Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-19

'A'"7Ht - tl Gpn. ON IN
contrary il maintains that til
material man and tine material un.
verse are expressions of belief
'nat are counterfcits of the tru
ideas ON page 50 of "AIiscel
Iancous Writings >Nrs. Eddy ha
said that EVERY creation. or ide,
o. spirit has it's counterfeit il
some matter belief" All the he
iIefS which are termed materia
laws. the beliefs known as sin, sick
ness, and death, the belief in
material man and material uni
verse are counterfaits OF the spirit
aat creation. These various he,
iiefS are not Of God because the,
tare contrary to His nature. Til,
( material man lOanifests sin. sick.
( ness ANA materiality. which 10
/ the direct oppoSitcs of those auali.
Ties Of health, holiness, and spirit
tuaiity, which the real and spirit.
nai man must inevitably manifest
asthc image and likeness of God,
ne material man is therefore but
counterfeit, an expression Of
material belief and not of tina,
truth which is God
IL Is not maintained that we
Esve been able fully to demon
strate thnt matter is unreal, hat
thousands have been able to au-
nul what arc thought to he M
changing material laws throa.;h
The recognition of the law of Spirit.
Now to break and annul any of
the laws of matter through the ap-
plication OF spiritual law. proves
thlt they can all he overcome when
we understand Gods law more
fully. For the present we apoly
our understanding of the law of
Love to those material conditions
Il sickness and sin which trouble
US most and which we most clearly
-'r are no part of Gods creation.
OUT OF MATTER INTO SPIRIT
IN beginning the study of Chris
tlan Science one need not Trouble
'h"ut the doctrine of the unrcaiity
of matter. The vital thing is TO
learn more about God. AS our
spiritual understanding increases
one after another of our material
beliefs is seen to be false, and
healthful material conditions and
harmonious mental conditions are
brought about through our right
eous thinking, aud we are en-
coura@ed to press on till we shall
have completely demonstrated The
unreality of matter.
We get rid of the belief in the
reality of matter only by degrees;
but the destruction of any single
diseased condition by mentally un-
seeing it is proof that disease is
mental. and falsely mentally. If it
were not it could not be changed
by correct thinking Every physi-
cal healing resulting from Christian
Science treatment is evidence not
only that disease IS mental but
that matter itself is but an express
5lon of material thought. Entirely
apart from the conclusions dcd-
uced from Christian Science there
IS ample evidence that disease is
mental. There are many authen-
tlcated instances of persons who
have been instantaueously freed
from long established infimities
through some sudden mental shock
such as fire or lightning. 4 men
tai shock could not destroy disease
lnless the disease were in human
Consciousness to be destroyed. |
Many peculiaritics about disease
which are readily eXplainable from
1 mental standpoint are accounted
or materially through. the most
fantastic flights of speculation.
MATERIAL BELIEFS DECEIVE
Since the advent Of the germ
theory Of disease there has been a
effort to include asm any
diseases as possible in this category.
rhe very fact that the previous
of the cause of a disease !
'Ould he so readily discarded for !
he belief that germs were the Of !
lenders shows how hcsitant the |
world should be in accepting any
along this line.
Some investigators became con-
'inced that certain microscopic
orms of vegetable life which they
ound present in disease were the
ause of it, They conducted ex-
,eriments which to them seemed
o prove conclusively that this was
rue. The foundation of their
heorv was that each disease was
reduced bV "A different germ: that
: that thu pneumocOccus produced
neumOnia, the tubercle bacillus
tuberculosis, and so on. \ few of I
leSe germs were such common
VerydaY sort Of vegetables that
hey were present no matter what
ne disease and so they did not
Dunt very much, but there were
dozen or 80 that were efficiently ;
'lcct to he accounted the cause .
as many diseases. Unfortunately
lere are many diseases tnat seem
or infections. but there \
re not enough varieties of germs
) so around. No suitable germ lr
as been found for many of thei {
scases which are presumed to he
iuscd by them, and this failure
Cften accounted for by maintain-f :
g that these microscopic growths 4,
e SO small that the most powerful
horoscope fails to reveal them !
most accommodating theory. TO 4,
Id to the confusion it is now as +
.rted that the pneuocOccus which \
as presumed to cause pneumonia n
not the only germ which pro- II
ices it but that there are several .
hers. And these germs are a
und in as great numbers in the (,
outh of a healthy person as In d"
at Of a sick one, so that ii would {
cm to the unprofessional obser- c
r that it might just as well be 4
'gued that the healthy persons @
,alth is due to germs as TO main ]
in that the sick ones sickness "
caused by 1t, since the same -