Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 46, Hammond, Lake County, 3 December 1921 — Page 7

pccpmber 3, 1921.

THE TIMES PAGE SEVEN CTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE f ?

Tfca following lecture was delivered

Vat evening In the church edinc, 730 80. ftehajan street. BT wtuuuc w. roitTBx, cm.. Mtltr of tn Board of lectureship Tkm Mother Church, The Tlrst ( ktn-ch t Cfertat, SclentlarS, la Boston, Mass. CXBISTUA ATTTSOSXTT Thought rightly related to the diln Mind or God. wfcs is the source t all Intelligence. revals the Godlike pan. Christian Science emphasises and omonstrate the fact that because pan is God'a image and likeness, mail kiuat reflect the inexhaustible resourea of the divine Mind or Ood. All hat the divine Mind has and knows, herefore, belong by reflection to Clod's srfoct aplrltual man. The Just Nrew Teacher plainly taught the true relation of man to God: "Be ye there of perfect, even as your Father which in heaven ia perfect;" and again "AH hiwgs that tiie Father hath are mine." !ur!y no one may object to this true da of Godlikeness which Christian Science Is bringing anew to mankind; pocasse. until the nature of man's true selfhood ia understood human beings MM be in ignorance of their natural ighta and. privileges, and will coninu to suffer as a result of this lack t understanding. There must be a beginning, however; the arrow never Wi while asleep in the Quiver. To tndrsta,nd and to enjoy man's true Mlfhood thought must actually begin :-o reflect the qualities of the divine tlnd In the activities of the daily life, rh t earnings and the practice of Christian Science' are such that they consistently and successfully hold ttought in constant relation to the diin nature. In this way the truth and harmony which belong; to the divine Mind are related to the needa of human experience. Christian Science fulfil!? the command Sf Jemr to preach the gos:e' and to iieal the Sick. It is iii-.eresting to consider what ; the effect would be today hf Tery person were to fulfill to the jbeat of hla ahility this simple comjmand of the Master. . The words were Jnot addressed to a select coterie of yprons. nor !s their application limitfed to any . particular period of' time. (The command is to all mankind and in jail aas. It has been said that Jesus jpreached but one sermon, he Sermon on the Mount. The entire career f Jesue. however, may ?e said to be V mn wherein he Breached the aosJpel by healing the sick.. One has bepom accustomed to thm of sickness as something related solely to the flesh. Christian Science shows that il mentality, unless corrected. re sults in . physical disorders: hence the eompreher.sUeness of the command, "heal the sick." Christian Science not only restores the consciousness or harmony in the event o? sickness; it alio establishes and maintains this consciousness of harmony by remov ing the erroneous mental conditions hrnlch indues sickness. ooumvMvarm nrmrosa It Is not th purpose of Christian Science rudely to challenge cherished religious fcellefs, nor to criticise in an unkind manner the efforts on the part Of man y good men snd women who save devoted their lives to the allevia tion of human suffering through sys tems of material medication. Progress, however, is the law of infinite divine Mind unfolding to mankind, were this not true we should be surrounded still y the crudities of primitive existence. W may all agree, therefore, that it roots adequate way exists whereby fh sieg are healed and the erring are stored to useful l!es. it is then the fluty of every person who has at heart the best interest cf mankind nrst to enderstand, and. therefore, to aid in the establishment or the demonstration ef this better way. In our consideration of the subject if some persons, jaiisinformed concernir.s Christian faience, view its advent with the purios to deride or to comtt, 1st us 0p that afty such will find eomcwherr the compassionate appeal Of this Science that which will transform decision into the spirit of genuine inter est, and hauge combat ivencss info useful e-peration. , ' VIMOOVBMT AJCD DISCOTBB3t Wary Bakar Eddy is the Discoverer feud Founder of Christian Science and the .Author of its textbook. "Science and health with key to the Scriptures." 4he discovery of Christian Science was tt.ade during the year 166, in that part it the United States known as Kew ingland. It is of interest to note that ihs reTslatson and discovery of this ieienee were associated directly with 3b rocovry of Mrs. Eddy from an illness, the result of an accident, which physician had pronounced Incurable, ifrs. Eddy indicates that this Is the incident which turned her .thought to Jh discovery of what the world knows today to be Christian Science. It may properly be said that Christian Scientists nave a distinct love and regard for their revered leader. It would be wrong jowever, in the extreme to assume that there Is anything in this attitude that favors of personal worship or personal adoration. On the contrary, this attitude toward Mrs. Eddy on the part of Christian Scientists is in recognition and in grateful acknowledgment of the broad uirlTerral and unselfish service to all Mankind which characterize all Of Mrs. tCddy life we-rk. Indeed, from the date it hsr heghng on that momentous Pun- ! jiay iOThlngin the year 186. Mrs. Eddy's life was spent consistently and inclusively in proving the truth which sad been revealed to her and In establishing Christian Science in accordance therewith. She a lo reduced the facts ct.nnsete4 with herg healing to such trnis or language as would be best un- ' 4rstood bi' mankind. It was necesiary that this be done. It was necessary that these facts be rightly correlated, tend that the Science which governed the appearance of these facts ghould be accurately stated, as has tioen scrupulously done In th book clence and Health. It was necessary that this should be done in order that tnf who have eyes to see and ears t.o hear might acquire at any and all times, in any and all places, the means fe enable them to heal and to help manJlnd whenever such healing la desired nd sought. Christian Scientists ask fff fji world. In regard to Mrs. Eddy, that the judgement of the world concerning this retwarkable woman shall be based urW the character of her life work. TTords of praise cannot add luster to a life actuated by love for Ood and the .human race- Of such a life the script"' prorern may well be uttered:! Give her of the fruit of her hands: '

