The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-12

member his disease IS not prespirs'
ton or pslpitation. Il : q belief
IN and fear Of ghosts No. that
treatment viii not heal him. But
II. through your knowledge Of tn,
truth about ghosts. your desire L
help your friend. and his desire snd
willingness TO be helped. YOU assist
him 10 see and accept that which
IS true. he will be freed not only
from the false belief. but from the
effects also.
Another question. How long will
IL take TO heal him The very mo-
ment your friend really accepts the
truth about the event he will be
healed. Just so II is with the heal
ing of sickness. II can disappear
as readily as darkness befor light.
When under the light of Truth one
sees the folly. the unreality Of his
false belief. turns from il, and
intellectually accepts in its place
that which Is eternally true, he can
be free. have known II TO occur.
I know a number of people who
have been healed within a few min
utes. even after the disease had
been pronounced incurable.
II is true that in many instances
healings have been slow, due pos
sibly 10 lack of receptivity on the
part Of the patient, or a lack Of
understanding on the part of the
practitioner. Such failure should
not be attributed to Christian Sci
ence. 1t is due TO our lack Of
spirituality, of spiritual growth
Every delayed healing. however.
urges us to press on; for as our
textbook points out fp. 1861,
When we come TO have more faith
in the truth of being than we have
in error, more faith in Spirit than
in matter, more faith in living than
in dying. more faith in God than in
man. then no material suggestions
can prevent US from healing the
sick and destroying error" How
ever meager may be our present
PERCEPTION of the great truths
about God and man, does not this
statement urge us to press dill
gently on?
The Christian Scientist has en-
listed TO lessen evil, disease. and
death" (Science and Health, p 45O).
Mrs. Eddy does not say the Chris
tian Science practitioner. She
says. the Christian Scientist"
Every Christian Scientist has en-
listed to lessen evil" How can this
be done ? In only one way: through
a knowledge OF the absolute truth
about God and man. You remem-
Der in the illustration We used
few moments ago you were able TO
help your friend through your
knowledge of the truth about
ghosts. your knowledge Of their
unreality. So you will be able to
help your fellow men to overcome
their fears of disease through an
understanding of the absolute
truth about man, an understanding
Of the unreslity Of disease, in
word, an understanding of Chris
tan Science.
You see there may be vast diff
ference between what men appear
to be, and what man really is. APP
pearances are deceptive. Let me
illustrate. Suppose that you were
but for a stroll with a group of
and came to a pond out
Of which slanted straight stick,
partly in and partly out OF the
water, and the children exclaimed:
Oh. look at the stick. See how II
IS bent just at the top Of the
And you say, Yes. 1t APP
pears TO be bent" Appears to be.
hey say; don't you see that il is
oent ?" Yes you say: 1t appears
70 be; but l have been studying a
science which deals with Just such
an occurrence. and ! know that the
apparent bend is not in the stick"
That is 10 say. you reach your con-
fusion not from the appearance.
1ut from the standpoint of the SCI
nee you have been studying; and
you could stand before that stick
With all It's apparent bend. and say.
I know you are a straight stick"
n other words. you saw the
itraightnsss of the stick. not in the
ippea rance. but in the natural SCI
nee that related 10 the situation.
Now you and I are going To
Judge men in either OF these two
Ways: either from appearance,
we may conclude that
hey are material beings. discord-
INT, diseased. and mortal, or from
he standpoint Of the Science which
-elates TO man, the first Scriptursl
which IL. God created
nan in his own image. in the i'm
ige Of God created he him: male
md female created he them"
You do not doubt that Jesus
thew this. knew that man is the
cry image OF Cod. Was II not
through Just such knowing. such
lghteous knowing. that his healing
work. was done? Hear this state
nent from our textbook fpp. 47s.
10: Jesus beheld In Science the
'erfect man. who appeared TO him
where shining mortal man appears
0 mOrtals. In this perfect man
he Savior saw Gods own Likeness.
nd this correct view Of man
ealed the sick"
Health, happiness. and peace are