Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 234, Hammond, Lake County, 23 March 1921 — Page 12
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THE TIMES Wcdnprdar, March 23, 1921
A LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
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il'.ed trltll ni human vill suffice a 1 s must
fear
sialem e n r , and t!v. e e so e ' ' -
sped the h r l ? t i u 1 1 know ') '
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o'T-1'y ;:, divm ).j-a that it com to human cons -rousness ai the vc
..'.o of 'jii'l to destroy and d' error. t i-.'h a .-ystc-rri t t s icnoa wi'l it 'jr.lv a-!S to bt
ry K s i-u'.T? I TS' Pl!?COVK!:Li: A N D K"'X"N J it is e-sser.tiil in i. nd erta k m ; fuilv of Christian Scii-nre that
si.ouhi iino-.v orietriins p.' ,!;" " s' j v : om it was -fvcaU-d. and torae of the f, rrs which 11 to i's il'scuvcry. The j ;eveiat;on ca.-ue to Mr? Edt'y bcoauy. t--e particular c.-ia'.ltHs of tlvniK'.i' j
. ;-;-h sh" rors"sed maao me
. ti:i? was iilway? of .i d'-'-p'y " nature. n hr ?cu'.iir studb :'. ' r r, d of r thought is shoe n ,. fa. I : .it .r fa', orl'f st ud'.es v-e n.-c utv' r li ' ' s -i tih v login, and mor
r ir.i-et h.-r with Tiebfew. Greek I n0 i-nin Ther was in a'.! "hat pis-' i
tt.at is very s .r ; '.; i ng . lvr !,fe shows that rfr
-Sal tiling w .sirh might havoj :ht --me sene ef satisfied ion and 1
i r i! tr. !.'!: J t j ashes within
. o. foul .Spirit, rrlnciple. Fathv , iher. are but other terms for Mind.'
ftti'h Piprsfini; '19 own peculiar char- J art' r y-t readily interchangeable v .t !i j-ry other t'Tiii, ro that It is Just as ' irfi't l fay Out man ii? tli ldcu ".f
and I t.ifv or ..f Love .5 t.j say that he is the i
id-a of Mmd. E.fo. "ruth aii'1 to e are f ho t'irf 1 . tcrsris thai t '.- ifr iffn Mind tns. ; : .mplet 1 1 v . and man who Is Mind's! id"u n pre.""- - Life in perfect, healt , - j
k onii sickness the same gerra. steknea.-i and In
f u:. lmrnortu- . mi-I T.ce, xpre... . Trutn :n bi" nt.vilt -s.t at Kn of fpirlt u:tl Ix-m,;, v,-'ii-h al-im1 is real and trn--. and (. ; : 'x In lb" lti:iinti.' m.inifi a: n of the p.winifs of il I. T'.V.IKAI.tTV OK M.VTi'Klt lire,". :i s.. n is Mu.' that man i.- tbo a of mtt,::o M .nd bo rnnn.it be 1111-
t a -
V ,
a " t i a rp,
t h
.i ii-vcr faltered nor
with s i.'hI.i
i.i'.d would h if persisted or : j 1 j stotn of i.l'-d I hot all ca. -t it rrci'jTf J '.
lo.-t th?
at 1 and
on
iont id.
a : to
Ta.
t a . rau.saM -n w as u n. l"f if y-ar tr.-
.'. I' d v '. h jt'i ff n to T'ie w
rcc ; 3ie as :i:ir!:iLr .ff.'.;'
I t t ' o one " litifs of thott-iV
. .a T '. 01 i , tn-tti 1 j pussi
CftU.o tlxj ."tu-iy cf net) 1:3 . onahbd us to
,fr and love of God
,nd. Go 1.
( ',ar::y t-' "o
.fill; of , k n o v God's 1 a w po.scsyod i h;ch niad lis
Christian know the
and to recog-
ai.d .lpproc.'o much at tl" Master did for
nsi.'ttti 01 or t..t.i pow
mora luiiy 1 t;s In In.' '
tnonsl.'tt: 1 'U or ;.s pow-r s:ri ime, t
re sjratefit'. t- Mrs. KJdy naio it posiir!'. T'.ere
pift that tan
-p!r
for ha v i ? no h u -
ipare to the
ja! unftersiandlns, for it
. r. k s jo y . n t o .m e y rft h na :10t f rot '.ifi-.TSlani .l'tipTi .x'r s eo !! of M-S E1 b
r coi;-;eiv of ; t. v h i! those the rbbn--s3
pha? of liiny. It its beneRcenCB why Christian (Treat appreoia icause thvy can
he greatness of the who know gometht.-isc 'f It wonder that so
t-.rial. dud this inaUTi.il body wi " i h.ao t i.- .10. o anted for in ym otii-r n s 1 , Ma'. if e jojj .ry tea; t .1 ' t h human w:tiJ, i ct t'.i dfopest ma - 1
t.,!i!B'rj ni.nnlam w..it mat u'i . xiyt-vi.-f in and of itsi lf. TU .1
it 's 'o.'.noiv a manifestation lur . :i .; -a t :! nas bren mi.m 1 hie arreptfd any inattTia.
