Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13


mathematics this is called demonstra-
ton, and it is called the same in Chris
ton Science. To demonstrate the all
ness, omnipotence, and perfection of
divine Principle, therefore, becomes the
whole duty of mankind, and in proper
ton as this is done, the lives of mortals
are brought into harmony with God,
and salvation and perfection are at
tanned. No movement should be made,
no work undertaken, no thought should |
be given to the body, no thought pro-
jected into consciousness, before it is |
first weighed by spiritual Truth and
Love and not found wanting.
Prayer
This method of believing and af- |
firming with absolute certainty that |
God is just what the Bible implies Him
to be, namely Allin all, and believing,
as Jesus taught, that the things one
righteously asks for shall come to pass,
indicates something of the true nature
of prayer according to Christian Sci
ence. Proving the divine Principle of
his being in the destruction of sin,
sickness and death is a practical and
certain illustration of true prayer
which should appeal to every earnest
Christian. Instead of being prayer
Scientists, in so far as they practice
their science, live lives of continual
prayer. They pray morning, noon, and
night; they pray before they work, eat
| or sleep. The Christian Scientist
prays, not to beseech the infinite to
grant some personal desire, or to in
form the All-wisdom of something God
does not already know, but he consci-
| entiously affirms the truth of being,
and denies the errors of belief opens
one door of his thought and shuts the
! other, until harmony. health, and peace
| are brought into and govern his con-
seriousness and his prayer has been an
swered. This prayer is not, therefore,
a blind belief in a personal deity, nor
a waVer1ng faith in far away, mys-
FERROUS God, but it is faith which has
| advanced to spiritual understanding
and become settled, certain, and always
available
The Bible declares, HE that cometh
to God must believe that he is, and that
he is rewarder of them that dilligent-
ly seek him." Salvation does not fol-
low blind personal belief in a per-
sonal God or a personal savior; if it
did, we should not be admonished to
work out our own salvation, or be told,
He that overcometh shall inherit all
things This work of overcoming can
only effectively be done according to a
divine Principle and rule, and this
Principle and rule must sooner or later
be understood by each individual in
order TO put off the old man with his
deeds" and inhabit the kingdom of har-
mony. Blind faith is ignorant of sin
and how to handle it! it knows not how
to uncover and rebuke error, therefore
this fatal commission prevents the an
swer to its prayers. Blind faith &C
composites some measure of good:
good motives could hardly fail to rear
some reward, but mental blindness, Mrs
) Eddy explains, Ceilings fast to iniquity'
| (Science and Health, p. 44S), an6
S naught else than enlightened spiritua,
= understanding win uncover and destroy
, the manifold delusions Of sin, sickness
: and death.
5 Disease and Its Remedy
e Gaining an understanding of Spiri
=, and the omnipotent power OF splrltua
4 laws. and an understanding of the fals'
= nature of matter and of mortal min'
: and material laws, the seeker is armed
: successfully to cope with any human
: discord. Is it then surprising that h
= should presume to attempt to heal dis
= ease as well as sin? What is diseas
n that it should elude the minister ant
|, be assigned to the physician, and VIVA
d is sin that it should defy the physician
!, and be allotted to the minister? From
S whence originated both? From God
? | No. neither the one more than tn
other. Jesus identical handling of ST
d and disease should long ago have con
e WINGED the world that they have a
=, identical source. Centuries ago Davi
Y, wrote: Fools because of their trans
J. erosion, and because of their iniqui
d ties, are afflicted. :. Then they or
1t unto the Lord in their trouble, an
e he sent his word, and heale
IS them, and delivered them from thei
d distinctions" Christian Science ha
y undeniably demonstrated that much {
lie the so-called chronic and incurabl
70 disease is caused by hidden or willfl
ID sin, and very few. physicians toda
d. will contradict this. Then it is tru
Is that they both have their origin
IN thought; their cause cannot be in maj
N ter, since matter is nonintelligen
e, Their remedy is that power which wi
IN permanently heal the thought
n. and this remedy is the Word of &C
an scientifically understood, which, in Il
by words of the Bible, sis quick, and pow
r. erful, and sharper than any twoedgt
gs sword, piercing even to the dividir
n asunder of soul and spirit, and of Il
he joints and marrow, and is discern
IS, of the thoughts and intents of Il
he heart"
r My friends, to one who has prov,
us this truth for over a quarter of Gel
ry fury, as l have done, and witness,
he the Principle of Christian Science he
on nearly every known disease and 81
is this is not a theory but fact. 1t CT
an no longer be said, as was stated in d
lis Medical Record" that it is doubt
dy whether the sum total of diseases
Ii any less than it was before the medic
u profession reached its present hi
ID, standing, and that ain the opinion
Ii some medical men diseases are on t
ial increase" Mrs. Eddy writes in Scien
and Health (p. 404), Healing the 81
and reforming the sinner are one al
IS the same thing in Christian Scient
lal Both cures require the same meth
nd and are insepsrable in Truth" tt
in cannot longer be doubted when spi
IL itual sense versus material sense
h clearly understood. Fear and S
ng Christian Science teaches, are elemer
a of all disease and fear is the eau
nd of the majority of human troubles. T
of understanding of Christian Scier
ie- prevents fear land heals fear, and
he this alone Christian Science is a pric
re- less benefaction to the human ra
od Established on the rock of spirit
is understanding, yoa will no longer fe
the ''the fury of the oppressor," or wi
me motal man or mortal belief can do III
he you, for possessing consciously
to sense of divine reality and protects
nto where is the fury of the oppressor
les. Fallacy of Human Will, Blind Fai'
md Christian Science teaches that
inc real power in the universe is nee
ro- sarily Spirit Mind, God, and that