The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-27
RS. ROSS TALKS
At SCIENTIST
CHURCH
All Sin, Disease, Sorrow Due
to Error, Says Speaker
From New York

There are no incurable diseases
and there is no physical affliction
which cannot be remedied, in the
opinion of Robert Stanley Ross. of
New York, who was the speaker
at meeting in the Arcade Audi.
forum yesterday afternoon under
the auspices of the Fourth Church
of Christ, Scientist. The speaker.
whose subject was Christian Sci
ence: The Religion of Reality" was
introduced by Charles S. Baum,
first reader Of the Fourth Church.
Christian Science shows us that
all the sin, disease, sorrow, poverty
and death in the world is due to
the error, based upon the supposed
reality of the delusion that God
either sends or permits evil," Mr..
Ross said.
"Sin, disease and death are not
good, hence not of God; therefore
they are unreal, and you can be-
gin right here and now to. resist
your own. and the worlds belief
in them-a belief that is niscalled
law, although there is no law, d.
vine or human, behind it-and be
free.
Mankind has only to be awaken.
ed spiritually to see both the un-
reality of evil by which it has been
deceived and the unchanging per-
lection of Gods universe and the
real man. Through this open door
disillusioned world will be only
too glad to escape from evil and
It's torments.
Does Christian Science presume
to heal incurable diseases? THE
answer is an emphatic and assuring
yes; and in accordance with divine
authority. No doubt there are
many people in the audience who
were healed by Christian Science
after other methods Of treatment
had failed to help them. Let us
understand clearly. therefore, tina:
so-called incurable disease is mere
ly one which the medical profes
sion is unable to cure. In the sight
Of infinite love there are no in
durable diseases; there never have
been any, there never will be any
1.-THE Psalmist knew this when
he sang: BLESS the Lord, o my
soul, and forget not all his benefits
who forgiveth all thine iniquities
who healeth all thy diseases" Note
well that 1t reads all thine iniQuities
and all thy diseases, not some OF
them.
Why Disease Returns.
Here let us suppose case to
which a surgeon is called. Owing
to fear, amiability, hate. or some
other phase Of mortal mind, the
! patient believes he has a growth
in or on his body which can be
gotten rid of only by way Of a
surgical operation, Even though
the growth-which must have been
conceived mentally oerore it could
have become evident physically
be removed, the cause Of the diff
culty-that Is, the patients belief
in or fear of it's uncorrected.
The top Of the weed has been cut
off, but the roots are still there.
This will explain why some dis
eases, at least, supposedly cured
by material treatment, have been
known to return in one form or
another.
christian Science, on the other
hand, when applied by one who Is
normally and spiritually qualified to
do so, and presuming, of course,
upon the willingness and readiness
of the patient to do his part
Christian Science, / say, will take
such a case and remove the physi-
cal effect by graduating first the
roots or unseen mental cause. In
stead Of endeavoring to heal man
who is sick or sinner in this
perfectly good, whole, complete
universe of Spirits creating, the
Christian Scientist aims to demon
strate the spiritual fact that man,
Gods man, the only man there
really Is, is harmonious and up
right, now and forever, untouched
by sin, disease, and death.
when a so-called diseased condi'
ton is overcome in this spiritual
manner. the patient is benefited
not only physically, but mentally
and morally: hence there can be
no relapse or return.