Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-10-15

nave the Mind that was in Christ
Jesus, lis life and peace' Christ
ian Science teaches that this is the
precise process by which human
beings are saved from sickness and
sin.
1t will thus be seen that Christian
Science healing in every case is
spiritual, and results from the opera
ton OF Truth or divine Principle in
human consciousness, and not from
the action of one human mind upon
another, nor from human will, nor
from hypnotism, nor from mental
suggestion.
single sentence, it can be said that
Christian Science healing is accom-
plished through the activity of right
thinking and right living, and in NO
other way can one demonstrate the
Principle that heals.
Jesus healed the sick without
drugs, and, what is more important
to us, he taught other people how to
do SO, thus proving that his method
of healing physical disease by spirit
ual means could be taught to others,
and understood and practiced by
them.
AS the disciples walked up and
down the country with Jesus, listen
ing to his explanations of spiritual
truth, and watching him apply this
truth to human needs as he healed
the leper, the lame, the deaf the
blind, whom he met by the wayside,
they began to understand for the
first time that divine Love is
adequate to meet every human need
and that Jesus has come to teach the
way whereby every one might learn
how to prove it.
Moses and the prophets also heal
| ed the sick and raised the dead and
did many other wonderful works in
demonstration of the power of
Spirit to meet human needs, and the
| Old Testament is filled with such in
stances.
1t will thus be seen that the
knowledge of spiritual truth, and the
method of its application to deliver
people from sickness, sin, and every
kind of human condition has reap
peared upon the earth at many times
and it is claimed for Christian
| Science that it is the temperance
standing of the same spiritual law
that was known and understood in
part by Moses and the prophets, and
which was perfectly understood and
demonstrated by Jesus, and by him
taught to his diciples. There is no
mystery about it, and the results
| produced by Christian Science are
the results which have always fol
lowed, and must necessarily follow,
from the apprehension and demon
stration of spiritual truth. Christian
! Science is nothing more nor less
than return to primitive
Christianity, and every one who
turns to it fairly and honestly will
find in it that which will satisfy his
spiritual aspirations and meet his
human needs
! MRS. EDDY'S DISCOVERY.
Mrs. Eddy is acknowledged to be
the Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science, and many people
/ ask what it is that she has discover
ed. In reply it can be said that she
has discovered the law of Spirit
which is spiritual truth
Mrs. Eddy also studied the miracles
|
came to the inevitable conclusion
that all of those events We're correl-
ated by means of IN underlying
spiritual law that lad been known
and understood by the men who
wrought them, and she said that II
she could discover the law it would
be found to operate in the same
manner 3w as in Bible times; that
it woui, healing law, and woull
now heai paa7le OF sickness and sin
and every evil human condition the
same ais tL3
This idea grew and expanded in
her consciousness until it became the
impelling motive Of her entire life,
In the year 1866 she discovered the
law of Spirit, and named it Christ
ian Science. After waiting nine
years, during which time she sub
jected the Principle that she had dis
covered to the broadest practical
tests in healing sickness and other
forms of human discord. she publish
ed statement of Christian Science
in book which she entitled Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures" This book is now every
where recognized as the only text
book OF Christian Science. A great
religious movement has formed
around its teachings, which in ono
generation has girdled the earth
with its churches. The spread OF
IChristian Science has been phenomen-
al, and it's growth has resulted from
healing. Every adherent of Christ.
] ian Science has actually been healed
of some sickness, disease, or sinful
appetite, and most of them haVe
been healed Of many such conditions
These facts are easily verified, and
are worthy of very serious consider
alton.
SPIRITUAL LAW
Mrs. Eddy discovered the law OF
Spirit as truly as Sir Isaac Newton
discovered the law of gravitation
! and this fact should be thoroughly
understood. Just as Newton dis
!. covered that the movements OF ma
terial bodies are regulated and gov
erned by this material law. so Mrs
Eddy discovered the Principle tha'
governs the entire universe, includ
: ling every detail in the lives OF men
That supreme. creative, governing
omnipresent Mind or Principle i
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