:, - in the flesh and blood today witnessing
I I the terrible hatred, conflict, wanr, and
- woe consuming the world simply ne-
cause most mortals have failed as yet
= to understand the mesmeric nature Of
10 material sense in its subtle, selfish,
" willful, and autocratic proeessg II is
indeed encouraging that In the leayea
~ of divine Principle in the spirit OF
~ worldwide justice and individual libcr
! ty is seen TO be overturning and unit
!. ing in one Mind the people of the
- earth. Is not this the forerunner Of the
~ dawning in every consciousness Of th,
y. ~ love and purity, the healing and peace
~ Of the impersonal Christ. Mrs. Eddy
'd maps the way to this universal h,,. nv.s, /,
VI when she says in Science and Healtl
ia page 467) 1T should be thoroughly
IN understood that all me have one Mind
q. one God and Father, one Life, Truth
OF and Love. Mankind will become per
es feet in proportion as this fact becomes
te apparent, war will cease and the tru,
a. brotherhood of man will be establish
ca cd
re Jesus and the Christ.
ISL Among the many remarkable state
IN ments in the writings of st. Paul is thi
IL one, Henceforth know we no man sf
nd ter the flesh yea, though we hav'
ST. known Christ after the flesh, yet nov
no hcnceforth know VIC him no more. ;
"a This would seem to mean that Pau
re recognized the two distinct characters
X namely, temporal man, Christ afte
nd the flesh, Or Jesus, and the real man
by Christ after the Spirit, or Christ tn,
nd son Of God 1t was thus that Jesu
an seemed to recognize himself, as wheI
es he spoke Of himself as the son of maj
or of Mary, who had come in the flesl
to be the Way-shower, and as Chris
in the son of God, one before Abraham
is with the Father, who as the spiritua
he idea Of God was to be manifested thru
se the spiritual consciousness Of Jesus
It's and save Jesus from the sins Of thl
on world
y This is the teaching Of Christian
'se Science which removes the mystery ans
~ confusion from mortal's belief in thi
nd wonderful dual personality, and dis
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