Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26


for disease. What would that mean7
1t would mean that a power was
claimed which was based on matter
and which assumed the preroEatives
| Of the divine power. Since God has
all power. then evil, drugs. and dis
ease have no power omnipotence In,
| cludes all and there Is no power left
for any other agency to use. and this
fact is etcrnally true.
MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE LEADS
10 DISEASE AND DEATH
Christian Scientists have learned
from the study of tho Bible. and the
writings OF Mrs. Eddy. and from their
own experiences, that there Is vast
amount OF knowledge floating around
In human thought which is ephem-
eral illusive, unnecessary. 1t is know
ledge based entirely on the evidences
OF the physical senses. and the more
we know of this knowledge, the more
deeply our thought is impregnated
With it, the more darkness. pain. and
disease we manifest. Why is 1t that
specialists frequently become the VIC
Tins OF the disease they study so
assiduously? and why is 1t that the
study of medical works tends to bring
on Ill health? He who imbibes ma
terial sense testimony and relies on 1t
is like n man working his way into
the depths of a bog. He is in danger
at any moment OF being swallowed
up in its dark depths. Mrs. Eddy
states in Science and Health. page
ae9. Knowledge gained from ma
-terial sense is figuratively represented
in Scripture as tree, bearing the
fruits of sin. sickness. and death.
Ought we not then TO judge the know
ledge thus obtained to be untrue and
dangerous. since the tree Is known
by his fruit ?N
Christian Scientists rejoice that
they have accepted the great discov-
cry Of the difference between false
human testimony and that genuine
knowledge OF God which heals and
saves. Tho apples Of the tree of
knowledge of good and evil no longer
allure them. They know that they
must worship the Father In spirit and
in TRUTH as tho Master declared.
and in their demonstration OF Chris
tian Science they clearly hold to these
fundamentals; that God is not man
and man is not God. but man Is tho
creation. the reflection Of God. They
know that God is not in matter nor Ia
matter a part OF God. Matter ID q
part of mortal mind. the fictitious op-
posite to God. Only as we recognize
the allness of Spirit and the nothing
ness OF mortal man and material
world can we prove the supremacy OF
Spirit.
ULTIMATE OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
Christian Science heals the sick:
there is no doubt about that. He
would he y reckless critic indeed. who.
at the present time. would deny that
Christian Science does heal the sick.
But the healing Of physical Ills Is not
the ultimate OF Christian Science.
Christian Science goes to tho bottom
OF the human mentality, uncovers the
latent errors of the human mind and
destroys them. and nrouscs mon 10
claim their divine heritage as sons OF
God Christian Science arouscs men
lives for mans life IL derived from
God. A Christian Scien,is; secs that
his real business Is to know and TO
giorlfy God. Tho healing OF sickness
and sin is only the preliminary step
by which a man secs that his real
duty, his ideal. IL 10 understand God
and TO live according to His eternal
lawe. The writer of Ecclcsiastcs
summed up the matter when he said.
Fear God. and keep His command
men's: for this is tho whole duty Of
man A mans regeneration has
merely commenced when he is healed
of physical ills by Christian Science.
Perhaps dimly at first. but neverthe-
less surely. he begins 10 see n perfect
rnodei-a vision of God who IL Spirit.
Life. Love. and man and the universe
spiritual and eternal. He begins to
SEQ n perfect ideal of manhood based
upon mans eternal sonship with God.
He notes how lnmcntably inadequate
were his former habits and ideals and
no finds that transformation OF
thought must take place II he is over
TO attain this perfect model This
perfection OF God is the model all
great spiritual thinkers have .ccn.
Moses saw II on sinai Christ Jesus
on the mountain OF transfigurn,ion.
tho apostle John on tho Isle Of Pat
mos. And so the man begins To un-
dergo. that change OF thought de-
.cribed In the Bible by various terms;
's.ouvrrsiou'', regeneration. 'rc-
newlng or tho mind" born OF the
Spirit" reconciliation with God"
lie begins to measure himself by the
model OF n perfect God and perfect
man and to grow TO that perfection
of thought which the Psslmist saw
when he said. 4 shall he satisfied.
when awake with they likeness"
This process of regeneration re-
o,ilrcs work. we do not jump from
matter to Spirit at single bound.
but when n man begins work ON the
basis OF the allness and perfection
Of Spirit. he is on the right road
As he works and prays, striving to bc
lcd Of the divine Mind which knows
all things. the path Of spiritual light
sooner or later shines straight and
clear before him. when his thought
is illumircd by spirituality. 1t Will eS-
'ernalise in improved surrounding
II he has been under the bondage of
sickness. he will begin to express
health. II he has been limited by pov-
ertr. he will begin TO prove that with
the divine Mind supply and demand
are always equal: n he has been
filled With fear. he will begin to lay
hold OF pence ana confidence. ana in
place OF the constant fear that death
IL Inevitable. he will grasp the fact
that Life is eternal. These are the
results Of working rightly. Of exal,.
ing Spirit and refusing the claims OF
the physical senses. a man has made
n notable advance when he has
learned to work rightly. Blessed Ia
he who has found his work" said Car