and let her own works praise her In the gtes." In the early da. s of Christian Science the workers, the men and women who. as it were, blaz'-d the way, found it was diftlcult to convince the public that this Science actually heals the sick and that It regenerates human thought. Many doors were closed upon thse earnest worker, whose only idea was to share with others something of the good that had come into their own llvfcs through the ministrations ot Christian Science. Tiie Inscoveror and Founder of Christian Science herseir was not excepted from this unkind and ungenerous treatment. The situation, however, is today widely different. The demonstration of Christian Science in the healing of sickness and tn the regeneration of human thought la now a recognised and accomplished fact. Moreover, and because this Science expresses the qunlity and conviction of final revelation, it is accepted to be a permanent dispensation. Indeed, so well settled is the recognition of. the healing and regenerative works of Christian Science that thoughtful men and women are asking with growing interest the question; How has it been possible for Christian Science to attain its present stage of progress and development In scarcely more than fifty years? This rrogres ha not been due to the attraction of unique social features, nor to the promise of posmon and rank, fsme and glory; nor yet to the fear or ecclesiastical thunderlngs or canonical laws. None of these things belong to Christian Science. One reaches logical-

!y the conclusion that the remarkable development of Christian Science Is due entirely to the fact that this Science meets needs of humanity in an adequate and satisfactory manner. The question may he asked: Doss Christian Science never fall? No true Science can ever fail. One may fail to understand the science of numbers, or fail properly to aprly thle science in working out a mathematical problem. Xo person will assume, however, for a moment, that berause there has been a failure to understand or property to laply tills science of numbers the science of mathematics has failed. IJkewise there may be a failure properly to understand Christian Science, or a failure properly to apply this Science in the working out of a problem under consideration; but Christian Science never fails. BASIC - ERROR Systems of religion and of medicine which have appeared and disappeared in the history of the world have Anally disappeared because they were founded either -upon the personal reputation, or the personal sense, of their originators, 1 or upon the unworthy and degrading j belief that evil is a reality with power exceeding that of good or Ood; and that matter, non-intelligent and inert, possesses the Qualities or properties of life and mind. Any system of religion or healing which Is adequately aid satisfactorily to meet the needs of mankind mudt be created Upon a foundation broad and deep, a foundation which is at the same time as simple and aa universally available to alt mankind as divine Iove itself la available. Such a system must express the elements of intelligence or divine Mind. Matter cartnot be the foundation for an adequate system of religion or healing, because matter is not Intelligent. This !s a simple statement of ultimate fact, the logic of which may not be legitimately avoided. Christian Science has been criticised frequent!;,' because of its statements regarding the unreality of sin. sickness, death; and yet, the established systems of religion and medicine have been engaged throughout their respective histories, and that too without rritioism. in the attempt to escape the ills associated with evil, and to overcome the limitations associated with mat:er. Were these systems to be successful in their attempts to save mankind from evil and sickness. Is It not clear that they would coma finally to the recognition with which Christian Science begins, namely, that evil, sickness, death, mortal mind are unreal, because God, the divine Mind, who includes all intelligence, is "of purer eyes than to behold evil"- to believe evil to be real. Seeing this to be true, mankind ought not to resist the influence of that educational process which in Christian Science; Is unfolding to thought the nature of reality. Tho ordinary systems teach and perpetuate the belief that evil, sickness, death are real; more, that these belong, to the natural order of things, and that they are more or less legitimate and to be expected. Then these systems begin mediately to attempt to overthrow and to destroy these things which are held to be real, legitimate and to be expected. If these afflictions are real, why try to escape them either through religion or medicine? Indeed, in such a circumstance will not the very attempt to escape from these ills be an act contrary to the divine will and contrary to the divine order? On the other hand, if these evils are not real, and so not created by Ood, then let the statements made by Christian Science in regard to . the unreality of matter, sin, death and destruction, be approached and measured honestly and fairly, and above all with the desire to be consistent, not only, with respect to the conclusions at which we may arrive, but what ia far more Important, with respect to the premises from which we make our beginnings. Christian Science declares primarily, secondarily and always that -Tod. the divine Mind, is the only creator: that real creation must reflect the character of tne divine Mind or God; and that true creation consists. therefore, of spiritual or true ideas. Evil 1 Is not a spiritual or a true idea; therefore evil is not a creation of the divine Mind or God. The Christian Scientist proceeds then to prove the truth ot this position. This is done by healing the sick and by restoring thought to lines of right activity through the understanding not that there are two supreme powers, a supreme good and a supreme evil warring forever one against the other, but that there is one in!y supreme power, the eternal God or good who ts the one and only MtndBecause Ood who is the eternal Principle of man and the universe creates all that Is created, and because this Principle or Mind cannot create anything unlike Itself, it follows that evil and matter are not creations of God;

