The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-03

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The fact 10. however. that Christian
Scientists do not ignore either tho dis
case or the germ. The Christian Seton
tirt knows that the only germ OF dts
ease in q mental germ. Some persons
may not accept this statement They
will insist upon having . germ that
they can hunt and capture, and punish.
One cannot. however, set entirely away
from the suspicion that the reason such
persons reject tho statement regarding
the mental germ 10 because IL demands
a personal and permanent mental
housecieanin9: and because. ALSO, It
seems TO be altogether too simple. and
| to be devoid of hetoics. The statement,
Notwithstanding, Ia true; ard evidence IL
not lacking even IN material lines for It's
support Dr.. @. A. Jordan. ecretAry OF
the St Louis, Missouri. Board OF Health,
q few years ago supplied the newspapers
of that city with a statement giving his
opinion regarding an epidemic which
then threatened that city. Said Dr.. Jor-
dan: The epidemic 10 more psycholosf-
| cal than actual" what does that meant
LIT means that "the epidemic 10 moro
mental than actual" This 10 what
Christian Science has been reitefAtins
and reiterating for the past fifty years
and more The voice IL that OF one cry
ling in the wilderness: Tho epidemic Is
more psychological than actual" There
lis the mental germ. Or. 6. Weir Nit
chell Is reported TO have stated that
back OF every disease is a cause, and
that cause no medicine can reach
Why cannot medicine reach tho cauAo7
/ Christian Science shows the reason for
this to be that disease is mental; and
II Is perfectly obvious. even to a lay
man. that q material medicine cannot
reach a mental cause. DR.. Wigfred H.
Kellogg. Secretary of the California
State Board of Health, compiled q
pamphlet concerning the epidemic OF
the year 1918. Summing up the en-
! tire situation after an exhaustive study
of the subject, DR.. kellogg uses these
| frank words: we are Just a. much
| In the dark As ever regarding the
microbisI cause OF influenza" Why.
one is forced to ask. after five thou
sand years and more OF material medi-
ca ton. Just as much In the dark as
ever?" The interests OF humanity and
progress compel the question. Must
| not the answer be. because the search
| for the cause OF disease has been AL
ways in matter? Can any one believe
for q moment that IL the cause of
disease 10 IN matter the patient efforts
Of scientific thought for five thousand
years could result only IN darknessf
fs It not APPARENT, Furthermore. that
! only as disease is seen to be mental
a belief of the mortal mind. 10 &c pos
sibie 20 heal disease through the oper-
alton OF divine Truth and Love which
and removes the belief Of the mortal
mind and neutraiiEes its 6iscordant ef-
fects7 Christian Science declares dis
tai mind. which IL dissipated and heal
ed by the unfolding idea OF Truth and
Love. gentleman who was eradu-
ated from a medical school in this
country twenty-four years ago was
healed IN Christian Science OF a pain
fui ailmcnt which his former methods
had failed to relieve. Since that time
this man has devoted his activities to
tho field of Christian Science. This
gentleman had occasion TO rapistt the
oiay whore the medical school is To-
oated from which he was graduated.
Upon entering The hall OF biology he
found a room-ful Of students each en-
gagged with his own microscope carry
ing out ARCHAEOLOGICAL tests and ex-
ar1inations. After being introduced to
the professor In charge the visitor
said: Professor, how far have you
gotten with this sort OF work.? Said
the professor, what do you meanr
We'll" said my friend, II will tell you.
Twenty -four years ago was here. IN
this very room, doing exactly tho same
things that you are doing here now.
wondered. as came in. how far you
have gone with the work in the last
twenty -four years; and IL you are able
TO say, yet. what is the ultimate ma
ture or form of the germ" oh"
answered the professor. looking at him
curiously for a moment. you come
around again in twenty-four years."
All there is to a germ is a disease
thought. and all there Is 20 a disease
thought germ is in and of that carnai
mind which Jesus ga id Is murderer
from the beginning" and concei ming
which He further said. There is no
truth in him" Now. If there is no truth
in this mortal mind. this murderer from
the beginning" this belief that evil
IS real and that matter IS intelli-
gent,-according to the words OF tho
wise Nasarene Prophet,-then there
certainly is no reality in IL to be either
feared or honored. The Christian
Scientist knows this He is not fool
ing himself. He Is not permitting his
imagination TO run riot He Is prov
ing, in his every day experience. that
this mortal mind cannot produce in it's
own beliefs. superstitions. germs. or
whatever else they may be called to-
morrow. anything to interfere with or
to overthrow one OF the least of these
little ones:-one of the least of these
ideas OF the divine Mind or God which
unfolds the nature and character Of
mans true selfhood. Each successive
conclusion reached by physical science
regarding the nature of the germ Is
a step nearer 10 the ultimate recog
milton that the inception of disease Is
In mortal belief and not IN what ap
pears to be matter. This being true,
why follow devious and painful steps
through natter Why not accept the
scientific, definite, clear and simple
statements of fact demonstrated by
Christian Science?
The present vogue in systems OF ma
teriai medication seems To be what is
called the serum treatment. II Is not
necessary TO go into an exhaustive des-
cription OF this form Of treatment, be-
cauSa after all has been said upon the