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

n, May n, 1919
| this enlarged concept or right idea of
Mind has already resulted in the heaf-
ing Of 81
| the feeble-minded; has healed inyeter,
ate sin and abnormal temperamentai
ftraits, and conquered depraved appe-
tites. It is safe to say that there is
no disease known to the medical world
| which has not been healed through the
| understanding of God as divine Mfnd,
as revealed in Christian Science
| CAUsATION
Since there is one infinite God or in
ltelligence, this God must be the first
land only cause,- To admit any other
cause. then, would be equivalent to ad-
would be breaking the first great COM
mandmert. And since God Is infinite
! good. He could not cause anything un-
state it: cod saw everything that he
frad made, and. behold, it was very
\ good.
If Christian people would accept and
would quickly and effectively dispose
| of the vexaffous problem of evil. To un-
dersrand thar there Is one nanlte; spiaff
1 Christian healing present possibility.
I To believe In many causes absolutely
incapaeiates one from groving the ON, om1
cause for evil would give evfl a foun-
dation In fact; would endow it with
power and place mankind at its mercy
Because Christian Science is the gospel
fof good to the world, its mission is to
implant in human consciousness the
| idea of one tpfinite, alEgood cause;
| it to exist for some wfse purpose, as
one so often hears asserted.
| Jesus was a man actuated by spirit
! ual ideas. He was the perfect example
! of the right thinking man. The very
basis of his wonderful healing works
and his incompatible reasoning and
logic was this fundamental idea of per-
feet, spiritual causEtion. And it must
| become our basis before we car follow
in his mental footsteps, The contem-
lnever brings health. happiness. or holt
mess into human experience. Mere
1guessing as to the nature of God and
4 his heavenly Kingdom never enables
| one to define good or to overcome evil.
Faith without works is little less than
guessing.-not knowing or understand
4 ing; and guessing. was never known to
| usher anyone into the kingdom of
THE REAL. MAN
Inasmuch as it is becoming more and
more evident that we are living in a
thought world. wherein we can cognixe
nothing outside tae rexliuso OF Thought:
and since things in final analysis are
really thoughts and thoughts q are
things, we shoul begin. as soon as pos
sible, to cultivate more metaphysical
attitude of thought. There is nothing
metaphysical in the belief that man Is
it does require a certain deg, ss of
/ spiritual enlightenment to lsiiow that
man is spiritual. not mortal or mater
ial Christian Science is supplying
i The real or spiritual man is mention
ed in the first chapter of Genesis,
wherein we read: God created man in
his own image" The first thing need
full on our part. then. is to acquire an
accurate understanding of God in or
der to determine the nature of his inn
age. Christian Science emphasizes the
thought that God is infinite Spirit. and
that his image or likeness must be JUST
as spiritual. perfect, and harmonious as
od Se alid whoIiy seiritna sear never s
i teriaE God being infinite Mind. spirit
ua1 man expresses or reflects the ma
ture of this Mind in pure and holy
@<Ghristiaa@Scie teaehes-us irow-tn
cease thinking evil. and as we learn to
obey this teaching We become ae-
quainted with the real man of Gods
creating, and this acquaintanceship re-
veals. to us the secret of Christian
healing ges HEs TEEGf e@7 g
. Everlasting gratitude is due to Mrs
Eddy for having explained to the. world
; the true significance of the two dia-
! metrically opposite accounts of crea-
ZION IOunQ IN lnG IlTSC ana SSCOnQ Cnap-
ters Of Genesis. Until she learned the
, meaning of Gods thoughts -or ideas
, as distinguished from erring human
thoughts. she could not make this ex-
GODS THOUGHTS DEFINED
Gods thoughts are not the visionary
, imaginings of the erring human mind
My thoughts are not your thoughts
T.. saith the Lord" 1t must be con-
ceded that Jesus mode of thinking was
on higher plane than that of NOR
tails. He was controlled by the one inffn-
: ite Mind. Mortals are too often under
mind" embracing. all that us termed
evil. sinful. and depraved: all that i.
opposed to the nature of God. or good
thought, @ we sa shall perceive the tn sharI rI
: distinction that he made between the
!. human and the divine, We shall learr
: that godlike thoughts are endowed
5 with life and power. and are unceas
! ingly operative for good. As our Lead
er tells us on page of Rudimenta
! Divine Science" The spiritual power
direct effort, an audible. or even I
! mental argument, has oftentimes heal
: ed inyeterate diseases" i
4 We shall also learn that morta
}. thoughts have neither life nor healinl
power. and that in due time all sucl
I thoughts will be destroyed in human
conseio1sness, % asne along with tth the so-cails'
s thoughts or ideas are the eternal fact
: of being: while mortal thoughts are. s.
I tmany mistakes of an erring. counter
8 The ability to discern Gods thought
q and to knod that such thoughts ar
r thority to annul every phase Of wronl
thinking. is what enabled Mrs. Edd
n Ito explain to the world the modus oper
I sndi q Snrassasa alsssoR oF ossllns; hN IDEA
II Tho ,fs ~ not eaIf-ov4donf that ~,