The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-01-20
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE The
LEANEN OF SPIRIT
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arrangement of the kaleidoscope! o! |
here. as always, material medicine con
sistentlv looks 10 matter as the cause
of its own diseases, and to remove the
offending tissues, lays hands rudely
upon the helpless body.
Jesus said. "A mans foes shall be
they of his own household" and MIS-.
Eddy has shown that mans house
hold is his mentality Metaphysically
viewed. this new medical theory re-
veals that mortal man is made ill by
his own false beliefs Mrs Eddy said
that fifty years ago. The proper, the
scientific way. to get rid Of disease
is not to excise the effect, but rather
10 correct the cause Christian Sci
ence heals and prevents disease, just
, as II abOlishes all other in harmOnles,
through the destruction of false beliefs
by the application to them OF spiritual
= truth.
The abandonment of the germ theory
\ will mark the end of the fear OF con-
tagiOn and preventive medicine and
public health will be established to
! be cleanliness Of thought and action,
! the only way TO health and holiness
The hour will come for all, even as it
Z is now come with many, when the
( divine Mind will supplant matter in
4 the treatment of the sick. Even now.
{. the healing art is impregnated with
4 the leaven of Spirit. Christian Sci
(. enCe is illustrating the inevitable re-
/, union Of religion and medicine which
must come to pass as both advance
4 into more spiritual latitddes. There
n vii y.-hn l.,
I health and holiness will appear. Then
. religion at the sickbed will no longer
be helpless; then the pastor making
Il his rounds will no longer delegate half
4 his office to the medical practitioner
z Then Christ will be seen to 6e not
4 only "the head of the Church. as
Z Paul declares, but also, as he goes
on to say, "the Savior of the body"
n The Discoverer, Founder, Leader.
q Conclusion.
II What shall we say of the DiscOverer
of Christian Science of the Founder of
the Movement, of her who is today,
as she has been from the beginning.
its inspired Leader? What shall we
say of that good and pure woman, that
Mary, who echoed the cry of the
prophet of old: Revive thy work, o
II Lord; in the midst of the years make
known" Through her inspiration and
= devotion. to multitudes the way of
health and holiness has been made
known. in desolate hearts the work
or righteousness has been revived
IN Mary Baker Eddy, frail of body,
~ though strong in spirit, at the age of
n forty-five, viewed not her life in retro.
Z; spect, but with forward vision entered
II with eagerness upon a life of unre
hitting toll in vhe service of human
ity.
"a Have you ever heard 1t said that God
~ did not seek Mrs Eddy? Oh, but He
N did seek her! He chose her to be
the ReyelatOr of Truth, Christ to this
t6 age, because she sought God as the
source of ultimate Truth, sought Hin
so, devotedly that she became worthy
to receive and to reflect the message
God had for just such a purified con
seriousness as hers. Whatever Goo
Ii does to man, He does through man
and He always selects the individual
best fitted for the work Mrs. Edd,
sought God and found Him upon rh
Sinai of revelation, the Horeb peak O
uplifted spiritual thought. There
alone with God, she wrote the Chris
IN -tian Science textbook, Science an,
Il Health with Key to the Scriptures.
n book which, second only to the Bibl
in its influence upon human lives, i
operating to heal and to save. There
alone with God, she founded a grea
Church, the only organization in tn
worlds history greater and stronge
than the individuals comprising ii
a membership There, alone with Coo
she wrote The Church Manual. TIL
Manual Of The Mother Church, ad,
quate now as always to guard, to go'
ern and to guide The Church, its a.
M tivities, and it's members The Rule
= and Bylaws of the Manual, sine salt
a will do for the race what absolut
doctrines destined for future generi
\ lions might not accomplish" (Mal
ual, p. 80
4 In her book, Science and Healt
4 with Key to the Scriptures, Mrs Ed
4 tells us that the Bible was her on
guide to the Mount of Vision, the nevt
failing source of her inspiration. P
1 tiently she sought its treasures, four
III them, and gave them TO the Worl
Hers was love for humanity TIL
i gave all and asked nothing in retur
She has received without measure Il
IL love and gratitude of countless thou
n ands, whose lives she ordered out
- chaos, to whom she brought the ne;
III ing and saving Christ and who threa:
II her precept and example are learnil
~ how IL is that the meek shall inner
the earth"
Mrs. Eddys writings are remaI
able in their exposition and comp
hension of theology, science, medicir
~ law, the arts, music, astronomy, natl
NJ mates. The spiritual leaven in b
thought cast out limitations a
quickened her human intellect
higher and clearer views and und
III standing. Her wisdom was indeed pl
found, for it transcribed books a
human knowledge. She illustrated
truth of what she wrote in Science a
Il Health Up. 1881: "A knowledge
g the Science of being developes
81 latent abilities and possibilities
man" Mrs. Eddy received instruct