The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31

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 gether of these laws. Remove the laws of cohesion and attraction, and the tree would no longer hold to- gether. Remove the law of chemical affinities and the tree would further disintegrate. Remove all the laws which are in operation in connection with the tree, and 1t would vanish. The tree is as mental as the laws which form it. In like manner all the objects of sense which we see around us, which we call matter, are unreal, false inental concepts.
 The fact that all is Spirit and spiritual, if clearly seen, would defi- nitely determine matter to be un- real. without any such argument as has ben offered to prove its noth- ingness. But the claim that matter is real and substantial is so in- sistent, that to recognize the incon- sistency of it, and its falsely mental nature, even when considered from its own standpoint, enables us to see how readily its supposed laws may be set aside when the laws of God are realized. On page 269 of the Christian Science textbook Mrs. Eddy states that metaphysics re- solves things into thoughts, and ex- changes the objects of sense for the ideas of Soul" The practice of re- solving all material things into thoughts has been of great help to me in healing, for it has brought matter out from behind its false claim of substance and power, into the realm of thought, where the falsity of its claims of sickness and discord are more readily recognized and destroyed.
 Organic Disease Healed
 The healing of organic disease through Christian Science is of com- mon occurrence. Such headings are not only a proof of the efficacy of spiritual law over the beliefs of mat ter, but they are also an evidence of the mental nature of matter itself. Let me relate an instance of healing which illustrates this point. But be- fore doing this it might be well to tell you that came out of the prac- tice of medicine. For nine years I practiced medicine successfully, that is, I enjoyed a good practice. I merely tell you this because it is my intention to say something about drugs and germs and other medical beliefs, and 1t may be helpful for you to know that am quite famil- jar with these subjects.
 But to return to the instance of healing that was to illustrate the mental nature of matter. A woman of advanced years was suffering from pneumonia. Her physician said she had no more than 8 few hours in which to live. At this point the physician was dismissed and Chris tian Science treatment was given. The healing was immediate.
 Now, Christian Science treat ment is a realization of infinite Truth. Therefore, it denies error. The process is altogether mental one. From 8 consciousness of pneu- monia, the woman became conscious that she did not have pneumonia. Through the power of right think ing, this disease was eliminated from her thought. All that had been done was to change her thinking; yet, she no longer had pneumonia. For pneumonia to thus yield to the power of right thinking means that pneumonia was in her thought and that 1t is altogether mental. But pneumonia, according to medical be- lief, is a condition in which pro- found pathological changes have oc- cured in the tissues of the lungs. It is not a disease separate from the lungs. The lungs are therefore as mental as the disease. Since the lungs are mental the entire body must be mental, and a part of hu- man consciousness. As stated by Mrs. Eddy (Science and Health, p. 293): Matter and mortal mind are but different strata of human be- lief. The grosser Substratum is named matter or body; the more ethereal is called mind. This so- called mind and body is the illusion called mortal, mind in matter"
 Ineffective Remedies
 The world of human thinking, be- lieving the human body to be mate rial has searched diligently and is still searching in matter for rem- edies with which to cure the illnesses of the body. The fact that this search goes on, and new remedies are constantly brought forth. is evil dence that no remedy is permanent ly effective. Each one has its day. Some investigator searching for a remedy for some diseased condition believes he has found 1t. With faith and expectation he tries it, and the results seem to justify his faith. But when the remedy becomes more generally used and Is administered by others with less expectation of results, the results become less and less satisfactory. Though unrecog- nized by the physician, it is the thought which accompanies the use of the drug which bring about the result. whether e good result through faith in its efficacy, or lack of result through doubt of its abil- ity to cure. Thus the search for remedies began with vegetables and minerals and has now arrived at animal extracts and serums.
 Not only Is there . diligent search in matter for remedies with which to cure what 1t believes to be mate- rial ills, but likewise there Is a con- tinual search in matter to determine the cause of disease. Through the fa tlssxa &s> xnnn<.cvs.{asa AIx.k tt.a~o q. .. ~