The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-20

the person or our beloved Leader
who was destined TO weave int
one seamless robe the truth
taught by every Christian church
and. best of all, TO restore 10 IN
garment OF Christianity the los
element OF Christ healing.
Mary Baker Eddy. the revere
Discoverer and Founder of the Sci
ence OF Christianity. loved tn
Christian church. She has writtel
Message for 1901, p. 81: "AmonI
the list OF blessings infinite I eoun
these dear: Devout orthodox par
ents; my early culture in the Con
gregationsl Church; the dali
Bible reading and family prayer
my cradle hymn and the Lord
Prayer. repeated at night: m
early association with distin
guished Christian clergymen.
became early a child of the Church
an eager lover and student Of vita
Christianity"
But this child was an indie
pendent thinker, ever a true Chris
tan Protestant This was mani
Tested at the age Of twelve, when
al an examination of candidate,
for church membership, the chile
protested against the Calyinistit
decree OF predestination-the doc
trine that some are saved whilst
others are damned. One can but
remember here another memorable
instance when child found In the
temple in the midst of the doctors,
hearing them and asking them
questionsl
While loving all the good in the
Christian church, Mary Baker
Eddy early began questioning the
absence of the healing enjoined by
Jesus. Why were not Christian
people following the explicit COM
mands OF the Master to preach
heaven at hand and TO heal the
sick? History shows that Chris
tan healing was practiced long
after the disciples and others who
had known Jesus had passed from
mortal view And did not the
say that those who believed
on him were TO do his works?
Mrs. Eddy's Healing Experience
The restoration of this vital part
Of the ministry of Christ Jesus
thus became the motif of the
symphony of Mrs. Eddy's
lifework. We find her seeking this
spiritual healing throughout the
MISUNDERSTANDING this method,
that But the answer
came definitely, In 1866. when APP
at deaths door she turned
TO her Bible and opened to the
ninth chapter of Matthew'S Gospel.
As she read and pondered the story
Of the healing of the man sick of
the palsy. the spiritual truth which
that mans sin and sick
ness raised her up from her sick
bed. Into heart yearning for
spiritual light. and prepared there
for by years OF Christian prayer
and living, began to dawn the rays
Of divine truth which are destined
to put to flight the darkness of
intellectual Christian
ity, and reveal Jesus vital healing
kingdom Of heavenly
among men.
What Did Mrs. Eddy Discover.
Now what did Mrs. Eddy dis
cover that had not been known
before Let us turn to her words
in Miscellaneous Writings" Up.
24. Referring to her healing she
writes: THAT short experience in
cluded a glimpse Of the great fact
that / have since tried 10 make
plain TO others. namely. Life in
and OF Spirit; this Life being the
sole reality OF existence. learned
that mortal thought evolves sub
jective state which IL names mat
ter. thereby shutting out the true
sense of Spirit" Then later she
adds %. 25l: In divine Science 1t
is found that matter is phase of
error. and that neither one really
exists, since God is Truth, and ALL
in-all. Christ's Sermon on the
Mount. in its direct application to
human needs, confirms this con-
clusion."
Philosophers down through the
centuries have elimpsed the fact
that what is termed matter Is but
externalized thought. Many re-
ligionists have wrestled with what
seemed TO them is the contradic-
tory theory that a good God who
il Spirit Is responsible for q dis
cordant material creation; but II
remained for spiritually-minded
woman 10 announce boldly that
since God is Mind. Spirit. omni-
potent and omnipresent good, then
that which is opposed TO Spirit,
good-that is, matter, evil, sick
ness, all discord--is unreal. While
some incredulous thought mutters:
Nonsense" Christian S CT len e
proves the proposition to be true
by wiping out some picture of sin
or sickness on this metaphysical
basis.
Meaning of Words Real and
Unreal"
Since the First Cause is good,
then everything proceeding from
this Cause must be good must
be real. existent In Truth. What.
then. can be said Of that which is
not good. that which Is sick. sinful.
discordantg Christian s Science
AYERS that being unlike good II is
unreal, without cause, law. pres
ence. or power. u Is therefore the
absence OF the real, and can be
dealt with only ~ you would deal
with any absence-darkness. for
instance II darkness something.
or the absence Of something How
do you get rid OF it--by doing any,
thing to il. by examining II, or
endeavoring TO find out where IL
came from, No, one just turns
on the light Many people appear
TO spend precious moments vsinly
seeking the origin Of evil How