The Princeton union., 1921-12-15

and properly related to MIND. linus
spiritualization of thought raises the
concepts of science, theology and med
icine to a higher basis, reveals them
to be in truth modes of divine Mind,
and restores them in human conscious
ness to their rightful place, from
which material theories have debased
them.
The Leaven in Medicine.
Nowhere is the Kaleidoscope charac-
ter of the human mind to be observed
more strikingly than in the history OF
material medicine. In my senior year
in medical college, was required to
devote much study to "The Principles
and Practice of Medicine" A better
term for the subject would have been,
1.-The Principles and Practice Of Medi-
cine for 1900" Material medicine has
always been in state of flux, because
it has never of itself risen, in theory
or practice, above matter. Even when
the matter physician discourses learn
edly on mind and deals with psyche
analysis, psycho-neurosis, psyche
therapy, and psycho-wnat not, nc deals
none the less with matter, for to the
materialist, mind means little else than
brain-matter. While the materiallst
has not yet learned that matter and
mortal mind are one, nevertheless the
healing art is drawing nearer the truth
as revealed in Christian Science.
Progressive physicians, in practice, are
steadily reducing their legion of rene
dies. Many doctors admit that there
is no specific medicine. Many boast
that they limit their practice to four
drugs. l have even known physicians
who declared that physic and pain
reliever comprised their entire materia
medica. 1t is evident that if one can
reduce to pharmacopocia in pre- ctice to
one or two remedies, he can take the
next step and eliminate the drug en-
tirely from medical practice.
It may be argued that God placed
drugs here and endowed them with
healing power. When did Spirit, God,
delegate to matter divine power?
Material medicine did not qualify for
Christian healing in Jesus day. He
ignored it and turned instead to pure
ly spiritual means. Could Jesus in his
wisdom consistently have chosen an
unscientific, and hence untrue, method
with which to prove his wondrous
power to heal? Moreover, Jesus was
not alone in his Christian practice.
The bible is full Of the teaching and
practice Of spiritual healing, but you
will search it's pages in vain for an
authentic case Of healing by material
means. Even so today material medi-
cine fails to qualify. 1t is not the
Christ method of healing. Nothing
spiritual can come out Of a wholly ma
terial system, and material medicine
is such. Indeed, not one spiritual quail
ity does it embody in it's theory or re-
uuire in it's practice. The very study
of material medicine leads one away
from the spiritual. Who has ever
found soul or spirit in the dissecting
room, on the operating table, or under
the microscope? I am aware that
many noble men and women, true
Christians, are in the medical profess
sion. To them all honor and respect!
For it is obvious that these are such
not because Of, but in spite of their
professional training.
If you were to ask any medical en-
thusiast to name the greatest scientific
achievement Of the age, doubtless ne
would say: "Preventive medicine.
Now with that Christian Science
agrees, but points out that, since any
thing, to be medicine, must first be re-
oparded as such, medicine is mental
not material. Therefore preventive
:medicine begins with Mind. Mrs. Ed
,dv was the first in this age 20 proclaim
and to demonstrate that health IS
state of Mind, not state OF matter;
that to produce and maintain well
bodv. it is necessary first to have a
sound mind. She taught that all sick
ness is based in thought-contamlna
ton, that people who think q clcanly and
correctly live that way and are pro-
roortionately immune from disease
She taught true sanitation to be Clean
lyness Of mind and body, true hygiene
: to be morality, true physiology to oe
spirituality. These are recognized to
constitute public health. AS for So
. called communicable diseases, Mrs
Eddy required strict obedience to quar-
antine regulations, respecting not only
the law :of the land, but public sentl'
.ment also. Nevertheless she kne"
that the only real germ is the germ OF
spiritual Truth, which when cultured
in human consciousness, never ceases
;ts Growth until the whole lump OF
mortal thought is spiritualized ano
mans true selfhood appears. Ihls
germ is highly infectious and contag1'
Gus. vet it produces, not disease, ou'
health, not discord, but harmony, no.
death, but life.
But you say, how can one question
the germ theory of disease when ont