The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09

I tAsA aAlo NfaEffraa operation I'm fNF
face o. on the opposition which
human Ingenuity could fashion or Inc
I woke. The rrCrptiysurT1 clm8 be-
cause ca. lived in obedience 20 tho
divine viii, like tho prophets % old
che walked with God and hence could
hear Ills voice and understand ii.s
message. Her indomifabIt courage
was born az her unsgInsh, irnrnibir
purpose 90 make known 40 humanity
tho way OF escape from o. dlfu
cultios.
People are sometimes heard 10. say
that they cannot accept Mw. Ediys
, yulwa, Tb6y forget that Mrs Eddy
has not put forward her own opinions.
she has promulgated tho fundamsu
tails ~ divine Science aH thsy have
been revealed 90 her They forget
that Mra. EDDY has not created
Science. che has discovered h. dis
covered those uuvuinE truths which
have always been az hand awaiting
recognition and utilization ~ man
People may like or dislike Christian
Science. accept or reject q. bat they
cannot hold MrL Eddy responsible
for what u o.. Science h what God
made a.. u ~ OF divine not human
origin.
Electricity has always been ip the
world. ready 30 90 mans bidding and
10 tighten his burdens. bat ths psHr-
traiins vision o. aH Ed.Hau was
needed 90 discern iia subtle forrsa
and harness them Tor service Pr0-
pie DO not blame Edison nor hold
him responsible Tor what electricity
u, They use Il and arc grateful 90
him for the lucalculhhIr Euoi be hur
done. Possibly there are those who
Hc0w Go ride iu an elevator. prefer
rims 10 walk up long Nights 81 stairs.
or who prefer the thll8w candle 90
tho incandssrrnt lamp. or who rr
fuse 30 i.Higu in on the radio because.
they have been told. II o. the work
Of the devil iiut the average person
t. quick 90 make zee o. those inycns
tlons which tend % brighten and hap.
pify existence. 80 thoughtful people
arc coming more ana moro % dis
regard tho advice % hostile, Il-ln.
formed critics and 90 investigate and
try tho sa!euc1 Of Christianity and
prove far themselves that d fulnla
D. promises,
Certain commentators on American
civilization drp.oF1 whs' they arc
pleased 90 call In m3irri3iialIg bias
and - lack ~ spiritual or religious
leadership, How superficial and mis-
leading such Cfille.1m iH should Do
apparent 90 the most casual observer
For since tho carly Christian era
there has arisen no greater religious
leader than Mafy Baker EDDY Not
since that time has the world Wit
messed a greater religious movement
than Christian Science, This move
mont. launched b. Mrs Eddy scarce
iY moro than half a century ago has
already ovrFisaped Tho boundaries %
our country and cnrirci-d the riufr.
blowing % way through tho sulisu
aelfshEssa and r0TdiiueEa % the age
and planting in human seorHrious.
meas tho ylrilr seeds Of truth which
In due season viii spring into uni
ysrnai health and riEhtcouHu~FHs
MATERIAL APPEARANCES
Let ~ return 20 a consideration u
tho universe % matter aud physical
objects, briefly alluded 70 q moment
ago. which seems 60 gree, IN on an
sides. II d important 90 hnaiyEs and
dispose % this phenomenon because
Ia - al
Modern chemistry finds that matter
Is not tho solid substance Il seems
10 be-. but resolves n into force. on
crEy. or influence. A recent author.
~ on The subject writes, 1t u
crude. inadequate and impossible
idea. this naive conception Of matter
~ something solid. heavy. hard. In
sTtt lndsBtrucilblr. imprurirable. rnI4
orcd ana surfaced Aud again BE-
says Tho progress OF rrlcnro chat
IL, physics and chemlttryj is coniln.
uhlly toward a characterization Of
matter. Physical analysis rcvolvea
the crude. heavy. solid stuff that our
senses show uF. into finer and finer
particles, further and further apart.
until these practically disappear into
mare points Of rndiatinE influence e
Bgt all this does not help tho Aitua.
ton. II merely changes the form uf
matter. whom what ~ needed Is tho
elimination Of the belief In matter.
Now Christian Science agrees with
so-callSd physical science when the
latter asscrtA that matter II not tho
hard indestructiblo stuff /, seems.
But tho agreement goes no further.
for when physical science declares
that matter IS energy and then nc.
ceptg this energy as real. Christian
Science insists that matter is the
lower or dcusrr stratum Of mortal
mind. and then 1isposcH Of tho whole
affair by tho bold yet logical nsser-
ton that mortal mind has only
seeming existence for divine Mind Is
the only Mind, OF which mortal mind
Is merely the counterfeit or imitation.
Matter is therefore lcft without
foundation or substance. II Is re-.
duced to a yaRary OF mind which
seems TO but does not exist. Matter
hAAH HHNNlil'h a blNhifIl NOT OF phys
les but OF metaphysics It's claim 20
existence is transferred 10 the mental
realm.
For tho human or mortal mind.
acting upon tho inadequate lnforma-
ton furnished by the five senses, mis-.
interprets everything II contcmplntcs,
whether tree, n landscape. or a star.
II looks out upon tho universe. and,
unable 10 comprehend tho beauty.
perfection and vastness OF tho scene.
II forms limited. crampcd. distorted
concept Of things. This distortion or
misIntcrpretntlon Of real things con.
stitutes matter and material exist
oncc. Matter, then. rs mental, or.
more accurately speaking. falsely
mental, for It Is simply the imperfect
concept which tho human mind
frames when Il oontomplatcs spiritual
reality.
But this condition Is not beyond
redemption, for ng tho human mind