Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-05-21

n, May Il, 1919
this enlarged concept or right idea OF
Mind has already resulted In the neai-
restored incorrigibles; has resurrected
the feeble-minded; has healed inveter-
ate sin and abnormal temperamentai
litraits, and conquered depraved ,appe-
tites It is safe to say that there Is
no disease known to the medica world
which has not been healed through the
understanding of God as divine Blind,
as revealed IN Christian Science.
CAUsATION
| Since there is one infinite God or in
Itelligence, this God must be the first
and only cause. To admit any other
hitting more than one God which
! would be breaking the first great COM
mandmept. And since God is infinite
ike KIeo, good. AS the the Scriptures plainly
state it: God saw everything that he
had made, and, behold, it was very
good.
If Christian people would accept and
hold to this idea of infinite good. they
would quickly and effectively dispose
OF the vexati1qs propiem OF i eN 70 n ur
itual cause makes the demonstration of
Christian healing present possibility.
| To believe in many causes absolutely
impotence of good. To admit real
cause for evil would give evil a foun-
dation in fact; would endow it with
power and place mankind at its mercy:
Because Christian Science is the gospel
| of good to the world, its mission is to
implant in human consciousness the
which never created ell nor suffered
| it to exist for some wise purpose, as
one so often hears asserted.
| Jesus was man actuated by spirit
l ual ideas. He the perfect example
of the right thinking man. The very
basis of his wonderful healing works
logic was this fundamental idea of per-
| feet spiritual causarion. And it must
| become our basis before we can follow
in his mental footsteps. The contem-
plation of imperfect thought models
never brings health. happiness. or holt
ness into human experience. Mere
! his heavenly Kingdom never enables
one to define good or to overcome evil.
| Faith without works is little less than
! guessing,-not knowing or understand
usher anyone into the kingdom of
heaven.
THE REAL MAN
| Inasmuch as it is becoming more and
thought world. wherein we can cognixe
nothing outside the realm OF Thought
and since things in final analysis are
really thoughts and thoughts e are
sible, to cultivate more metaphysical
attitude of thought. There is nothing
metaphysical in the belief that man is
made of dust and returns to dust. BU
it does require a certain deg 50 of
| spiritual enlightenment to lsiiow that
man is spiritual, not mortal or mater
ial Christian Science is supplying
enlightenment - -
| The real or spiritual man is mention
ed in the first chapter of Genesis,
wherein we read: God created man in
his own image" The first thing need
full on our part, then. is to acquire an
accurate understanding of God in or
der to determine the nature of his i'm
age. Christian Science emphasizes the
thought that God is infinite Spirit. and
that his image or likeness must be JUST
as spiritual. perfect, and harmonious as
God himself. The real man. then, must
be and is wholly spiritual. never ma
teriaL God being infinite Mind. spirit
ture of this Mind in pure and holy
thoughts.
l. Christian-Scienee teaches frow-to
cease thinking evil. and as we learn to
obey this teaching we become ae-
quainted with the real man of Gods
creating, and this acquaintanceship re-
veals- to us the secret of Christian
Everlasting gratitude is due TO Mrs
Eddy for having explained TO the world
the true significance of the two dia-
metrically opposite accounts of crea-
ton found in the first and second chap
tiers of Genesis. Until she learned the
meaning of Gods thoughts -or. ideas.
as distinguished from erring human
thoughts. she could not make this ex-
PLANTATION.
GODS THOUGHTS DEFINED
Gods thoughts are not the visionary
imaginings of the erring human mind.
/. :. saith the Lord" 1t must be con-
coded that Jesus mode of thinking was
on higher plane than that of NOR
tails. He was controlled by the one infin-
ifa Mind MOrta1S foo often under
the control of the so-called "carnal
mind" embracing all that is termed
evil, sinful. and depraved; all that is
thought, we shall perceive the sharp
J distinction, that he made between the
!, that godlike thoughts are endowed
; with life and power, and are unceas-
! ingly operative for good. AS our Lead
Divine Science: 1.-The spiritual power
, of a scientific, right thought. without q
: direct effort, an audible. or even q
mental argument, has oftentimes heal
ed inyeterate diseases"
We shall also learn that mortal
/, thoughts have neither life nor healing
power. and that in due time all such
thoughts will be destroyed in human
{ consciousness, along with the so-callet
mind that conceives them. Gods
5 thoughts or ideas are the eternal fact.
. of being: while mortal thoughts are sc
I many mistakes of an erring, counter.
!: felt mind. so called, when knows mo-
+: IGod.
8 The ability to discern Gods thought.
j and to knod that such thoughts ar,
Z: clothed with all law. power, and au
r thority to annul every phase of wrong
thinking. is what enabled Mrs. Edd!
z Ito explain to the world the modus oper
d andi of Christian healing.
MISSION OF AN IDEA
The mis- it. not selt-evident that hu
manity's; greatest need is to grasp tn
IthnuphfS nf (ynd7 Mead W.
/, wonder at the Injunction of Scripture
IrAcquaint now myself with him (God)
and be at peace?s'If we cannot know tn
, thoughts that God is eternally thinking
ltthd11hts OF peace, and not OF. evil.
! how 8tNe ever become intimately &C
- anal /SX@rrffh Him. Sbou1d we fee