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

3Il tlitNtH ana rni ftuHr14 real 90 iaf
as Dc ia concerned. and A. punished
accordingly while De who srisnun-
cally rcpudiaies cyil AZ unreal and
refuses 10 indulrv in the practice az
~ Is on the sure and only road 90
ia mastery
Eyll viii seem in some degree real
10 The individual until he reaches the
moral heights whore eva makcs no
appeal 90 him. bat ho b. nightly
helped in attaining that altitude and
eventually win 10 lifted 90 o. hy
realizing however imperfcctly a. the
outset of his course. that cyll n ac.
tually noneXisicnt ana hence holds
no pleasure or satisfaction for him.
EVIL SUGGESTIONS
While the Christian Scientist TO
yards evil az unreal be does not for.
set that u appears 90 pat forth In
sidiouu claims ana prricnaloua. These
no II alert 20 detect and 90 put 20
flight or reduce 20 nothinFncas IS
rlling his thought and lie with
good. He appreciates that evil can
10 unreal and harmless 20 him only
hH ho rejects u and leads IA lie ~
rlghieousnesa lie denounces oyii aa
vigorously a. 90 other rcllFioalats.
but with this advantage. that be
knows God noycr made u, and there.
fore that u has no actual pace.
power, or attraction.
hut whence come sinful thoughts.
desirca and tcmpntions9 Not from
God, certainly. nor DO they originate
with the Individual. although hcy
would have him ro believe. They come
from the false or fictitious mentality.
the carnai or mortal mind. which
Paul declared b. 'onmity against
God" and which Jesus denounced b.
a he and tho father on lies when
tho individual sccs that ain. whether
In thought or In deed. ~ a Ne. ana no
part OF his true being. he IL In "a
position inteillFcntiy and effectively
10 put u out % his experience Ne no
longer battles hllndly with u "as one
that beatcth tho air" which h tho
case OF the man who mistakenly ha.
sumcs that cyii Ia real. but meets
evil with tho assurance 81 g0d given
capacity 90 overthrow n
The result OF this intelligent hand.
linE Of evil II a practical demonstra-
lion that good Ia tho only power and
presence Does any ono doubt this
There IA not an indi-
Nldual here today who has not. iu
some measure. proved tho unrralily
Of evil. for ita Erosacr types, az least.
u Il hoped. no longer find fesponsr
In him. Christ Jesus, who Il our e1
ample In ali things. reached the place
where he could say. THE prince %
this world cometh aud hath nothing
in mo" The destiny OF every indl
vidunl. guided ~ scientific Chris.
tlhnlty. points % that same perfect
state as not only possible Of attain
ment hut eventually and inevitably
hlb 90 enjoy and this. not ln some
dim ana distant future. bu, in the
world Ia which wc now find our
selves. Tor the kingdom Of heaven
Is 80 near. both Ia time and place.
that, as Jesus sald 9, L. within us
HEALTH DEVELOPMENT
Atoms with moral. intellectual. ami
spiritual embodiment comes health
development II D. mans reapouai.
bllity 20 he well. Just as 4 il 20 h.
normal intellectually and morally.
Certainly there ~ no virtue IN being
III, neither Is there any necessity for
T. sickness and suffering have
sometimes been supposed to 10 a
part Of mans destiny, sort ~
divine visitation. having mysterious
10 perform in accordance
with Gods will Yet Few indeed arc
they who DO not struggle TO escape
from disease. even though processing
TO believe that Providence has i'm.
posed u. while many arc coming 10
SC that God no more visits iia chill
iren with sickness than Ho does with
sin.
4 God who IL perfect fashions ali
things in perfection. "A creator who
II good makes ali things good. a
supreme Being who h love does not
send forth suffering and hfnlotlon.
but joy and peace and happiness.
Reason tells US this n true. inspirn
,ion-''ihai s,iil small voice. Of
spiritual Consciousness confirms IL.
while Christian Science demonstrates
The fact by brushing aside tho claims
n disease and establishing In their
place n sense Of health and harmony.
When We accept disease as real. we
combat Il with slight success. But
when We face IL with the conviction
that God never made II. therefore
that Il Is nothing beyond false be.
lief. We arc well on the way 10 It's
final overthrow and extinction,
Disease. whatever it's unmo or type,
Ia not what Il seems. Both in origin
and in character Il II mental. hut
how. you ask. can this lie true OF
those ailments which manifest them.
selves upon the body? The cxplanh.
ton n not difficult when II ~ rc.
that the human body ia
the creation or product OF tho human
mind. IL IN simply what that mind
or makes H. Tho human
mind thinks disease, pictures II, and
fears II as a dreadful reality. The
GENERALIZATION OF disease upon the
body follows as natural conse.
1uence. That which the human mind
in thought Il necessarily
projects into the body which II forms.
and controls.
How important to tho individual,
then, that he empty his mind OF
sick, abnormal. hateful. and unwholc.
some thoughts, and flll II with
hcalthful, normal. kindly. and whole.
some thoughts. because, MS his
thoughts arc. so is he, And remember
this. that thinking health amounts
10 vastly more than contemplating
an lnnnimatc. inarticulatc truth: II
Is putting into operation a vital. pull.
satlng element. which will never
sound retreat" until healing is
brought home 20 him who has sent
out the appeal For truth, when
thought or declared, becomes dy.
mamie. II goes forth on It's corrective
mission with the irresistible energy