The Bismarck tribune., 1919-04-04
CAUSE AND CURE OF DISEASE

4 CAUSE AND CURE OF DISEASE
The teaching OF Christian Science
relative to the mental nature of dis
ease has to a very great extent
changed the worlds thought on this
subject. Many observing physicians
are willing to admit much in this
direction < more indeed than some lay
men. Physicians Of standing have
agreed that. rage and fear will i'm
mediaely produce radical chemi-
cal change in the blood. Daily expert
ence shows that acute fear will often
be directly expressed in a pale, and
anger in a flushed. face Grief brings
tears to the eyes and worry causes
insomnia and indigestion. Since we
are convinced OF the mental causes
OF these physical effects, does it not
seem entirely reasonable to agree with
the statement Of Christian Science
that, prima rily, all disease has a men
tai cause? But Christian Scientists do
not contend that all sickness is the
result OF conscious fear or of wilful
wrongdoing on the part Of the victims
Of disease. They merely claim that
somewhere back Of all bodily diseases
there are erroneous conditions of
thought which must be discovered and
corrected before there can be per
manent cure May not this explain
why Christian Science has healed
many chronic cases that medicine had
failed to cure? Is 1t not plain that
physicians in their treatment Of these
cases were not getting at thereof OF
the difficulty. because the drugs AMI
medicines which they prescribed could
rot reach nor have any effect upon,
the mental cause of disease, can
nonintelliganr drugs reasonably be
expected to influence thought? Could
one well expect medicines to have
power over such emotions as anger,
Jealousy, worry. fear, and grief? And
yet, even from the medical point OF
view, these erroneous thoughts are
seen to be frequent causes Of disease.
Perhaps the most prolific cause Of
disease is. fear. Fear is in fact the
greatest enemy Of mankind. If one
doubts this somewhat radical state
ment, let him pause long enough to
consider some Of the things Of which
people are afraid. They are afraid Of
weather, food, germs, criticism, fai!-
ure, and pOyertv And the Bible tells
us OF those who through fear OF
death are all their lifetime subject
to bondage. The complete removal Of
fear from the consciousness Of hu-
manity would unquestionably be 4
wonderful blessing. Christian Science
shows that fear is needless. 1t ex-
plains why it is needless: Thus it
removes fear. Take the fear Of criti-
cism as an example Christian Sci
ence helps one to see that he needs
not fear criticism. II criticism is just
it. should be- Welcomed, because just
criticism helps one TO correct mis-
takes. EEt oven when criticism IS un-
just it need not &c feared, becnnse III
the last analysis it cannot make much
difference what other people think. 1t
is only what we think that should
seriously concern us. If what others
think is not true 1t may injure them,
but it cannot harm us il what we
think is true. Hence we should he
sure that our thoughts are honest, lust,
pure, loving, ,considerate, and if they
are we need not be in the least afraal
OF what others are thinking about us
or about anything. Et4
. HEALING FEAR OF FAILURE
Then there is the, fear OF failure,
which seems to follow many persons
almost continuously, from the cradle
to. the grave" Christian Science shows
that in the realm OF reality, in tbs
universe Of divine Mind, there can be
nos such thing as failure. Failure re-
sulting from absolute Principle or
from the int gent JeheetiOn of Prin-
ciple is inconceivabfe II
1t is, even In daily business expert
ence, lack OF Principle that causes
failure. On the other hand those
qualities which insure true success
are intelligent activity, energy, health,
persistence, faithfulness, honesty, etc.
Christian Science shows that these
qualities, If enduring. are not personal
possessions !; they do not originate with
the individual and can not be mon0p.
olized by him. They are the mani
festations OF divine Principle, the
ideas of infinite Mind. They are, there
fore. universal and available to ill
alike Every business man and wom-
an knows that next to honesty the
quality most needed in the business
life is wisdom Wisdom" the Prov
erbs tell us, "is the principal thing
therefore get wisdom: and with all
thy getting get understanding" M
So after all it is not prestige or
power or money or any material thing
4 that insuress real success 1t Is wis.
: dom and understanding And what
the business man-needs, first and last,
is the understanding OF Principle, of
Truth 0f. Lave This Understanding
shows us that mans real business as
the son Of God, as the exact image
the conscious refiection-AOf divine
Mind is to express eternally j without
interruption and without hmit, the
might, ma ajesty, dominion, abundance,
activity, harmony, goodness, and per-
lection Of his creator.
To be thus employed ii to be truly
about the Eather's eusiness.' That Is