The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13
Sedmdn Talks On
 Christian Science
Sees Health Reigning When Sickly Thoughts Are
 Released From Body

reality, n mighty power capable of destroying the health and the lifo of a man. Jesus proved their view to be utterly false when he healed ten lepers at one time. He healed every form of sickness, and did 1t instantaneously. Ho failed In . single instance. If leprosy had been reality. Jesus could not have destroyed it. He destroyed leprosy with perfect ease, because he knew that God mover made Jesus knew that the race believed in evil, and needed to be healed of that falso bellefg. Today Christian Science is healing all forms of sickness and discord on the basis Of Gods omnipotence and Gods infinite goodness. Thus Christian Science Is proving today, as Jesus did, that evil is unreal and power. less.
 What would not the world give to find . health that is indestruc- tible? Everyone desires health. Everyone needs 1t. Good health is q priceless blessing. one day, many years ago, was taking a trip on on old-fashioned stage coach drawn by four horses. On the soat with me sat two men who con- {, versed freely, and quite inevitably I heard their entire conversation. One of these mon was business man, very successful man. He owned the stage line and the stage In which we were travelling. He owned horses and cattle. Ho owned hotels and other valuable properties. The other man was 1 Ia .ls.a Ia .kaN Ho had prospered, and he had Ho had once served the people ns their governor. He was loved and respected for the valuable service he had rendered. Both of these men were unhappy, and they talked of their unhappiness. They were longing for good health. They believed they had once enjoyed good health, but that they had lost 1t. One of them said to the other: You have prospered, you have made money, but you would givo every dollar you have, and every dollar you have ever made, If It would bring to you good health, even that measure of good health which you were enjoying ten years ago, Is not that fact?" Without hesitation, the man addressed rec piled with . vigorous affirmative. They were of one mind In their att titude that they wuold gladly give up every material thing they pos: sessed If by 80 doing they could talk to mo, and I found no oppor- tunity to tell them of the message which Christian Science brings, but I took comfort then in know ing that each ono of these men already had the blessing he longed for as an eternal, irrevocable gift from God, and that, sooner or later. each ono would become aware of that glorious fact.
 What Is health? Well, 1t is not Q material condition and 1t does not rest upon matter as 1t founda. ton. People will continue to be- lievo that they can losc their good so long as they placo that good on Q material foundation. But all the while the fact iB that the good rests upon Q spiritual foundation. Health is spiritual. It is q quality of God, and God is infinite Spirit. Health Is eternal, universal, and indestructible. It is an inherent quality of every creature which God produces. You have health because God is forever hartnoni- ous. and you reflect Him. Your health Is an inherent quality oe indestructiblo, because you as a child of God arc eternal and in. and you are eternal and indestructibie, because God iS eternal and indostructibie, and Ho forever sustains and preserves you. We never lose our health. It can never Do diminished or impaired. It is with us wherever we are, and 1t is ours to enjoy forver and for. ever without Interruption.
 Sickness cannot destroy health, it cannot diminish or dIsp!ace heaith. What is sickness? It is not q material condition. It Is not pro- dueed by matter. Sickness is q mental deiusion. Sickness is sick. " thinking. Now there is no sick. ly thinking In God, nor in Gods creation. Mortals. taught to be- lieve fin sickness, think in q sickly fashion, and . slckly state of mind .manifosts Itself in an inharmoni. 'ous human body. But only Gods unnecessary. Man In Gods image and likeness receives all his thoughts from God. and he cog. nizes only that which God pro. duces and eognizes. Consequently, man In Gods image nevor entcr- tains slckly thoughts, and he is never sick. When mortals enter- tain sickly thoughts, that false thinking hides from them tho ever. present and universal health, just as c, mist or fog hides from our ivew tho sun. Az soon as sickly thinking is cast out of humnn cons 'seiousness by the truth Of being. tho sense of sickness vnnlshos Into t.l