Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26


misconceptions OF the human nina
which will inevitably disappear when
the new heavens and new earth
wherein dwelleth righteousness uawh
upon human thought. Christ Jesus
destroyed the unreal and exalted the
real. And today the Christian Scient-
ist is faced with the necessity OF keep
ing clearly in thought this same vital
distinction between the real and the
unreal.
At times misinformed critics seek to
convey the impression that Christian
Science makes "A mistake in teaching
that sin. disease and death are unreal,
claiming that they are terrible real
tiles These errors may seem real to
the uninstructed thought but they arr
not real In the sense that they are not
God-created No man thruott the ages
has ever been healed of disease by de
clarinE Its reality Only thru spiritual
perception that disease is illusion be-
cause it is not of God can 1t be healed.
MARY BAKER EDDY. THE DIS
COvERER AND FOUNDER OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Mary Baker Eddy. the Discoyercr
and Founder OF Christian Science.
grasped the eternal truth OF existence
which the great spiritual thinkers of
the Bible saw. She climbed the noun
tain OF holiness. that mountain Beau
titui Ict SltuhtiOn, tne JOY tl th'
GARTH and from that exalted summit
there burst upon her spiritual vision
the absoluteness and perfection Of God
and the unrcality OF things mortal and
mundane. Because she saw the same
truth the same pattern, the same mod
ell OF thought, which prophet, seer and
Christ Jesus saw. her writings coincide
with the spiritual sense of the Scrip
tures. they give the same spiritual IL
Illumination as do the Bible texts when
understood. Tho result Is that the
Christian Science Text Book. Sci
cnce ana Health with Key to the
Scriptures. Is indeed n Key to Scrip
lures. and Christian Scientists are
healing the Sick and freeing the sim
ming AS did the disciples Of old when
they finally understood the import OF
the words and works of the blessed
Master.
In 1866. Mrs. Eddy wa. healed of the
results Of a serious accident thru the
understanding OF a passage In Mat
thew's gospel. Tho spiritual under
standing Of one passage of Scripture
lifted her out OF the shadow OF the
death valley" SO omnipotent IS Truth
The lieht that burst upon her con-
the result Of many years prayer. medi-
tation and study of the Scriptures.
Mrs. Eddy Rraspcd the mighty fact
that God Is the only Mind and cause,
and that there Is no other mind and
cause. Shc saw that there Is but one
cause. aod. one effect. man and the
universe. Mrs. Eddy saw siso that the
cxactncss. logic. order. co-ordina tion !.
continuity and law OF God were the
only real Science. which she named
Divine Science or Christian Science.
True Science is wholly spiritual and
destroys tho human counterfeit science
so far as the latter Is based hn matter
and mortality. Mrs. Eddy loved God.
and because she loved God. she loved
His creation. man. She saw that II
was her duty TO present this Science OF
God and man TO the world so clearly
prove II, and for this purpose she ia
bored and loved for almost a half a
century.
She began her work by testing her
discovery. She tested II by healing the
sick-many OF them instartanoously-
by breaking the bondage OF sin: she
tested II by the light and freedom her
followers experienced who honestly and
earnestly sought to know the truth
that makcth free. In 1875. nine years
after her healing. she gave to the world
tho textbook Of Christian Science.
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures. book that has done more
to fcyolutIonizc tho thoughts OF mon
regarding the truths OF the Bible than
any other book that has ever been
written. This book teaches the Science
of Christianity. Its pages are not adul-
terAted by tho teachings Of pnnthcism
or dualism; II teaches pure Christian
metaphysics and its students rise to
that spiritual altitude OF thought In
which tho sick are instantancously
healed. In speaking OF hcr experience
et this time. Mrs. Eddy wrote on page
les OF !hn textbook. In tho yvar 1886
l discovered the Christ Science or d.
Vino laws of Life. Truth. and Love. and
named my discovery Christian Science
God has been gr,ciously preparing mo
during many years for tho reception OF
this hnal revelation Of the absolute
divine Principle Of scientific mental
healing. This apodicticai Principle
points to the revelation OF Imrnanuai
God with us.'-the sovereign ever pres =
cncc. delivering tho children ~ men
from every III 'thnt flesh a. heir to
Thru Christian Science. religion and
medicine arc inspired with a dlviror
nature and essence; fresh pinions are
given to faith and understanding, nud
,houshts acauaint themselves iutoul-
gently With God"