Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

what is called matter is but an erron- eous conception of Minds manifesto tion or of Minds ideas, that matter is altogether a false mental condition without anything substantial or real about it. Writing on pages 256-257 of Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy says of Mind: Infinite Mind is the creator, and creation is the intimate image or idea emanating from this Mind. If Mind is within and without all things, then all IS Mind; and this definition is scientific"
 Now the truth about the allness of God has been known in varying degree to many throughout the worlds his tory. In the forty fourth chapter of Isaiah, for instance, it is written: T am the first, and am the last; and be- side me there is no God" Here God, divine Mind, is recognized as the first and the last and the only. Again. Paul had a clear perception of the truth of the allness of God when he wrote to the Church in Corinth: And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worlxeth all in all. The Apostle manifestly understood God to be a perfect unity, and that He was manifested in all truth. And Christ Jesus taught that God was without an opposite in reality. T can of mine own self do nothing" he said, T and my Father are one Surely there is full recognition of the suprem- acy, the aIlness of God. in his words: "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works Throughout the career of the Galilean Prophet the same understanding of the allness of God was made plain. Every healing work wrought by Jesus proved the un- reality of matter, the unreality of disease. the unreality of evil; and this recognition came about through his clear perception of the truth that Mind is limitless.
 It may be asked, of what practical value to humanity Is this teaching? What good can it bring to suffering and oppressed humanity? It may be replied that a great revelation of God has been given to mankind in the de- monstrable knowledge that God is limitless Mind. Consider what it i'm plies. Human beings have been living their little three score and ten year lives for ages, literally buried in mat ter, asleep in the illusion that matter Is of the most real nature. What has been the consequence? The belief that matter is real substance has meant all the sorrow. sickness, and sin that have tortured the lives of men. The truth has to be faced by the world. Every pang of suffering that has rent it's heart has resulted from the erron- eous belief that divine Mind is not the only presence and power. Christian Science is today teaching mankind the facts of Spirit. Christian Science is educating mankind in spiritual truth, telling about the nature of limitless Mind. about Mind S activity and pres ence and power; and thus is instruct ing men out of false belief. out of the illusion that matter is real and sub stantiaI. Christian Science does not state the truth of Mind as a theory. Human speculation has no place in Christian Science. Fact displaces sur mise, Truth destroys error, and unde- terminate faith is replaced by spiritual understanding in divine Science.
 One of the most interesting results produced by a knowledge of divine Mind is the power it gives to detect the false beliefs Of mortal mind The