Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-04

Eddy that disease is a lie. 1t is not an
entity but a nonentity. 1t is not plus,
but minus. To human sense, 1t Is not
presence, but an absence. AS darkness
is only the absence of light, so sickness
is the apparent absence Of health. Sick
ness is a lie. It Is nothing claiming to be
something. A lie which has been assert
ing itself daily, for ten years, is no nearer
to being reality than is a lie which has
been asserting itself only ten minutes. A
common illustration which Is helpful to-
ward understanding how chronic trouble
may be destroyed through Christian Sci
ence may be here stated. A room which
has been in total darkness for ten years
Is no more difficult to light up than is
a room which has been in darkness only
ten minutes. door thrown open Will
light up both rooms 1nstantaneously.
Chronic sickness Is the dark room. Chris
tian Science is the Open door. I desire
to testify, as on the witness stand, to the
healing power Of Christian Science. 1t
healed me instantly of chronic ills after
had given up all hope of relief.
DELAY IN HEALING
NOT DUE TO SCIENCE.
Perhaps some one may be mentally
saying at this point in the lecture, Well,
II Christian Science can accomplish these
wonderful things, why is 1t that all sick
people are not healed?'
Il pnuse long enough to give some rea-
sons why all sickness is not yet de-
stroyed. In doing this, let 1t be under
stood that Christian Science itself never
fails. 1t is equal to the destruction of
all error. 1t is the absolute truth about
God and man. 1t is the human mind that
fails. This so-called mind cbstinately re-
fuses to take itself away and let that
mind which was in Christ Jesus have
full dominion. The chief causes of de-
layed healing are, first, Christian Science
practitioners have not yet reached the
measure of perfect practice. They do
not claim that they can realize healing
at once, for all who come to them. They
are able to heal some cases instanta-
neously, some are healed slowly, while
there are others they do not seem to be
able to reach. AS practitioners learn
more about God and are more faithful to
what they do know, they will de better
work and more OF it, In order to make
this progress in better healing 1t Is nee
essary to bear in mind what Mrs. Eddy
writes on pages 141 and 452 of Science
and Health. For this Principle there is
no dynasty, no ecclesiastical monopoly.
It's only crowned head is immortal SOW
ereignty It's only priest is the spiritual
lied man. And expect to heal simply by
repeating the authors words, by cignt
talking and wrong acting, and you VIII
be disappointed The second reason We
assign why the multitude is not yet
healed is this: Probably more than nine
tenths OF all the people on earth who
call themselves Christians are mildly or
bitterly opposed to Christian Science.
This great wall Of ignorance aud an.ag-
onism must be reckCned with IN Chris
tian Science healing. On one occasion
even Jesus could do no mighty works IN
a certain locality because of prevalent
uhbelief. 1t is also recorded in the Cos
pei that before he could raise little girl
to life he had 10 Tut his doubling disci-
nipg and the naFGnfa Of tha Fuoi1cs, ma
Of the room. Each Christian Science prac-
titioner knows that a patient responds
to treatment much more readily II all
the members of his family have a loving
thought toward Christian Science. FhC
wall II opposition and antasonism must
be broken down 1t is being broken
down. Each case healed In Christian Sci
-ence weakens that wall Christian Sci
cnce Is the grain Of mustard seed, stead
fly growing whose branches are spread
ing over the earth. Let me illustrate !:
l. has been reckOned that IL the human
heart. with Its faint beating, were laid
against Cleopatra's needle on tho Thames
embankment and should continue to beat
against 1t INCREASINGLY for seventy
sisting shaft into dust. That is
what Christian Science is doing
to the wall Of Indifference and antagO-
nism. Each child being healed through
truth and crossing over to Christian Sci
wall. Two members Of a family. n dozen
In a community, q hundred In n district,
thousand in q city, hundreds Of thou
sands throughout the world, represent
great breaches in the wall. The wall is
crumbling and every case OF genuine heal
ing through Christian Science uShcrs In
the day OF better healing and more Of it.
UNWILLING ARE
SELDOM HEALED.
Those desiring to DO healed in Chris
tian Science should be willing to help
toward that healing. Yet many expect
the Christian Science practitioner to do
II all They are unwilling to read, IN
willing to study, unwilling even to think
about the truth. Such people are seldom
healed. The reason they are not healed
is this: A Christian Science healing Is
not a hospital operation, Il is not merely
a physical change. 1t is the religion
Jesus taught and demonstrated. Chris
| tian Science healing is moral as we'll as
physical. 1t opens the understanding
50 that one begins to know God-here and
now. Christian Science healing is saliva
tion and salvation is not something to be
tackled on to the outside Of a man. 1t is
a well-spring Of life flowing up from
within. Should there be in this audience
some weary one who longs for healing
from chronic suffering, let this be sug-
gested: II he can gain greater longing
for some other mans healing than for his
own, he has made great advance toward
his own healing. This is the power OF
| unsettled love-
and now, to proceed with the main
thought; that is, the supposed power OF
the past and the destruction Of that
power through Christian Science. AS an
example, we cite the case OF the Prodi-
gal Son, as it is recorded in st. Luke's
Gospel. This is a type OF the prodigal
sons Of all ages. The truth revealed in
Christian Science follows the prodigal
into the far country. There is no place,
no condition where It is not present. 1t
is the Good Shepherd going into the
wilderness after the sheep that was lost.
The rrOdigal's disease Is q belief OF vast
ed opportunity; he has left the home Of
love. separated himself from family and
friends. squandered his means and wasted
his years. When want and hunger and
inconsistencies attack him, he looks back
over a dissipated past and sees no prom
Use of redemption in the present life.
The religious teaching to which he has
been accustomed promised him FORGIVE
ness In this life, but not renewed oppor-
tunity. He sees the past as irrepa ra BILE.