j-mc'i a -i Iron. ( r ".d or ut,n'. ; .. 1 v r- il 1 n i 5ub::i'ittjl and j g tin.- r. a'it; and u bst a n 1 1 a ' 1 ' v ' 11 its'f. It rat) readily be s;'-:i tlia se. niinj; suhhtant talit y of " i of lion 1.1 to; w klr.11 th' ir'm. ih- luate.'ial laws of co!ivfi-u '.
wliii-h bind the atotna ; together, the lavv of f h'h ii'. s the Iron too j 1- arious otlo r ia va 1 iAr vi-jt ii.s mal'Miai ai j mucin ( d the iron won. J It. illness. Si liie.-ie ma j
-i... and ad'.nit that .y a nif n ; :' r -j-i a t i o of ... jut they tfo on uitl-
' a lio.r- of thou..;!it wturh, I'lJinlai o I that then- mat -rrn; la J prooe. d f; oir. 1 ' be Infinite 1 -.i n 1 Now C'bri.-.; :a-i Sc.er.ee ajjrtes with I them m adnntt ni; thai ir.atter ii sun i p'.y an fxprc-stoi of thought but d- ! nie absolutely -hat tliis thought irt .-t God. On the oontraty it maintain.s
that the niHt.-rii.-l nian and v.i material tmierse are e pre- i'M-iS of belief., that are counter'., its of the true ideal On pag-e f.O of Miscolla.nffotid V.'iillncs," Mrs. Eddy bus said that "every creation ,.r id a of Spirit has its c.-un terte-.t m some matter belbf. All t h
! beliefs hi:l ar termed mat. rial law .? i the b'ijef: kno.. n as sin, slchne and j death, th-- 'oel .f in a material mart land a nift'-nal 'iniverse are count er-
I
has no . j say that j of U. ; that ' e j . -h.p et . ; to .
:-. a : wit! that liec for
and attraction u nd no l-.-u.eH g ra ; t n ; ion w e ! c h '. and '
) hit h so t. n ; in artng " r re
,, . ; v anish 1 n ' 0 "10 ars ! t. r;al fa inker. I 1. latter is ui and I '"at. nal tI..o.
r.ad
rnalntjin that r.'K a i.s caused by It. since
at e prcii. nl l j 11 in
healt h. Moroovr, the g-rm theory couli only bv cotabii. h. d by inainta Inuis th t 'there is ju..t 010' j-articuiar germ for ( a,, h diACua". .'au.iing ltd peculiar train , of iymptoins. for m no other way ;cou.d t.n- indi vci lal characteristics, of ! the d'casc uc accounted for. Uut oruo ! having cst.iblis.l..-U the beh.-f ll.at ' ( niih nri.d'11-e d't.iase and flmlmt; 1 c jpoatt ii!.. that I'll- rijfht on-i w as to-. I juioMK,, t -a a t ci itsary to maintain I 1 11.11 noun- o.her f ri.i w ai I ho off.-ndc. J In .-p.t'- of the h t that this offers the t I.hms for lisp.-.. inj; lln w hlo Ko.m ' tlicm y, l'i-uiiit' i Is an adsiiLnlun ol 1 t he ea. t -..ppv.sito of the 1 undat ion i i n w liii-h it lcs's. Now many p.n .' .an ate beginning , to recognize the difficulty in whion i they f nd 1 !e in.ich if ; the contus''-n : and i-.'iitrii it - t."ii of it ull. '1 hey ac1 bifcinnin to tta-e that it 1 probaho- ! titat gi-rraii do it au.se dis-a.-e after ail. ! mis" 01 ' H.rcr another of t .1 ir. .st ' u nd. laid'.', al cone 1 u bluiis aoojt i them are hin3- ; ha ken. I The th.nps t'.i.il swni'i ainp'y pru -i d a 1'e v ; t-.irs ago h re no-.v pro . ir. 10 : l e falsi Phon. at-.db of cuttle, com- - priitii; chiMi-e 1,1 rds of milch ooa 3. I hav e tiicn d' .ni ov . d becausM bucler- ' iolos'.s-ts "knew'' mat they had tuber j culosia ar.d w . r giving it to liuiimc-
li-, y- t now 1. icy know that cow o niver cao.-o-J at single case i;f human t u rett 1 'S!:. toi anvone who r? .-.pmidi'ii to : u be-:c u ! 1 11 as 0. test hi' t u oei -culos' s v. as '.landed as havtni; it
I al t ho UK h
j 1 t lit of V : i H.--I and f'' ' more iB-;.r i The Jiior-
n o .v .'.11
it is found that
p r t h 1 tlK
pie respono to
" n a '. t h it t he y no
asly do th.ey se-ipond. r-.eent blstorv of dtseas
1 t':-.o apparent coniroi of son"- nontax j i'ojs conditi-oi on the one hand an 1 I the uncjinr jl! ih!e epidemic on toe I other, is bafllinj to the materialist I hut an eipen bjOi. to anyone w ho has I p one degree of spiritual urdermand-
