The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-11

palate, which doctors said required
surgical operation, suddenly became
so shortened that l have not known
since that l ever had one.
Why is it not seen that the uncer-
tainties in the progress Of medicine,
which history has shown, are due to
the uncertainties Of matter and mate
rial belief? When will all good people
see that drugs do not, can not, restore
health, since "in him (Spirit) we live,
and move, and have our being" And
when will it be seen that matter is
not cause, but an effect. the effect
Of the material mind, and one goes
badly astray so long as he deals with
the effect.-so long as he drugs or
treats il, fears or honOrs it?
Looked at materially there always
will be something unsolved in regard
to vitality and health. but it is found
that Christian Science disentangles
these forces, sets them free from their
material complications, and reveals
health and vitality to be spiritual
qualities or forces. Christian Science
teaches that there is one and one only
real Mind, or divine Principle, which
is all life. intelligence and substance
therefore, must include all true ma
ture, vitality and health. Therefore.
when nature is healing the sick. it
does not mean that some mysterious
force Is at work in matter, but it
means that divine Principle or divine
Mind is being naturally expressed
through spiritual thoughts, through
the good thoughts Of hope. faith and
understanding, through the law Of
Life, Truth and Love: such thoughts
destroy the false beliefs of fear, dis
ease and sin.
"A minister Of the gospel once ask
ed me: in Christian Science you call
God divine Principle. Haw can l pos
sibly pray to a principle?" The answer
is by understanding what Principle
fully means. One must turn his
thoughts away from matter, which
contains no principle, to God, as the
one infinite Spirit or Mind Of the uni
verse. including man. Christian Sci
ence teaches that God, Spirit, is the
only cause, Life, intelligence and
power, therefore He is the divine
Principle Of the universe; and it
teaches that man is His image and
likeness, therefore that man is spir-
itual and not material. This divine
Principle Of the universe and man is
active, concrete truth, and as such is
capable Of being demonstrated in all
human affairs. Such demonstration Is
made through prayer, according to the
| christianity scientific method Of Chris
tan Science. The availability of the
! Christian Science prayer lies in its
| practical, workab BILE nature. The Chris
| tian Science prayer works, or avalls
| just in so far as one understands and
! applies the divine Principle and rules
; of Christian Science to discordant
mortal beliefs. This means that prayer
, is right thinking; and in order tc
/ pray Alright one must learn to think
| Alright, and in order to do this mus,
| learn of divine Principle.
Anyone Can Understand.
Anyone can understand how Chris
tian Science heals the sick, and any
one can be a practitioner and give q
treatment in the emasure that one OBJ
tains this understanding.
III Christian Science is truly nat
| ural it must be simple. because true
nature is simple and sincere. A sim
, pie thing is one that is plain and