The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-23

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Truth which is potent to lift his
thought out of his mistaken sense Of
life into reality,-into the desirable
condition of health and right living
conditions created not by his affirma'
ton but recognized by Il. A childs
affirmation that 2 and 2 make 4 does
not cause and to be but the at.
firmation does bring his thought into
cal law. The work Of Christian
Science is so to correct human thought
as to bring it into understanding of
namely that God is, that He made all,
and that all conditions for man and
the universe are already perfect and
have only to be seen and recognized
as such.
II Is not suggestion but reality that
the world needs There Is no back.
ward translation Of Spirit into matter,
or into material manifestations
When man in nightmare suffers,
his friends wake him up. They do not
try by suggestion or otherwise to
make his dream good dream in place
Of bad one. Though the good
dream might seem more desirable
than the bad one, no thinking person
will deny that both are states of I'M
consciousness or unreality. and that
reality or true consciousness wipes
out both the good and the bad dream.
The dreamer when awakened does not
claim either dream as real exper-
fence. That what we call human exits.
tence is not the reality OF being has
for ages been perceived by great
thinkers. Wordsworth calls It, "a
sleep and forgetting The truth
about God and man is awakening
many from the. dream of suffering.
drunkenness, discourageme nt. poverty,
loneliness, self-depreciation, discon-
tent, homelessness, uselessness, and
oppression. This Is way men turn to
Chritian Science.
The nothingness OF. matter as taught
In Christian Science is the simple.
direct deduction from the basic truth
of Christian Science namely, that God,
Spirit, is all and there is none beside
Him. The writings of Mrs. Eddy clear
up this much discussed and greatly
misunderstood question. 1t Is manifest
that the healings of Jesus were en-
tirely through spiritual methods. he
healed those who came to him through
the Truth. AS the Psalmist says, He
Gent His word and healed them, and
delivered them from their destruc-
tons" The only mystery In spiritual
healing lies in the darkness Of doubt
and materially. Faith and spirituality
always have recognized that with God
all things are possible" In all ages
some lovers of God have healed the
sick through the power Of God.
1t is true that spiritual truth can
not be successfully trafficked in,
bought and sold" Also that those who
commentaries" their healing powers
tend to lose them" To put 1t more
directly one who thinks he can com
mercialize" or put on money basis
the healing Of the sick through spiri-
tual means shows that he has already
lost to a large degree that love for
God and man which made channel
for such healing. This does not mean
that the words of Jesus "the laborer
liz worthy of his hire" are not true nor
that the man or woman who devotes
time to the study Of truth and its prac-
tice for the healing OF the sick should
not receive just reward FOR the labor
OF love. Money Is our modern medium
OF exchange and it is compatible with
dignity and with decency that those
who devote time to the practice of
Christian healing should receive suit
able and just remuneration.
WILLARD J. WEIGH.
Christian Science Committee on
Publication.
Iowa City. Iowa,
August 20, 1919.