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

INC imaEe ana likeness OF Truth, man
Is Invariably truthful. never a false
witness or false accuser. II man Is
the image and likeness Of Love. man
Is tender and compassionate, not
harsh and unloving, III man is the
image and likeness Of Mind. man ca
presses divine ideas. not material be-
liefs. Finally. II man Is tho image
and likeness Of Principle. man IA as
perfect as his Father Ia heaven is
perfect
ONE CREATION
An Of which Is In harmony with
the first chapter OF Genesis. There
We arc told that In the beginning
that Is Ia tho science and truth %
belns-ln which God declared all real,
ity 20 be spiritual and good like Him.
SELF, perfection rcigued universally
and al creation shouted Tor Joy iH
the infinltude Of health and holiness.
where sin, disease. and death were
unknown. Early in tho second chap
ter, however wo arc told that a mist
arose and hid from view this ideal
state Of affairs, after which Jehovah
Is supposed 10 have begun immedl-
ately TO rc.crcato out OF the dust Of
the ground an already perfectly good
universe and man. Owing 20 this so-
called mist. man is believed 20 have
been separated from his original per.
fection and to have become an srrlnk
mortal. subject 10 sin. disease. and
death.
Now. II we admit that tho mist
arose and that through Il man actu-
ally fell from HIS high estate as the
divine image and likeness. then sin.
disease. and death arc inevitable. and
man II their helpless victim hut
surely there was and Is nothing IN
the allness Of pure Spirit or Mind out
OF which rs very opposite. matter.
could BE- evolved, Therefore. not,
withstandlng all sense testimony 70
the contrary. Christian Science de-
clares with conviction based on proof
that matter and It's attending discordH
have no basis In fact and that Gods
spiritual. harmonious creation IL now
and forever the only real creation. IN
I which there has never been any Rc-
tual departure from nor necessity Of
returning 10 health and harmony
Mrs. Eddy makes this plain on page
40 OF tho Christian Science textbook.
Science and Health with Key 20 the
Scriptures" where sho writes: The
relations Of God and man. divine
Principle and idea. arc indestructlhle
in Science; and Science knows no
lapse from nor return 20 harmony.
but holds the divine order or spirit
ual law. In which God and all that
He creates are perfect and eternal.
TO have remained unchanged Ia It's
eternal history"
MORTAL MIND AND NATTER
This being the case. IL should DO
evident 10 Us 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 arc eternal
lreall.r Furthermore. We shall soon
sec that the material earth and NOR
tai man arc not even substance
matter. but subjective states Of this
mystlfied mentality called the "car.
nal mind. OF mind OF the flesh. which.
the Bible says. Is "enmlty against
God. that Is. Il IS an attempted
I denial OF lnfiniiy. the ailness. Of God.
good. Therefore. ono Of tho first
things which tho student Of Christian
Science needs 10 understand clearly
Is that mortals are not living In mat
ter. but in state OF mater.al-mlnded
ness which they. in their error. call
matter This will explain why tho
so-called sick. who know nothing
about the teachings Of Christian Sci
ence. turn 20 material methods FOR
relief. They believe tho Illness 20 be
physical. whereas Il Is wholly mental
Even materiai scientists admit that
matter Is not what Il appears 10 be.
According to physics. matter Cbe Il
the human body or n log Of wood Is
composed OF an aggregation OF dis
tinct, minute bodies called atoms.
These atoms are so small that they
can be seen only through a powerful
microscope, IL at all. When atoms
are finally analysed, physics tells US
that they are resolved into positive
and negative buttons Of force called
electrons. from which point they
elude further detection and disappear
entirely in that unknown quantity
called the ether. Indeed. fow
years ago an eminent English scholar
said that material scientists were ex-
planning matter By explaining IL
away. In this connection. II is worthy
OF note that nearly sixty years ago
Mrs. Eddy announced TO n then
wholly incredulous world that nn,ter
is phenomenon OF mortal mind. She
was 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 a false
concept Of mortal mind"
DISEASE IS MENTAL
Thus It will be seen that the so.
called human body Is not material.
but mortaily mental, manifestinR
only what mortal mind Is entertain.
ing in belief. For example, all OF
US know that an ugly disposition
will reveal itself in harsh, unloyely
features; whereas a gentle disposition
will find expression in a serene and
smiling countenance. II this is true,
Is 1t not reasonable TO conclude that
the organs and functions OF the HUI
man body as a whole arc equally re-
sponsiyo to thought? have known
people to become desperately III fol.
lowing outbursts OF temper. ! have
seen faces become red with rage aud
white with fear. Someone has said
that IL hatred will dlstort tho fca-
lures. II will distort the liver also.
Jesus recognized that It Is not food
that dlsarranges the system. but fear.
dishonesty. hate. and other DESTRUCTIVE
beliefs.
All (which indicates that mortals
are healthy or unhealthy, happy or
| unhappy. strong or tVnak ,tt,,a -