The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-31
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A Lecture On Christian Science
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was the finger q Cod method.
Christ lssuS fully proved that the di-
vine Mind alone was the healing power
in his practice. He said 81 can of
mine v sell do nothing" The
Father that dwelle,h in me. he doe,h
the works The Bcel1ebub method IS
illustrated today in the prevalent ma.
'crlal methods Of treating the sick
and in the So-callcd mental sciences.
One and all such systems rely upon
the supposed action OF the human
mind. Although III matcria medici
the medium ct matter is employed.
nevertheless ordinary medical practice
is little else than the practice of men,.
al suggestion Indeed the trend OF
modern medical thought is toward .
frank admission Of the suggestive
character Of material medicine. Belief
IN the method, as well as hcllei in the
physician, plainly il renuisitr Tor suc.
c~esStul MEDICAL practice, When prac-
ticinc medicine | have given, expert
mentally. a hypodcrmic injection Of
pure water TO a patient Wild with pain
and have watched him 20 quietly 10
sleep. The operation would have been
NO less IN instance Of suggestive
therapeutics had | injected the actual
drry endowed through general belief
with pain relieving power. Medicine
- constituted in mental CONSENT,
- whatever mortal mind believes II,
to be Ancicn,lv human belief 1r-
''0"'rd mon rn-'er'"l objects suner-
natural power. A relic Of such "medl.
cine IS found in the modern practice
OF wearing amulets Many people be.
lleve that a buckeye carried IN the
nockct has power 10 proven, rheuma-
uSm. II is not unusual 10 see a child
with a piece OF red flannel about its
neck. That, many will tell YOU. is
good tor sore throat. Indeed there
seems no limit ~ human crcduii,y II
IS perhaH' within the facts to state
tina, there is nothing in heaven above,
or IN The earth beneath, or in the
waters under the earth bn, has been
used as medicine. That which in the
kitchen is \ food. becomes a medicine
in the ehop OF the apothecary. True.
mortal mind has usually abandoned
ITS remedies about as last as it has
adopted them, but throuchou, the his
tory OF material medicine it has
sought to lind power in matter instead
of IN the divine Mind. Il IS a far
journey, IN point OF time. from liquor
Of earth worms, once highly rcpu,ed
IN matcril medica, 10 modern serum of
horses blood, hut the same mental
consent has been required to furnish
each generation with its cvcr chang
ing pharmacopcia.
Mental suggestion and Christian
Science arc antiihisc,. The one IS
the supposed action OF the human
mind, which, being enmity against
God, works only evil continually.
The other is the power Of God. d.
yinc Mind, and is wholly good.
Christian Science has come N re-
assure mankind that all mental sug-
Restio.lS arc mcsncric. wholly false,
and can have no more reality and no
more power than is bestowed upon
them in belief.
Christian Science teaches how 70
free ones self. and others, from the
belief Of any influence other than the
power of The one Mind-God; how TO.
separate mental suggestions from the
laws OF divine Principle; how to
eradicate false mental pictures from
consciousness and TO prevent them
forming there; how TO overcome
fear: how to be un~responsive to sin
But il ] with the finger of GudAcaI
on, devils, no doubt the Kingdom OF
God is come upon you" Herein is
the Christian method OF healing
found supreme--it not only heals the
sick but reforms the sinner. II
Christian Science did no more than
eliminate the sinfulness Of tssipa-
ton. in all its forms, Il is proved the
greatest restorative force the world
has ever known, In Christian Sci
ence physical and social hygiene,
sanitation, pr~ophylaxis and %therapeu-
tics begin at their logical beginning
in Mind. 30 that Christian Scientists
are learning TO think %cleanly, nor
fraliy, correctly, and thus 10 live
clean. wholesome and normal lives.
A sound mind produces and main
tains a sound body a, surely as ef-
feet follows cause.
Triumph Of Good Over Evil.
The story OF religion is the history
or the world. To the student and
thinker today II IL momentous with
prophecy fulfilled. The restoration
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