hence they have no legitimate exist-and of Mind, which constitute all beence and no legitimate power. j lng and reality. Hence, that which makes

The only seeming power of vll and matter Is that which mortal consciousness gives to tbem. Evil and matter seem to have the effect of power because mortal consciousness believes and accept them to be real. Because of the lack of proper educa-

tion in true Christianity mankind, actuated by mortal thought, has accepted as real its own misconceptions of God. their own misinterpretations of man, and its misstatements of Hpirit or substance: and out of thse abysmal depths there has arisen a "mict from the earth" a cloud of false knowledge that stands between mankind and Ood influencing thought adversely to the highest good. BXftTTO&ATTTS MrTJTmOlTI It Is the mission and province or Christian Science to clear away and to destroy the basic srror of mortal thought, that evil is real and that matter is Intelligent. In accomplishing this work It is the mission of Christian Science furthermore to restore to mankind the true idea concerning God: the Idea which reveals Him to be the eternal Principle of all that exists; to restore to mankind the understanding of what constitutes the "Image and likeness" of God, or the understanding of

man's true selfhood. Christian Science naturaUy lays strong emphasis upon the necessity for gaining a true understanding of Ood. On page 1 of the Preface to Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy writes these significant words: "Ignorance of Ood is no longer the stepping-stone to faith. The only guarantee of obedience is a right apprehension of Him whom to know aright is Ufa eternal." The understanding of the nature and character of the divine Mind or God Is fundamental to all true knowledge therefore all that Is worthy and to be desired In social, religious, do mestic, political, industrial life must be ' founded upon and express the basic and true understanding concerning Ood who Is the divine. Principle of ail. When this fact is understood and demonstrated fully harmony will be established in all the activities of human experience. Christian 8ienee reveals certain simple truths with respect to eonscioujiness and Mind which are profitable for consideration. We are conscious of existence, conscious of the circumstances of dally life. We are conscious of our presence in this place at this moment. j This consciousness of existence indicates or n;?lies Mind, because without Mind there can be no consciousness of existence. When speaking thus of Mind, we do not refer to the little limited human sense of mind that Is supposed to bo synonymous with the human brain, and to be located somewhere within the human skull. The Mind to which we refer in thle c6nnectlon in Christian Science IS the Mind which is infinite in its being, capacity, identity, individuality, omnipresence, omnipotence. This infinite Mind, then, without which as ws have seen there can be no consciousness of existence, must be the creator of all that exists, must be that which ws mean Or try to express when we think or say, God. It Is also perfectly clear that the creations of Ood must be Godlike; therefore, because Ood ts taflntt Mind, the creations of God must be Mindlike, or like the Mind from wMeh thep proceed. Creation, then, must be the true or Spiritual idea, which reflects, with lnflnit fidelity, the nature and character of the dlvin Mind. Because there Is no place conceivable where Ood Is not. it follows naturally and inevitably that God. who is infinite Mind, Is everywhere present and i everywhere intelligently active for good. Mow can on conceive of th omnipresence of Ood otherwise than aa infinite Mind? On cannot conceive of th omnlpresenc of a material or human personality. One cannot conceive of the Omnipresence of a materially nutled figure. The Scriptures declare that Ood is Love, Spirit. Truth, Life. Mind. How is it possible Tor a materially outlined figure, or a graven Image, or a mental image, to convey an adequate Idea of the nature and character of infinite Mind and of divine Love of the omnipresence of God? It Is the understanding of this fact of Gods omnipresence that makes possible the remarkable effectiveness of what is called absent treatment in Christian Science. Th divlno Mind. God. Is everywhere present. Henc no necessity exists for the attempt to project thought to some distant place to heal the sick: the divine Principle, Love, Is alresdy there and everywhere. The effectiveness of a spiritual Idea cannot be es.id to be limited by or to a personal presence or a material environment. A divine Idea should be recognized to be always present and active because it reflects the all pervasive divine Mind. To Understand this Is to understand, in a degree, the fact of being. BASIC ERROR ERADICATED The so-called human or mortal mind claims evil to be greater in power than good. This Is not surprising, however, when we recognise that mortal mind holds the unworthy and degrading belief that evil is real and that matter is intelligent. One may not grasp the significance of the statement immediately, nevertheless It is true, that all of the sin, sickness and destruction that has come into the world of human experience has corno as the result of the operation in thought of this degrading belief. Unfortunately for the human race, unlnatruCted "by Christian Science, human consciousness has) lost . Bight of what is wrong. Owing to this erroneous mental procedure which accepts evil as real and matter as intelligent, human bings have found themselves eonfronted with a seemingly inexplicable and mysterious state of existence, which expresses Itself In etn. sickness and death, a state or existence wholly without foundation or support In Truth and Love, and wholly at variance with the nature of divine Principle. Christian Science comes to the consciousness which believes evil to be real and matter to be intelligent and begins im mediately to remove from experience the baneful effects which spring from the error to which we have' referred. This . Is done by restoring to the in- , di virtual the understanding of kwhat constitutes true selfhood or the divine "image snd likeness." Upon the basis of the understanding of what constitutes man's true selfhood as revealed In Christian Science the individual begins straightway, consciously and intelligently, to deny, to cast out. to repudiate and to refuse to b governed by the suggestions which grow out of the wholly illegitimate belief involving the reality of evil and th intelligence of matter, principle is always Principle, and embraces within Itself the eternal qualities of God, the qualities of Life, of Love evil seem to be real and matter Beems to be intelligent is the waywardness of mortal thought which sees as real whatever it bellevfes. i MATERIAL THEORIES -IXCON-SIS-TEXT The statement is sometimes made

that Christian Scientists ignors disease. The fact Is, however, that Christian Scientists do not Ignore either the disease or the germ. The Christian Scientist knows that the only germ Of disease Is a mental germ. Some persona may not accept this statement. They will insist upon having a germ that they can hunt and capture, and punish. One cannot, however, get entirely away from the suspicion that the reason such persons reject the statement regarding the mental germ Is because It demands a personal and a permanent mental housecleanlng; and because, also. It seems to be altogether too simple, and to be devoid of heroics. The statement, notwithstanding, is true; and evidence Is not lacking even in material Unas for its suport. Dr. O. A. Jordan, eoretary ot the St- Ixuls, Missouri. Board of Health, a few years ago supplied the newspapers of that city with a statement giving his opinion regarding an epidemic which

