The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-24

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such testimony. knowins that tho
power and presence of God and His
Christ are more 10 man than any
thing else IN the woridy II II the
physical senses. remember. That nd.
wise and would compel the use os
material remedies: that call ain and
disease real. and man mixture OF
mind and matter: and that demand
complete medical supervision and
control Of tho human body. Il the
hand OF the Lord shortened that u
cannot saver God never inspired
faith In the usc Of poisonous drugs.
II gocs without saying. then. that
Christian Science treatment In not
founded upon tho belief OF inteill
gent matter.
Lot particular attention be called
TO the fact that Christian Science
treatment II not the erroneous In
flucnce Of any form OF mesmcrism
or hypnotism. The experience OF a
young man seeking from profos'
sional hynotist. will make this point
clear Ills very first visit resulted
In aecniIng relief from extreme pain.
but the relief was OF short duration.
| Again. he sought the samo source
for hep and with like results. lie
soon found himself making several
| calls n day. and each time the In
terval OF apparent ease from p'in
grew shorter. until finally. after
spending several hours n day with
his wouldbe helper. and expcrlenc
Ing no relief nj all. he discontinued
his calls.
Az this juncture a friend recon.
mended that he try Christian Sci.
encc. IIo did no and was quickly
and permanently healed. The Chris.
tian Scientist. understanding tho
omnipotcncc and olnnipresencc OF
divine Mind. was enabled to prove
to the patient the iinrealIty OF pain
and this healed him. and awakened
within him desire TO know more
about God. something which never
takes place under the soporific In.
lueaco OF mesmerism or hypnotlam.
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 scientific
treatment. knows that suggestion
plays no part In Il. When one learns
how the sick are healed In Christian
Science, one will neither advocate
nor make use OF hypnotic suggestion
IN any form. The only healing pow
er is divine Love. and the vitality
and warmth OF divine Love could
not be impaired through suggestion.
Suggestion is the child of self-will; /;
Il is lawless human make-believe,
which neither heals nor blesses.
Hundreds OF men and women have
had their experience with the So
called clever salesman, who per.
suaded them. against their own bet.
ter judgment, to purchase some need
less article This phrase of wlllful
suggestion may sometimes appear to
be clever, but II is never Christian.
A travelling salesman, forgetting the
Golden Rule. and wishing TO estab-
lish a record for himself. sometimes
yields to the temptation TO make
use of suggestion. What Is the re.
suit? Word soon reaches him from
his house that certain orders taken
by him short time before have
been cancelled by letter or wire
from the purchaser II salesmen
were Christian Scientists they would
surrender their positions rather than
stoop to such wrong methods.
With a certain class of businest
men successful salesman is one
who can sell bill of goods to "A
dealer who does not need them.
Christian Science does not support
any such theory nor does it uphold
any such practice. A salesman has
no right to argue mentally that a
certain dealer wants his goods and
that he will buy them whether hd
needs them or not The use of men.
tai argument by which to accom-
plish any selfish purpose Is pro-
hibited in Christian Science.
Human autocracy, personal domi-
nation--all selfish human control,
plays no part In legitimate business,
Instead of being remedial or con
structive, It. spells inevitable disap-
pointment and defeat for anyone
who continues, either ignorantly or
Intentionally, to make use of 1t.
Asking our friends to hold good
thoughts for us Is careless habit.
| II we want them to treat us, to pray
| for us scientifically, we should say
so. 1t should be stated, right here.
that holding thoughts for persons in
order to smooth over their aches
and pains, is not the practice of
Christian Science. The rule fon
Christian conduct in Christian Sci
ence is to keep ones own thought
pure at all times. and to believe
only what is spiritually true about
God and man. This rule definitely
Separates Christian Science treat
ment from the practice of so-called
mental science and new thought =
| Christian Science so thoroughly
refutes the false claims of clairvoy-
ance, that when a clairvoyant turns
to Science for help, he soon loses all
faith in his art and forsakes it's
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 be-
lieve its misleading divinations.
Christian Science treatment is the
plain and simple truth, understood
and demonstrated, which makes free
indeed. 1t is the prayer of those
who think and live above the plane
of human suggestion.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE OPPOSED