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

Christian Science truth, has written
these virile and inspiring words for those
who are afraid Of old age:
Grow old along with me,
The best Is yet to be.
The last of life, for which the first was
made;
Our times are in His hand
Who saith. "a whole planned,
Youth shows but half; Trust God; see
all, nor be afraid
This is an encouraging thought, but il
is not Christian Science. 1t is simply g
better belief about old age than some
other mortal minds express. Mary Baker
Eddy states the fundamental fact clearly
and boldly, on pages 244 and 24J of the
textbook: Man in Science is neither
young nor old. He has neither birth nor
death, -'Decrepitude is not according to
law, nor is it necessity of nature, but
an Illusion It is good to have an I'M
derstanding of this wonderful truth in
Christian Science that everything which
is unlike God is an Illusion, and can be
destroyed by knowing the truth. This
understanding will enable men and WON
en- to forestall old age and to renew and
to reinvfgorate themselves. As the alert
player on the chess board sees the
enemy approaching an unprotected point
and moves his king, or queen or castle
before the on-cOming foe, and says
Check and says it effectively and Of
superimpose their understanding of the
truth before the approaching disease
named old age and say: Check They
may not only check it, but turn 1t back
Christian Science is demonstrating the
overcoming of this disease in thousands
of cases throughout the world.
Eleven years ago, l myself was an old
man with the thoughts and infrmities OF
that disease. Besides that, l was suffer
ing from physical ills, and neither my
which | then belonged, brought any re-
lief Materia medica also failed me. For
twenty five years, had assailed the name
of Mrs. Eddy and periodically preached
against what l thought she taught, In
that hopeless condition, Christian Science
healed. The advance Of old age was
checked and to a marvellous degree has
been turned back.
LAS Christian Scientists and as as
pirants for victory, we must look to
nothing less than the perfect model
which means the destruction Of In
harmony of every nature.
a mans reach should exceed his grasp.
Else what's a heaven forF"
We must aim at something higher
tanned. The elimination Of old age from
thought, is mans God given right. AS
one overcomes the old age thought, he is
destroying the death thought. If through
the understanding OF Christian Science
we are enabled to add ten or fifteen or
twenty years of active, joyous, loving
service to mankind, we will have made 8
large contribution towards overcoming
the disease of old age and we shall not
have so much to overcome hereafter.
SHOULD CEASE
THINKING OF AGE.
nv WaV of nracffCaI EuVCeSff0ns Ws
should endeavor to cease malpractIcing
on ourselves. We malpractice on cur
selves through thinking, believing and
declaring tIat old age with its infirmities
is inevitable and incurable. We should
also cease malpracticing on others. II
Is cruel to think and declare that men
and women are becoming old and
touched with the sO-called infrmities OF
age; it IS always somebody's wrong
thinking which brings about discordaut
1T IS the universal teaching Of materia
medlca, and very largely of mankind
that on account OF the Past, that is the
lapse of time, certain diseases gain a
power almost impossible to overcome II
II said that a sickness which has been
in evidence for a long time has gained
sufficient power to make disease chronic
Now the word chronic comes from the
Greek word chrOnes, meaning time
Therefore, a chronic disease IS a time
disease, or q disease which has lasted a
long time. In many a lonely home and
in many public Institutions today. there
are multitudes OF men and women, suffer
ing from beliefs OF chronic troubles. In
most cases these troubles have been
brought upon them by the wrong think
ing Of the members OF their own families
by the belief Of heredity, by the wrong
thoughts of their most intimate and sym
pathetic friends and by honest, but ig-
nOrant medical practitioners whose
wrong thinking was making disease be-
liefs.
Has it ever fallen to your lot, after q
long battling belief Of sickness, TO be
examined by medical experts, and then
10 wait in terrible suspense, long min
utes or hours, to learn the decision OF
the examiners! ! have been there and
by the victim while he waits for the yer
dict Of the experts is almost beyond eX
preston. II the case is pronounced
chronic and therefore likely to be IN
durable. a great fear IS implanted in tn,
mental area Of the patient and the dis
ease which should be averted is invited
Another way in which the seeds o.
chronic disease are planted in human
thought Is through public lectures abCu
diseases. IN some places these lecture!
. re given before school 10 Children anC
charts are displayed showing so-callet
diseased organs Of the body. Also tabu
lated statements Of the SYMPTOMS Of vart
Gus diseases are supplied. BY this means
It Is taught that any child, by noting th'
so-called symptoms can determine a
once the nature Of the disease by which
ne Is threatened. Fear will always b.
looking for the symptoms. This Is NJ
Imagination. Multitudes of cases Of sore
chronic beliefs have been induced through
this method.
JESUS REFUSED
TO KNOW DISEASE.
Jesus refused to recognize any diseast
as incurable. He knew that added years
could never give reality to unreality. II
these days and since 1865, Christian
Science, discovered, elucidated and dem
onstrated by Mary Baker Eddy, hat
proven itself to be the hope for the hope
less and the help for the helpless. Thu
Truth is demonstrating; and demonstra
ton is argument and proof. There ar,
thousands Of men and women throughout
the world today, ready to testify tina
Christian Science has lifted them out O
hell Of chronic discOrd. In face of thii
evidence no one is justified in doubling
or denying the healing power Of this won
derfuI truth. In Christian Science 1t il
God who heals; and God knows nothing
about time.
1--WE deduce from the teaching OF Mrs