then threatened that city. 8a!rt Dr. Jordan: rns epidemic is more paychologtcai than actual." What os that meant It means that "the epidemic Is mora mental than actual." This Is What Christian Selene has been reiterating and reiterating for the past fifty years and more. The voice ia that of on crying In the wilderness: "Th epidemic is more pyschological than actual." There ia th mental germ! Tr. 6. Weir Mitchell is reported to have stated: "that back of every disease is a cause, and that cause no medicine can reach." Why cannot medicine reach th cause? Christian Science shows the reason for this to be that disease la mental; and it is perfectly obvious, even to a layman, that a material medicine cannot reach a mental cause. Ir. Wilfred H. Kellogg, Secretary of the California State Board of Health, compiled a pamphlet concerning the epidemic of the year 1918. Summing up th entire situation after an exhaustive study of the subject. Dr. Kellogg uses these frank words: "W are Just as much in the dark as ever regarding the microbial cause Of influensa." Why, one is forced to ask. after five thousand years and more of material medication, "just aa much in th dark as ever?" Tne Interests of humanity and progress compel th question. Must not th answer be. because the search for the cause of dlseas has hn al ways In matter? Can any on believe for a moment that if th cause of disease is In matter the patient efforts of scientific thought for nv thousand years could result only In darkness? Is H not aparent, furthermore, that only as disease is seen to be mental a belief of the mortal mind. Is It possible to heal dlseas through the operation of divine Truth and Ixve which necessarily and Inevitably reverses and removes th belief of th mortal mind and neutralises it discordant Affects? Christian Selene declares disease to be mental, a belief of th mortal mind, which la dissipated and healed by the unfolding Idea of Truth and j jre. a gentleman who was gmdu ated from a medical school In this country twenty-four yars ago waa healed In Christian Science of a painful ailment which his former methods had failed to relieve. Fine that time this man has devoted his activities to the field of Christian Science. This gentleman bad occasion to rsvislt the cl4y where th medical school Is looated from which h was graduated, ypon entering the hall of biology he found a room-fu! of students each engaged with his own mlcroscop carrying out bacteriological tests and examinations. After being introduced to the professor in charge the visitor said: "Professor, how far have you gotten with this sort of work?" Said the professor. "What do you mean?" "Well," said my friend, "I will tell you. Twenty-four years ago I was here. In this very room, doing exactly the same things that you are doing here now. I wondered, as I came in. how far you have gone with the work in the last twenty-four years; and If you are able to say, yet, what is the ultimate nature or form of the germ." "Oh," answered the professor, looking at him curiously for a moment, "you come around again in twenty-four years!" All there is to a germ is a diseased thought, and all there is to a disease thought-germ is in and of that carnal mind which Jesus said is a "murderer from the leglnning," and concerning which He further said, "There :s no truth in him." Now, if there is no truth in this mortal mind, this "murderer from th beginning," this belief that evil Is real and that matter is intelligent, according to the words of tho wis Nasarene. Prophet. then there certainly Is no reality in It to be either feared or honored. The Christian Scientist knows this. He Is not fooling himself. He is not permitting his imagination to run riot. He Is provIhg, in hie every day experience, that this mortal mind cannot produce in its own beliefs, superstitions, germs, or whatever else they may be called tomorrow, anything to Interfere with or to overthrow one of the least of these