The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27
Speaks on Science as
q Religion of ReaLity
Robert Stanley Ross, Lecturer at the Boston
Mother Church. Talks

sinless. not a scnsualist. m man b.
The Image and likeness % i.ifc. man
d immortal, not mortal II man 10
the image and likeness 81 Truth. man
is invariably truthful never a false
witness or false accusor. N man Is
the image ana likeness ~ Love. man
Is tender and compassionate. not
/ harsh and unloving. N man Is tho
image and likeness % Mind. man ak
presses divine ideas. not material be-
iefs. Finally, n man Is the image
and likeness % Principle. man is as
perfect as his Father IN heaven is
perfect
ONE CREATION
All o. which l. In harmony with
the first chapter OF Genesis. There
We are told that in the beginning
that Is, IN the Science and truth of
being IN which God declared an real.
iiy 70 be spiritual and good like HIM
self, perfection rciguod universally
and all creation shouted FOR Soy Ia
the iufinItude OF health and holiness.
where sin. disease. and death were
unknown Early in the second chap
I ter. h0wsvcr we are told that a mist
aroao and hid from view this ideal
state % affairs. after which Jehovah
a. supposed 90 have begun immcdl.
aiely 20 rN.crcatc out ~ the dust %
the ground an already perfectly good
universe and man. owing 20 this 10.
called mist. man h believed 60 have
been separated from his original per.
fection and 20 have become an ,rrinE
mortal. subject 20 sin. disease. and
death.
Now. II we admit that the mist
arose and that through Il man aetu-
ally fsll from his hlgh estate as the
divine image and Likeness. then sin.
disease, and death arc Inevitable. and
man i their helpless victim but
/ surely there was and IL nothing In
tho allness % pure Spirit or Mind out
Of which is very opposite. matter.
could b. evolved, Therefore. not.
withs,anding all sense testimony 20
tho contrary. Christian science de-
/ clnres with conviction based on proof
that matter and It's attending discor,ia
have no basis Ia fact and that Gods
spiritual harmonious creation O. now
and forever the only real creation. In
which there has never been any hc-
tuai departure from nor necessity OF
returning 10 health and harmony
Mrs. Eddy makes this plain on page
so % the Christian Science textbook.
Science and Health with Key 20 the
Scriptures where she writes The
relations Of God and man. divine
Principle and idea. are indcstructlblc
In Science: and Science knows no
lapse from nor return 20 harmony.
/ but holds the divine order or spirit
uHl law. IN which God and all that
He creates are perfect and eternal.
20 have remained unchanged in It's
eternal history"
MORTAL MIND AND MATTER
This being The case. Il should 30
evident 20 " that the material earth
and mortal man are not the universe
and man OF Spirits creating. Paul
tells US that the things which are
seen are temporal unreal. but the
/ things which arc not seen are eternal
I trcall." Furthermore. we shall soon
sec that tho material earth and NOR.
tai man arc no, even substance
/ matter. but subjective states Of this
mystlficd mentality called the car.
nal mind. or mind Of the flesh. which.
the Bible says. Is "enmity against
God. that iE. IL 81 an attempted
denial Of infinity. tho ailness. OF God.
good Therefore. ono OF tho first
things which the student OF Christian
/ Science needs 90 understand clearly
r. that mortais arc not living Ia mat
ter. but IN q state Of matcrial-mludcd.
ness which they. In their error. call
matter. This will explain why tho
so-cailed sick. who know nothing
about the teachings of Christian Sci
cncc. turn 20 material methods for
relief. They believe the inucsn to be
I physical. whereas u Is wholly mental.
Even material scientists admit that
/ matter Is not what u appears 10 be.
( According 10 physics. matter (be Il
the human body or a log OF wood Is
composed OF an aggregation Of dis
/ tinct, minute bodies called -atoms.
I These atoms arc 20 small that they
can be seen only through a powerful
/ microscope. II az all when atoms
arc finally analysed. physics tells us
/ that they are resolved into positive
and negative buttons OF force called
eicctrons. from which point they
elude further detection and disappear
/ entirely In that unknown quantity
/ called tho ether. Indeed. a few
years ago an eminent English scholar
/ said that material scientists were cx-
planning matter by explaining Il
away. In this connection. II u worthy
OF note that nearly sixty years ago
Mr.. Eddy announced 10 a then
wholly incredu,ous world that matter
I Is a phenomenon OF mortal mind. Sho
was a half century ahead OF our pro-
/ fessors Of physics Writing on page
III OF Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy
says. Mortal mind and body are one.
| Neither exists without the other, and
both must be destroyed by immortal
Mind. Matter. or body, Is but false
concept Of mortal mind"
DISEASE IS MENTAL
Thus It viii be seen that the 10.
called human body Is not material,
but mortaliy mental. manifesting
only what mortal mind 10 entertain.
ing In belief. For example. all OF
US know that an ugly disposition
Will reveal itself in harsh. unlovely
features; whereas a gentle disposition
will find expression in a serene and
smiling countenance. IL this Is true,
IL Il not reasonable 70 conclude that
the organs and functions OF the hui
man body as a whole are equally re-
sponsive 10 thought? ! have known
people to become desperately III FOL.
lowing outbursts OF temper. / have
seen faces become rcd with rage and
white with fear Someone has said
that II hatred will distort the fea-
lures, Il will distort tho liver also.
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