presf.slon of spiritual Ideas and must of necessity bo altogether spiritual. Isaiah orrohor ilea tliis concluiilon b sayingr. 'All fles i is grass, and ail tho goodliness thereof i-j a? the llowcr of 'he Held: . . The grass w!therob. the fjnwer fadeth: but the word of o 1 .' lod fhall stand fur ever.' Not flcsii. but God's spiritual ides, the word. l. rial and endures. And the, Master w hilo maintalni g that the kingdom of God Is within you, that heaven is a state of eon..' iousness, also maintained that fl. sh and blood roub.1 n t inter. So th--n spiritual conscl-ojsnesj cvludra nia'ler. It is quite fre'iut ni!y maintained that e.'brist inn ''oi'ii.-e d'-nb-s the. divinity of the Cimist. BlthouKli this is absolutely contrary to the fact. Consistent witn its tea eh 1 lit; that God iv. Mind and that. 11 an is God's perfect Id'-a, It rnalnt.ii-is that the Christ is "the Jh In" manifestation of Goo. w hieli enms to the tb-sh to destroy incarnate crr"r'" C-lco-nep and Health, p. .'Sfl . J'ili;i d- lincr. tne Cl'rlst in ll.e sta-cnifiil "the Word n? made fii-sli." The "Word" that is th divine idea, '"". is made ih's'i," nor created flesh, f 51 this word "made' Is lie-, or used In that sen.o-. o.jt com t- the f.e.s'i. I'itrlstlan Setents heartily agre witli tios thought, they jfratefuHy ackno-'-ledf,-e that .lesin ninrii't'so-d the Christ the divine i.p-a. revi filing in his word.-' and works ihe t ue nature of God a:-d man. ITc can 1. 1 manifest In som-s
decree the d'v.r.e idea which J.--u
manlf'-i'ted. f r '-f his fu'iiess ha.i nil we recived. To the d'gree that we really u ode -s and God do we dem onsirale t.ie t h-st In our dally 1' -
I -- us prop her y. 1,1, , haU (ye d 1 ' it. faithful effort we
- crone "npt-i t:e m-..- '
r f tho fu.tli.S3 01
Inc f u 1 fi 1 1 '. n sr
w orks t hat 1 d Through iKitmr shall eventually sure of the st a Christ ."
VlWXKTl Many times In a day a student of Christian .Science finds opportunity and necessity for prayer. If. as has beei. maintained. Christian Science 1st co 1slslent with tiii 'caching of the Master, It will be f nd not only that t'.'.o prayer of the Christian Scientist conforms logically .vuh its teachings but is absolutely in accordance with the instructions of the Master. He ga-. e to I1I3 diselplcs n prayer, and !;i addition very definite instruction about prajing for those things which they desired. The Lords l'raynr understood heals the sick. Wlien we rialize that there is no other kingdom, that !, that God rults over all and that e!t and disease lia.'e no power, thti th j prayer. "1 r thtni is the kingdom, and t'. power, an! the glory," will he! the rU-Iv, not because wo -simply i lies... w.rds, but because we say thorn and understand that they are true.
In !h Gospel according to Mark li e Tdaster .a , "Y.'iiat things soever j 1 desire, when yo iray. believe that ye, receive thfni. sn 1 e j-iiall have them,' The Itev ised Vrsion puts it, "V!i3t thing? soever ;e desire, w hen j e pray believe that ye have recejvd thm, ard e shall have them." The a'titude of the revisers has been to make changes
previous translation wrong, o w.'c should 1'. this latter trausla-esp'.-cially 'i-iii n w t that it is a mtkod i as tirobably no! fainho made the translaibt many people who
the followers of understand ho.''
li-ey cou'.d consistently ofler such .1 tracer. To the Christian Scientist Ik
I is the definite confirmation of nis
method of prij.'r. We have previous
ly
only wh-n was t.ian'.f'
be able to .'o-re tb.n as correct, eensidT the fa'of pray e r which ihar to those w tiem. and r.o do
are numl'Tt I 'imoni? Christ would ?'-:u-.i-!v
T::"si orail? -'-. The i c k n e s s . di r ' hea '. lb.
