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

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uai. that willing consent OF the gov
erned which constitutes an important
factor of true government. This will
ing consent TO be governed by Gods
perfect government to the CHRISTIAN
Scientist ls not a fanciful theory: il
10 tho great fact in the process OF dem
onstration which ensures individual
and collective agreement. 1t is the
mission and province of Christian
Science to do with respect to church
and TO church government what this
Science has already done with respect
to religion and healirg.-to lift Up and
to prove that church and church gov
| eminent to be right must stand in con-
slant relation to the divine Mind or
God. Back of this process OF lifting
up the true idea of church and govern
ment. she Manual of The Mother
Church stands a shining light reveal
ing the way of obedience and cooper
alton. To remove these waymarks OF
the Manual would be like removing the
markings from the wayside which
guide the traveller on his journey.
Moreover. and forgetting gratitude.
should one feel that he is familiar
with the way and believe in his egot-
ism that he does not require these
Manual waymarks for himself. let him
remember that. as Mrs. Eddy says IN
Science and Health. there are yet NIL
lions of unprejudiced minds--simple
seekers for Truth. weary wanderers
athirst in the desert waiting and
watching for rest and drink" 20 whom
! these waymarks of the Manual will
give proper direction in the demon
stration OF health and joy, hope and
happiness.
From what has been said it shouid
be evident that the Manual of The
Mother Church must stand in human
| experience to be the type OF govern
ment which is necessary to guide mar
kind through the mist and out of the
wilderness of belief where mortal con-
seriousness has placed them. All thought.
all religious and healing activity. all
development must. sooner or later, ex-
press this type Of government.
CHILDREN PROTECTED
The remark 1s sometimes heard that
Christian Science treatment Is all very
well for the adult. but when IL comes
TO the question of treating the chff-
dren, some tangible" and ''substan.
tar form of treatment Is necessary.
Christian Scientists agree decidedly
with this latter statement that chif-
dren should have tangible and sub.
stantial treatment; they desire it also
for the adult. Opinions, however, differ
with respect TO what constitutes sub
stantiaI treatment With the object OF
clarifying thought upon this suhgeoe
the following interesting facts are 70.
lated: During tho latter half OF tire
year 1918, and In The northern half Of
the State Of California 1880 casss
Of Spanish" influenza were treated oy
| Christian Science. The rate OF mortality
under Christian Science was out OF
every 1000 persons treated: while the
rate OF mortality under systems or ma
| teriai medication was 6s out Of every
1000 persons treated. In tho city Of
New York the rate OF mortality under
Christian Science treatment was out
of every 1000 persons treated; vhins
the rate OF mortality under systems Of
material medication was something over
100 out of every 1000 persons treated.
! These facts are gathered from re-
ports of Boards of Health. Hospitals
and Christian Science practitioners To-
Gated in the districts named Were
enc Interested TO follow UP this state-
nlent he would md that what has bean
here stated with reference 60 the two
localities nntioned. is true in every
part of the civilized globe where ChrSsr-
! ian Science is known and pracsiced.
Convincing evidence Is by no means
lacking to prove that Christian Science
treatment is tangible. substantial aad
real. Children yield readily TO the low
ing. compassionate influence of Christ
IAN Science treatment In Christian
Science the thought Of the child is turn
cd away from the, contemplation OF
evil and sickness. The pertinent quss-
ton may be asked here: Has the vol
ume OF evil and sickness IN the world
been reduced at all where the children
have been taught to regard evil ana
| sickness TO be real? IF evil and sick
ness have not been reduced by reason
of such teaching, then can it be said
that evil and sickness have not been
augmented and built up In human ex-
perience by reason of these teachings-
Freedom from sin and sickness consti-
tutes harmony How can the child be
conscious OF harmony while he is being
taught that evil and sickness are real?
One cannot be conscious Of harmony
and peace while the educational sys-
TENS impress upon his thought the
reality of evil and sickness. The chill
dren naturally protect themselves from
the infection of these teachings con-
corning evil and sickness. An iilus-
tration fthis is found in the exper-
ience of young girl who had been
educated in the understanding Of Christ
ian Science. Owing to some distur-
bance in the neighborhood where she
lived. her grandparents. who wore not
Christian Scientists at the time, felt
that Il was necessary to call in a ply
stefan to examine the child. This was
done. and she was kept in tire house
for a few days. The attitude or this
girl toward sickness was indicated by
some lines she wrote in her diary a.
the time. She had written: The doc
tor came today. and they put It up 20
me--to be sick" There you have the
entire situation: it was something that
was being put upon her; and It mays
be added that she refused to accept II.
Contrast the attitude OF this child with
that of the official who explained in
public print the reason for his absence
from his office in these words: II ala
not realize how tired I was until nv
doctor told me- Now, know that
am very tired man. Which of these
Two attitudes will do most TO advance
the good of ha human