, 1921-05-29

ING relief from extrsme pain. but h
relief was OF short duration Again.
he sought the same source for help
and with h same result He soon
found himself making several calls a
day. and each time the interval Of
apparent ease ron pain grew short
er. until finally. after spending sew
erai hours a day with his would-tc
helper. and ex~perieDcing no relief at
all. he discontinued his calls.
At this tmcture a friend recon-
mended that he try Christian Science
He did so and was quickly and per-
manentiy healed. The Christian
Scientist. Understanding the omnipo-
tence and omnipresence OF divine
Mind. was enabled to prove to the
patient the unreality OF pain. and this
healed him. and awakened within him
a desire to know more about God.
something which eve takes place
under the soporinc influence OF mes
merism Or hyr-otism.
TREATMENT NOT SUGGESTION
From various human quarters there
comes the amazing assertion that
Christian Science treatment is moth
ing but human suggestion. Anyone
who knows how TO give a scientific
RN-aAtAAf hllOMs AnAl bukkGHdQn
plays no part In IL. When one learns
how the sick are healed in Christian
Science. one will neither advocate nor
make use OF hypaouc suggestion in
any form. The only healing power Is
divine Love. and the vitality and
warmth OF divine Love could not be
impaired through suggestion. Sug-
gestion is the child of self-wiIl: It Is
a lawless human believe. which
neither heals nor blesses.
Hundreds of men and women have
had their experience with the So
called clever salesman. who persuaded
them. against their own better judg.
ment. to purchase some needless ar.
ticle. This phase of wtiful suggestion
may sometimes appear to be clever.
but It is never Christian. "A travelling
salesman. forgetting the Golden Rule.
and wishing to establish a record for
himself. sometimes yields to the
temptation TO make use OF suggestion.
What Is the result? Word soon reaches
him from his house hat certain or
ders taken by him n short time be.
fore have been cancelled by letter or
wire from the purchaser. II. sales
men were Christian Scientists they
would surrender their positions rather
than stoop to such wrong methods.
Human ~autocracy, personal domina'
tion-all selfish human control. plays
no part in legitimate business In
stead OF being rcmediai~or construct
i've. II spells inevitable disappoint
mcnt and defeat for anyone who con
tinues. either ignorAnuy or Intention
ally. TO make use OF II.
Asking our friends to hold good
thoughts for US b sa careless habit
II we want them to treat us. to pray
for US scientifically, .we should say
so. II should bo sGi1ed. right here
that holding thoughts for people In
order to smooth over their aches and
pains, is not the practice Of Christian
Science. The rule for Christian con
duct in Christian Science is to keer
ones own thought pure at all times
and to believe only what is spiritu
ally true about God and man. Thii
rule definitely separates Christian
Science treatment from the practic'
Of soccailed mental science and ''nev
thought"
Christian Science SO thoroughly re
flutes tho false claims of c'airvoy
ance. that when q clairvoyant turns
to Science for help. he loses all faith
in his art and forsakes. its practice
The sooner such erroneous practice Is
destroyed, the better for humanity
for some of the saddest of human
experiences have come to those who
have been induced. TO believe its mis-
leading d~ivinations,
Christian Science treatment lis the
plain and simple truth. understood
and demonstrated. which makes fires
indeed. 1t is the prayer of those wht
think and live at W the plane of hu
man suggestion.
THE PRACTITIONER.
Students of Christian Scien=s who
have experienced healing. and moral
regeneration, who have made n thor
ough study of our Leaders works, and
are loyal to her teachings, are called
upon to make their religion practical
to humanity. Those who a devote
their entirc time to the healing work
are known to the world as Christian
Science practitioners.
Their mission Is NOT primarily L
effect physical healing, but TO bring
TO humanity a scientific 'undersfand
ing Of God and His saving health
knowing that OK himself he can dc
nothing, but that through divine
power alone the healing works are
wrought, the practitioner is indeed a
true follower Of the Christ, ever on
guard to prove Gods power to heal.
The real work OF the practitioner is
to purify his own consciousness SO
that it may become a transparency
for Truth to shine through. He AFRO
gates no power to himself. He in
dulges in no characterization. He
judges no man. The practitioner Is,
therefore. no mental freak or prodigy
he is n practical. temperate. law-abid-
ing citizen, and earns his modest wage
through faithful systematic work.
Re knows that to work is to pray
with the understanding; and that
the only service that counts is a
| service of love. He wields a moral
and spiritual influence In the com
munity which is above the price OF
rubies. No one will ever regret max
ing his acquaintance.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE OPPOSED
TO SPIRITUALISM.
At this particular time, when the
thought of the human body Is being
so abnormaily accumulated, when spir'
ituaiism and mediumship are so OBJ