The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-05-06

finite Mind, or consciousness, it fol-
lows that its expression, or creation,
must also be conscious. The func-
ton Of Mind is to think. The result
of thinking is thought. The universe
Of Mind, then, is q mental or spiritual
universe. 1t consists of thoughts or
ideas which perfectly express their
divine origin. This spiritual universe,
including individual man, partakes Of
the exact nature of its cause or in
ducement.. 1t reflects, perfectly, all
the divine attributes, such as good
ness, harmony, health, completeness,
perfection, activity, Immortality.
The Bible Genesis u tells US that
God made man in His own image and
after His likeness. A true likeness is
perfect representation Of the origi-
nal. Therefore, if God is Spirit,
man in His likeness must
be spiritual II God is Truth,
man in His image must be truthful,
honest, sincere. If God is Love, man
in his real nature must be loving. If
God is Life, man as His idea must be
the living image of Life So Mrs.
Eddy, on page ATS of Science and
Health, says: "Man is spiritual and
perfect; and because he is spiritual
and perfect, he must be so understood
in Christian Science" This ideal man,
the real man, is neither young nor
old. He is not subject to growth nor
to decrepitude. He exists now and
forever as the eternal noontide Of be-
ing, at the standpoint of changeless
perfection, unlimited opportunity, and
limitless supply.
To the physical senses man seems
to be material organism with q mind
inside. To these senses man not only
appears material, but also seems to
be the victim of material conditions
and Of so-called mortal laws. Christ
ian Science reminds us, however, that
the physical senses, which cannot even
tell the truth about things in the ma.
terial realm, surely cannot be expected
to testify truly regarding man in the
likeness Of Spirit. Those things which
are spiritual, which exist forever as
ideas in Mind, must, as Paul tells US,
be Spiritually discerned." He said,
"The things which are seen (cognized
by the senses) are temporal; but the
things which are not seen (by th'
senses) are eternal" Christian
Science teaches that what we term
matter is. therefore, temporal, des-
tructible, Elusive.
The teaching of Christian Science
that matter exists only as belief, as a
concept of the human or carnal mind,
enables one to deal more intelligently,
hence more successfully, with disease
than was possible without such know
ledge. For it enables one to see more |
clearly than he was formerly able to |
see, that pain and suffering are not |
but mentl. Ordinary expert
ence shows that pain is hard to locate |
The senses often make pain appear to |
be where it is not. Christian Science |
says that pain is never in the body |
out always in thought or belief. So
he Christian Scientist in his treat
nent of sickness goes directly to the
seat of the trouble His endeavor is
% correct or remove through right
eous prayer, or right thinking, the
mental cause of the disease.
CAUSE AND CURE OF DISEASE.
The teaching of Mrs. Eddy relative
% the mental nature of disease has
o a very great extent changed the
worlds thought on this subject. Many
deserving physicians are willing to
ldmit much in this direction; more in
Iced than some laymen. Physicians
# standing have agreed that. rage
md fear will Immediately produce
radical chemical change in the blood
Daily experience shows that acute
ear will often be directly expressed in
male and anger in a finished face |
1rief brings tears to the eyes and