w 'n 1 e h t
l'isu we forget to ti grateful. tPIHITL'AL GROWTH It Is the corrrion experience o this : s rely Christian Science that there i!b to them a much larger, clearer ierstandlng ci Ool than they had .fiie. In her writings Mrs. Eddy oMie properly ar.d with Biblical pre--.-"nt uses a number cf terms for th vupreroo. Being each one of which ex-i-.-'-sses same partlru'ar duality cf the d. . uie principle. It is interesting ar.d .'Ir-ful In studying v.-hat she .us
vi ltteu to stop and consider Just why j - particular term for God Is used 1n ry give n !'ii-nr!. It will Invariably V f'-urid 'hat tbe word chosn not - niy explains her maninfr better than nr.y other, but that by Its mi one's unoerstajidlng of Etfe. or Spirit, or of whatever synonvtn for God has been . -i 1 la increased, and one Is con-.-.clous of spiritual growth. In discussing :i nature of God let us begin w i-f :i '.he fact that Gcd is Mind., because by rer.1-,grni-jrg this we ire enabled to ,-eo more clearly th : n.tparal'l" relationship which ex-st.-. "!v'n GeJ and man. and 10 ge that t.f:aij.-e of tliis i- lal'utahip man man'-)'"-.r 'he qualltiea of God, or Mind, and n hir,g c'.e. If 1? cer.era'ly admitted that there is a t'uprfiiie Bring and that be s e.nini p'-.ent and omnieelent. To sny that i-od is c-rtm 1 sc e n t , all-knowing, I.s rat;ng that God is Infinite Mind, for M';-.l ai-JTie ktiow-H. understands. When iMnir! p?ld. "fidepeed be the name of God for ever nid fvrr: for"wlsdon and n' gi.t are his," and when Paul i',4. "To God only wis, be glory," t -'y both admitted irRni'e Mind v; h'ci-i a! -T.t possesses infinite w isdom an 1 id'kfs it manifest. MVINE MINT) AND PTTNE 1 PEA In order that we may better undsr'nd the operation. th activity, of irfi.mte Mind let us illustrate th-s o.-lne Mind by using th" ordinary coneejitjon o f a human mind s an ex
ample., You say j-o-jr friend has
1" mind Vcu say you know this bhe has if any fine ld".as whlrii he expresses. 1 ou have never "r s mind but. vn 1 have known the ex pirfslon of it f,i ideas. If he nev et moved a muse!, never spok" a Tin.. vol w-oijld rl?bt'y coprlude thlt. thef ?i m ruin-1 there. So a mmd to b-iM-d a mind must be Piled with Ideas acd an He by v;rtu of being an lda ntuet be expressed. It Is impossible t ."-icita of a mind filled with Ideas, y unexpressed, for a puti.l with nepre5sion Is no: a mind out a blank. H e w do y o -j know that a t o e k l as n r.-i.id and no ideas Why simply beaue it '.-.I r.o e..y re? 1 en. for wlmr 'r.e;e are i-Jens there is expression-T.-.e infinite Mind therefore is filiel - .'.h an !-.f.'-i-e number of idetsj or 1 hough's, whir'n must h-e express"! rid th s.iivity. th.e e . p ress; n. til" uvinif "station of tn.se ideas cons' 1'.'.tes man and he universe. God'.id -as expres-s Him in. countless spin. -i.-.'l forms s G d's ideas we exist r Him and be :..us we exist In Tlim tri" Script: u -en s declare that "in him we ll-re. and move, and have our b :
'. u a . i-roan Ti. e not of God 1 to His naturi inifests sin. s' u inch are I he e rpialities of
r . i u a 1 1 1 v , w 11 o. 1 1 1 ; o. j
man must inevitaImage and likeness I
i f e; : s. of til- s o 1 '
various beliefs a they are co .-, ra -material man n and materiality, e-piposite of tho holiness, and st"
real and .-mrifual bly manifest as th
of God. The material man is therefore but a .-.'unterfeit. an expressior of materia! belief and not of that truth which Is lied. It is not maintained thai we have been able fully 'o demonstrate t .tat
matter is i;nrea bu
thousands hav .
ug
t j 1 cu -.-.as imn j. ,1 ijuii m
ered less groun1. beca
been able to ur.-iu' what are th to bo i.n'liiii;Tj material
through the reeosrnit'en cf the las' o' Spirit. Now- to break and annul any of the laws of matter t hi -ugh the application of spiritual lav., proves that they ran a.! be c ercome when w. inelerictand ("iods law more fully. F-' '
. .- .m..i.-t. ; through as oofo-e
llie iiriisi-T-L r o t' -v.- - v...-. . - 1
log cf the !a.v ,-f I.ove to those ma tc-rlal conditions o' sickness and sin whlrh trou do us most and wb'ch we momst clearly "e arc no part of God's rreat i- -n, Ot i OK M A XT Eli INTO SPIRIT In oeginnlng 'he study cf Christian c.-lepre one nerd not trouble about the dertrine of the. unreality cf matter. The vital thing is to learn more about God. As oue spiritual un d e rst and i nr Increases e.n after another of our
i t KESL'i.T.S OP WKONG THINKING j Ail the varied 'o-i.efs in disease may be likentd to 1 river of material ; thought. At 0:1- lime u was a v, Id " 1 and shall o-v stream spread out ov.-r j a great briJt'.i of materia 1 t y. fo i tiiere were .niiir. supposed lause.s an J Renditions rgard'ng it. An inegect- : 11 a i effort .' as oiadc t, stop its tio
entirely by a dam rom;osd of all th 'I ! materia! rursti. .' me asures in UMe. constant -ffo'-t v as made to stop th- ! leaks and ri i'.r the breaks w hie1-! t ,1" J I beliefs in ,'iekn-ss mad" in the daio 1 j I w I t il vv 1' .1 1 e v r w a t L-e i 1 - V t d H'-lli-l j I le;'t s!-' e, .vhethcr tt v as incd'.rln. , j
or climate, or diet, or some otner s-o-called curat he 'or a sure. The total j amount of sick beliefs thai were g - J trig over the iavn was not lessened at , all. but they did not often break J through very violently in any one , p!ac. As time went on the be! ief - i ( hanged; t'.: river became narrow and deep. Its sourer, the beliefs in disease, had not grown less, but the channel of thought through which it fiotv-
T h e slightest understanding forth abundant
grain remove Two
r mount ' into prii-: i est It s-, and
sp ; r it j. 1 ice brin." faith as A
mustard oeed is sufficient to mountains of error.
