The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-19

and its manifestation, carnal body,
lis enn1ity against Cod" that flesh
! and blood cannot inherit the king
DOM" that they that are in the flesh
cannot please God" So IL is plain
that God did not make the mortal
body, for His own thoughts, His own
ideas, cannot be at enmity with Him,
Thought Expressed on Body.
Now the material body can do
| nothing Of itself, but is simply the
expression of the conscious or un-
conscious thought Of the mortal,
human mind. The conclusion of the
philosophers of our day, that matter
is simply an expression Of thought,
carries with it the added conclusion
that every material condition must be
an expression of thought, hence that
| disease is an expression Of thought.
| When we are sick, 1t is sick thought
made manifest on the body; and when
we are well it Is well thought which
is made manifest on the body, Every
function, every action, every condi-
ton Of the body is, from one moment
| to, the next, but the expression OF
human belief, unless such belief be
corrected by Christian Science.
I II a man were hungry and food
which was placed before him had
something about it that was exceed
ingly unappetizing, it would appar-
emily be his stomach which pro-
tested, because the thought which he
entertained about the food would be
made manifest on his body; but what
would his stomach know about the
FOOD? Absolutely nothing! If he be-
lieved that the food was all right,
this thought would be made manifest
IN proper activity on the stomach:
and II he had eaten food believing 1t
TO be all right and had then discov-
cred that it was all wrong, his
changed thought would be made man
ifest in changed function-in nausea,
indigestion, and so forth. .,......
In like manner, to believe that cold
or wet could harm us would be just
as disastrous, to- the lungs or the
throat as to believe that unappetizing
food could make the stomach sick
AND when we come to investigate this
subject, we find that there are my
rlads Of thoughts which the world
mas been entertaining and which we
nave been making manifest on our
bodies in deranged functions Of va
rious parts of it, a.
1T is not necessary to know each
particular mortal belief, or so-calIed
law In order that we may appropriate
the sicknesses and troubles they stand
Tor, for we have accepted the idea that
disease may come upon us unawares
SO we take In these wrong thoughts
unconsciously and manifest them on
our bodies in sickness.
There are many who admit that
some diseases are mental, but who
still believe that those conditions
known as germ diseases must be ma
terial.
We are told that germs are minute
forms of vegetable life, and we all
know that vegetation likes a. suitable
soil in which to grow. It is possible
that you might find minute forms of
vegetable life In diseased conditions or
in the products of disease; but when
our thought is right, our bodies are
right, and there is no suitable soil
for the entertainment of any minute
forms Of vegetable life, whether you
call them germs or something else.
1t is not reasonable to maintain that
because you find germs in, the prod.
ucts Of disease that they cause the
disease. No one would maintain that
because he found polliwogs in mud
puddle that they made the mud-pud-
die. The polliwogs are in the mud
puddle simply because it is & nice
place for polliwogs, and If there are
germs in the products Of disease, they
are there for the same reason-be-
cause they find a congenial soil in
which to grow, g.
Right Thought Brings Health
AS we see that both sin and sick
ness are simply manifestations of
mortal thought, thoughts Of imperfec-
ton, we also see that by putting the
thought of the perfection of God and
all that God has made in place of
this wrong thought, we shall rule out
the wrong thought; and with no
wrong thought there can be no wrong
The Bible makes this
Identical statement when it says, Put
off concerning the former converse
ton the old man, which is corrupt ac-
cording to the deceitful lusts; and be
in the spirit of your mind;
and :. put on the new man, which
after God is created in righteousness
and true holiness"
It is the putting off of thes old man
and the putting on Of the new,
through the application Of the teach
ings of Christian Science, that consti-
tutes the healing. The thoughts of
sickness and sin are ruled out Of hu-
man consciousness by the under
and declaration Of the per-
lection of that which God has made.
Deception of Counterfeit ~-
There are those who feel that it is
almost a sacrilege to dispose OF ma
terial man as just the counterfeit Of
the spiritual, perfect man. This ma
terial man is so wonderfully made
they say, how can it be possible that
God did not make him? They feel that
it is dishonoring God to disown the
material man as. HIS product.
Material man does seem to be Won
derfully made, but you will remember
that in the many better baby shows
that have prevailed about the country,
though the best and most perfect ba-
bies are entered, 1t is sometimes i'm
possible to find one that is one hum
dred per cent perfect. If material man
is the creation of God, it is not honor
ing God very much to have to admit
that more than ninety five per cent OF
His creation could, be vastly improved
upon in the very beginning. The ma
terial man seems to be wonderfully
made, only because he is the counter
felt of that wonder Of Gods creating
man in His image and likeness, per-
feet, spiritual and immortal.
Others maintain that God made
man perfect and gave him his own
free will to do good or evil; but man
chose to do evil, and the evil brought
sickness and other troubles upon him;
or that man unknowingly, trans
crossed Gods laws, but that God is in
no way responsible, because had man
chosen to do right all would have been
well.
Suppose an architect put UP a build
ing and it fell down; would that be
the fault Of the building? Would you
blame the building? 1t would only
TALL because it was so constructed that |
II could fall. Obviously, if God made
man so he could fall, and he fell. it
would be Gods fault not mans. But
the man that God made never FELL
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III shonld be stated also that those