Arizona republican., 1918-12-23

position, as revealed by Christian Sci
ence, is that there exists one infinite
Principle, and that this Principle is
good. The human mind believes 9TH
erwise. 1t believes the testimony of
material sense that there is a power
the very antithesis of good Thus
Truth is not given its rightful place as
consciousness, and false belief is per-
mitted TO assume a position it has no
right to occupy. The consequence is
that every human being partakes of the
unrelenting struggle between the un-
Outstanding of Principle and false be-
lief.
Now Christian Science gives a far
broader definition of evil than the one
generally accepted. Evil, as Christian
Science shows, is all unspiritual think
ing. Every thought which is not in ac-
cord with Principle is evil. Every
material belief is evil. So the complete
awakening of mankind will not have
taken place until the last false material
concept has been destroyed. 1t is not
uncommon to hear sin spoken of as
evil and for sickness to be placed in
an altogether different category But
it has been proved conclusively by
Christian Science that sikness is just
as much a phase of erroneous material
belief as is sin; for time and again dis
ease has been healed through the I'M
Outstanding of the aillness of good and
the unreality of evil, just as sin has
been overcome by the same process.
Sickness and sin are illusions of the
human mind; they have no foundation
in Principle, and because of this fact
they can be destroyed by Truth under
stood. The awakening is taking place
in the case of every human being as
material sense is destroyed by spiritual
understanding. Mrs. Eddy. Discoverer
and Founder of Christian Science.
writes on page go of Science and
Health: But ig sickness and sin are
illusions, the awakening from this
mortal dream, or illusion. will bring
us into health. holiness, and immortal
ity.' And then, concurrently, she adds:
This awakening is the forever coming
of Christ, the advanced appearing of
Truth, which casts out error and heals
the sick" The awakening from the
mortal dream of sin and disease can
take place only through the spiritual
understanding of Truth, through the
knowledge, that is, of the Christ, the
spiritual idea of God.
In these latter days the world has
been witnessing the power of the Christ
to destroy incarnate error on a scale
of great magnitude. There have been
paraded before it all the forces of mat
ter that human ingenuity could devise,
And it has gradually become clearer
| and clearer that these forces were thus
arrayed in an insane attempt to de-
stroy the spiritual idea. Material mioht
has tried to destroy moral right. But
the victory has not fallen to the side
of bestial ferocity: it has rested, as
was bound to be the case because OF
| the omnipotence of principle, on the
! side which was nearer to principle in
its ideals and its government. Will
| the lesson be taken ~ heart by the
peoples of the world? Surely it has
been sufficiently proved to them
| through suffer- that the pursuit OF
evil is vanity. Surely the cup of sor-
row which they have so deeply drunk
will have helped t. wash away much
of the material grossness and to have
left a world ready at last to acknowl-
edge the omnipotence of Principle
| One thing is certain. that no matter
how long it may be before the world
| learns its lesson thoroughly, suffering
will continue until Christ, or truth, is
acknowledged and obeyed as supreme
Mrs. Eddy states the position precisely
when she says: Better the suffering
which awakens mortal mind from its
fleshly dream, than the false pleasures
which tend to perpetuate this dream
(Science and Health. page 1860. The
human mind is willing enough to par
with SUFFERING, but it clings tenaciously
to the false pleasures of materia
sense. Both are alike unreal. sine,
spiritual sense alone can testify o.
reality; and this must be recognized
by every human being who would be-