The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-14

healer ~ mortaIs. Is not only good
FOR sick people but ia equally good
for well ones q universal everlasting
benefit to mankind IN sickness and In
health.
The recent experience in com bat
Ing The an-callcd spanish influenza
is ID notable example 81 the negative
results from material means OF heal
ing From 70 variety 81 sources came
a variety ~ experiments and results.
which doctors freely admitted were
Cor the most part conflicting and uu-
successful one hundred volunteers.
who for several weeks In 1918 were
under observation bv the navy public
health service TO ascertain the cause
of influenza, had influenza germs
placed iu their uostrils and thruats
and ate them with their food, with
the interesting result that not only
no cHsrs Of disease developed, but
the only noticeable effects of tho CN-
pertinent, according 10 the physi-
cians. were increased appctitcs and
more VIGOROUS health. The health
officer of New York city Doctor
Copeland, iu an after interview Crho
Christian Science Monitor. April ..
1870 stated that the chief thing no
had TO do la the control of that cpl
dctuiC was TO preserve the morale Of
the community and eliminate fear"
aud % is well known that the mortal
ity during that period was lower In
Now York city than In any other
large community
Reason Of Failure.
II b. not necessary To continue
these citations. they are commonly
known. Why Is II not seen that the
uncertainties iu the progress of med
icinc, which history has shown. are
due To tho uncertainties of matter
and material belior2 When will all
good people see that drugs do not,
can not, restore health. since "iu him
/ tSpiriD We live. and move, and have
our hciug2' And when win II bo seen
4 that matter is not "A cause, but an cf-
I fcct, the effect of the material mind
and on" goes badly astray 80 long
as he deals with the cffcot--so long
ng he drugs. or treats It, fears or
honurs NJ Hence the mystifiCation
and uncertainty in circles. which
should ere hits be awake to the sub
tletics of the material mind as tho
cause OF matter evil, disease, and
death.
II should bc obvious that health,
vitality and nature are not to be
found in matter. Then what are
they and where are they to bc found
The correct solution OF this vital
question should unite the physician
can come together ON this question
aud the minister can unite with
them. Though vitality. health and
lie are beyond the comprehension Of
the physician ana the minister, as
they themselves readily acknowledge,
may not these forces now be under
stood and explained
solution Through Christian Science.
Looked at materially there always
l,t
to vitality and health, but 1t Is found
that Christian Science discntanglcsc
these forces, sets them free from
their material complications, and re-
Ncals health and vitality To be spir-
itual qualities or forces. Christian
Science teaches that there Is one and
one only real mind, or divine prin-
ciplc, which is all life. Intelligence.
and substauce--thcrcfo must in
Cludc all true nature, vitality, and
health. Christian Science does not
take away the beauty and harmony
OF nature, but rather by Improving
the material sense of things it dis
T closes beauty I'm nature and man
never before. seen This nature and
, beauty revealed in the realm of di-
vine mind are the reelection OF God
they are Gods spiritual ideas, and
there is no other nature, SAYS the
giblc, "All things were made by him
!. tGod) and without him was not any
thing made that was made" There
fore, when nature iS healing the sick
} 1t does not mean that some myster-
, iOus force Is at work In matter, but
/, 1t means that divine prinCiplel or di-
: vine Mind Is being expressed through
, spiritual thoughts, through the good
/ thoughts OF hope, faith and under.
, standing, through the law OF Life
Truth and Love, such thoughts de.
stroy the false beliefs of fear, diseas,
- and sin.
!, Divine Principle Jic Natural Healer
Real natures healing results, "A.
, Mrs. Eddy explains In Science and
n Health urcf., p. XII, from the oper'
!, alton of divine Principle. befor,
: which sin and disease lose their real,
4 ity in human consciousness and dis
!, appear as naturally and as neccssar,
/, lily as darkness gives place to light
: and sin to reformation" Jesus un
dcrstood this rule of nature or divin,
, principle and pTactiCcd IL in his heal
q, ing the sick, casting out evil. ant
:, raising the dcad-wondcrs which ar,
;, often called miracles, but which
- when the simple rule is understood
- are no more supernatural or miracu
l., lous than the transporting of nft,
- people in an airplanc or talking 10y
wireless from Boston to London
. maryels which 80 years ago were in
' credible and would have been pro
. uouuCCd miracles, but now are re
! garded only with the natural law anC
J, order Of progress. Professor Wend
v ling says, The divinity of Chris
" does not rest upon miraClcs--th,
!, miracles rest upon his divinity" Tn,
II reversal and correction OF false ma
= tcrial law by the law OF divine Priu
u Ciple is not "A wonderful or mar
vclOus thing. II Is not murveluu
: that this over operative law OF Spiri
y should act instantly and fully; IN
" marvel Is that divine Principle is no
- always thought Of and applied firs
~ to- every human III.
# vitality ana Health spiritual
Ia Error is defined in ChristiaI
8 Science as the false belief that ther
be- Is lie, intelligence, and substance Il
y matter. Thus vitality and health ar
a shown to be conditions of though
J. or manifestations OF divine Mind, an
II not attributes OF matter. Then 1t /
l. wrong ana dislnyal to God TO heliev
that nature works in or through
drug or any material remedy To cur
l. disease. Neither nature nor diyin
e Principle needs any help from mat
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