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Highland Park Press (1912), 8 Oct 1914, p. 7

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supplv iMamz- ’self declar ,‘fiCNMn »l¢ 65 gemc They rim- 331 gs mp- pro- but uh: "9919‘ mm1 honest for no ' l." the '1r<t account. We are tom thu'. (Bod created the universe. and that eVerything made by Him was good, and lastly. that He created man, in His image. and after His own like- ness.'and that he was good; while in the neconr‘l amount. we have the alle- gory about God coming dOWn to earth, and mixing up dust and calling it man. Then follows the story of Adam and live, and the Garden of Eden. and we are told that a deep sleep fell upon Adam. and that then sin appeared. and that brother mur- dered brother, and from that day to this that the man made of dust has been a sinner and has been at enmity with God. nu"- ~ The only reason, therefore, why peo. ple “e grouped-together in diflerent religious organizations is because my honestly believe that through the o nimtion to which they belong they will be most likely to pin the which they so earnestly desire. Since. then, through Christian Sci- ence prayer. so many people have found health, contentment and peace, it is plain that sooner or later, every thinking person will desire to know how m pray as Christian Science uu‘hw It than there is about creation. It is surprising how many people there are who 10 not even know that there are two :x-x'mnzts of the creation in the Bible. The first account is to he found an the first chapter of Genesis. and extends down to and includes the third verse of the ~«300ml chapter. Be- ginnmz with the fourth verse of the “I'lllul chapter. there follows another an ‘ut that is wholly different from thr Christian Science accepts the first account of the creation as the spirit~ ual and real: creation and upon this‘ found-tion and basis it builds. Re< lizioue teachers throughout the cen~ turies have erroneously regarded the Adam-man as being the real man made in the image and likeness of God. and yet the Bible nowhere says so. . The Bible nowhere says that the Adam-man was made in God's image or likeness. That state- Another subject about which there is great confusion of belief. is the 'ubject of creation. There is perhaps no «uhjecc connected with religion. or mentmzred in the Bible. about which ‘here is greater misunderstanding than there is about creation. It is surprising how many people there are who \10 not even know that there are ment was made concerning the real man described in an account of the real creation. And religious teachers have vainly striven to make the wis- .4... wind the love of God fit the cre- have vainly striven to make dom 'and the love of God fit anion‘ of 2. sinner. Such a doctrine as that is impos- sible. lt dishonors God. and degrades man. ll makes God responsible for all of the sin and all of the misery from the beginning of time, and the beat proof that. it 'is not true is that it his never delivered those who be. lined it from evil. UUJI « v ...v_a.. _r for it would be in the lens through which he looked at ic. The only thing necrssary for the man to do in order to translate the entire universe back " to its normal aspect would be for him merely to (like 03 the green louse: through which he was looking. In like manner. the only thing neces- sary for us to do in order to translate “In: seems to be a material universe an! rrznterial man back into the spir- an} material man desire good and not evil, and, main. all people are equally in their religious “minions. one would knowingly deceive ‘ about so important a matter. CREATION ‘ssessed name “mortal we are told itual is to take of! the false, mortal eyeglasses. ‘Christian Science is making plain in many ways that so long as people continue to look through mortal eye- glasses. through lenses that are com~ posed of superstition, false beliefs, human will, pride. self-righteousness and the like, they will continue to see man and the'universe as material in~ stead of spiritual; they will continue to see a deformed and diseased man and a distorted universe. But when they shall begin to lay aside the mar- tal eyeglasses and shall begin to look through the lenses of the spiritâ€"â€" lenses that are composed of truth, spiritual understanding, meekness, humility, love. faith and purityâ€"they will then see a constantly improving man and universe. As this mental transformation progresses, disease, sin. sorrow, poverty and the limita- tions of old age will disappear and the spiritual real man will begin to appear. When this, transformation shall have been completed we shall then see man and the universe as wholly spiritual as they now appear to God and as they have always ap- peared to (lod, for God hn< never seen Hi,~ children nor HH creation through lllHl'lél: eyeglasu‘x. He hns al\\'u_\'.