The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
Christian ScienceLecture by Dr. Walton Hubbard, CSB.

man is the perfect idea of Mind, mani festing all the qualities of Life ana Truth and of Love. When. therefore. there comes to human consciousness a thought of sickness and we desire to be conscious of health, we declare in the words of the Master that we have received" health because it is the spir- itual fact that Gods child Is always well and we find that the Masters tpron ise "and ye shall have it" IS ful- filled to the degree we have under stood.
 The reasoning of Christian Science brings divine Love close to human ex- perience The recognition that God | is Mind and that man is His perfect idea is the basis for Christian Science l healing. When we measure our thoughts by this divine standard and
 undertake as far as possible to enter- tain only that thought which we know
 to be of God. the thought which has
 nj ade us sick or unhappy is eliminated
 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRUTH 1 The belief that one kind of disease l or abnormal condition of the body is hardersto heal than another Is not the l fact, and this erroneous thought
 should be denied. No wrong physical l condition can be manifested for an instant except as 1t Is the expression
 of wrong thinking, and right thinking ! eliminates one wrong thought as read | fly as another. Every claim of illness or sin or of discord which comes 10 Christian Science for healing is not task to be done but one more welcome opportunity to prove again that Chris tian Science heals. Progress is the law of God Mrs. Eddy has said, and it is impossible to study Gods law without making progress Like the child with his daily lessons, we may not be conscious that we know more
 today than we did yesterday, yet With added understanding we should ap- proach the problem with confidence to-
 day which yesterday seemed not to l yield. M
 1 As result of much experience in Christian Science I do not hesitate to say that physical diagnosis of dis ease is not only unnecessary, but may be harmful It is sometimes proposed on the ground that 1t will enable the 1 Christian Scientist to know just what conditions to deny, What is needed Is the recognition and declaration of mars perfection as the divine idea. and whatever is contrary thereto should be denied. We do not need to know more about disease, but more
 
 said that in his diagnosis he has been wrong half the time. What is the use of denying beliefs from which the | patient has never suffered? The Thought that an uncovered medical be- lief can frustrate divine Truth is giv- ing to materiality power It does not have. We need to know that Truth ldeclared heals not only that which is I seen but that which IS unseen. Ono to whom a healing comes slowly and by degrees is heard to say, "I wonder what is holding me?' If you have been made. ito believe that there IS something holding you, that is all that is necessary to retard your progress On the Western plains saddle horse is trained to believe that when the ,reins are thrown on the ground that lit is tied to that spot. It IS prevented I from moving only because 1t believes I that there is something holding it., We need to see that there is nothing
 holding us but divine Love, and noth- ing to prevent the healing.
 l OUR DIVINE INHERITANCE {. The real man is Minds idea and in- merits divine intelligence and perfect
 form and function. It is believed that man inherits both good and bad physi- ' cal qualities from his parents. Every physical condition Is thought manifest- ed so then the inheritance Is not in the physical manifestation but in the thought which produces It. It must be apparent that the truth can as readily replace a belief which came frcm tne's lparents as one coming from any other source. Heredity is not law, but a
 belief. and the application of the law of divine inheritance. perfect God and perfect man, not only destroys distress Ing hereditary conditions but improves
 and transforms every other inherited quality and characteristic
 Climate has no power to harm or to help. Rheumatic sufferers leave soma locality. believing it to be detrimental. while others suffering from the same l difficulty come to this same spot for | it's beneficial effects. The effect which sometimes follows change of climate is brought about by the changed
 thought. All that is needed to set rid of the belief that climate can injure one is to become conscious of the att mosphere of Spirit.
 One after another of the material be- fiiefs which have bound us are annulled
 through the application of spiritual law.
 and we are learning that food. or waters or cold. or heat. or dampness. or dust
 or contact with our brother man. never had any power to haYhn us, for the divine idea comes in contact with nothing put l that which is harmonious and health- full and manifests only the goodness Of God. The divine Principle corrects in- harmonious and unsuccessful business conditions. and sorrow and disappoint- ment are removed by the law of Love.
 Each inharmonious condition which IS overcome through spiritual understands ing increases ons's consciousness of joy and harmony. Envy. jealousy, malice. and every form of sin. are destructive or peace and happiness. We shall not have appropriated the divine blessing fully until we have overcome sin as well aa sickness Every effort towards spirN uality and away from that which is in~-' terial brings a rich reward. He thas
 overcometh shall inherit all things; ana
 I win be his God. and he shall be my | aoN 's--Ady. <