things ao vjt
- a 1
students of Christian Science are their daily study ,,f op Bible and the frequency w-l'i 'v !i ,.-h they pray. Mr..,t of these w'i 1 seen r-i-iding tl-e I;.-
! ble on ra'iroad trains or in oilier p'.a- - 1 es are r hri.stt in Scientists, and th -y ! are reading not "to be .seen of men ' I hot bc'-ause j) cagey have been
' brought e-ut the fact that God is Mind and that 7-1. in is the perfect idei of Mind, mantf -tingr all the qualiti-3 of Hife and Truth and of !ive. When therefore, there . ono-s to human co.i-si-iousnoss a thought of eicknesa col we desire to be conscious of liealih.
we deelarv- in ten that v e
j cur thoughts by this dlv.ne standarJ and undertake as far as possible to ! entertain only that thought which we ' know to bo of God, the thought which has made us alc or unhappy is chin ilnated. the ibEErern eneos or tkutu I The belief that one kind rf dis-csi : or abnormal condition of the body ls: harder to head .han another is not tho fact, and this erroneous thought j should be denied. No wrong physical condition can bo manifested for an instant except as it is the, expression of wrong thinking and right thinking eliminate .me. wrong thought as realilly as ano'V-r. Every claim of Miners or stn or of disced which comes to Christian science for healing is not a task fo !-i done but occ niori welcome opportunity to provo again ' that Christian Science heals. "Progress is the la v of God," Mrs. EJdy I has said, and it ! impossible to study 1 God's law without making progre.-s-Hike the child with h's daily lesson; we; may not be conscious that v e know more today than wo did yesterday, yet with aided understanding we should approach th-j problem with centidni.e today. which yesterday seemed not to yield. As a. result ..f much eipcri'ncs li. Christian Scienca 1 do not hea'tute to say that a rriT:cal diagnosis of disease Is not only unnecessary but may be harmful It is sometimes proposed on the ground tTiat it w ill 1 enable the Christian Scientist to know ! Just what conditions to deny. V.'u-.t
is needed Is the recognition ar.d do---larai Ion of miens perfection as ti e eilvhie Ide., and whatever is contrary thereto should !e denied. We do riot need to knjw more about d.sease but more about God. A famous piysiclan lias said that '.1 bis diagnoses he hu been wrong r.a'f the time. What i the use of denyi ng beliefs fror-i which the po.t ;ent has never suffered? Tie
thought that an uncovered medic?
b-lief can frustrate divine Truth Is) and giving to iiiHte-ri ullty a power it docsj rem
not have. We need to kneiw that
-he words of the Mu?.-j Truth declared neals not or ly that "have received" health 1 which Is ween but that which. Is un-
t
t ho .v! 1 ste
I because it Is i God's chllj 1
I find that
j ye s hp.!! u a v e j degree we have 1 The rasoninv7
I britifT-?
spiritual ways well
fact thai ar.d we
prom:-
" Is fulfilled understood. of Christian
to
"ai t'
seen. One to whom a healing comes slowiy and ry degrees Is heard to say "I wonder what is holding rie?" If
lunili-ed to thein through the of ''hristian Sc. r,ec. i.nd they nothmg to (Jepr.ve them of r e a d i r g .
