The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25

Thou art weighed in the balances,
and art found wanting
Mind Is Medicine
Mind, not matter, is medicine.
Mrs. Eddy states this on page 142
of the textbook. She writes: IF
Mind was first and self : existent,
then Mind, not matter, must have
been the first medicine. God being
All-in-all, He made medicine; but
that medicine was Mind" Health
is a acknowledgements state, not a
physiological o an anatomical one.
Healing is a metaphysical OF divine
ly-mental process, not a physical
nor a pathological one. 1t is brought
about by the action of impersonal,
impartial, universal Principle, di-
vine Mind, Love, operating through
spiritual law, to the end of proving
the presence, power, might, majesty,
dominion, victory, supremacy, even
the allnes of God, good, Mind, Love.
1t is scientifically and christianity
true that God, Mind, Spirit, care
for His children. 1t is true that
Loves care is manifested in the for
%giveness of sin and in the healing of
disease, sickness, and death. Jesus,
the master Physician, was no won
der-worker. He did not perform
miracles in the generally accepted
meaning of the term-that of law
infraction. Jesus was a Scientist in
the most Christianity scientific in
depreciation of the word Science"
On page 313 of the textbook Mrs.
Eddy writes of him, Jesus of Naz-
areth was the most scientific man
that ever trod the globe" He I'M
derstood fully and demonstrated
completely the Christ, Truth. He
knew the truth and practiced it,
proving it to be what Mrs. Eddy
defines Christian Science to be (Ru.
dimental Divine Science, p. ~: "the
law of God, the law of good, inter.
vine Principle and rule of universal
harmony
Medical Practice Not an Exact
Science
Medicine practiced materially is
not an exact or true science. The
best that can be said of material
medicine is that it is a system of
man-made theories, opinions, by.
%potheses, ~conjectures. based upon
observation, experimentation, cor.
relation. 1t is empirical in essence
and nature, and based upon the
testimony of the faulty senses. In
support of this view I quote the
following medical authority: THE
art of medicine will never be
wholly within the control of pure
science" Or. David Riesman, Pro.
fessor of Pennsylvania, in medicine
in Modern Society,"" 1888, p. 49,.
The conscientious physician ad-
mits the dilemma in which he finds
himself. Many admit the fact that
medical practice has not proved
effectual in the treatment of dis.
ease, sickness, and death. They see
and acknowledge the inadequacy of
material methods of healing, and
not a few are at their wits end
even in utter despair.
Illustrative of the situation I
quote DR.. Gladston, Information
Director, New York Academy of
Medicine: Science has left man
kind spiritually bankrupt, because
at rock bottom science is amoral,
NOT pnnnnrnn1 with ~ooI {La +~,,a
Unless it mends it's faults it will,
like blind Samson, bring down the
palace upon itself, to it's own de.
struction and the irreparable hurt
of humanity" A noted of
my adopted city was an invalid for
many years. He taught and lectured
from a wheel chair to which he was
confined. AT his last public ap-
pearance in Philadelphia he was
rolled to the banquet table, a testi.
monial dinner, and made the fol.
lowing farewell statement: Looking
back over years of service, l can
not understand how a medical man
can be vain when he sees anguish
abroad and the medical man forced
to stand aside, impotent, hopeless
and useless"
AS we look about we see a world
upset, disturbed, confused. The
physical world is dashed and torn
by wind and wave; while storm,
drought, flood, famine, and pesti.
lence stalk abroad. The social, DO
%litical, economic, and industrial
world is rent asunder by strife,
strikes, war and the rumor of war.
Materialism has not stood the test,
but has given way and cracked un.
der its own strain. Academic intel.
lectualism has become a babel of
tongues. Nations, kingdoms, and
governments rise and fall with
armies on the march and ornaments
on the Increase. The moral world is
unstable and unsteady. Old and
tried standards have been thrown
overheard as new and questionable
ones are set up. The human mind
has, in belief, an Unsuitable appetite
for new and strange sensations. In
an effort to forget itself, that is, by
abandonment, this mind draws new
and wider circles of indulgence,
thereby e%ntangling itself in more
subtle and degrading webs of illu-