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

with something else. Matter possesses
none Of these characteristics, but Is COM
|. this Is the character of the material mind.
Matter is anything but simple. 1t Is so
| complex and confused in material NOR,
| tai belief that 1t never has 9een and
never can be understood by this false
| belief. If material belief were more
humble and simple it would not lie and
claim its effect, matter, to De cause
and creator. Matter is the mask Of NOR
| and hides itself behind this mask, pntil
| it is unmarked by Christian Science.
THE only substance that is simple,
artless and entire is Spirit, and its
| God, good, Is the simplest thing in the
world to the good and pure minded.
| Blessed are the pure in heart, for they
shall see Cod said Jesus. Only the
that life and intelligence are in. matter
/ find Spirit, God, abstract or hard to I'M
derstand. Unmask mortal belief, expose
! and reverse it's evil claims, lay bare its
| wiIfullness, mesmerism and nothingness,
and the light and simplicity Of spiritual
Truth, without seam or rent, begin to
| dawn upon the thought, and the real
man, as the image and likeness of COG, Is
revealed. This ideal Christ-man, In all
| his simplicity and perfection, is not ma
terial, but is a spiritual idea. THIS is
: the man whom Jesus saw, aud this cor
rect idea of man enable him to cast out
Jesus lived a life of simplicity, life
apart from matter or the flesh He saw
man in Gods likeness and this law OF
| the spirit of life in Christ Jesus VIII
make any one free from the law OF sin
and death. ChristiaA Science is this sim
pie law of life and intelligence IN spirit
not in matter. The question is asked
If Christian Science Is the same as Jesus
taught, why is 1t not more simple, so
that all can readily understand itF Mrs.
Eddy answers this question In her MIS-
cellaneous Writings Up o3)- Inc teach-
ings of Jesus were slmplei and YET ne
found it difficult to make the rulers unS
derstand, because OF their great lack OF
spirituality. Christian Science is simple,
aud readily understood by the chhdren
only the thought educated away from II
finds 1t abstract or difficult TO perceive:
Its seeming abstraction is the mystery OF
godliuess; and goodness Is simple to the
codIy: but to the unsplritual, the un-
godly, 1t is dark and difficult: me car
nal mind can not discern splrlLuaL tnlnBS,
THE unusually large Sunday Scnools
In the Christian Science churches indicate
the pleasure and interest children take IN
learning the simple truths OF ChrlsIla III
: Science. Children of all ages soon leatn
TO have these spiritual truths, Whicn they
themselves can apply with practical re-
suits in their daily studies, as well as 70
their habits and to their physical needs.
Children do not take naturally to uruBs
and nostrums, or to fear and condemha-
tion. Christian Science teaches children
to think and reason, and that child was
consistent who said to its motheT'
Mamma. you say If ! get my feet Wet,
I get cold in my head, bat II l get my
very good Illustration OF the rulihg anu AM
contradictory nature OF material DelleL;
Aa rule children take skeptlcal views OF
material disease, like the boy WHO caIIed
his fathers disease appendicitis. me
child thought is naturally lowiy anu
trustfui, honest and sincere. This Is the
good ground which receives the seem seem
invIy abstract truths about the hothlhs
nass ~ OWL and matter, with simple
faith and conviction. These ideas neeu
only then be protected and f0stered 70
deyelop in the child, strength ana mae
nandence which releases It's true lnolVlu-
nnoIitv and the child grows up happy ana
free unbound by material laws gov
erned by divine Principle instead OF oy
human will This saves the child many
weary years Of fear, confusion auu SUI
the age of IA, l we'll know to what e1-
tent its teachings have saved me from
/ phvsical disease and mental dlscor9'
Jesus sayings, Keep ye oe .boii not
enter the kingdom of heaven. ana keep
a man be born again, he can not see ne
/ kingdom Of God can we'll be reau W
gether, the latter saving suppIeHetn' ~,
/ Fbe former. These saying are not hO-
stractlons. but practical daily rules.
/ Thus heaven Is found to be state
| If ever present harmony and peace-a
| mental state the door to which IS opeueu
! nv the child qualities Of humility non
! esty, purity, and love. The oPp99slI,es
! Of this condition, called hell, Is deslt
/ with very simply and practically by the
/ teachings Of Christian Science II
! heaven is not a place, but state OF
! purified consciousness, then nell IS the
/ very opposite state Of mind, and most
persous are able in a measure to testl1y
! to this. - o-,,t
tba devil. he (eviD will fee from us
| Int with material thought this has been
| an impossible theory. Evil would some
! times seem to disappear only TO reAppear
| in another guise. and perhaps more
subtle form. Christian Science goes 20
| the root of evil or sin and finds It TO
he only the impersonal and false claim
| that there is a power apart from Coo
! good. This false claim Mrs. Eddy calls
| mortal mind, as she says for want oi
| better term and this mortal, material
| mind Is the same carnal mind which
is 'enmity against COD, ana What jesus
called a liar from the beginning.
| "Chrlstian Science shows how each IN
dividuaI can, and must, for himself over
come these subtle evil beliefs. 1t shows
that these beliefs let loose are aggressive
and are expressed through what is called
will mower or mental suggestion. which
is only another name for hypotsm OF
mesmerism. And 1t shows that disease
or suggestion, since one error can not
destroy another error. Christian
Science shows that as the resistance Of
these false evil beliefs Is not personal
therefore no personal harm can be done
II is an impersonal resistance In the
sense that evil is impersonal, and IN the
sense that divine Prlnclple: Love; Is tht