The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1921-01-22

Science, and consequently Christian
Scientists are involved in the same
research which Mrs. Eddy carried on.
She says that she found the ideas OF
true science in the spiritual teachings
contained in the Bible. They may be
found by anybody who, in the light Of
Christian Science, looks for them in
that same place.
Has TO DO With Science
Such work is not less scientific than
that of sciences which have to do
with material phenomena. In fact, to
investigate and understand thoughts
and their nature and law is the high
est kind Of scientific research, and is
the most interesting and instructive
of all studies. Besides this, there are
immediate results, visible and practi-
cal, to be attained by such a course.
They are often acknowledged by tho
geAeral public, who do not hesitate to
say that Christian Scientists are gem
orally happy and healthy class of
people. In mentioning this am not
claiming that all that can be desired
in these directions has been accom-
plished, but at any rate, thousands of
people who are alive and we'll today
testify that they were saved from
death and their health restored
through Christian Science. -
The apostle says. your life is hid
with Christ in God" Christendom
has accepted that saying, but it was
not understood and could not be un-
til the science of it was revealed, yet
the whole Christian world agrees that
God, the immutable creator of the
universe, originates, sustains and per-
petuates His own creation.
The assumption that life is primar-
lily in matter is not basic enough to
satisfy the faculty of reason in man.
1t limits life and at the same time
calls 1t infinite, and fails to explain
what life is, or how, according to such
theories. it ever got into such forms.
The only philosophy that satisfies in
regard to life is found in Christian
Science. because Christian Science is
not a theory. 1t shows that Life is
and must be the self-existent Mind,
intelligence, being. which we call
God. This real Life, permanent.
necessarily perfect. untouched by dis
case. sin or death. is the only Life of
and could not have any other. The
human being who recognizes this fact
| is gaining something by way of educa-
ton that tends to both health and
peace. The Science of Life must be
the science OF living which the whole
world has sought and sought in vain.
Yet here it is, obtainable by any per-
son who desires to have it. and cost
ing nothing beyond the preliminary
steps of equipping ones self with the
! books which teach 1t. These books
are the Bible and Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy. Like other books, they
/ are made up of ideas, and this science
like other sciences, consists of ideas.
The difference between this science
and other sciences is. however, that
in other sciences. ideas, by way of
/ instruction. pertain to material things,
or actions or the employment or use
OF material things and remedies,
whereas in Christian Science, ideas
themselves constitute both the means
and the object of education. are the
sole phenomena OF this science, and
they are the only remedies used TO
restore health and prevent disease.
Consists of Thoughts and Ideas
Now to the average person, accus-
toned to rely upon matter, to speak
of ideas as remedies for disease may
| sound like mystery. and yet all re-
ligion consists Of thoughts or IDEAS
all science consists of thoughts or
ideas, all the great things Of the world
have their origin in education, which
is attained by study and consists
wholly of ideas. But beyond this and
above it there is something still great
er to be observed. and that is that
| the infinite Mind, God, which spake
and all things were, expresses Himself
forever in ideas. This being so. is
there anything extraordinarily mys-
terious, or at all mysterious, in the
fact thu Christian Science heals the
sick through revealing, by means of
thoughts or ideas. the nature, the
power and the presence OF God? If
the ordinary human being is express
ed in his character, that is, in his
thoughts and education. should 1t be
considered incredible that the divine
Mind could reveal itself through its
own Ideas, and If these ideas come
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