Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-09

spired. Christian. and scientific statement
to which reference has already beeh
made. In which the great Master, him
self, gives us the only true idea of what
soul really is-"God is Spirit" thus God
is Soul. Mind.
What has here been presented will
probably suffice 10 indicate that it is not
strange that human BELIEF has been CON
fused with regard to the soul; that
widely different beliefs have been en-
tertained about 1t. and that nearly all
OF them have included some scheme Of
damnation as well os of salvation for
the soul. In her statement Of Christian
Science, which is nothing less than tho
Science of God or Soul. Mrs. Eddy has,
in a single paragraph, both clarified and
reconciled all Bible teaching upon this
subject. Human thought" she says,
%. 4S2 of Science and Healthy mas
qdulterated the meaning Of the word
soul through the hypothesis that soul Is
both an evil and good intelligence
resident in matter. The proper use OF
the word soul can always be gained by
substituting the word God. where the
deitic meaning Is required. In other
cases. use the word sense, and you will
have the scientific signifcation.'
FALSE BELIEFS
UNCOVERED.
With Christian Sciences to guide us. It
becomes clear that the wrong sense of
life which IS typifed by Adam--a sense
that IS inspired only 70 be expired-must
cease to be entertainment for our sense Of
life in order that the right, the spirit
uaI sense may Obtain In US. God, that IS
the one infinite Soul constantly re-
stores this spiritual sense Of life, and
for this reason IL is immortal Not only
does Christian Science make this clear
to us but it makes 1t practicaI-capable
Of being practised and demonstrated
This practice is both healing and re
& F..- RI rrh mr.
spiritual sense of being uncovers for us
every sinful sense or false belief about
Soul 10 be 4 mistaken sense-a sense
accepted as true and able to confer
pleasure. satisfaction, gain, existence, or
as able 10 deprive us Of them. For this
reason il is a mistaken sense. because
all right ideas are resident and obtain
able only in Soul Spirit, Mind, God, in
whom they are abundant and inde-
structible.
II what has been said so far is plain,
it must be evident that Soul never needs
to be saved, but always saves, and that
II does SO through the right or spirit
ual sense which IL constantly imparts and
restores. In other words, It means that
Soul, Cod being Mind, operates and
saves through His right sense or idea
of being and that there is no other
way to be saved, no other means OF sal
walton.
And what is this right sense or idea
II is what has already been indicated
the idea that man is not n detached,
material bit of existence, an image Of
dust or clay with a soul or sense of
life equally detached, a mere materlai
inbreathing.--a nephesh, nothing, con-
stitutiug man 5 corporal consciousness
/ The right sense or idea which Christian
Science reveals TO us IS that man is the
constantly inspired image and likeness
or expression Of God, and thus the cx
preston Of he one true Soul, Spirit
Mind, created in all holiness" which
only means Wilderness, completeness,
that in which nothing Is lacking health.
Is not this the true salvation, the sal
walton through Christ the Gud-auOinted.
God approved man who must be and is
the reflection or idea Of God, and who,
/ indeed, was before Abraham, as Jesus
said. 1t must be perfectly plain that 1t
IS. and that ii IS a salvation that does
not attempt to save n false, sinful sense
by either forgiving it or by converting
It. but that it saves all from each and
every mistaken or sinful sense by de
stFoying such sense; for every mis-.
taken, and thus lying, destructive or
muruerOuS sense must be destroyed in
/ order that one may be ytctimiZed by
it; ia order that even the one entertain
/ ing it may not be victimzed by 1t into
indulging it. There is no other way to
| be forgiven or saved.
Every right sense is not only always
safe, but it always insures the safety or
salvation Of every one who entertains
| it, and blesses every one who comes In
/ contact with It, All this | am sure is
| plain. But there is an everyday and
every hour salvation which religiOnist
and non rcligionist alike desire; q sal
walton from the ills to which flesh is be
| licyed to be heir-the fears, troubles,
strifes wars, wants, woes, sicknesses.
| disasters, deaths, to which mankind has
! been subject from which mankind has
| suffered. 1t is for freedom OF salvation
from such Ills as these ills are that man
Kind has hoped against hope; that man
kind has struggled against almost
ceaselessly, but in vain and without ex
pectancy Of success. Can Soul save
from these things, and how?
SPIRIT AND
MATTER DEFINED.
Here it may be asked, Why is the ma
terial sense mistaken, false, sinful, and
why does it or should it. because of sow
ing to the flesh, reap corruption? Is
not that which is material all that is
tangible to us, are not we to care for
our bodies and the bodies of those neal
and dear to US, provide for them,
cherish them, love them?
The answer to all such questions is
very simple one. In the first place
Christian Science does not deny that
what is called matter is all that we see
with our eyes, all that we hear with
our ears, all that we smell, taste and
Christian Science does deny that what
is thus sensed Is essentially what it is
sensed to be-matter; that it Is caused
or produced in the way in which it is
believed to be caused or produced; that
it is subject TO and governed by such
laws as it is believed to be governed by,
and that 1t is best cared for, treated,
and conserved, in the ways which have
been evolved for doing so because Of
a mistaken sense of it.
Nor are the teachings of Christian
Science with regard to matter now op-
posed by natural scientists as they
formerly were. Many of the natural
scientists no longer teach that what is
called matter really is or can be sub
stantial. They recognize that to so
teach means enc of three things, all
three of which are impossible to rational
thinking. These three things are-(D
that matter exists without having been
created-ls self existent; (2) that since
nothing but matter could constitute or
cause matter, it is self-created; and (3)
that matter is created by some external
immaterial agency and out of something
that originally was not matter. As has
been said, none of these theories can in
any possible way be nationally thought
or accepted.
The unreality of matter, taught by