littl ones; one of the least of these Ideas of the dlvin Mind or Ood which unfolds the nature and character of man's true selfhood. Each successive conclusion reached by physical science regarding the nature of the germ Is a step nearer to the ultimate recognition that the inception of disease is In mortal belief and not in what appears to be matter. This being true, why follow devious and painful steps through matter? Why not accept the scientific, definite, clear and simple statements of fact demonstrated by Christian Science? The present vogue In systems of material medication seems to be what is called the serum treatment. Tt Is not necessary to go Into an exhaustive description of this form of treatment, because after all has been said upon tho Subject that Can be said, after the subject has been stripped of all of its technical verbiage, it amounts simply to this: the injection Of one form of matter called "serum" into another form of matter called "body." The theory Is that the matter-serum will make the matter-body well. In systems of material medication it la the matter-body that is to be treated. Under thlsseerrtlngl3r plausible theory of : the application of matter ' to matter for the purpose of correcting discord and of establishing harmony ono might, consistently with this theory. gather up a lot of chalk which had ; been used in carrying out erroneous ! mathematical calculations in the public j schools. From the chalk thus collected a serum might be evolved. This scrum might be injected into other clean, fresh pieces Of ehslk under the theory that the us of the chalk, thus inoculated. wlH do away with errors 6t mathematics In our public schools. Some one may argue that the two situations are not similar, the piece of

chalk and th human body. He will tell you that th piece of chalk is simply a piece of inorganic, inanimate matter, Which has neither human sense nor human intelligence as has the body. Now, we are making rapid strides. It Is th human mtnd. then, asoclated with th body, which must be taken Into consideration and treated. Let us turn a blackboard to be filled with erroneous, discordant, sickmathmeticat calculations. What is wrong here? Th blackboard cannot be said to be sick, nor the chalk, nor the hand which made the figures, nor the muscles which guided the hand. The so-called human mind which produced the erroneous results is sick and at fault. This human mtnd, it ahould be clearly understood, is not the divine Mind, nor is it related tn the divine, immortal Mind. Th human mind is comprised in th belief that evil Is real and that matter is Intelligent. This socalled mind is th producer of sickness and cartnot be the healer of dlseas. Only th truth embraced In the Infinite, dlvin Mtnd can correct the errors of mortal belief. Ift order to correct erroneous mathematical results no one will argue for a moment that It Is necessary to Improve th structure of th blackboard, or of the chalk; nor that it is necessary to strengthen the hand or the muscles which have been used In putting down the erroneous figures. What la It that differentiates the human body from the piece of chalk? Obviously it Is th human mind. Take away entirely the human mind from the human body and there remains, matter. Just as inanimate as th piece of chalk. It Is. then, the human mind that must be taken into, consideration and treated. Having seen disease to be mental who will contend for the use of material medicine? It has been seen that matter medicine cannot reach the mental cause of disease. Apart, however, from th material evidence which has been reviewed In thla connection, who is willing to admit that a material medicine has the intelligence, when taken Into the system, to go to the exact part of the human system, and there do the exact thing necessary to he done to establish harmony and to rellev suffering? Does any one believe that Inert matter possesses within itself the intelligence necessary to