study
tl eir ! id.ea
' i vou tiHvo :,i made to believe thai
I Caere is something holding you, that S'cien-' i is ai! that is n ?-ssary to rets rd y our
divine irf.ve close to human ex- 1 progress. On fie Western plains a
nerlenc-. The tecognltlon lhat Cmd ' saddle tv-rse is trained to believe t:iat
Is Mind and that man Is His perfect when the rri
he basis f?r Christian I groupu fiat it
are thrown on the tied to that spot. I'
S'e;ence l.ealln;
When we measure 1 's prevented fro.-i moving only beca-i.-e
tt believrs that fhete ia something; holding it. We -iced to that ther is nothing hold.-i un but divine Tn--e and nothing to p -event tho healing nun divin.-; inhek-itance The real man i Mind's idea and Inherits divine in'ell!genca and perf,- t form and function. It la believed t'ci man Inherits both good and bad physical e;ualit!s from his pare.it Every physical condition is thought manifested so then the inheritance .-. not In the physical manifestation b-, In the thought which produce3 H. must be apparent that the truth i.,. (is readily replace) a belief which camfrom (.1111 pareo's as cue coming fro,-, any other sour.c. Heredity 1s not a law, but a belif, and the application cf the law rf divine Inheritance, perfect God and perfect man, not only destroys dlsfrosiing hereditary c- nditioris, but imri'cvc sand iransforn t e very other Inker. ted quality a u ' characteristic. Climate has no power to iiarm or o help. Kheumatlc sufferers leave em.' locality, beltevlnj It to be dctrline t. -tal. while e.t.he.-j suffering from to same difficulty e-jmo to this same tpn for Its benetlriU effects. The eff... which sometimes follo-rs a change '' climate Is brought about by the changed thought. All 'hat is needed to g t rid of the belief that climate can injure one is to be tome conscious of tl atmosphere of f.'pirit. One after another of the material beliefs which naie bound us are an nulled through the application 0' spiritual law, anl we are learning thafo .d, or water, or cold, or heat, ot dampness, or dusk or contact with our brother man, rie.er had any power i harm us. for the divine idea conies in contact with nothing but that w h! i Is harmonious and healthful and manifests only the goodness of God. The divine Principle corrects inharmonious and uns"teeej.".ul business conditions.
sorrow find disappointment are ved by the 'aw- of Lyive.
Each Inharmonious condition l.lii'a !s overcome through spiritual undp: standing Increases one's consciousness of joy and harrrseiny, Brvy, Jealousy, malice and every form of sin. are destructive of pe:e ar.d happiness. We shall not have appropriated the divlni blessing fully until we have overconi sin as well is sickness. Every effort towards spirituality and away from that which is material brings a rin rew ard. "Ho that overcometh iha.i inherit all thine,., and I will be h4 God. and he snail be my son."
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nat -rial billet? is seen to be false, an) healthful material conditions and bar1. c-nious iiifnlii conditions are brr,ug it rbeiit through "iir righteous think kig
and pe are H'coura;"! t press
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fi d i he Wc g' lty ,-f th (jcsl
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and varied beliefs regarding the can; 1 i-f disease had in most instances given 1 way to Urn beli'f in g'rms. The dam still obstruct ti e flow of the s'rraui I and the beliefs lu disease bn-ai; j
The belief in germ . '
breaks through pcrnaps in the firm 1 j of diphtheria, but there is a compar- ; atlvely strong belief that there is . i materia! on rani which w 11! stop t :-.!. j ! difficulty. Then perhaps the grms
break through In typhoid, but here In : there Is material which at this time ' Lh be'.'eved In with sufficient confidence j to stop the ftO'V. But finaily the be. j lief in germs br-aks through as In- 1 fluenza or pneumonia, where there is no materia! belief which is sufficiently I strong to .'top 1' and H flows until it J Is down to Its normal level. It 13 Inevitable that Just o long as , the wor'd oijilds up Its belief in di-i j ease that disease will be manifest"! I It may delude 1'jelf into thinking it j i.s making progress by apparently che- j king some one ctsease, tut the tola. ; manifestation 8 n--t lessened in lh'- ! least. 1 The only -"-ay : - b rid of disease i.i J to s'op It at its source. Tli belief. 1 from which 11 proceeded must be re- j placed by- spir tua! understanding j Thn sh ill w e tee )n place of tht.i stream of siekrcis and death the river 1 of HI f e which John saw. "And h J showed me a pure river of water cf 1
life, clear as crystal, proceeding out
Th
"i belief in the r' a t !y by de jr"? ; nut f any smgle diseasei
condition by men tally unseeing It c jtoof that disease Is mental, and falsely mental. If if were not it ro'ild not be changed by correct thinking. Every physical healing r'-sulting from Christian Eojerc" treatment Is evtdenr? not only that 1'?ei is mental but that matter itself js but an expression of
material tno.ign... r.m 11 r.y !. 1. '- " 1 ... , the conclusions deduced from Christian ' "e throne of God and of the Lamb
Science ther is ample evidence that disease l mental. Thri are many
a I a u t h-n t leaod i istance-s of persons I w ho ha-e been ,ns! an t aneously frooj
from long c?-ab".;shed infirmities tlirough some -u'lden tner.tal shock s'i' h as Ore or 1 gh t n In. c. A merit a. sh ck cmjld not destroy disease iinlw.i th d!sHS'" wer" in human consciousness to be destroyed. Many peculiarities about dhs'-a-e which are readily explainable f'-.-m a Merits! standpoint are accounted for materially through the most lania-i!" flights of speculation. M. TERtAE BELIEFS PECEIA'E. Since t he advent of th" gerrn theory of d ii ease the;-e has tiren a cop. gtan
1 effort to Include as many diseases as posslbl" in this category. Tho v "ry j i'3't that the previous convict ton 01' fthe cause of 11 disease could be so i readily discar J 1 for the belief that I germs w ere i e offend'-rs shows how
I n the m 1 d J t
on either side o the tree of life
Ihe street if It. an. 1 the river, was therwhich bare twelve
!t s 1 1 a n t c pong I me.
