The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29

more / was free from suffering for
tho nrHl lime in years had learned
ihlt God never ordained e,li ~ any
sort and that ] need not suffer am
other moment from the belief that
lie did ordain h.
Since that first healing Christian
Science has relieved mr u chronic
indigestion. ueuutis. defective sight
Tor which I wore glasses fuf several
years. tho tobacco habit, and other
disabilities almost too numerous 10
mention saw that my condition
was mental. not phy aud that
my body became harmonious in the
proportion that my thinking changed
from a material TO "a spiritual basis,
from material belief 10 spiritual un.
deriandiAg Then Il was that I
understood as never before The words
~ Paul. who wrote. And b. not
confomcd 10 this world. but be Sc
transformed By the renewing Of your
mind. that 80 may prove what Is that
good. and acceptable. and perfect.
viii Of God"
No INCuRABLE DISEASES
Here someone Ia the audience may
be saying that sumo diseases arc
more than mere beliefr, lie may be-
saying that be knows they arc real.
because be has y disease Tor which
he has tried All borla Of treatment.
has oven been operated upon. and
that The doctors have pronounced
him lncumblc Does Christian Sci.
cnee presume 20 heal lucurable dis.
eaHcaf The anHwrr Il. Yes. and iu
accordance with divine authority. No
doubt many people Ia thla audience
have been healed by Christian Sci
eueo OF so-cailed incurablo diseases.
Lot us understand clearly az the out.
set, however. that ta.callsd incur,
able disease n merely ono which the
doctors arc unable 20 cure In the
sight o. Infinite Love there are no
lncumble diseases. The Psalmist
knew this when he sang. "Blsts the
Lord. o my soul. and forge, not an
his benefits, who forKiycth all thine
iniquiticn, who healeth an thy dis
eases" Note well that Il reads ali
our inlqui,ies and all our diseases.
not some Of them.
Here lei IA suppose case 10
which a surgeon ID called. owing 10
fear or some other phase of mortal
mind. the patient believes he has a
growth IN or on his body which can
b. gotten rid % only BY an operation.
Even though tho growth. which mus;
have been conceived mentally before
o became evident physically. b re-
moved. tho eausc-that T.. tho pa.
tents belief In and fear ot tho con-
ditlon-ls uncorrcetrd. This viii cr-
plain why some diseases. supposedly
cured By drugs or surgery. have been
known 10 return in ouo form or an.
other Christian Science. on tho 9TH
cr hand. viii take such cases and re-.
move The physical effect b. eradicht-
ing tho mental cause. Instead of pre-
Stunning "a heal man who Is sick
Or n sinner. Christian Science aims 70
drmonntrato tho spiritually scientific
fact that man. Gods man. h now
and forever harmonious and upright.
as insepamhln from God a. effect
from cause. when a diseased condi-
ton II overcome Ia this manner. tho
patient u benefited not only phyhie-
ally. but mentally and morally. hence
tho disease cannot return.
TREATMENT
Thus Il will be seen that the prae.
,iso Of Christian Science n wholly
mctaphynlcni--th u. Il IL above the
physical II aims 20 see man as God
sees him. Now. how many types Of
man arc thsrcg only one. And what
ono IA thAtf Why. it il Gods man.
spiritual man. Ia this man aiek or n
siHnerg Ia be deformrd OF a cripple ?
Has no haf an ACCIDENT Is he nd.
dlrisd 10 alcohol or drugs1 Il he
poor. discouraged. or a failurr1 In
fact. IL there anything the matter
with Gods image and liksnsss7 80.
not unleEa there - SOMETHING tho
matter with God. Are you or are
you not Gods image and likcness7
In reality there % only ono OF you.
which ono arc your To bslloyo IN a
sels.hood apart from God. Spirit. puts
ono IN much tho famn position az
that OF an electric lamp without cur
rent Before the lamp can give on,
any light. a connection must DO e..
tablished. Likewise. IN order for
mortRla 20 partAko Of Gods blessings
and show forth T. goodness. they
mus, establish a connection by rscog.
mixing and claiming tho divine rcla.
tion,hlp that sxiss between Cod and
tho real man.
PRAYER
Christian Science II teaching man.
kind to have faith IN ono Creator.
one creation. ono man. ono law. and
that one spiritual and good. Nothing
needs 10 be added 20 Gods perfect
creation. and nothing can DO taken
from Il. Hence Il VIII DO seen that
prayer as understood IN Christian
Science Is not primarily an appeal TO
the Glycr OF all good 10 do some b
thing more than Hc has already done
or 10 grant tho special request OF n
petitioner. Rather n II grateful rec.
ognltion and acknowledgment OF the
forever fact that God has already
done all things we'll. True prayer
enables US 10 look through and be-
yond the mist Of sense testimony into
the rarofied atmosphere Of spiritual
reality This prayer reveals the
glorious fact that mortais need not
be out Of health. happiness. money.
or anything else that is necessary
and good so long as they understand
thnt man cannot be outside the realm
Of God. infinite good. In reality.
God has not made a poor man any
more than He has made n sick man
or a sinner. Furthermore, the divine
law that opcrates in our behalf 10
silence pain and heal n broken heart
may be depended upon to rcplcnish n
depleted purse.
Argue the senses what they will,
God il ever saying TO man. His
image and likeness. son. thou art
ever with me. and all that ! have Is
thine" God IL no respecter OF per-
sons. The divine Mind has no ia
voriteR. Principle regards one Of IIia