0.0 wis? The answer can only be no. Then why continue longer subject to the Idolatrous practice Involved In matter medicine? Any seeming good which follows th us of material medicine Is the result of hypnotic suggestion and human faith In matter. It ia worthy to bs noted that Christian Selene healing follows a strictly legitimate Una of thinking. Christian Science, recognising sickness to be mental, a discordant aens of th mortal mind, demonstrates that only the trutn or th divine Mind or Ood can destroy this discordant aens of the mortal mind. PRBCAt'TlOX AIM) ATOIMAJfCE Human being are struggling in Very conceivable manner to And a way out of the wilderneea of belief and discord into which mortal thinking has plunged them. It Is a sad commentary, however, upon these efforts, that many of the methods which are folowed produce conditions more patnful than those from which human Ity would escape. Never before has th need been so great as now for a Veflnlt and a final statement of be ing statement or ebing a once Christian and scientific which will lead the individual into tho true understanding of being and selfhood. Evidence of this need accumulates upon every side. Announcements recently made in the newspapers Indicate that the British Medical Association has approved and sdopted a system of mental therapeutics to be used In medical practice. The system adopted Is said to be that of suggestion. Mental suggestion represents the action of one human mind upon another. Is it not clear, then, that human thought can maae use of suggestion just as readily for evil purposes as for good? A movement recently Inaugurated to establish Christian healing In the churches adopted the method of hypnotic or mental suggestion, and this method was said hy tho author of the movement to be the same as that ucd by all other Byetems of mental healing, including Christian Science, as well. One will not criticise the purpose to establish Christian healing in the churches. Indeed, if the church ts to fulfill Its true functions, it must inevitably demonstrate th ability to hear and to obey the command of Jesus not only to "preach the. gospel" but also to "heat tho sick." Because, however, the statement has been mad in this connection, that Christian Science uses hypnotic or mental suggestion, it is proper to correct this erroneous assumption. It would be difficult to make a more erroneous statement than to ay that Christian Science makes use of mental suggestion or hypnotism In any manner. The use of hypnotism or suggestion contemplates the action of one human mind upon another. Sufficient has been said upon this subject to show that it is the human or mortal mind that is sick. How, then. Is it possible for the mind that is sick and that produces sickness to be at the tame time the healer of sickness? The same fountain does not send forth both sweet waters and bitter. The theory that the human or mortal mind heals sickness involves hypnotism or suggestion. Moreover, when an operator who uses hypnotic sueestion endeavors to suggest to the patient that the latter is not sick, that U is all right, and that there is nothing- wrong with him, this operator is stating something which, from his own view point, is a plain lie. This sort of an operator believes the patient to be sick: he hae no means by which he can know and justify the statement that the patent is not sick. It is perfectly clear, therefore that when this operator endeavors to suggest to" a patient that the patient is hot sick, a process Is thus introduced which involves a He at the vers outset. No words are nec essary to show that this process is not Christian and that it ia not scientific. It is needless to eay that it is not Christian Science. A brief statement at this point indicating the procedure of Christian Selene will be of Interest. It has been seen that because the mortal mind produces sickness it cannot at the same time be the healer of sickness. We come, at this point, to one of the most important points in the entire theology ' of Christian Science. it Is this. Because the human or mortal mind cannot be its own healer, it follows naturally and inevitably that the divine Mind or Ood is the only healer and the only medicine which

can be used in the line of strict, scientific legitimacy to heal the sick. The action of the divine Mind upon the human mind disabuses and deprives the the human mind of the error that evil is real and that matter is intellgent. The action of the divine Mind, in this way, disabuses and deprives the human mind of its false consciousness; and the human mind, being' deprived of Its false consciousness or lt consciousness of falsity. Is healed. In this way, briefly stated, tiie sick are healed and the erring are restored to useful lives through the ministrations of Christian Science. A -ery different way, all will agree, from that involved In the unholy practice of hypnotic suggestion. The use of hypnotism or suggestion, in any form. Is to be condemned; it Is an evil which cannot be too strongly guarded against. One hears occasionally of some person who makes use of the erroneous method of hypnotism in the conduct of business. One such person endeavored to Justify the use of this method by the illustration of a four-horse stage-couc h saying that "with a four-horse stagecoach it is necessary for some one person to hold the reins." This person overlooked the true point of his illustration, which is that sometimes during a dark and stormy night on a dangerous mountain trail when the driver is unable to see the road he is compelled to let the reins lie loosely upon the backs of the horses, while they pick their way to safety. The great danger In the use of hypnotic suggestion is that it deprives the person who uses it, as well as the one who is acted upon, of the inalienable right to think and to act under the influence of the divine Mind or Ood. Erroneous and harmful methods are sometimes set before the public and said to be the same as Christian Science. A man representing himself to be a Christian Scientist announced that he would teach metasphysics or Christian Science; he was not, however, authorized in any way to teach Christian Science, and therefore the teachings involved was not Christian Science. A lady who knew Just a little concerning Christian Science went to this man to be taught.

