Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-14

protection, and assured her Of His heal
ing grace If only she would turn to
Him in prayer. Mary did pray fervently
10 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 care.
Many proofs of healing attended Mrs
Eddys walk through life, attesttng God S
ever presence and confirming her faith In
His goodness and power. Her faith was
put to the severest test in 1866, when
she was facing death itself Turning for
consolation to her Bible, she began TO
read from Matthew the healing of the
palsied man. The account of the healing
held her attention as never before, and
she must have glimpsed the great Truth
that the divine power which had re-
stored that man in Jesus time was stu
operative; for Gods power can never
change. Tile result was as immediate;
for she arose from her bed perfectly
well, dressed herself aud startled her
family by her sudden appearance. This
was a most wonderful proof to her that
God Is the great Physician, whose heal.
ing power Is changelesS; and then and
there she determined to search for the
scientific Law which must underlie such
instances of healing.
Mrs. Eddy is known to thousands of
grateful men and women throughout the
world TO be the Discovered and Founder
of Christian Science, and because of that,
and gratitude.
1t was my privilege to know some
thing Of her as a loving, unsettled wom-
an,-the kindest friend / ever had. My
father was 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 ear
nest Christian Scientist. For many years
my parents were closely associated with
Mrs Eddy, who was their pastor, teacher
NJ f-Ea 4
spent a week at our home, and / then
had the opportunity Of seeing her to be
a gentle, affectionate woman. interested
in our pets and problems, laughing with
us and sympathizing with US. yet Away 5
mindful of her great mission TO suffer
ing humanity.
An incident that occurred during her
visit with Us has always stood out vivid
ly in my memory. One morning be-
fore breakfast my sister sat down at the
organ and began to play and sing the
good old gospel hymn taken from the
psalms. Weeping may endure for a
night, but joy c0meth in the morning
Ny father Joined in the song, and when
1t was finished Mrs. 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
cideut evidently impressed her; for
a letter to my father.
BASIC RULE OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Ever since the time Of the early Chris
tian Fathers. those who had received
some proof Of Gods power and willing
ness to heal almost invariably lost the
CLEAN that their pure faith had brought
them; and they dropped back, as did
Luther, into dependence on material
means and remedies according to the Gus
tom 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 the directness and
regularity Of d Science; for that which
one really understands 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
the 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 be carnally
minded is death; but to be spiritually
two opposite sources Of thinking, as
opposite as God and Satan The thoughts
coming from God express the JOY and
harmony of life; but the suggestions OF
the carnal mind seek to drag one down
TO sin and death. Knowing that opro-
sites can never abide together In ones
thought at the same time. Mrs Eddy
was impelled to work from the single
viewpoint that ''to be spiritually mind
ed is life and peace" This, of course,
involved a search into the understanding
of the divine or spiritual Mind, in order
to lay hold Of that life and peace. Such
scientific segregation Of thought is
the first step In learning to fray Alright.
OF all the systems Of religion or phil
osophy known to men, none but the
teachings Of Christ Jesus and Of Christian
Science ever have held consistently to the
one spiritual viewpoint. These teachings,
moreover are the only religions that
have ever demonstrated the divine power
to heal physical sickness as well as sin.
single sentence I'm Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures. presents the
process OF reasoning by which Mrs. Eddy
gained that healing power. 1t is as fol
lows; Reasoning from cause to effect
In the Science Of Mind we begin with
Mind, which must be understood through
the idea which expresses 1t and cannot
be learned from its opposite, matter"
This is indeed the rule Of logic which
bases the teachings Of Christian Science
Reasoning from the viewpoint of God
or divine Principle, one must naturally
see all things as God sees them,-com-
plete, harmonious and eternal His true
nature can be understood through the
idea which expresses that nature, even
as the idea of honesty reveals the ma
/ ture of an honest God, but that nature
can never be understood from its OPP
p0site. dishonesty. Since Jesus proved
| that healing. like honesty, expresses the
nature of God, one needs only to rec
ognize and heed Gods promises to heal
in order to experience that healing power.
Like honesty and goodness, this healing
power must be obeyed from the heart
and not the head, and only as 1t Is thus
lived can 1t properly be understood and
demonstrated.
APPLIES TEST TO
CHRISTIAN TEACHING.
Mrs Eddy has declared in her book
Science and Health, that 1.-The Sermon
on the Mount Is the essence of this
Science" Let us now apply the test Of
our rule of logic to that standard of
Christian teaching. After Jesus was bap-
tiled by John the Baptist, a voice from
heaven was heard to say, This is my
beloved Son, In whom | am well pleased"
When Jesus received that testimony, aud
1t was noised abroad that he was the
Son Of God, there must have burst upon
his vision the full meaning of unlimited
powers[the undisputed heritage of the
Son of God. Has not every one at some
time wished for unlimited wealth or
power If ones widest dreams were sud
denly realized, how would he act? Would
be not be tempted to use his power sell
fishly2 1t is not surprising therefore
that Jesus was Immediately driven into
the wilderness. and tempted to use his
power for selfish ends. Satan offered him
all the XII gdoms Of the earth, If only he
would bow down to the claims of evil
but Jesus knew the impossibility of obey
ing two such opposites as God and Satan.
When he realized that impossibility, the
temptation ceased. Then the devil de-
parted and only the consciousness of
good remained. In the words of the
Epistle to the Hebrews, Though he We're
a Son, yet learned he obedience by the
things which he suffered"
Having learned the divine logic that
one can work only ffom Gods view
point ard that the diVine Mind can be