Arizona republican., 1920-01-31

] is a food, becomes a medicine In the shop of the apothecary. True, mortal mind has usually abandoned its reme- dies about as fast as 1t has adopted them, but throughout the history of material medicine it has sought to find power in matter instead of in the divine Mind. It is a far journey, Tn point of time, from liquor of earth worms, once highly reputed in materia medica, to modern serum of horses blood. but the same mental consent has been required to furnish each genera ton with its ever changing pnarma- copeia.
 Mental suggestion and Christian Sci ence are antitheses. The one is the supposed action of the human mind, which, being enmity against God, works only evil continually. The other is the power of God, divine Mind, and is wholly good. Christian Science has come to reassure mankind that all mental suggestions are mesmeric. l wholly false. and can have no more reality and no more power than is be- slowed upon them in belief. Christian Science teaches how 10 free ones self, and others, from the belief of any influence other than the power of the one Mind-God; how to separate mental suggestions from the laws of divine Principle: how to eradf- cate false mental pictures from con- sciousAess and to prevent them form ing there; how to overcome fear; how to be unresponsive to sin. But if l with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you" Herein is the Christian method of healing found supreme-it not only heals the sick but reforms the sinner. If Christian Science did no more than eliminate the sfhfulnesS of dissipation, in all it's forms, it is proved the greatest restorative force I tian Science physical and social hy- giene, sanitation, prophylaxis and therapeutics begin at their logical be- ginning in Mind, so that Christian Scientists are learning to think clean ly, normally, correctly, and thus to live clean. wholesome and normal lives. sound mind produces and maintains a sound body as surely as effect follows cause.
 A Practical IdeaIism If Christian Science were to project merely metaphysical system of theorizing about God and man. it would be the most impractical religion ever offered to a sin -burdened and disease tortured race. But the idealism of Christian Science has a practical ap- plication to human interests. Because God is the infinite Principle. He is the source of all law. If. therefore, human affairs are to be ordered out
 
 law of God. This law is spiritual and its operation in human consciousness is to SpiritualiZe thought. To the de- gree of his spirituality, therefore, is a man redeemed from the discords of matter When a man learns something of the truth about God and about him. self. when he begins to understand that as the offspring of God man is the ex- pression of Spirit and possesses only the divine. spiritual attributes. he be- gins to see the unreality of the false belief that he is subject to the so-calIed laws of matter. He begins to see that discord is no proper part of his ex- perience, and that by realizing the facts of spiritual being he can over come all in his experience that is un- like God.
 Thus he begins to take up the work of eliminating from thought the un- spiritual qualities and of replacing them with the spiritual. He learns to reject as spurious thoughts that involve sin, disease, inharmony and limitation because all such thoughts are not spir- itual. and to realize his divine heritage dominion over all.
 As this restoration of spiritual con- cepts goes on in the individual, the man is changed He learns that man is we'll because God is whole and man is his expression. He, therefore. no longer accepts the domination of fear false laws of health, hygiene, sanita.- tIon, but holds himself superior to these so-called laws of matter on the ground that God made man subject only to the laws of Spirit Since the human mind and body are one, the body improves as the thought is im- proved, and health becomes normal and established
 In like manner such an individual finds his thought about sin undergoing a radical change. He finds that sin is of the carnal mind alone, and that as he comes into possession of the Mind of Christ, the fear of sin the love of sin, and the ignorance of sin are destroyed. Thus sin and it's effects dis appear and righteousness is restored.
 The Christian Scientist finds also his concepts of business improve. He begins to see that all real business is the activity of right thinking and be- longs to the divine Mind God is therefore the only employer. or pro- prietor, and business is wholly good Thus the fears, doubts. discords. Iimi- tations and failures present or possible Tn the old way of thinking are dis placed by right concepts and business is restored.
 Thus Christian, Science touches with it's restorative ministry every human activity, raising consciousness to a higher basis of the Christ ideal. turn ing thought into new and brighter paths. paths of health, paths of holi- ness, paths of loving service.
 Conclusion
 How shall we epiton1ize the restora tive ministry of Christian Sciencep As Mrs. Eddy wrote of Christ Jesus. so may 1t be said of Christian Science it's sublime summary points to the religion of Love-" (Science and Health. page 13S.)