The Washington times., 1918-02-11
SCIENTIST TELLS
HOW PRAYER CAN
CURE SHELL SHOCK

gherl shock is being cured on the
battle front by means OF Christian
Science, according to John W. Doorly,
O 8. B., member OF the board OF lee
tureship Of the First Church Of
Christ. Scientist, OF Boston, Mass.
In q lecture delivered at Polls The
Ater yesterday Mr., Doorly cited the
case Of a soldier at Bournemount who
was discharged because OF shell
shock. He was so improved in three
days time by the application OF Chris
tian Science teachings that he was
ready to go back into the trenches.
Mr. Doorly also dealt with the teach
inEs Of the church as applied to the
ending Of the war. He said in part:
What is the salvation which Chris
tian Science offers? Christian Science
offers TO men salvation from sin OF
every kind, from disease. from hate,
from poverty. from death. and indeed
from every I'll ito which flesh Is heir.
Are you in bondage TO sin, to hate
TO srorow, 20 disease, TO disaster OF
any kind? Christian Science says that
II Is possible for you to be rid OF these
things at once. Are you overwheimeo
by some so-cslled incurable disease that
10 destroying your happiness or the
happiness Of some member Of your fam
fly? Christian Science declares that
God never made that disease and that
you do not therefore have TO submit
10 It any longer.
God Il Spirit.
christian Science teaches that God
II Spirit, as the Scriptures state, but
IT then goes on to explain that spirit
is divine mind, and impediately this
definition OF God gives US more In
telIfEent sense of Him. We have all
known that God is Spirit, but It need
ed the revelation of Christian Science
to show us that spirit is not some IN
definite, indescribable, and far-oft so-
straction, but that spirit is infinitely
definite and intelligent, and always
available to man as divine mind.
christian Science likewise teaches
that this divine mind is life, truth,
and love.
$50 also Christian Science, reason
ing from the basis of a perfect God,
or mind, and a perfect creation or ex-
istence, wholly good and wholly men
tai or spiritual, declares that moral
existence is only the false sense that
there is an opposite to infinite spirit,
or mind. This false sense is what
the Scriptures describe as the carnal
mind, ana what Jesus described as
a liar, and the father of It, This
liar, or lying sense, the carnal mind,
declares that hnite matter, the oppo-
site OF INFINITE spirit, has life, sub
stance, and intelligence. when the fact
is that infinite spirit Is the only life,
substance, or intelligence. When,
hohwever, IL Is seen that the whole OF
material existence, or the flesh, is only
a false belief in a suppositional crea-
tor, the carnal mind, or evil, and a
supposed creation, called mortality,
or Is in fact a lie, then we begin to
ha n
about God and His creation can de-
stroy such a lie or false mental con-
dition as mortality.
Mad Ambition.
Let US consider the present catas-
tropbe which is afflicting mankind
and which we call the war. Well.
some one says, no wis the war going
10 be affected by prayer? Let US look
at It. You Will agree with me, am
sure, that the cause OF this war iS
mad ambition and human will. Now
are mad ambition and human will
mental or material? They are mental,
of course, and are both effects OF the
one evil, the so-called carnal mind,
They are also closely allied to that
other perniciouB effect Of the carnal
mind, called mesmerism or hypno-
tism.
with these effects Of the carnal mind
mad ambition. human will, and mes
merism, and thus with their result
the war? We can only deal with them
by understanding, and living in daily
life, the divine fact that there Is and
can be but one infinite Mind, God
who is aIl-presence and aIl-power. We
must also realize that the understand
ing OF this divine fact, that there is
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TO annUl and to reverse any lie OF
so-called carnal mind, whether that
lie be mad ambition. human will. and
mesmerism. which form evil.
Christ to Conquer.
''Furthermore. had humanity really
understood and lived the fact that
God, or good, is the only mind. these
evils, mad ambition, human Will, and
mesmerism, which from u human
standpoint have caused tho war, and
which, from the same standpoint, are
still perpetusting II. would never have
had either the influence or the power
TO have manifested themselves in a
war, for they would have been con-
trolled and overcome by spiritual un-
derstanding before they had devel-
oped into this material catastrophe.
However, what humanity has not
enough spiritual understanding 10
overcome. IL must meet and destroy
with It's highest human ideals. Be
cause OF humHnity's present EsIfsac-
Ti1ee and its willingness 20 give up its
dearest material possessions in order
that its spiritual ideals may live, the
teachings Of Christ Jesus will un-
doubtedly become clearer in human
experience. and 70 Will be seen that
war iH q totally unnecessary evil, and
that individuals and nations can only
bless themselves by blessing each
other. and not by laying plans for
each others destruction"