The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-18

What = ffo. 'Tia bur a madness
what ~ lifef 4 mere illusion.
Fieeting pleasure, fond dsluslon.
Short lived JOY. that ends IN sadness.
Whose most. constant substances
seems
But the dream Of other dreams
But. you say. who or what l. u that
becomes confused into misconstruinR
the facts Of real life and man7 Does
man. the expression OK tho divine in
teliiFencc. become confused and a
dreamer? Does man argue or reason
srrdncously and reach false conclu-
sionn7 No. THE believer and belief
arc one" says Mrs. Eddy Science
and Health. r. tsJl and that one Is
tho dream-ihe belief OF a aslfhood
apart from God. Matter and all It's
forms. whether claiming 10 be
thoughts. things. or man. is mis-
statement. or misunderstanding. Of
the infinite substance Spiril-wbich
alone includes all that f. real.
whether thought. thing. or man The
entire range Of the erroneous hypoih-
ssls of life In matter is. after al.
reduclble 90 false argument a
dream. deserving neither recognition
nor credenrs.
Christian Science r. the truth. and
therefore. a. system OF religion and
ethics. II Is 80 finely balanced that
the slightest deviation from its per-
feet statement and practice becomes
travcsty There ls an idea back OF
every natural. normal thing In the
world The human mind miscon-
strues these IDEAS and calls the mis-.
conceptions material things These
lies. these counterfcits. with their
multiplication and self-divlslon. make
up the supposltlonai world OF matter.
| The distortions or abnormal tunc-
tiouiuE OF these cOunterfeiis consti-
tutes disease and discord. But IN re-
verse Of every lie. however remote.
however. distorted. however abnor.
NAL. there f. true statement which
reveals a right idea OF the one Mind.
God. This idea Is found to be spir-
ltual and TO have the qualities OF
Spirit. God. Shall man be less pure
than his Maker7
By reversing matter or turning
away from Il. Christian Scientists are
enabled TO come close 20 Spirit. We
/ get acquainted with God and His In
finite activity. We become conscious
Of spiritual presence and power, sub
stance and government. and In that
I degree matter and material things
are displaced Christian Science does
not teach destruction OF the body
| Contrariwlse. Christian Science inn
1 proves the body by eliminating the
/ abnormal aud destructive conditions
/ TO which the body IL subjected under
! the sway Of so.called mortal mind.
/ This elimination Of error Involves
4 complete evangelization OF the hui
man self. Christian Science contem-
| plates further the day. when through
n process OF scientific and Christian
I enlightenment the material body
shall have disappeared. giving place
& w INC lFiA Hlilif VIC VI
/ Gods ideas. Spirits man is spiritual:
and 10 prove that eternal fact is the
work OF Christian Science. Now Is
I the day Of evanBeizatlou. Now is
the time for material selfhood to dis
appear. Shall mortal man complain
II this accomplishment be done by
dcgrees2 The kingdom Of Spirit can.
not be taken by violence. The ma
terlal body cannot be done away with
by abuse Of H. Christian Science
does not maltreat the body. 1t cares
for the body by correcting ones
thought about u thus healing. sus-
tanning. and bringing it into nor
maiity.
THE PRAYER TRUE
EVANGELISM
How do we arrive at the spiritual
understanding Of salvation? BY
means Of prayer Through prayer We
turn away from the mcsmet%t, false