Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-14

the beginning of our interest in Christian
Science. For thirteen years my mother
had suffered from a condition said by the
physicians to be infammatory rheuma-
tism. 1t gradually developed, finally dis
torted her joints and left her helpless
cripple After that condition had con-
tinued for thirteen years the physicians
declared that my mother could not live
very much longer. Then we were al
vised to try Christian Science, and after
two weeks treatment by Christian
Science practitioner, my mother was
healed Her joints were restored to their
normal condition, and she enjoyed per-
feet health thereafter. Here was case
Of healing that could not be explained
away. 1t was just as self-evident to my
mothers friends and neighbors as to her
self The promised Comforter was &C.
tuaIly revealed, and from that time my
father and mother began seriously to
study Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy be-
came their teacher, pastor, and friend,
and for many years they were closely
associated with her in their work.
/ recall one occasion when Mrs. Eddy
spent nearly a week in my fathers home,
and 1 remember her as gentle, aztec
tionate woman, as much interested in
Of the family. Her loving welcome dis
PEELED all fear. Indeed, she was just as
normal and natural, and just as human
as any friend could. be; but she was al
understand more of the spiritual mean
ing of the Bible, that she might impart
to humanity the truths thus - called.
While Mrs. Eddy was in our .ome my
sister sat down at the organ early one
morning, and began to play and sing
that old gospel hymn taken from the
Psalms, weeping may endure Tor q
night, but joy cometh in the morning"
Ny fother Joined in the song and they
must have sung it with great spirit; for
when it was finished, Mrs. Eddy's door
opened and she appeared, her face radi-
ant. Then she told US she had continued
all night in prayer over some problem:
and not until she caught the spirit or
that great hymn did she gain the an
swer to her prayer. 1t is indeed the
Spirit that quickeneth," that Spirit OF
truth" which will guide you into all
truth"
BASIC RULE OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Possibly the first step in Mrs. Eddy 8
great discovery came with her ability to
detect right within her own thought the
difference between the thoughts which
come from God and those which proceed
from the flesh. st. Paul has expressed
this difference briefly and clearly as fol-
lows: ITO be carnally minded is death ;
but to be spiritually minded is life and
peace" Those two sources of thinking
are just as opposite as God and Satan.
In fact all the Satan mere is may be de-
scribed as the carnal mind which is sin
and death Such a separation Of thought
is really the first step in true prayer.
Mrs. Eddy has stated in her book,
Science and Health with Key to the
Scripture, that Desire is prayer" But
it must be a right desire, and who can
tell whether his desires are righteous I'M
til he learns how to distinguish between
those thoughts which come from God and
those which proceed from the flesh.
Therefore, Mrs. Eddy, in establishing her
system, worked from the single view
point that Ito be spiritually minded is
life and peace"
OF all the systems of religion or philos-
ophy known TO men, none but the teach
ings of Christ Jesus and their interpreta-
ton in Christian Science have ever con-
sistentIy held to the single viewpoint
that ''to be spiritually minded is life
and peace" Moreover, they are the
only systems known that have ever been
able to heal both sickness and sin by q
purely spiritual process. Mrs. Eddy has
summarized that teaching in a single
sentence in her book Science and Health
and that sentence is as follows. Reason
ing from cause to effect in the Science OF
Mind, we begin with Mind which must
be understood through the idea which
expresses 1t and cannot be learned from
its opposite, matter" This statement is
really the basic law Of Christian Science.
The entire sysem Of its teachings is ex-
pressed in that one sentence. AS we be-
hold the sun only through the ray of
light which comes out from the sun, so
the divine Mind can be understood only
through His own spiritual idea, just as
the idea Of honesty reveals the nature OF
an honest God.
CHRIsT's SERMON
ON THE MOUNT.
Mrs. Eddy has declared in her book,
Science and Health, that the Sermon on
the Mount Is the essence of this Science
Let US now turn to the Sermon on the
Mount to observe very briefly wherein
the basic rule Of Christian Science con-
forms to the Beatitudes. After Jesus
was baptized by John the Baptist, the
scripture record indicates that he was
driven into the wilderness and tempted
OF the devil. The real value Of those
trials is expressed in the Book Of He
brews as follows: Though he were a
Son, yet learned he obedience by the
things which he suffered"
What a reward Jesus gained by his
obedience! He Immediately entered upon
his ministry, teaching in their
synagogues and preaching the gospel Of
the kingdom, and healing sill manner Of