Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23

healing power, as their prayers lifted
though TO glimpse Gods true nature.
Such child-like qualities as humility
spiritual recepticity and teachableness
communicate those heavenly blessings
to human consciousness, So it is rec
ognized as Christian duty to instruct
the receptive thought of the child IN
the saving grace of God. 1t was this
Christian culture that Mrs. Eddy, the
Discoverer and Founder of Christian
Science. received from her mother; for
Mrs. Eddy was taught from her youth
TO look to God for deliverance in every
time of trouble. When Mary Baker
was once taken with a fever. her
mother reminded the little girl of
Gods loving care and protection. and
assured her of His healing grace, il
only she would turn to Him in prayer.
Mary did pray fervenuy to God for
deliverance from the fever, and she
was quickly healed. Naturally her
mother was glad; for the healing had
confirmed her loving trust in God s
care.
Many proofs of healing attended
Mrs. Eddy's walk through life, attest
ing Gods ever presence and confirm
ing her faith in His goodness and
power. Her faith was put to the sew
crest test in 1866 when she was fac
ing death itself. Turning for conso-
lauon to her Bible, she began to read
from Matthew the healing of the pal
sled man. The account of the healing
held her attention as never before, and
she must have glinpsed the great
Truth that the divine power which had
restored that man in Jesus time was
still operative; for Gods power can
never change. Tho result was as i'm
mediate; for she arose from her bed
rerfectly well, dressed herself and
startled her family by her sudden ap-
pearance. This was a most wonderful
proof to her that God is the great
Physician. whose healing power is
changeless; and then and there she de-
termined to search for the scientific
Law which must underlie such in
stances OF healing.
Personal Items
Mrs. Eddy is known TO thousands OF
grateful men and women throughout
the world to be the Discoverer and
Founder OF Christian Science, and be-
case of that, she commands our pro-
foundest reverence and gratitude.
1t was my privilege to know some
thing of her as n loving. unsettled wo-
man.-the kindest friend l ever had.
My father was a deep student of the
Bible, and when Christian Science
healed two members OF our family. he
began the study of this Science and
became an earnest Christian Scientist
For many years my parents were close
ly associated with Mrs. Eddy. who was
their pastor. teacher and friend. At
ono timo Mrs Eddy spent week at
our home, and I then had the oppor-
tunity of seeing her to be a gentle, al
fectionate woman, interested in our
pets and problems, laughing with us
and sympathizing with us, yet always
mindful of her great mission to suffer-
ing humanity.
h,r
visit with us has always stood out
vividly in my memory. One morning
before breakfast. my sister sat down
at the organ and began to play and
sing the good old gospel hymn taken
from the rsalms. Weeping may en-
dure for a night. but joy cometh in
the morning" My father Joined in the
Eddy's door opened and she appeared,
her face radiant. Then she told us
that she had continued all night in
prayer over some problem, and the
answer had come when she felt the
spirit expressed in that song. This in
cident evidently impressed her; for
several years later, she referred 10 it
in n letter to my father.
Basic Rule of Christian science
Ever since the time Of the early
Christian Fathers, those who had re-
ceivcd some proof OF Gods power and
Willingness to heal almost invariably
lost the gleam that their pure faith
had brought them: and they dropped
back. as did Luther, into dependence
on material means and remedies ac-
cording to the custom of their times.
But Mrs. Eddy's purpose was to seek
something more than faith, even the
understanding which would enable her
to heal all manner OF sin and disease
with tho ItrnCfpage and regularity nf "A
Science; for that which one really un-
derstands can never be lost.
Possibly the first step in gaining the
Science of Christian healing came with
her ability to detect in her own mind
tho difference between the thoughts
which come. from divine Principle. and
the aggressive suggestions OF the flesh.
which st. Paul classified as the carnal
mind: for he said ITO he carnally
minded Is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace Here arc
two opposite sources Of thinking, as
opposite AS God and Satan. Tho
thoughts coming from God express the
gcstions of the carnal mind seek to
drag one down to sin and death.
knowing that oppositcs can never
abide together in ones thought at the
same time, Mrs. Eddy was impelled TO
work from the single viewpoint that
10 DC Is AilF anu
peace" This, Of course, involved n
search into the understanding of the
divine or spiritual Mind. in order 10
lay hold OF that life and peace. Such
a scientific segregation of thought is
the first step in learning to pray
Alright.
OF all the systems OF religion or
known to mon, none but
the teachings of Christ Jesus and of
Christian Science ever have held con-
sistently to the one spiritual view
point. These teachings, moreover, arc
the only religions that have ever dem
onstratcd the divine power to heal
sickness as well as sin. a
single sentence in Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures. presents
the process OF reasoning by which
Mrs. Eddy gained that healing power.
1t is as follows: Reasoning from
cause to effect in the Science Of Mind.
We begin with Mind, which must bc
through the idea which