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

question arises, that all absorbing prae-
tical question which vitality interests all
How is the divine Principle of
the allness of good to be applied in the
lives of mortalsG How is it to save us
from the fears, wickedness, and suffer
ing continually experienced in mortal
life2 Christian Science answers that as
the means is plain, the method is equ-
ally so. TIE begin with, the reference.
already made to the pupil applying the
principle and rules of mathematics to
overcome error, is fair illustration Of
how God and His spiritual laws should
be applied in the minds of mortals to
overcome there the errors of existen-
ce. The truth about the principle Of
mathematics dawns upon the striving
thought of the pupil, and in this ration
the error disappears; just so, the truth
about the infinite Principle of Life,
God, the truth that Spirit is infinite and
omnipotent, dawns upon the receptive
thought, and exactly in the same ratio
do the diseordant and false material be
liefs of life in matter vanish. In mathe-
MATES this is called demonstration, and
it is called the same in Christian Scien-
ce. To demonstrate the allness, omni-
potence, and perfection of divine Prin-
ciple, therefore, becomes the whole duty
Of mankind and in proportion as this
is done, the lives of mortals are brought
into harmony with God, and salvation
and perfection are attained. No laOYe-
ment should be made, no work under
taken, no thought should be given to
the body, no thought projected into con-
seriousness, before it is first weighed by
spiritual Truth and Love and not found
wanting.
PRAYER.
This method of believing and affirm
ing with absolute certainty that God il
lust what the Bible implies Him to be
namely, All-in-all, and believing, as Je
sus taught, that the things one right
eouslv asks for shall come to pass, lndl
Gates something Of the true nature Of
prayer according to Christian Science
Proving the divine Principle of his be
| ing in the destruction of sin, sickness
and death is q practical and certain IL
lustration Of true prayer which shoult
appeal to every earnest. Christian. In
stead of being prayerless, as some hav'
imagined, Christian Scientists, in so ia
as they practice their Science, live live
of continual prayer They pray morn
ing, noon and night; they pray befor
they work, eat, Or sleep. The Christian
Scientist prays, not to beseech the In
finite to grant some personal desire, Q
to in form the All-wisdom of something
God does not already know, but h
conscientiously affirms the truth of be
ing. and denies the errors of belief, OF
ems one door Of his thought and shut
the other, until harmony, health, an
peace are brought into and govern HI
consciousness and his prayer has bee
answered. This prayer is not, there
fore, blind belief in a personal deity
nor wavering faith in a far-away
mysterious God, but it is faith whic
has advanced to spiritual understand
ing and become settled, certain, an
always available.
Il The Bible declares, CHE that comet
to God mustabelieve that he is, an
that he is q rewarder of them that dill
gently seek him." Salvation does nc
follow blind personal belief in pc
!, sonal God or personal savior; ii it dl'
I'VE should not be admonished to wor
out our own salvation, or be told, n
that overcometh shall inherit a
things" This work of overcoming
can only effectively be done aceordin
TO divine Principle and rule, and tn
Principle and rule must sooner or lat'
be understood by each individual IN o
der to "put off the old man wlth h
deeds'' and inhabit the kingdom
,, harmony. Blind faith is ignorant
sin and how to handle it; it knows NJ
how to uncover and rebuke error, ther
fore this fatal omission prevents II
answer to its prayers. Blind falth Il
: eomplishes some measure Of good; goc
motives could hardly fail to reap son
reward. but mental blindness, Mrs. Fl
, DIV explains, Ceilings fast to iniquity
: (Science and Health, p. 448), al
5 naught else than enlightened spiritu
understanding will uncover and de
, troy the manifold delusions Of sin, sic
, ness, and death. -
. DISEASE AND ITS REMEDY. =
! Gaining an understanding of Spir
5 and the omnipotent power Of spirltu
: laws, and an understanding Of the fal
Q nature of matter and Of mortal mil
!, and material laws, the seeker isarm'
. successfully to cope with any hunt
$ discord. is it then surprising that
Q should presume to attempt to heal di
+ ease MS well as sins What is disea
: that II should elude the minister al
I be assigned to the physician, and VIII
! is sin that it should defy the physlci'
! and be allotted to the minister rV
whence originated both? From Coz
No. neither the one more than the OF
! er. Jesus identical handling OF $
: and disease should long ago have co
I; yinced the world that they have
n indentical source. Centuries ago Dav
t wrote: "Fools because Of their trar
/ gression and because Of their iniquiti'
9 are afflicted. Then they cry un
a the Lord in their trouble, and he
d sent his word, and healed them, and
4 livered them from their distinctions
Christian Science has undeniably de-
Q onstrated that much of the social
: chronic and incurable disease is caus
d by hidden or willful sin, and very f'
IS physicians to-day will contradict tn
o Then it is true that they both ha
o their origin in thought: their cause ca