re.
v ek-,.. e n t 1 The y
that
T il er 's - a w h'.-li f-on-i i-;-. anything - tfii Id-" a ;-sf. It
;icon.e r.-io. or nn m'.nd in ended
a fu-tr.er Tuality 'f a n : -,'.- ', ! be necessary' for us s. n ' d e a has no ability ! o " t o i e ii n y t h 1 n g e - e n (. -' -he mind in which it armo' rhane i'.scif and
s . o d : T e r n 1 . should be, !..-
manner of frul's, end yielded her fruit very month; and th leaves of the tree were for th healing of the rations." Not ma'orlal medicine but tht leaves of th t"-e.e of Bife. which Is watered by the river of Life, n-hlni proceeds from the throne of Ood, has G-r-d provided for our healing. THE P.IBI.E BEVEALEP Because Christ Ian Science is t he s'etement of the divine laws cf Life. Truth und L-vc. which Jesus taught ard demons' ra' ed so many centuries ago. tho spiritual understanoing gained through Its 'udy unfolds the Slcrlptures In a inost marvelous way. Language has developed down thr'ugh the
(ages so that we now have terms which ! v ere not !n use in Bib! times und whh-h are pa r t in u iar 1 y helpful In I teaching spiritual facts. One of theso I is the word mind. When the Old TciI mni-iit was wri'.'tii there seems to
j have been no such wr.rd in use and igror. became ronvin- " '"' thin wori is found in our King rtain microscopic forms j JameB Version tho original is invari-
aoly some -.rero like breath, or like "mo u t h cr hen r'. 1 In ihe New Testament, written hundreds of years later, the words which arc t m i; slate I ri.nd are from a groat variety of we.rd. none of which seem
to have thee exact meaning wmch we j givH to it.
old should 00 In. or.. I us: on along
H' ' - this
:' life wnn-h they found pics dls.-fi.-e were, the cause of it on due ted evperlmnts which t
t hm S'-efii d t ' prove ronenis;- 1 1 y ih i'. : no was Oue The foundation ot their t henry was that e-Hcii disii vva produced by a dift'trent germ, tlisf Is thai th" ;oie-i; ;n .ice. r us pn-du'-Pd pnu-
luse it ir-1 must o .'. hat inin-i
s -i- volition of Its own r.eeeasjty express exac'iy in.'iee. Is It should exneso.
ns ' did
r.ia. the t u'.je'- -! bacillus tuivercuiand so on. A few of these germ-. - su"h c , . n-. 1 00 n e-eryday ..rt i-f ytaWi t iiat 1 hey were present no "er w ha t the disease and so they
If
you !vv? a though
r your neighbor, this td.-a away from y,.u and change ;i t houybt of hate. Tn-
e- -
r or ex am pie : '' lov for y
- a nn---t g : 1 f lm
leas In Mimi must 'if nocei
P' ess exactly what Mind intends t.ic.v . i.'oild e. press. Now the real man is. as we have, shown, the per 'err idea 1 inf. n.t Mind, and has only divin 1 ' o'l'fori. He lias therefore no abilii : to rho-.se to do evil or to be sirk. n r 111 he ever become separated from th" M'.nd which con-a ns him. Man, then. Gods ilea, God's image 2nd l.'ken-ss'. !-as ai! the cyialitles of God, and not t single cjualitv that Is not of H;mHo ! thTi-f if? healthful and holy; j.rfert. snlrtua! and immortal "What arc thc '(iiilhi-s whicli mar. f. the Idea of tr.finit .Mmd nuist man -
'.ry much, but tht r so that were sufficaccounted the cause s -ases. 11 nf or! umil e I y
it-f count
- er" a do.-n inetly select to of as many d
there are mir.y d.seases that set-m contaglous. or ini'-rtious. but there ate ti-.t t noush varieties of ge rtns to go around. No mu .able gi-rin has bo .;i found for muoy f the diseases vv'ribh
are presumed tn.i 1 n i.s f ail u re bv maintaining
he rausi s often ai hat t f 1 e s
d b;
t heiii
unted for miscro - -
sTi-.a '. 1 that too rope fails to reacommodatin g
add to ihe c infusion it is e i that the pneumoroorus presumed to cause pne-umo-tlm only germ which pro-
f
T; o various tt nils for God de
fine His nature, and every synjnyiu is used becsus - 1 . xj.-re.-sc si s-mie qua.ily ci TJeiiy which wr.s not so read.ly ape jou tl.' ijj ajay viiier term. Iife, Truth,
c-i 'p'.c 1; r.iv 1 !;s h 1 e rn est powerful .-o'er' vea I , them, a livs
theory. To r, o v.- a .- s e r t which v a-s n i a is nor
due e.-i ii hut that there are several others. And these germs are found In 11s great rum'oeis in the mouth of a healthy pcro-n as in that of a sick on--, t-o t hat It w-otiM sij'-ni to t h un professional observer that it miarnt juat as w C '. be aripi'd tba tht- heejrhy person's health is du to germa as to
aiti
say -ami W. 1 W, 1
JOHN'S UNIHilliS INWNG OB I ritUTII j The Ap.ostie Jr-hn had an unusually clear utide-.-stan.I.ng of too Masfe.-sj teaching W( rind that he begins his '. Gospel with a rtatrmenf of tii 'un-! bui t la's of Christian (science, and!
