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


,reai man always was the natural r
lcipient of all good.
t 1t must. therefore,. be seen TIL
a Christian Science healing is no in
Ell practical or theoretical vagary Of Il
!. mortal human mind On the contrar
it means the transformation of II
l. means the readjustment of mental COZ
cepts concerning every human cond
ton. 1t is ones only passport to hal
Ipiness and success. 1t means conform
think and to do as God would have on
| think and do.
When brought face to face with tn
goodness and grandeur of infinite Mint
the thought of physical healing pale
into insignificapce. But as an essen
ttiaI in Christian development and pro
gress, as a proof of awakening from 4
1 material to a spiritual sense, its i'm
portance cannot be overestimated. Re
gardless of race or creed, one must ex
perience and understand the Christ
healing before one is really started OF
the road to heaven. As Jesus plainl,
| stated: IF 1 with the finger of Coo
cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom
of God is corae upon you" duke 11:2O).
Christ could .:tt come to one without
making known His healing presence
His coming is not figurative, not a
mere theory to be accepted or rejected
at WILL but an actuality.- an inevita-
fact; an active vitalizing prelude to all
true spiritual attainment.
ONE ANTIDOTE
It is the mission of Christian Science
to overcome faith in so-called material
remedies. and to point humanity to the
perfect, ever present antidote of di-
vine Love. Jesus prescribed one uni
versaI remedy for. every human dis
cord, whether in the form of sin or
sickness. He said: Come unto me. all
We that labour and are heavy laden. and
1 will give you rest" This meant
something more than to pay him a per-.
sonal visit: else his words are a mock
cry to present day Christians 1t means
to gain an understanding OF the. Christ
as the only Savior. and. this is done
only through a renewing of the mind
or con 3ciousness of mortals. A mind
laden with images of sin and disease
has not experienced the full coming of
but such belief fails to bring saliva
ton or even surcease of suffering.
What is the great burden litter of
mankind? 1t is the spiritual under
existence apart from God This under
standing brings a sense of peace, joy
and health that surpasses all human
knowledge; 1t softens the disposition,
pride and self-will and mad ambition,
comforts the sorrowing, quenches false
appetites, and last but not least It does
thousands of witnesses in an parts of
the world will testify under oath that
Christian Science has healed them of
so-called incurable diseases. There
can be no Intelligent denial of such
testimony. The evidence is over
whelming that Christian healing is to-
day an established fact in the world.
FALSE TEACHING
Even in this enlightened twentieth
century the world is burdened with
false teaching. There is much con-
corning health and disease which is
povince of Christian Science to correct
such teaching by turning the thought
of humanity to Christ Jesus as the sole
authority on all subjects essential to
human progress and happiness.
Who could accuse Jesus of ever es-
a clinic? He paid little at
tention to disease or its symptoms; but
ne constantly hea he .ae sick So, Iy ene
do likewise His ideals of life exclud-
ed all recognition of disease as an en-
tity or reality. His mission was to
be a false knowledge. a knowledge of
and noneptities. This was
not and cannot be done through human
argument or reasoning. 1t requires
spiritual understanding to do this: and
according to Scripture this understand
ing is a knowledge of the holy" or
holy one.
maker who were to establish a school
for the purpose of teaching and study
ing the subject of broken watches?
Would not this be rather a futile way
d
struction of a perfect watch?
Would the musician who advocated
systematic study of discords ever sue
coed in bringing out trAe sense of
harmony to his pupils?
Would the moralist who spent the
mos tot his time in delving into vice
and wickedness, be enabled to impress
his followers with a sense of purity
and moral rectitude? Would not this
negative research on his part tend to
dim his perception of spirituality? 1t
is the pure in heart" who see God.
Has anyone ever heard of school
of mathematics where mistakes in cal
are specialized, to the eXclu-
sion of the rule of eXactness which
takes? -.
What housewife would add to her
skill in bread making who devoted her
time and attention to analysing and
different kinds of unpalata-
BILE bread?
Would a human parent be very liable
to advise him child to make a special
STUDY OF malice, envy, hatred, and re-
venge as a necessary preliminary to
the nature of the ever
present. divine Love?
Then why make an exception in the
cast of disease? Why mist that it |
alone among the errors of human mind |
shall be feared, studied, Investigated, |
diagnosed. discussed, and published |
broadcast in the attempt to find health, |
that which annihilates disease? Chris |
tian Science makes it very clear to the |
world that this is a very sure method |
Of perpetuating disease and of eradi- |
eating ones true sense of health. It |
is an age-old method; but accompanied |
by fear. disease, and suffering.
One of the first lessons of Christian |
Science teaches us oreverse this bar |
barous habit of thinking. talking, and |
heraiding the symptoms of disease |
There is nothing more enervating and |
demoralizing than to magnify in |
thought some phase of evil which one is |
striving to overcome Can the popular |
theory of so-called disease germs ever
be era1icated without ceasing to fear |
it. and without ceasing to hear. think.
and talk about such subjects? Every
protesting Christian should know that 1
the mental image of disease, next to |
that of sin, is one Of his very worst
enemies; and that it is the mission of
Christ, or true idea of God, to rid him
of this enemy. He will then recognize
Christian Science as his best friend.
and become a staunch ADVOCATE Of
health and an opponent of disease. Hell
VIII study. think, and talk about the
thing he wishes to experience and NOT
about its opposite.
There Is a lesson for us all in the ex-
perience of the specialist, who often
succumbs to the vdry disease of which
he has made a speciality Many of us