~ seen u,» il> spiritual, unxl liem‘r‘ to Him we have always been perfect. In that day we shall know. as in {not we hate now learned, that n nhnxg that God manic l~' material w t‘H'!‘ needs to be llenletl, and that Iln- only thing that needs to be henlml 1~ our own false concept of that Whn'h He made perfect. If all this “ere only a tht-m‘) pea» ple might be justified in refusuii: to acvept it. but Christian St'ience pruc- titimiers are proving daily in all parts of the civilized world that by holding the perfect man in concept, by know- ing that man is spiritual and perfect and is governed by an all-loving God. and by arguing steadfastly from the standpoint of the reality of good in- stead of froni the standpoint of the supposed reahty of eviL the sick are healed, and human conditions do im- prove. proving step by step that the decla~ ration mde by Jesus is true, and that in proportion as the knowledge of the truth fills human conscious- nou, driving out error and false he lists. men and women come into the possession here and now of their God- given dominion. MENTAL CAUSATION I know how difficult a thing it is {or people who are unacquninted wtih the teachings of Christian Science to understand what is meant by mental causation. Humanity has been am‘us- tamed through so many tenturics tu consider that all causation is vested in matter. that when we begin to dis- cuss the subject of mental causation we are dealing with something that is unfamiliar to many. When I first turned to Christian Science, I did so for physical healing, and I was healed under circumstances that admitted of no doubt that I had been healed. I, therefore. became deeply convinced thlt Christian Science must be the truth. because it had wrought in me so great a change. When I was told, however. that there was no intelli- gence or sensation in the human body, I said that the thing was so manifestly absurd that no intelligent person could believe it for a moment, and in spite of the fact that I had been healed through ("hristian Sciâ€" ence, I came very near turning my back upon it. Instead of doing so, however, I determined to make an honest efl'ort to find out, if I could, what Christian Science meant by the‘ statement that there is no intelligence or sensation in the mortal body. I had not proceeded very far before I found that the statement was true, and then I found that it was neces- sarily true, and then I began to won- der why I myself had not thought of it long before. because it appeared so perfectly plain and obvious. It was pointed out to me that this body which people worship and fear, and which most people get down on their knees before every day and say to it, “Oh. body, what can I do for you to- day. to keep you from hurting me?" is composed of something over 70 per cent of water. and that the balance of it is chalk, lime, starch. potash and a few other thingsâ€"that it is matter, just as truly as the ingredients of the dirt and wood are matter. I then learned that there could be 'no more intelligence or sensation in matter when in the form of flesh, bones and nerves than when in the lform of dirt or stone, which fact is proved whenever an opiate is given to a person and the human mind is put _ fl ,7 , -... to sleep. The body may then be cut and gushed and the nerves lacerated, without the slightest indication of l - telligence or sensation. I thus learned tint sensation and intelligence do not reside in the hu- man body apart from the human mind Some day all mankind will recog- nize the immeasurable service that Christian Science has performed for the human race in making this fact plain. For if it be true. and it is true‘ that sensation and intelligence Christian Science. therefore, is mmkind will recog- be cut l‘HE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS. HIGHLAND PARK‘W' 3 do not maid. in the human body, apart from the human mind. then it follows, absolutely, that the human body cannot do anything, feel any- thing. or have anything, except that which the human mind first decrees, and that by educating. instructing Ind controlling the human mind With truth. we shall thereby control the body with truth. and the lmdy will then be healthy and harmonmu). Just as certainly an the human body has auflerod from dlaeuxe and discord. and has gone down: in wreckage in all of the ages of the past. as the result of wrong mental government, Christian Scwnre 13' proving that in the future the body will respond with health and har< mony. when it shall be gnu-med by “that mind which was also in ('hrist Jesus." Regardless of what an) one may think or any to the contrary. ('hrlsl- inn Science has proved lwynul all possibility of successful cuntrudlclmn, that the human luxl)’ h nut wl!