The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22

and false thought at that. At the
time Mrs. Eddy discovered Chris
tian Science and wrote of 1t, the
smallest subdivision of matter was
thought to be an atom. In one
Of her books, Unity Of Good, "
page IS, she says, THE material
atom is an outlined falsity of con-
sciousness." Thus she insists that
an atom is q lie, and a lie is al
ways mental. OF course 1t follows
that what is true of an atom is
equally true Of an aggregation Of
atoms, mass of matter. Today,
material belief has in theory di-
vided the atom into various and
much smaller and less material
forms. Yet humanity scientific
thought is still unsatisfied and I'M
convinced that 1t has analysed its
belief in matter to its ultimate end.
And well it may be. for when it
does. II will find matter to be
exactly what Mrs. Eddy declares
1t to be (Science and Health. p.
116), nothing beyond an image in
mortal mind"
We would find 1t very helpful
In healing sickness and destroying
error IL We would stop viewing the
things which We see around US as
matter, and would view them as
beliefs, mental counterfeits Of
spiritual realities. 1t Is generally
admitted that the various so-called
material laws which we see in
operation are mental, the law of
gravity. the laws Of cohesion and
attraction, capillary attraction and
chemical affinities. AS an exam
pie, we recognize In the growth
and development of a tree that
there are a host of mental laws
In operation, and that the tree is
the end result Of the focusing to-
gether of these laws. Remove the
laws of cohesion and attraction.
and the tree would no longer hold
together. Remove the law of
chemical affinities and the tree
would further disintegrate. Re-
move 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 1t. In like manner all the
objects OF sense which we see
around us. which we call matter,
are unreal, false mental concepts.
The fact that all is Spirit and
spiritual. IL clearly seen, would
definitely determine matter to be
unreal. without any such argu-
ment as has been offered to prove
its nothingness. But the claim
that matter Is real and substantial
Is so insistent. that to recognize
the inconsistency of it, and its
falsely mental nature, even when
considered from its own stand
point. enables us to see how
readily its supposed laws may be
set aside when the laws OF God
are realized. On page 26s of the
Christian Science textbook Mrs.
Eddy states that metaphysics re-
solves things into thoughts. and
exchanges the objects of sense for
the ideas of Soul" The practice
OF resolving all material things
into thoughts has been Of great
help to me in healing, for il 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
common occurrence Such neal
ings are not only proof Of the
efficacy OF spiritual law over the
beliefs OF matter. but they are also
an evidence Of the mental nature
OF matter itself. Let me relate
an instance Of healing which Illus
trates this point But before do
ing 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. / enjoyed good practice.
merely tell you this because il is
my intention to say something
about drugs and germs and other
medical beliefs. and il may be help
ful for you to know that I am
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