The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-07

so-called incurable diseases, believed
incurable only because men have said
that they could not heal them. Jesus
never said that any case brought TO
him was incurable or difficult to heal.
He resolved disease into the mental
realm and said to the ma who was
brought TO him on a bed, sick OF the
palsy. Son. be of good cheer; thy
sins he forgiven thee; Matthew s:2)
and when the scribes accused him Of
blasphemy, he replied, Wherefore
think We evil in your hearts? For
whether is easier. TO say, Thy sins be
forgiven thee; or to say. Arise and
walk" Matthew "a. 81 This showed
that he considered the infirmity men
tai, the result of wrong thought. At
he had healed. Behold, thou art made
whole, sin no more. lest a worse thing
come unto thee" John 5:14D Christian
Science makes men whole by the de-
%struction of a desire to sin. II creates
a natural desire TO know Gods will
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ter, thereby giving freedom and activ.
ity TO thought.
The purpose of a Christian Science
treatment is not to make a nan com
Portable in materially that he may 60
on living Al ease in matter. neither
does it enable one TO sin without the
forever consequence OF suffering as
the result of sin. Its purpose is the
sublime one of regeneration. that man
may overcome sin, sickness, and death.
Christian Science is not a faith cure.
The healing is not accomplished
through The mere concentration OF
thought, holding thought for another.
nor through the exercise OF the human
will; that IL. by Wiling the sick TO re-
cover. The entire teaching and prac.
tice OF Christian Science rests upon the
basic TACT that God is all. The power
Of a Christian Science treatment lies
in the fact that IL is the realization
Of the o%mnipotence of God. of the
power Of truth over all error in ac-
cordance with the divine will ON law.
When all mankind can say with und.
~erstanding, Thy will be DONE. then
shall we have Gods kingdom on earth
as in heaven, because the will OF God
is health, harmony, peace. and plenty.
The will Of God is the reign OF good
the manifestations OF good are natural
and right though the world has SC
long thought Of evil as natural and
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human sense when good appears
When the positive light OF truth 4.
brought TO bear upon the false sense
Of evil, evil disappears.
The objection is sometimes made b,
those who do not understand tn,
method OF Christian Science healing
that nothing is being done for the sicl
who have turned to II for aid. l.
one relying upon nothing. when on
turns 10 the supreme source anS
cause OF all things. the power which
created the universe and man? Be
cause God is the only creator He ii
ab%oundantly able to care for His Owl
creation and 10 keep His divine Law
in operation. God ~ greater thai
any disease or evil condition and Their
Is nothing TO fear from looking to tn,
only source and origin OF all tina
exists for help and healing. Does no
Scripture say that God Is a God a
! hand and not afar off. an ever presen
help Christian Science declares tina
all that is necessary for the healing .
the sick is included In the one omni
potent Mind.
There are today great numbers o
people on earth who. In time past, Il
hopeless bondage 10 fear, misery, an
disease. were compelled TO turn 1
God for help because all else ha'
failed them. Ask these people II the,
were doing nothing when they tufne
TO Christian Science for healing. The,
will tell you that after everything els
had failed. they learned that the oni
th!nE 10 do IL TO rely WOOL God. Fo
many years In every Christian Scienc
church throughout the world. on Wee
nesdav evening a testimonial or ei
perience meeting has been held. DuI
inr this tim. millions OF authenticate
cases ~ healing have been relatec
authenticated IN the sense that thce
gl,ine the testimony are general
those who have had the actual expel
ience 81 healing Many OF these peopl
say that b, the reSding Of science an
Health with Key to the Scripture,
known as the textbook " Christia
Science. they have been healed OF di
eases classified a. i%ncursbl.. froi
coNer tV cover ~ this wonderful booi
Mrs Eddy declares the power an
availability ~ tod These people. =,
deemed from disease and sin. say tbs
they are better men and women b,
caus. ~ the m%inistrsticn NJ Christia
Science. they say that through al
textbook. the, have learned to unde
stand and love God. that " has mao
them dcVcut students OF the bible. an
that " has taught them to pray II
diligently. They express the d-epe
gratitude for having been delivers
from persl,zinE fear. from had dep
sition. and temperamentai tendencie
the direct Causc ot much disease sr
discord These people who have lestl
Cd the majesty aud might cf gccdne,
and the utter poweriessness Of ey
sre not a deiuded people. They kno
that the kind Of mentality whic
causes disease cannot cure It. and thl
this change did not take place threue
any ism cr mental suggestion. I
through the whitening influence
hypnctism. hut that II came throus
the hsiic~ins influence 81 Chris
Trtyh ever operating through divi'
is~.
The consscrstsd stud, ~ scisn'
and Health Is moulding the lives