‘ mt- inyz. It is not a $8ll‘uh‘lli‘fl mm-hme Since it possesses nexthvr .I'U‘llzgv'xtr‘v- nor whiatmn in nor u' Mud, :1 .m. not 1ml}‘ m obedlem-c in 'm :-.-:'.1111) that mnems it. A! ll’ll‘ point ('hl‘hl..n \' forms m1. Invaluullm ~ .1 . * 4 .1 hwl by vxpluininu l‘.:»‘.« m l u 3: 1\ mm- }><I\\('>.~‘l0ll m" h- 1. 1 -. _, cm 1! harmnmmx» . 1 '>.»' u Snot rv here del‘lill' \ 'l .' ‘ . ~ umln' any ubhgullu' u' .'« In“ tlw Survallwl mum. .: 1; . nm- llu- terms and 111.1 \vhnh lw may 11w. 1. 1'. {Fur}. it ‘ls the nghl and 1111'» m.“ m eu-r)‘ «me to be g()\(‘ll!(‘1l r1_\ '11- ..u ‘APH' '!.v of Spmt instead of 1111- .l :.-1 11-.“ of matter. and that :} ltll.“L' 'm- truth to mortal mmd. ..;.11 :m-sv_ slmyinu false belle". '- {1't'\1"\v' rm lxxly in health. To illustrate ho“ the hut} “-tpumii to the mentality that L'-r\t-ti‘~ it, study the faces at tin» Hit". Hu- i~ furrowed with deep lllie‘. lt (‘\'- presses bitterness. and fihOW's th.it the man hates every one, and believes that every one hates him; The other is radiant with good will, and shows by its every expreuion that the man loves every one, and thinks that every one loves him. What is it that make! the difference between the faces of the two men? [3 it not their thought? And if thought an produce such rud- ical changes in the shape. expression and contour of men's faves, is it no! plain that thought Will Allan) prului'e like changes in the shape and action of every organ and pant of the body? For there is no part ot‘ lllt- hwl) that is beyond the reach of human Ihn'ight, and since no part of the body (MANN: es intelligence or St'llfiflllnl. _ itself. It follows that rm my nerve can act except 2:: ulwdle the mentality that govt-rm v. Also observe what happens “he-'1 a person becomes nngry. Immediately the functions of every organ in the body are disarranged. The [her at once begins to secret» bile. and to dif- fuse it through the system. so that one of the first results of a fit of anger is that the breath becomes foul. The heart IL‘liOll is also disâ€" turbed. either being accelerated or rr- mrded, and the {ace becomes hair or flushed. Any physician will my that many deaths have occurred {mm fits of anger. and yet anger n maly a mental quality or state turbed. either being accelerated or re- tarded, and the {ace becomes pale or flushed. Any physician will my that many deaths have occurred i'iiiiii tits of zinger. and yet anger it only a mental quality or state Now, let one ask himself that, .mice such results as these. “'hli‘h are “it- nessed daily, can arise from n sudden wrong mental impulse. does it require much thought to see that like (‘\'li re- sults will also occur from the habitual entertainment of ii wrung mental quality? 15 it not plain, that hatred, and all of its products, such as malive. sentment and revenge. llanl nucessur- ily produce evil and dixcorilant condi- tions upon the human body? And. Huixil\'l>li)ll‘ :ind it)" spite, l‘v- likewise, that every eii' quality of the mortal mind, surh ii~ dishonesty. jealously, greed, Li\il.Vli"‘, selt'rwill. {ear and the like, are .w than) con- spirators against the pen-.- and hur- mony of mankind, and that until these thialities are cast out, and are dis- placed by the qualities of that mind “which was also in Christ Jesus." men and women will continue to suf- for sin, be unhappy, and die. As another illustration of hi)“ the human mind governs the human body, let a mother tell her lzttle girl that she Will take cold if «he get‘ her feet wet, and it will be so, 3221 why" It is because the child helium “nil. her mother says, and JV we. lieves it, she embrave< he: nod} With» in her belief, and her body re‘tmiiiie to the belief. Let the mine mother. however, tell the same litti» girl that water has no more power '.v iizai-ie her take cold when it KL'LV' it; ner feet than when it gets on her face. or when she drinks it. and the ‘hlid may then get her feet Wet every day, without the alighteat bad results. Again, one man believe“ that if he sleeps in a draught. he Will take cold. and it will be so. Sitting right by hli side is another man who believes that ‘unless he sleeps in a draught. he Wlii be sick, Ind it will be so, and there are two exactly opposm- results fol- lowing from the same insight. not because there is fly the when 'J "~55? i7, inanity must and will be emancipated‘ from bondage to sin, aicknoaa andi death. not by doctoring the matter body with drug: nor through reliance upon dead ceremonieo or blind unrea- soniiig faith. but through the regon‘ t‘l'ntlllll of the human mind. i is that not precisely what St. Paul meant when he said, "Be ye tranaw formed by the renewing of your, mind"? ('an there be any other way for sufi'ering men and women to by liberated from evil conditions and transformed into a state of peoce and harmony except through the con? scious evangeliution and ngenera-' tion of the human mind? i Regardleu of what one may think or believe concerning the doctrine of atonement, it in plain that there can be no such thing aa vicarious regeno eri-ition. Each lndiVidull must go through that proceu for himulf, and. either here or hereafter, be will enter into the kingdom of peace only who! he shall have gotten rid of the super» stitious, erroneoua and vicioul quali. ties of the human mind. and shall i-ome to know the truth concerning God and man. Chriatian Science points out the way. It in the Science of right thinking and right living in iiintradistinction to erroneoua think- ing and wrong living. MRS. EDDY Sons.» day all mankind will recog- "lle the immeasurable service that .