Arizona republican., 1920-01-31


 future salvation, mankind is concerned in the preservation of his body. Chris tian Science has amalgamated' these interests so that, rightly viewed, rell- zion and medicine become one; and since Christian Science, in it's saving and healing grace, is applicable to all manner of discords, physical, mental and moral, it may be termed the uni versal panacea.
 It is significant that the earliest sys- tems of religious philosophy made no separation between religion and medi- cine. The pagan gods of medicine were | cs'"d ''non Tn heal sickness. .sjuSt as the gods of war were appealed to for vic ~~- SUuS or peace for plenty. Me dic.ne began to separate from rell- zion medicine became more material l and religion grew less so. Material medicine had so developed into sys- tenn apart from religion, that when Jesus began his restorative ministry, and healed the sick by purely spiritual l power he was termed both by the theo- 1 logianS and the matter physicians a miracle worker, so unheard of had It 1 become to invoke the healing power Of God
 | turned to God, the great physician. in the time of physical distress, is because | of the material bias Of its education. | Mankind has been taught to look to 1 G od for salvation from sin, but to rely 1 upon matter for the cure of matter and it's dire beliefs. Because of the seem ing increasing power of false material education, mankind has been unable to grasp the simplicity and adequacy of the spiritual laws of God applied to the | discords of the flesh.
 | Jesus knew these laws, employed them, and laid upon all Christians the | injunction to initiate his healing works. | IT he argnp6 that .IeSiIS conferred the power to heal upon his contempo- rary disciples only. Yet he said un- l equivocally: These signs shall follow them. that believe But if the conten- ton be true,'' how did Paul. who was not Jesus immediate disciple, acquire | tEe art of Christian healing? It must be admitted that Paul used none but | spiritual power in his restorative min istry. The Master, alluding to his di vine Principle, the healing and saving Christ said: 'Lo. I am with you all way" This Christ was available to Paul and he rose in spiritual conscious ness to the realization of it. The power of God to heal and to save, so won drcusly present with Jesus. and with the early Christians for three hundred years, is available to all today, and when understood and employed. in Jesus way, becomes the witness of Christ in you, the hope of glory"
 
 Christian Science was discovered and the movement founded by woman, Mary Baker Eddy. From childhood she had been deeply religious, and early had displayed profoundly spiritual nature. Her first writings confirm this ard also show remarkable literary tai- ent; thus they forecast her later achievement. But such promise was handicapped by physical frailty, which as she came to young womanhood, operated more and more to incapacitate her. Heroically she struggled against SC mi -invalidism extending over many years. The failure of Allopathic medi- cine to help her, and her own study and futile application of Homeopathy, together with unavailing resort to other systems of treatment, com mbined to turn her toward God very present help in trouble" Gradually she became con- Vinced that disease, as we'll as sin, is mental in origin and therefore amen able to spiritual treatment, whereupon the Bible became the field of her search for health. At last she reached a state Ge spiritual growth where she experi- enced instantaneous healing from what her physician had declared to be a fatal accident. Filled with gratitude to God for her restoration, she withdrew from society and for three years sought within the Scriptures the explanation of her recovery. Her research revealed to her the Principle and rules of the spiritual healing which attended the restorative ministry of the Master and his disciples. This discovery she named Christian Science. Christian, because practiced by Christ Jesus; Science, be- cause it is exact. demonstrable knowl- edge of the laws of God. Inspired by love for humanity, she wrote the text Look, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. After demonstrating he nffinaou nf Christian Science n heal disease and sin, to restore health and dominion, she gave her book to the world. This book has revived primi- tive Christianity. In less than fifty years millions have received its evan gelic message. Fear not. For behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people, The world as yet little knows the extent os its indebtedness to this gentle wom- an, but today her grateful beneficiaries unite with Isaiah in declaring the promises due unto godliness: Thou generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer Of paths to dwell in.''
 God
 Christian Science accepts tlie primal order of Scripture which states funda- mentally: Tn the beginning God cre ater the heaven and the earth" The
 
 are that the universe. including man, exists, and that it is a creation. A cre- ation implies a power by which the thing made comes into existence, and thus we arrive logically at the Creator, That is very plain, and there have never been in the worlds history any con- siderable number of people who would deny a supreme Cause, or God.
 Therefore Christian Science is not confronted with the necessity to estab- lish in thought the fact that God is. Its mission is to reveal what God is, how we are to know Him, and how we are to utilize His power in solving life's problems. Mrs. Eddy knew that what humanity needs is the right concept of God; that until mankind learns some thing of the truth about God, it's ef- forts to work out it's own salvation are ineffective and it's progress at best is slow. The restorative ministry of Chris | tian Science includes then, primarily, | replacement in consciousness of ignor- | ant inadequate beliefs about God with right concepts of Him.