The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26
IMPORTANT TRUTH
Christian Science Teaching with Regard Human Intel
lect, the Unhealthy Of Matter. and the Nature
and Personality Of Cod

and insubstantial. and that it is.
therefore, in the deepest sense, 'iIIu-
sion, and without actual substance OF
power, and is. from the standpoint Of
/ the absolute, nothing and the
cause of nothing.
From the highest standpoint, matter
lis evil, because it is always limiting.
lSaid great German philosopher: The
essential nature Of matter IS bondage;
the essential nature Of Spirit is free
ldom. Since the discovery If radium
land related discoveries, modern sci
fence teaches that all matter is resolv-
liable into molecules, all molecules into
Iatoms, all atoms into electrons, and that
jail substances are radioactive, and all
atoms are kicking off electrons and
losing them in favor of nothing. Thus
matter is slowly wasting away. Moth
ing which is destructible Is philosophi-
cally OF truly real Consult, for in
Estance, the teachings of Prof. John
IFiske, Of Harvard.
/ So, from the most ancient philoso-
Iphers to the most modern. proceeds the
doctrine that matter, sin. disease and
death, all Of which are imperfect, evil.
end changeable, are philosophically,
and actually unreal and non-existent.
The practical application of this teach
ling for the destruction Of much that is
undesirable In our human lives is what
lis distinctive, so far as modern times
are concerned. in Mrs. Eddy's doctrine,
land practice. She herself admits that
this teaching and practice was inculcat-
ed by Jesus Christ, and was practiced
lby him and his immediate disciples,
and by Christians Of the first two OF
three centuries, and she states that she
get the cue to her personal re-discov-
lery Of this practice, first from being
healed through contemplation of a
verse of scripture, and then by a thor.
ough study Of the Bible. So far as the
writer has discovered by years Of care.
full and unbiased search, the scriptural
healing of sin, sickness and poverty on
this philosophical basis has never beer
widely practiced anywhere in the worlc
) in any age, except by Jesus and the
early Christians and by Mrs. Eddy anc
! her followers. or by those who have de
/ rived this practice directly or indirect
lily from Christ Jesus or Mrs. Eddy. O,
from beth.
Mrs. Wilmans gets lost in the fo{
! on the subject of the personality o
: God, and she would lose her reader
with her, were not most of them ex
= tremely hazy on this subject already
8 incidentally. she utterly misrepresent
{ the teachings Of Christian Science con
: Icerning this matter.
t The words. person. personal.
: personally" are among the most indie
finite and lose in their meanings in tn
> English language. For any clear un
4 Outstanding on the subject now beln
: considered. clearness Of definition is
|, prime requisite.
E The word person with its deriva
d Itiyes, is from the Latin persona.
/. which originally meant the mask wor
: by actors to make the features NOR
prominent in outdoor performances b
d fore large audiences. Then the wor
n came to mean an actor" Thus, b
Il derivation. these three words save
is strongly Of the fundamental idea Of ac
$ ling a part. Of course. in any sue
/. sense as this, God is not person.
al By usage. the word person" he
e come to have one meaning strongly q
d lied with the legal sense, in which Il
1t word is practically synonymous vii
" body; and personal is nearly syl
h onymous with "corporeal. In tn
h. sense, God is not person.
lie By usage, however. the word pc
10 son" has come to have another mea
Il, ing, as distinguishing sentient, sci
e. conscious being from that which is no
OF sentient. or from animals, which a
D. supposed not to be possessed OF sci
consciousness. This usage of the ter
m is clearly brought out when it is co
ut sidered that las my reader will read
s. admit any humans personality is !
to garded as more complete and col
Is. manding in proportion as his mental
le culties are highly developed and actiy
I'd even tho his body may be enfeebl
hit with age. In very distinct usage
NJ this word, the personality Of St. Pa
IN was being perfected while he undo
rit went the process which he described
Ie, the words, Tho the outward man pc
nd Iish, yet the inward man is renewed d
an lby day" We shall all become mo
r. complete and perfect persons, VIII
ru I'VE all come, in the unity Of the fat
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