The Nenana daily news., 1920-07-20

will be determined by the dimen- sions of the base. This is excellent and timely counsel when consider ing the construction of any tower, whether it be material tower of Babel, tower of religion, of heal ing, or of political government. If the base of such a tower rests upon matter, or upon human reason from the testimony of the physical senses, it will be a question of short time only before interference, conflict and confusion will ensue, and the people compelled to leave off their build ing. The revered Leader and Found CT of Christian Science has written wisely upon this point on page 430 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: Faith should enlarge its borders and strengthen its base by resting upon Spirit in. stead of matter. Since the physical senses cannot testify either to ac- curacy or to enduring permanence, it follows that the reasoning of the human mind which is based upon the uncertain testimony of these physical senses cannot furnish a satisfactory basis upon which to build either religious, political, or healing systems. On the other hand, if re- ligion, healing, and government are laid in Mind,-in Principle, Truth or God,-they will then reflect the unlimited and inexhaustible resources of infinite Mind, provided always that the Mind is scientifically under stood and demonstrated.
 Unreality of Evil.
 Christian Science has been criti- cized for its declaration that evil and matter are not real. Religion and material medicine, however, have throughout their respective his tories been engaged in trying to overcome the afflictions of the one and to escape the limitations of the other. and thus prove their unreali- 1 ty. If evil and sickness be real, the effort to escape their ravages, either through religion or science, would be futile. -.~
 Christian Science declares definite ly that evil and disease are not real, that they do not and cannot belong to Gods creation, that they are without basis in Principle or Truth, hence there is neither truth nor reality in them. Christian Science then immediately proceeds to prove . their unreality by destroying them in individual consciousness, or through individual healing. Existing systems of religion and medicine represent and encourage the belief that evil, discord, and death are real; that they belong to the natural order of things. These same systems, then, try to overcome and destroy the evils thus held to be , legitimate and natural. If these evils are legitimate, natural and real, why try to destroy them? On the other hand, if these discordant manifestations are not real, normal, and legitimate, let the facts present. ed by Christian Science in regard to the unreality of matter-evil, sickness, discord, death, and destruc- tion-be approached and measured honestly and justly; and above all, with the desire to be consistent not only in conclusions reached, but in premises as well. =.:... @..= i The fact that Christian Science heals the sick and reconstructs hu- man thought is evidence in itself that this Science has appeared in response to the worlds needs, and in response likewise to the under lying desires of mankind for the at tainment of harmony and good.
 Underlying Desire for Good.
 A fundamental desire for har- mony and good exists in the con- sciousness of every person. This desire may be broad and universal, or it may be narrow and limited. If there be no definite idea, how ever, of what constitutes good, or no definite idea of how harmony and good may be attained, there will be just as many different methods pursued in the attainment of these desirable and essential qualities, as there are persons engaged in such pursuit. In the majority of instances the methods pursued will be those suggested by the physical senses, or by human reason founded upon the