During the first lesson she was taught to say; "I am God" She replied, "But "I am not God." She waa then told to say, T am Spirit." To this the lady replied: "No! I am not God. I am not Spirit, I am spiritual, and you do not know what you are talking about!" The lady was right, because the declarations referred to do not coincide in any way with the teachinf of Christian Selene. Th evidences of confusion and the Indications of wrong procedure multiply. Sufficient, however, has been said in this connection to Indicate that there Is basic need of a djvine Principle, and of an Influence in human thought which will move mankind In the direction of their h!ghest good. THE MOTHER CHIRCH MAMAL Some one will doubtless say that safeguards should be established to protect the publio against misrepresentations which are made in the name of Christian Science. The answer to thla ia, that such safeguards already hav been provided. Mrs. Eddy long ago foresaw this need and provided in the Manual of The Mother Church the necessary measures to protect and to preserve Christian Science, its teaching, and Its extension ;as well as to protect the public from misrepresentations and adulterations. Without this wisely conceived protection, for which Christian Scientists are profoundly grateful, the teaching and extension of Christian Science might soon be filled with misrepresentations, adulterations and human philosophy; and thus the effectiveness of Christian Science be lost. The teachings of Jesus were lost for a time because thoae teachings were adulterated with philosphles and religious dogma. Had spiritual and right unity with respect to Jesus' teachings been maintained, those teachings never would have been contaminated by erroneous dogma and by a multiplicity of personal opinions. In the Manual of The Mother Church the means are divinely provided which will maintain the Integrity of Christian Science, the purity of its teachings, and the permanence of Its extension. During a long and active career devoted to the demonstration of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy learned that certai rules or methods of procedure were necessary, desirable, and might well be used In the successful carrying forward of any Christian Science dpmonstration. Mrs. Eddy says in speaking of the Manual that these rules "were written at different dates and as the occasion required." They were finally brought together by Mrs. Eddy herself: and they are recognized today to be the Manual of The Mother Church. Speaking of the.e Manual rules Mrs. Eddy says further that they "will do for the race what absolute doctrines destined for future generations might not acompllsh." (Manual) One who has even named upon himself the name or nature of Christian Science knows that, in the dsree his thought is held in obedience to these Pimple rules, h5 demonstration is correspondingly successful and happy. Far from limiting thought and demonstration, proof Is always present that obedience to these methods of procedure enlarges and perfects thought, and ensures the attainment of harmonious experience, a state which reflects divine Principle government by God. Because Mrs. Eddy'B life reflects in so remarkable a degree the nnture of pure and unsel fish thought. Christian Scientists acknowledge and accept tiie Manual of The Mother Church to be the expression of divine Principle, uninfluenced by mortal or personal sense. This con viction is sustained by continual proof in individual experience; hence the willing and devoted acquiescence on the part of Christian Scientists to the government of the Manual. Christian Science has uplifted the thought of mankind immeasurably with respect to the science of pure re ligion. This Science has also uplifted the thought of mankind beyond their hap piest expectations with respect to the Science of healing. These statements of fact are not only unquestioned, they are concurred In today by a large part of the thinking world. As the thought of mankind has been lifted up with respect to pure religion and to the srlence of healing, so the thought of mankind must be lifted up with respect to all things, including church, and church government. The Christian Science church is demonstrating the "proof of its utility" (Solence and Health). Christian Sclenti?ts are demonstrating, in teie r,hr).

