Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-22

Only the more fragrant forms of in
morality and vice, but also the NOR
subtle phases of evil And Christia
Scientists realize the need of reeoa
nizing sin o= evil as a claim; or falls
belief of the carnal mind in order tina
it may be demonstrated in human eS
lperience to be pOwerless and, in tn
absolute sense, unreal For one is no
likely to correct moral error withou
first seeing it for what it is or wha
it claims to be, any more than h
would correct a mathematical mistak
without first recognizing it. And jus
as mathematical error is not disposed
of ignoring it, so one cannot free him
self from sin by ignoring it. Christian
Science, therefore, shows the need o.
handling sin, or evil, as error, as q mis-
take, and of correcting it with Truth
Furthermore, it shows that true for
giveness of sin consists in its destruc
ton, in the proof of its unreality. Or
page 497 of Science and Health Mrs
Eddy says, "We acknowledge God ;!
forgiveness of sin in the destruction
of sin and the spiritual understanding
that casts out evil as unreal. But tht
belief in sin is punished so long as
the belief lasts =
Matter viewed in the light of Chris
tian Science is seen not to be sub
stantial, for it is not the manifesto
ton of that Mind whose creation alone
is incapable of decay. 1t is eontended
by some that matter is, directly or in
rdireetly, the creation of God, who is
admitted by them to be Spirit. But il
should be plain that God, who is Spirit
and Life, could not possibly create
that which is capable of disease de
cay, and dissolution.
To the physical senses matter seems
real and substantial. But Christian
Science shows that these senses cannot
be depended upon to testify to the ex-
istence of that which is, in the best
sense. real. Paul said "the natural
MANI cannot know the things of God,
for they are Spiritually discerned.
And he also said: "The things which
are seen (raeognized by the senses)
are temporal, but the things Which are
not seen (by the senses) are eternal. -
So Christian Science shows that mat
ter is in fact temporal, destructible, H.
lusive, while the things of Spirit-the
ideas of God, or divine Mind-alone
are really substantial and enduring
The teaching of Christian Science
that matter exists only as belief, as a
concept Of the human or carnal mlnd,
enables one to deal more intelllgently
hence more successfully, with disease
than was possible without such knoWl-
edge. For it enables one to see, more
clearly than he was formerly able to
see, that pain and suffering are not
material but mental. Ordinary expert
ence shows that pain is difficult to To-
cate. Fhe senses often make pain ap-
near to be where it is not. Christian
Science says that pain is never IN the
body but always in thought or belief.
So the Christian Scientist in his treat
ment of sickness goes directly to the
seat Of the trouble His endeavor is
to correct or remove through righteous
or right thinking, the mental
cause of the disease.
CAUSE AND CURE OR DISEASE
The teaching of Christian Science
relative to the mental nature of dis
ease has to very great extent
the world s thought on this
subject. Many observing physicians
are willing to admit much in this di- |
rection; more indeed than some laymen.
of standing have agreed
that rage and fear will Immediately
produce a radical chemical change i'll
he blood. Daily experience shows that
acute fear will often be directly ex-
,noo.o1 =: 4, o1o and q oa,. in flueh- |
ID, face. Grief brings tears to the eyes
md worry causes insomnia and indi
yestion. Since we are convinced of the
mental causes of these physical eff |
,ects, does it not seem entirely reason
Jble to agree with the statement of
Christian Science that, primarily, all
lisease has a mental cause2 But Chris
ian Scientists do not contend that all
sickness is the result of conscious fear
,r of willful wrongdoing on the part |
# the victims of disease. They merely
lain that somewhere back of all bod
ly diseases there are erroneous condi-
ions of thought which must be dis
Overed and corrected before there can
70 a permanent cure. May not this ex
lain why Christian Science has healed |
lany chronic cases that medicine had /
allied to cure? Is it not plain that ply
icians in their treatment of these cas-
s were not getting at the root of the I
ifficulty, because the drugs and med !.
cines which they prescribed could not /
each, nor have any effect upon, the d
rental cause of disease7 Can nonintel-
gent drugs reasonably be expected to
lfluence thought7 Could one well ex-
ect medicines to have power over
1ch emotions as anger, Jealousy, wor- :
2, fear, and griefR And yet, even A
rom the medical point of view, these {
-roneous thoughts are seen to be fire. ID
lent causes of disease. n
Perhaps the most prolific cause of Il
lsease is fear Fear is in fact the d;
reatest enemy of mankind. If one III
oubts this somewhat radical state i
ent, let him pause long enough to ,
'nsider some of the things of which :
,ople are afraid. They are afraid of /
Gather, food, germs, criticism, fail +
'e, and poverty. And the Bible tells Z
) of those who through fear of IN
,ath" are all their lifetime subject {
bondage. The complete removal Of \
ar from the consciousness of human II
Y would unquestionably be a won o
srful blessing. Christian Science f
ows that fear is needless. It explains :
by it is needless. Thus it removes /,
ar. Take the fear of criticism as an T