The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-06
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medical science cannot possibly ex-
plain the healing work done by Christ
Jesus and by his Immediate follow
ers, nor by Christian Scientists to-
day, for these opposite methods
have nothing in common.
. The Bible declares, and frequently
implies, that God is our life. 1t also
states that imam shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out Of the mouth of God,"
and Jesus said that he came 'that
they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly."
Now what is that life?
Since God is, He is truth and con-
t.nues to be. What God creates is, is
true and continues to be. Therefore,
truth is continuity of being, and it
follows that Truth is Life, and Life
is Truth. Consequently real Life is
divine Truth, the great AM, immor-
tai, infinite, conscious God.
The Bible teaches further that God
is the Creator; therefore He is Prin-
ciple, for Principle is basis, founda-
ton. cause, origin, without which
there can be no existence Principle
is that which is, that which manifests
itself as idea, the basis Of all law
and right action. Therefore Princi-
pie is absolute, self-existent, depend
ent solely upon itself, Independent
of all else, unaffected by any modi-
flying conditions or influences. Since
God is Life, Life is Principle, and is
absolute, depending solely upon it.
self, upon its own, immortal being
independent of all else and therefore
unaffected by matter or by any con-
dition, state or belief Of matter.
dition, state or belief Of matter.
affected by anything which may be
done to the figures, so the real Life
of man cannot be disturbed by what
may be- done to its material appear
ing or symbol. Life is therefore nei-
ther in matter, nor of matter. 1t is
Gods very being. and nothing else.
The Bible declares through St.
John that "God is love-" therefore
real Life is divine Love, and thus we
see that there is but one infinite,
eternal, divine Life, which is indes-,
trucible Truth, absolute Principle,
imm ortal Love.
The Science of right living is
therefore, based Fundamentally upon
the knowing of what real Life is and
on the living Of that Life. There is
no. other way of demonstrating Chris
tian living. Mrs. Eddy has made it
possible for all: to begin to do this;
and Christian Scientists testify CRATE
fully to the fact that they have be-
gun to know that Life and have al
ready experienced great blessings
therefrom, and they are rejoicing at
its infinite possibilities and are daily
striving for higher spiritual under
standing. .'
Healing a Mental Process
It was shown a moment ago that
human existence is wholly mental.
Therefore the conditions of this ex-
istence depend largely upon the con-
dition of consciousness. Does it not
follow, then, that with change of
consciousness will come change in
the condition Of existence? A NOR
tails selfhood, his consciousness of
being, is obviously mental. There
fore, his body, which is the embodi-
,ment and externalization of his men
tality, is just as mental as the rest of
human existence ~ ssa .ea'ztiy4f
!. ,. Discordant, conditions; of the body
are therefore due to discordant con-
ditions of human sense; and it can be
readily seen that, ifathe light, of the
Christ-truth is brought to bear*upon
the dark despairing consciousness of
a sick, SHINING, dying mortal, it will
illumine t, brighten it with the di-
vine light and tint it with the divine
hues--a spiritual change which
will be manifested as harmony Of
body as we'll as of mind.
According to the Scriptural ac-
counts, the healing wrought by the