The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-02

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/ DISCRIMINATION Necessary.
But If all reality is spiritual and perfect,
| there arises the question What Of evil,
material, discordant conditioner" Here
Christian Science explains that because
! Spirit, the absolute good, Is infinite, every
where, there can be no place for either evil
or matter. and it therefore claSsifies all
phenomena and all experiences which are
unlike perfect God and perfect man as IN
real, as false concepts projected by err
roneous human sense. as untrue beliefs
and it sustains this contention by destroy
ing those conditions, thus proving them
untrue, for Truth is indestruetioie-
Human thought has always believed the
objects of sense to be real, but nov that
the true nature of reality has been Tt
vealed. a clear distinction can be drawn
between what is actual and what is merely
ment in the practice of Christian Science
healing and must be clearly understood
an appearance or condition to be real ana
attempt to deal with il as a reality and at
its own valuation. We can make no pro-
gress in mastering it. mathematician
mistake cannot be corrected until it is
recognized such Even so, dtScordans
human conditions cannot be scientifically
healed until they are recognized as errors
and divine Truth is applied to their elimi-
nation. Christian Science teaches that be-
cause God or good is the only presence,
substance and power, there is no place for
evil TO be, no space for matter to occupy
no diseord for mortal mind TO experience
except as false concept
When We look at an object thru bent
glass we see distorted object, not because
the object is distorted, but because the
medium thru which it is perceived makes
il seem so. The distortion exists only as
! belief. an Illusion, and We do not ac-
cept the appearance as real because We
know it is not Similarly existence ap-
pears TO US in material, finite, evil form.
mind so presents it. Christian Science by
revealing to US the nature of real existence
together with the Elusive character of ms
terial sense testimony, enables as to dis
ttnguish at any time between what is real
and what is unreal, TO recognize material
error to be error; and thereby to begin to
and fear attending it. The more clearly
We make the distinction between the actual
and the seeming, the more effective viii oe
our efforts in healing.
Healing a Correcting Process.
It should be clearly seen that aItho Chris
tian Science denies matter by revealing its
unrealiry. it does not destroy the sense
Of existence. The denial OF matter does not
effectually denied until the substance OF
Spirit has been clearly apprehended. The
metaphysical process involves realization
Of Truth and a corresponding denial OF
error. recognition of what is real and act
ual, and a resulting perception of the
illusion of material appearance. This
seriousness, and this improved quality. OF
! thought produces a more harmonious
Evil habits. depraved appetites, lustfpl
passions all forms Of sinful desire, activity.
, and wrong living, are no part Of the real
man. Gods idea, and they must be clearly
separated from him. Sin cannot be re-
| moved by fastening it upon the sinner. 1t
must be seen the mortal mind lie about
man. knowing that sin is not real and
that Gods man has no sinful appe-
titles, is not the slave of passion, nor the
victim Of vice, but that man is the idea of
God, rejecting divine Love. and governed
| by divine PrincipIe.-this heals the sick
is quick and powerful" (Heb. AID
How Truth Heals.
II IS often asked how and why Truth
heals. why healing follows when we thin
Truth, but especially how it heals others
to whom it is declared and about whom 1t
ing there is no transfer of mortal thought
thru mental suggestion or hypnotism.
christian Science knows from expert.
! Truth will establish harmony in thought
and heal all aches and pains They also
know that this takes place because discord
is error which the knowing of Truth cor
reefs This action in the metaphysical
realm is paralIeled in the mathematical
realm
By its very nature Truth is individual.
since it has its own distinctive, complete,
Therefore It can express only itself. its own
nature and character, namely that which
is true and truthful. Truth being infinite
Principle, it is power and expresses itself
with power, and since there is no power in
error. error cannot resist the power OF
| Truth. A mathematical truth corrects Il
applied. because Of this essential quality
and properly of Truth, by which II always
expresses itself and identifies itself. mani
Testing its own being in truthfuIness.
In a similar way. metaphysical or
spiritual Truth applied to a human error.
eorrects that error because of the self-e1-
pressing property Of Truth. whereby it
always identifies itself when it is brought
into action
action Of silent treatment given to a per
son nearby or far away. In both cases the
truth Of the treatment reaches the latent
thought and corrects the error. In the
case of an audible treatment the truth may
| reach the patients mentality thru his
In both an audible treatment and In lis
! tenfng to the Lesson Sermon at Christian
| Science services the conscious thought
| heard or read, opens 20 this truth which
| then acts upon the unconscious mentality.
and By its essential property Of self-identi-
| what is true and harmonious.
Divine Love the Real Healer.
! Right spiritual knowing IS real thinkin :,
( an expression or activity Of Truth in con
/ appearing of Christ in US This healing
I consciousness comforts the Borrowing,
brings hope to the unbelieving, awakens
! the sinner. and heals the afflicted by de-
/ stroyIng the darkness OF error with the
/ light Of Christ, Truth.
! A Christian Science treatment or the
| scientific application OF divine Principle.
| consists fundamentally of the clear know
/ ing Of the nature Of God and the real man,
/ and the consequent perception of the unre-
| atty of matter and evil. It involves an
| analysis of that which is to be healed. q
T, spiritual discerument Of the mental cause,
| of the trouble, and correct application OF
| the antidoting divine Truth which correets
and removes these causes. This is not 3
mere repetition Of words but is scientific
mental process the reflection of divine
Love thru spiritual consciousness which
demonstrates the healing thru right know
ing and right living.
| Christian Science healing brings about
not merely a physical change but i'm
proves the patient morally, mentally, and
God and changes his standpoint from e
material to a spiritual basis. It uplifts
! thought, gives him power over evil and
improves his whole being in the degres
that he can grasp its truth
Christian Scientists know that with
God all things are possible" and thai
! Christian Science can show forth all tbs
! wonders OF infinite Mind. Hence theJ
are striving day by day to have in then
more Of the Mind that was in Christ tina