lance to the requirements of th Manual, that willing consent of the govtrnod which constitutes an important factor of true government. This willing consent to be governed by God's perfect government to th ChtVtlan Scientist Is not a fanciful theory; it l th great fact in the process of demonstration which ensures Individual and collective agreement. It is the mission and province of Christian Science to do with respect to church and to church government what this Science has already done with respect to religion and healing, to lift vp and to, prove that church and church government to be right must stand In constant relation to the dlvin Mind or God. Back of thla process of lifting up the true Idea of church and government, ahe Manual of The Mother Church stands a shining light revealing the way of obedience and cooperation. To remove these waymarks of the Manual would be like removing the markings from the wayside which guide the traveler on his Journey. Moreover, and forgetting gratitude, should one feel that he la familiar with the way and believe In his egotItin that be does not require these Manual waymarks for himself, let him remember that, as Mrs. Eddy says In Science and Health, there are yet "Millions of unprejudiced minds simple seekers for Truth, weary wanderers athlrst in the desert waiting and watching for rest and drink" to whom these waymarks of the Manual will give proper direction In th demonstration of health and Joy, hop and happiness. From what has ben said It should be evident that the Manual of The Mother Church must stand in human experience to be the type of government which Is necessary to guide mankind through th mist and out, of the wilderness of belief where mortal consciousness haa placed them. All thought, all religious and healing activity, all development must, sooner or later, express this type of government. CHILDREN PROTECTED The remark fs sometimes heard that Christian Science treatment is all very well for the adult, but when It COTrvea to the question of treating th children, some "tangible" and "substsntlal"' form of treatment ts necessary.

Christian Scientists agree decidedly with this latter statement that Children should have tanglbhe and substantial treatment; they dealr it also for the adult. Opinions, however, differ with respect to what constitutes u stantlal treatment. With the object of clarifying thought upon thla aubj. the following Interesting facte ar r lated: During th latter half of th year 1PI8, and In the northern half of the Bute of California, lt.SOO ca of "Spanish" Influensa war treated by Christian Science. Th rate of mortality under Christian Selene was 3 out of every 1,000 persona treated: whfl the rate of mortality under systems Of material medication waa 68 out of every 1.000 peraons treated. In th city ef New York the rate of mortality under Christian Scienc treatment waa 4 out of every 1.000 persons treated; while the rate of mortality tinder systems of material medication was something Over 100 out of every 1,000 persona treatad. These facts are gathered from reports of Boards of Health, Hospitals and Christian 8clence practitioners located in the districts named- Were cne interested to follow up this statement he would And that what haa been here stated with reference to tha two -localities mntloned, is true in evpry part of the civilized globe where ChfTatlan Science is known and practiced. Convincing evidence Is by no means lacking to prove that Christian Scienc treatment Is tangible, substantial and real. Children yield readily to the loving, compassionate Influence of Christian! Science treatment. In Christian Science the thought of the child IS turned away from the, contemplation ot evil and sickness. 'The pertinent question may be asked, here: Has the volume of evil and sickness In the world been reduced at all where the children have been taught to regard evil and sickness to be real? If evil and sickness have not been reduced by reason of such teaching, then can it be said that evil and sickness have not ben augmented and built up In human xrerifnee by reason of these teachings? Freedom from sin and sickness constitutes harmony. How can the child be conscious of harmony while he is being taught that evil and sickness are real? One cannot be conscious of harmony and peace while the educational systems impress upon his thought the reality of evil and sickness. The ehlljdren naturally protect themselves from the infliction of these teachings concerning evil and sickness. An Illustration o fthis is found In the experience of a young girl who had been educated in the understanding of ChristIan Science. Owing to some disturbance in the neighborhood where she lived, her grandparents, who were not Christian Scientists at the ttme, felt that it was necessary to call In a physician to examine the child. Thla was done, and she was kept in th house for a. few days. The attitude of this girl toward sickness was Indicated by some lines she wrote in her diary at the time. She had written; "The doctor came today, and they put it Up to me to be sick." There you hav th entire situation; it was something that was being put upon her; and It mays be added that ahe refused to accept It. Contrast the attitude of this child with. that of the official who explained in public print the reason for his absence from his office in these words: T did not realize how tired I was. until my 'loctor told me. Now, I know that I am a very tired man!" Which of these two attitudes will do most to advance the good of the human race? Thousands upon thousands of Christtan Science parents are glad to have their childreu under Christian Scienc treatment when the necessity for such treatment exists. It is not to be sseumed that these Christian Science parents, who are quite like other Parents, would be happy to have their children under .Christian Science treatment unless they were perfectly confident of the results to be expected from such treatment. It must be recognized also that these Christian Science parents love their children Just as devotedly as do thoae parents who elect to gl-e drugs and operations to thoir children. The situation would at least be an. unusual one were th degree of parental affection to be meaaured by the quantity of drugs administered! "on UPWARD vrma." Mortal existence, from any point ot view, involves mystery. Its beginning, .ts transit, its passing, iB. a mystery; It's dogma of religion and medicine ta f Continued ' onpage'"ntn'e.T