Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-19


Mind are the reflection of God; they are
Gods spiritual ideas, and there is no
other ma ture, Says the Bible, All things
were made by him tGOdl; ana without
him was not any thing made that was
made Therefore, when nature Is heal
| ing the sick, it does not mean that some
mysterious force is at work IN matter,
but 1t means that divine Principle or
divine Mind is being naturally expressed
through spiritual thoughts, through the
standing, through the law of Life, Truth
and Love; such thoughts destroy the
false beliefs of fear. disease and sin.
Real natures healing results, as Mrs.
Eddy explains In Science and Healtn
pref, p. XII, from the operation of d1-
vine Principle, before which sin and dis
ease lose their reality in human con-
seriousness and disappear as naturally and
as necessarily as darkness gives place to
light and sin to reformation Jesus nm
derstood this rule of nature or divine
Principle and practiced 1t in his healing
the sick, casting out evil, and raising the
dead-wOnders which are often called
miracles, but which, when the simple
natural or miraculous than the transport
ing Of fifty people in an aeroplane or
talking by wireless from Boston to Lon
don; marvels which fifty years ago were
incredible and would have been pro-
nounced miracles, but now are regarded
only the natural law and order of prog
ress. Prof. Vending says, The divin-
ity of the Christ does not rest upon
miracles,-the miracles rest upon MS dl;
vinity.' The reversal and correction OF
false material law by the law Of divine
Principle is not a wonderful or marvel
GUS thing. 1t Is not marvellous that this
ever operative law of Spirit should act
instantly and fully; the marvel Is. that
divine Principle is not always thought Of
and applied first to every human i'll.
Error Is defined in Christian Science
as the false belief that there is life,
intelligence, and substance in matter.
Thus vitality and health are shown to
be conditions of thought or manifesto
lions of divine Mind, and not attributes
of matter Then 1t is wrong and dis
loyal to God to believe that nature works
in or through q drug or any material
remedy TO cure disease. Neither nature
nor divine Principle needs any help from
matter; in fact, Principle does not know
matter, any more than light knows dark
illustrates how it is that divine Principle
destroys material beliefs. Nature work
ing through so-called good germs IS a
theory which may serve to show that
divine Principle Is expressed through
good thoughts, provided that we remem-
Der that divine Principle alone is the
reality in nature. Matter is unintelli-
gent and negative and there can be no
good germs or bad germs.
"A minister of the gospel once asked
me: In Christian Science you call God
divine Principle. How can I possibly
pray to q principle?' The answer is by
understanding what Principle fully
means. One must turn his thoughts away
from matter, which contains no prin-
ciple to God, as the one inhnie Spirit
or Mind Of the universe, including man.
Christian Science teaches that GOD,
Spirit, is the only cause, Life intelit-
gence. and power, therefore He is the
divine Principle of the universe; and it
teaches that man is His image and like
ness, therefore that man is spiritual and
not material. This divine Principle or
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 Christian Science. me avalla-
bility of the Christian Science prayer
lies In it's practical, workable nature.
The Christian Science prayer WORKS, or
avails, just in so far as one Understands
and applies the divine Principle and
rules of Christian Science to discordanl
mortal beliefs This means that prayer
is right thinking; and In order to
pray Alright one must learn TO think
Alright and in order to do this must
learn Of divine Principle; one must cease
relieving that blind supplication to God
to grant personal desires aVais any
thing Science and Health explains o.
81. HIS work is done, and we have
only to avail ourselves of Gods rule in
nbles as to work out our own salvation.
This rule Is nothing more. or less than
the long hidden Spirit of truth, and
It is the rule of Christian Science re-
vealed in this day and generation
and substance are spiritual and not ma
terial. This law must be conscientiously
affirmed and realized in thought, ana
material and evil beliefs must be denied
and seen to be unreal This intelligent
nj firming of the true facts about man S
spiritual being, namely, that he is COO S
image perfect, pure, and free-and tne
DENYING of the opposite material DeIleIs
in fear, disease, and sin, constitute trtait
ment in Christian Science. Such Is the
| effeetual ferveut prayer OF a righteous
| man that 'availeth much.
"Anyone can understand how Christian
| Science heals the sick, and anyone car
| he a practitioner and give Treatment
| in the measure that one obtains this un
! Outstanding. Many people commence u
! helm and heal others Immediately attel
| they themselves emerge from darkness
! Thus a person becomes pioneer ms
| sionary for good in his own fs0nlly ana II
| his own community; he becomes the nap
| nv channel through which much trouble
! disease and discord are destroyed. 1her'
| is no element of danger In this process
| for with spiritual faith ana understand
| ing come the tact and wisdom necessaf!
| TO act and talk sensihly, and which teaci
! a Christian Scientist not TO undertak
| nrOblems beyond his understanding. On
| does not attempt to solve problem II
! algebra before, one has mastered mHtlpli
cation and division. There is protecting
power I'm deep divine faith which sur
| passes all mortal knowledge;
| "Tf Christian Science is truly natural
must be simple, because true nature j
simple and sincere. A simple thing i
| one that is plain and single not com
| oIex. 70 be simple is to be clear. direct
humble and unadorned not com6ilsS