\lr.«'. Eddy haa rendered to humanity :vy her discovery of Christian Science illld the establishment of the Chriat- llal‘. Science movement. Through her teaching she has elevated religiou- understanding from a theoretical to a practical basil. She haa “light the worid that it is the min-ion of re- Iiginzi tn heal people of aicknou. aor- row. unnappinesa and (car. an well as to deitroy sin. and bu so clearly do- lined. the process by mean: of whidi these results may be accompliahod aa to make it poaaible for every one to prove it for himself and thereby to heal himself and others. Christian Si‘lent‘e is applied Christianity just a: truly as engineering in applied math- sults will also occur from (he hahuual entertainment of a wrung mental quality? 15 it not plum. that hatred, and all of its Hulxin'hmxh and by products, such as mahve. spite. I‘v- sentment and revenge. HIUNI m-cessur- ilv nroduce evil and dbcurxiant vondi- ngu draughx, but becnuu of human belief about it. thu- showing that the body responds to vluuver the hunun mind believe: confining it. Thus Christan Science in proving in mlny diluent directions that m body ll not toll-0cm. thlt It bu no intelligence to net nod no ton-doll to feel, Ind that in every an. it obey: and responds to the neutrllity that govern] it. Indeed, thll {Act in no plain, tint “hen n m once pointed out. very on. mll reldll)‘ observe inluncu to prove 11. and the more one gives heed to it, the» nmu- 1t becomes pllin tint by mntrollmg one's mental state of truth. he an thereby control hi: Mi); zuzd govern its feeling Ind It Lhen becomes euy w under-unit the immense significance 0! the word: of Jesus Ihen he said. “Ye shalli know the truth and the math shall2 make you free." for when the human' mind is filled with truth instead of! error. the body will rupond withl harmony instead of with discord It» also becomes self-evident that hu<1 III-LU. SIGNIFICANCE OF JESL‘S' WORDS stltmus, erronootu Ind vicioul quali. ties of the human mind. nnd shall mme to know the truth concernin‘ God and mu. Christina Science pmnts out the way. It in the Scion“ of right thinking and rizht living in tantradistmction to erroneoun think- wg and wrong living. MRS. EDDY Sam» day Ill mankind will recog- "me :he immeasurable service that Mrs. Eddy hu rendered to hummity :vy her discovery of Christina Science Jud the establishment of the Chriu- mn Scxence movement. Thmuxh ha! :eaching she has elevated religiou- understanding from a theoretical to I prm‘tura". basil. She Ml “light the worid that it is tho min-Ion of ro- ngmn In heal people of licknau. .0!- row. unhappiness and (our. :1 well u :u deazmy sin. :nd bu no clurly do- {met the process by mean: of whid: these resulu my be mompl'uhod u m make it possible for every one to prove It for himself lnd thereby to heal humid! and others. Christian Svnence is nppliod Christinnity just u truly as engineering 'n npplied nu!!- lul LONG D FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVING A SPECIALTY 18 Years Experience Reasonable Rates Reference for Piano Moving \V. W. Kimball Co. Lyon 8; Ilcztly Baum Piano Alden Piano Cu. Telephones 1103, 147 and 638 NEW AUTO VANS ISTANT MOVING emulu. Then in no mystery about it. Ind when one do“ he work cor- roctly. according to in rule, healing end "genes-don must follow. In the Bible (John 11:17) we read that Jesus said to Mary. “60 w my brethm, end In, unto them. I ucend unto my Father. Ind your Father; nnd to my God Ind your God‘" Alto in 1 John, mz2. “Bdovod, now on we the son- ol God. 3nd. it doth not yet lppelt win! we IhAll be: but we know tint. who: he shall nppur. We shall like him; {or we lhnll m hnn as he is." St. Pull 31.0 trot: 1Romnn| 8:16, 17), “Th. Spirit Itself benredl .God. end hence be ll the image oluGod. cud u-mhhporfoctendimmmL Tho material man in no! the lit” d for mum: cannot to It. image of Spirit. He ll the 1.1.. con- cept 0! mon. und the sin, db... and death involved in 61in blue no“ will dluppeu u 1.1.. MB] WI nre dissolved by truth. ‘1‘. Will belief must give place to the optrlwnl far! in every an. 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