Arizona republican., 1919-01-31


 sees clearly that man, the expression | of his Maker, cannot consume away | because man is indestructible and inI-
 mortal He denies all unfavorable | symptoms, knowing that they are not | God created, but are false, mental pie
 lures imaged forth on the body. He |
 knows and declares that the man is 1 well, always has been, and always will |
 be, and no false mental state can bar | his consciousness from that eternal l
 fact, and if the practitioners thought
 is inspired of God, is aflame with the love which comes from God, the pa tient is healed. There may be in- stances when the healing may seem slow, because time may be required to change the thought of the patient
 from it's material basis to the spiritual basis of living and thinking. Should this be the case, the patient should still trust God and not yield to discourage
 ment. The true practitioner will con- 1 tinue to point the way of life to such 1 a one and encourage him to perscvere | until his thought is awakened and the light appears.
 False Evidence of CorporeaI Senses
 Everyone is familiar with the decep-
 tive nature of the testimony of the five l true education is to teach the child to
 correct by higher intelligence, the
 false impressions of physical sense evil
 dence. A monkey and a child both
 see a figure five, for instance; the
 child, by higher intelligence. grasps the l idea back of the symbol: the monkey
 sees the symbol. accepts the sense evi-
 dence and is as definitely shut off from
 the idea five as though it had never
 existed. Paul warns us against ac-
 cepting the limitations of the physical
 senses. and calls us to rise to the un-
 derstanding of spiritual things which
 renew the inward man day by day. He
 declared that in our true individuality
 We look not at the things which are
 seen, but at the things which are not
 seen; for the things which are seen . are temporal; but the things which [ are not seen are eternal" GIT. Cor. } 4:1SD
 Sin, Disease, and Death Not Necessary Throughout the ages men have be- lieved in the supposed necessity for sin , disease, and death. Accepting the de- I captive evidence of the corporeal l senses they have reasoned that since in their experience and observation these evils have operated without hin. l drance they are therefore inevitable ' No greater fallacy, no more cruel de- l ception ever imposed itself upon the l human race. We must have the cour- n age of our convictions and deny these l evils, knowing the scientific basis upor Q which we deny them, if we ever expec n to overcome them. Perhaps thes, statements may seem to be somewha g visionary to some but they are not because Christian Scientists in hun $ dreds of thousands of instances hay, 5, proved them by healing all manner O Q diseases on the spiritual basis tha c man is perfect, even as his Father il l. heaven is perfect: that man cannot therefore, be mortal and material ant u that since sickness, sin, and diSeas t are destroyed through spiritual under Il standing the inevitable conclusion fol lows that they have no actual reality n In this connection I wish to cal q again to your attention the life of tn . great Master Christ Jesus. Did he ac l, cept the verdict that men are nor tai, the victims of sin and disease? Di g he submit to the fiat that death is in IS evitable? By no means. He thrus n aside these human illusions and prove
 for all time the divine status of mel
 as the perfect sons of God, forever fire II from mortal ills. One demonstrate n, of the power of divine Mind to hea 'e men of disease is sufficient to prov le that it is possible for all men to de lc stroy disease through spiritual under le standing One demonstration of over 5 coming death through the power of di m vine Mind is sufficient to show tn r. fallacy of the last enemy and the noth l. ingness of the greatest fear that beset r. | q ioo le the dead, burst for himself the bond CT of the tomb, and thus pointed the wa es of spiritual freedom for all men. Wha 50 q world of woe and despair he lite in from the hearts of men by his gloriou l. career, and what encouragement an D. inspiration he gave us when he sait lg T am the resurrection, and the life as he that believeth in me, though l. were dead, yet shall he live: and whC D. soever liVeth and believeth in me sha he never die" Gohn 11:25.)
 n- With the record of centuries of SUI he fering behind us, is it not time tn; C. we cease to listen to the siren voic, m of the material senses which arg, he continually for the permanence ar
 reality of evil. and give earnest heed ar Christian Science which teaches us Il en way Christ Jesus destroyed sin, di ,d, ease. and death, and how we, too. e ed destroy them if we follow faithfully Il he path Jesus hlazed for us
 an Christian Science and the War no Now. what is the attitude of Chri re tian Scientists toward the great IT ", heaval that convulses the work un Christian Scientists recognize that O ric pression, autocracy, and pride of pow ,r- are products of the carnal mind wh vi- must be annihilated if democracy is vi endure among men. Christian Scien nd ists are firm believers in democraC an Their churches are governed on a der nat ocratic basis. Democracy is mar st, festation of a truer understanding we God, because in the sight of God Iod men are equal.
 nat The Declaration of Independence ni- that declaration of democracy form Ial, lated by the founders or the gre by American republic,-"that all men a ee, created equal; that they are endow oi by their Creator with certain inalie
 able rights; that among these are Ii
 liberty. and the pursuit of happiness ble -is the ideal calling and inspiring m md lions of men and women to forsa Ner sensual ease. to rise to loftier heigl
 it of purer thinking, and to recogni nly their duty to their fellow men a fas their allegiance to their divine F'ath are When men discern that liberty is .oW gift of God, a priceless boon witht by which there is neither harmony 5 if happiness, then they are willing ruff make the sacrifices of self and n urp teriality necessary to preserve it. Fo