ugh 'he word mus-i is t-.ol used, i iLntc nt is that all that is istlj roc t; 11 est a' ion of thought. li j "In the beginning was the Word. he Word was with God, and tli1 '.-. God." This term "I it ' :.- from the Greek Iocos, w liich '
' o He 1 1 an Idea e-r concept, aol -.' 1, ! Co.- t xo-. men of that idea. No A' 710 j 1 idea could uavo existence apart from I m'.nd, so that i''in's statement co-n-j j eielis exactly with Mrs. Eddy 's stat.- j 1 icenf that "A!! is infiinite Mind and 1 its Infinite mar if estation'' (.Science and Health, p- I'iSi. !
Moreover John specihcailv eni-3 :
that matter is of God when he say: that without the I.ogos "was not tin thing made that was made.' This word
' "mntto'' ic o 11 n rl re a j nf t imps In
the New Testament and never In tno sense of 'to make or to create" but means a present activity; that is, t' come, or 10 coma to pass. Tho dtvi.-.e manifcstal ion is then simply the fc--
WARD c mm A,
Thursday, Friday Dividend Day and Saturday ree Exceptional Sale Days
In our March Sale of Furniture Though there is just a trifle more than a week left in our gTeat March Sale of Furniture it is of great importance for all earnest seekers of economy on quality funrture to be here at least one of the next three days to share in these remarkable savings. 20 PER CENT TO 50 PERCENT SAYINGS tvery March sale day people have benefited by the remarkable savings in some way, whether it was on a large parlor suite or just a small piece of soma kind. But now this great event is drawing to a close; and you too can enjoy the great savings the same as others; you too, will get high quality furniture and there is such a fine assortment of all kinds. Come in the nest three days, especially Friday, additionally savings, four stamps with cash purchases. Your
best time for furniture economy is here, right now,
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LIBRARY TABLE REDUCED TO $32.50 Here is real high grade library table wth 24x48 mahogany top in which you can save exactly $1 7.50 by buying now.
QUEEN ANNE WALNUT BUFFET REDUCED TO $89.50 Very artistic in design makes it a wonderful value.
KITCHEN TABLE REDUCED FOR 3 DAYS ONLY AT $8.95 Each table has WHITE ENAMEL PORCELEAN TOP and are reduced for three davs only from $15.50 to $6.95.
ALL COTTON FELT MATTRESS Special For Tnrsay, Friday and Saturday $7.95 This very exceptional price makes it necessary to limit one to each customer.
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Rugs and Draperies Join in the Important 3-Day Sale
four stamps friday With Special Pricings
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Sale of RUGS SEAMLESS WILTON VELVET RUGS 49.75 Size 9x12 of best wool carpet yarns, heavy closely woven, newest oriental designs and colorings. SEAMLESS AXMINISTER RUGS $39.75 Size 9x12 in up-to tbe minute patterns. These are perfect rugs in beautiful color combinations. ROYAL WILTON RUGS AT $S9.75 Standard quality in the popular 9x12 foot &ize, small all-over designs, linen frbged at ends. VELVET RUGS AT $3.93 Regular $5.50 Rugs, size 27x34 inches in colors that will match most any rufjs. Supply limited, early selection advited.
FOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY (DIVIDEND DAY) AND SATURDAY MARQUISETTE AND VOILE CURTAINS $1.98 Plain double thread Marquisette Curtains, silk hemstitched and fine quality voile curtains with lace triming, all 2- 2 yards long. CURTAIN MARQUISETTE 19c 36 inches wide, natural and white colors, at this low price. Quantity is limited to 10 yards to a customer. DRAPERY TERRY CLOTH 89c Splendid quality and adaptable for overhanging in blue, mulberry, grey, in fancy stripe and all-over design. NOVELTY NET CURTAINS $2.98 In a variety of new designs, including bath bordered and all-over effects. Specially priced for balance of the week. WINDOW SHADES AT 69c This sale comes at the opportune time. Standard cloth shades, olie green color, 3x7 size, mounted on good spring rollers. PRINTED LINOLEUMS AT $1.29 b feet width, wide assortment of tile, block and carpet patterns. .-Ml Linoleums taid free cf charge, except bath rooms, when $1.00 is charged.
LNLA1D LLWLEUM AT $1.98 6 feet wide, colors go clear through to the back, and black patterns.
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CABINET GAS RANGE SPECIAL AT $49.50 A well made cabinet gas range of heavy polished steel and cast iron frame; large lined baking and broiling ovens. Giant simmering and three regular burners. The price is very exceptional. (Trird Floor)
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