The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-20


ulaii0n The wouldhe healer. by
process Of suggestion OF hypnotiam.
handles tho thought ~ hia patient.
and by force u wiifpawcr tries 20
eject the sick thought and introduce
In ~ place The well thought. 40 the
time assuming that sickness "a aH
real aH health. Such u method haH
no scientific hafis. and manlfestly
b. more dangerous than tho Use Of
drugs or rorlmn. IN that u permits
one human mind 20 dominate an.
other
PRAYER or TREATMENT
Christian Science has no part in
such questionable practices. II cx,
pels false beliefs ~ truth. not hS
other beliefs nor by lipowsr H.
does not mormerilf the Individual
who stands in need o. help II en-,
lighiens and iitebtcs him normally
and spontaneously by awakening him
90 the fact that life IL God. az The
fNble teaches. aBd therefore ia above
and beyond any manifestations or
suEsrnilan u disease. With hiH men.
tally thus illumlnrd. tho erntwhiie
sufferer rcilnQuihhss his thought OF
pain land pain IL only a thought. Il
D. not a thing and DO accepts the
facts of harmonious being Disease
thereby LOSES lis place iu conscious.
ucaa and disappears a. naturally and
scientifically HH any erroneous belief
Nnnlahca Ia tho prtH@nco of truth.
And what u tho truth Ia relation
90 health and dlacnaey simply this.
that health b. natural real. and God,
given. while dlsease is unnatural. un,
real aud unknown 10 God and 10 tic
true man Disease is nothing beyond
a mortal phenomenon. a false appear.
auco. aa illusion Why .u dincaRs
unreal or lilunofy7 Because, being
wholly bad. y would not have been
nude by Cod. who iH wholly Fo0d
and who creates sii that D. or can bs.
because God "a Love. an tho Scrip.
lures affirm. and hence could not
and does not visit Ills children with
gfflIrtlou, because disctse claims 10
impair and even destroy Life. whru
tIfe IL God ana therefore utcfnAiiy
perfect and indeatructible.
Now. instead Of doubling this
wonderful proposition. az you may
10 tempted 90 do. silently declare II.
hold 10 u Ia thought. two NJ 10 II az
Gar an possible and presently you
Will find yourself drrnonstraung IL
aH thousands Of others are doing.
This declaring tho truth. abiding in
u. and putting Il into practice IL
prayer. tho prayer OF tho righteous
man which aeulicth much IN accord.
anco with tho scriptural promise. II
u not tho prayer Of the blind faith
nor OF RguuiEcd pleading. II is the
prayer Of intelligence and under,
standing. the prayer which silently
insists, and az least In some measure
realizes that man - perfec, even an
God IL perfect, whatever tho illusions
Of human sense may say or suppose
20 tho contrary,
Prayer" e,yh Emerson. "ls tho
contemplation OF tho facts Of life
from The highest point Of view" And
presently he adds. AS soon aA tho
man Is at ono with God. he win not
beg" hut prayer has too often
been regarded as petition 20 move
reluctant God whose purpose may he
wrong and whose course can 10
changed. When Il II remembered.
however, that God Is unchanging
Love. and that Ho confcrs all that
He has upon man. there IA no oc.
castor for pleading. but rather &C.
cnslon for knowing. understanding.
approaching. and accepting Him aud
His bounty.
Tho efficacy Of prayer consists
then. In changing mars attitude
toward God. not Gods attitude to.
ward man. It's function IL to mt
and lllumine consciousness to the
point whore man realizes, to some
extent at least, that actually he is
az one with God and therefore is In
the possession OF all things good and
noedful, without any necessity for
begging or pleading. This scientific
gethcr with the fear. ignorance. and
sin which occasion Il, and realizes
the goodness OF God, tho harmony
of Life. and the consequent perfec.
ton OF man. 1t IL in line with that
unerrlng vision which tho Master
possessed when Mrs. Eddy says of
him on pages 476 and All OF Science
and Health. Jesus beheld In Science
the perfect man, who appeared 10
him where SHINING mortal man ap.
pears TO mortals In this perfect
man the Saviour saw Gods own like.
ness, and this correct view Of man
healed the sick"
Who has not observed that his
consciousness is n veritable battle
ground whore wrong thoughts strive
TO usurp the legitimate place OF
right thoughts? Yet one right
thought, rcsolutely held TO, puts to
flight host of wrong thoughts, ns
every ono knows from experience.
This Is so because right thoughts
come from God, and hence arc true
and invincible. While the only
strength or hope Of wrong thought,
whether of fear, hate, sin. or pain.
is to deceive the individual into nc.
ccptIng II ns his, instead OF dsown.
ing and spurning It MS an omanation
of evil and therefore without origin.
authority, or power az persuasion.
DISCOyEaER or CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
It will not be inferred. from what
hna been said, that Christian Science
practice w purely an intellectual
process devoid of sympathy and com.
passion, for while the letter OF
u,Ion,o 4, cgrpntInI tbo grIrit ts a,