East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

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THE LaANlN IN S'itaNtt'
FhNsical science from the first has
been iettered TO matter. 1t does not
pretend To deal with ultimate cause.
Rather II accepts matter rs It's start
thE point leaving to theology the eN-
PLANTATION Of origin, Thus natural Sci
ence makes OF matter an ahsurditN.
an effect without a cause Matter
having no origin, ne conclusion is IN
leNltahle though not admitted by phy-
sizes, that matter has no existence in
Tact. FROM such basis, TINS So
called science with altogether ma
iterla inconsistency declares matter
I TO be mdestrucuble Now 1t IS true
I thai matter cannot destroy matter
/ The destruction of matter can never
/ be accomplished by other than the
idisSolutton of its seeming reality
/ through the recognition that spirit Is
the only substance. Matter and the
/ human mind are like a kaleidoscope,
wherein the minute particles of my
riad colored glass are seen to be going
through a continuous process of con-
Gus figures, a ceaseless alignment.
breaking up and re-altgnment. Con-
ltemplatlns the Kaleidoscope history
iot humanity, its struggles, its unrest,
I its present state of fermentation. one
( Is struck with this obvious fact: there
has never been any real progress IN
matter, Always there has been
( change in matter, in incessant action
and reaction, building up and tearing
down. But these mutations are
changes only of form. No essential
I
lit works in human consciousness that
fundamental change from the ma
Iterial TO the spiritual. All permanent
I progress is mental, spiritual, not ma
teriaL and is manifested humanity in
the overcoming of matter. Thus mans
Itrue advancement has been recorded
not in material history, but in spiritual
/ Development The truth about any
thing begins to unfold to human con-
sciousness at the vanishing point OF
matter-beliefs about it.
The atomic theory was the founda-
ton Of physics, when Mrs. Eddy dis
covered Christian Science. Briefly,
this theory taught that in the pro
cess of subdivision of matter, a point
must be reached at which no further
division could be made. Physics
termed this irreducible particle OF
matter the atom and upon it raised
the entire structure Of natural sci
ience. including physical man. In
Istinctively | felt the untruth Of it. In
lcolIege, and later in medical college
/ 1 questioned the atomic theory, and
found myself always reaching back OF
Now know that even then the leaven
was at work in human consciousness
TO me it never seemed logical that
there could be an indivlsible portion
of matter Anything that could be
divided, ! contended, could be divided
Iagain, and so indefinitely. Before my
college course was complete the
atorie theory began to crumbIe. The
atom was split in two, and not only
tin two, but was divided many times
until at last matter as matter disap-
peared. Freed from the limitations
of the atomic theory, thought began
to expand and the conquest Of mat
ter received an impetus. Chemistry
physics, the arts, gained the benefit
of liberated thought and many usefu
Inventions came, giving evidence oi
mans dominion over all the earth
The disproying Of the atomic theory 10
be the final statement Of matter he
cessitated further explanation and 50
physicist have been advancing from
one theory to another, until they have
concluded that matter is energy, OF
force. or to be down to the very min
tutE. mater IS just HOICS III the eLHEE.
More than fifty years ago, Mrs. Eddy
said something that amounts to very
NEARLY that when she declared matter
to be nothing more than phase OF
false belief. Physical science. under
1.-THE influence of the leavening, is
lslowly. BY devious paths, approaching
1.-THE point where Mrs. Eddy began.
/ namely the identity of matter and
1.-THE human mind. Mrs. Eddy needed
I not to be a pedant to conclude that