Arizona republican., 1920-11-08

cIedFIy understood. We have already been taught in the ordinary curriculum of school or college to value great and beautiful thoughts. Christian Science takes us a step further. It shows US that really great thoughts and pure ideals in themselves constitute the ac- tivity of true science. Thus 1t Is that the thoughts which reveal God in Christian Science possess interest and power beyond any thoughts that can be entertained by mankind.
 To the old way of thinking it seems incredible that materially intangible facts should have actual value and in- fluence. Yet the founder of the Christian religion proved beyond all question that diseases even of the most fatal nature could be absolutely healed by the power of the understanding. He taught, however, that such power can only be available to men in pro- portion to their righteousness, their right-ness in every way. He knew and declared that the power to heal is wholly from God, the divine Mind, and he said and showed by his own works that this power is natural to men and women in the proportion of their understanding or enlightenment on the true nature of God and His law. In accordance with the teachings of Christ Jesus. Mrs. Eddy shows that evil actions spring from beliefs enter tatned instead of rejected. Wrong acts mean wrong mentality, which is either utter ignorance, or perverted tenden- cies cultivated and submitted to. In | turn, wrong actions persisted in seem | to arouse and increase the very in l stincts or erroneous beliefs from which they originally sprang; thus goes on a circle of evil feeding upon itself Christian Science, in calling attention I to such things, shows the value of true l education, and proves it by establish 1 ing thought in accordance with God, the divine Principle of all being. This
 word Principle shows that thought can have correct and permanent basis,
 and that being constantly kept in &C., cord with that permanent and correct basis, thought tends to produce better l habits which in their turn stimulate
 mentality in its endeavors toward inn
 proved thinking.
 What is the origin of thought7 We
 have been taught to believe that 1t is the brain, but advanced philosophers and scientists today realize, in some degree at any rate, that while brain may
 be influenced or affected by thought, it
 cannot possibly of itself be the origin
 or basis of thinking. It is composed
 of the same simple clements that con-
 constitute the rest of the human body These elements. as it is well known taken by themselves, or combined with
 each other, without the presence ot human life. could not do anything al
 all, least of all think, which is the most
 important act that is ever done. We
 must therefore conclude, and we dc
 conclude, in the light of reason, that the
 brain does not think, but that thought
 itself exists irrespective of brains. in
 deed it only takes moment of con-
 sideration to lead us to the conclusion
 that all of the thoughts or ideas thus
 far revealed, even by the greatest think
 CTS. existed prior to brain. and tha'
 these thinkers performed a service tC
 mankind in discovering or bringing tC
 light these ideas, often clothing then
 in sublime and striking language anc
 thereby making them more apprehen.
 sible. This Is also what Mary Baker
 Eddy did. She aroused our admira.
 ton and reverence. not only by tn,
 ideas which she brought to light, bu
 also by the manner of their presenta.
 tion.
 Now if you and I exist at this mo ment and can think, existence is fac
 and thinking is a present, consciou
 function of that existence. If we car think about the small things of life, i ] is only matter of education to learl . to think about the great things of life 1 If we can think about God and leari f of His purpose and law, 1t is only ! question of education to be able t think and act according to that pur F pose and law.
 5 Christ Jesus is always the exempla The mystery which religious belief ha 3 associated with his words and work
 is disappearing in the light whicl e Christian Science throws upon then Q Redemption through Christ involves n l such theory as that of vicarious suffer ing, neither does it predicate itself upoi . the belief that the material blood 0 y Jesus saves from sin. In all of tn e ancient languages, and to a great ex 3 tent in the modern. the word blood 8 used metapborieally to signify If, : and in the New Testament it is con l. stantly employed in that way. Jesus a a the time of the last supper admonishe his followers to live his divine If n among men, and he did so by means c n a symbol which was perfectly under g stood by them. but has been misunder t stood or misinterpreted by religion |, systems since their time.
 e Christian Science Tn showing us wha e salvation through Christ is, does nc Q omit the healing of disease. Living tn e Christ life involves us in the acceptanc
 and practice of the Christ healing w q have been accused of making too muc r of this healing, but 1t may be easil d observed that such accusations gener Q ally spring from people who are in tn