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Christian Science i ? . J I eCll' - tinued from Page One) (Cod and conditions I ..Mm! tart "tr . Counted for !h,'nf Tb. moment one as.uu.es Pn" i mra mental maim --- SSI for Confirmation of this Ld loo".10. nndi it on every hand, gumption he ""th8t i WB. study f miring the time .dually ?CVe prac ce the state tnxaged lnt pra rDt land by d f "rent person, that P4" Je? which followed the use of nr' . not material but men- P"0 tW. idea seemed qutfe impos- K L me at the time, still when f ible ' J. fired that were of euch a Fhing they could not be ac- '"""'I, for on any material basis Counted for on ! TrJlh 1 began to a that aome nd,. a. least were mental. Thl. "'W iK,n went on and finally re- Eharern'btained baa fcrne about , Baw nothing ET ma erial condition I could now ut factor everywhere. In nil"1 ... own expe rience I have seen a per En lbo suffered from a condition which I prescribed at various be! ail to receive any relief from ernes. kilo the adminia- bi'n of a tablet containing Just fat the quantity of the same drug K with a different color and taste kut with kit an tesults ii h been my experience To that those people who believed ,,s" " . . , n.oilloinn In cure u,it it too "- ",,, Item were more i - Leoefited if the medicine through ps disgusting taste Impressed them Ls being very strong. On the omer iuuu , . - LHnn t nil inOUKIIl un w r susceptible to he supposed action if drugs No matter how minute he quantity of drug which was given lira his illness was immediately very reatly increased, yet he insists that he must uvc mcuivmr. Eire that had no more medical ac- fion than chalk would produce this aggravation as well aa medicine, so I: was evident that this too waa men- Material Methods Fall. . .,-. rr.ao tinea- Intn the ilslory of medicine Is Impressed by he fact that for practically every liseaaed condition there hits been a ontinual succession of drugs, one lollowing the other; and it-is always Maimed for the last one, with the freatest enthusiasm and positlvenese that It certainly does heal the dis tose, and In support of this conten ion ihere may be offered the records If many cases that have Deen curea. iunian thought Is not much given b retrospection along this line. It I were it would remember that an fee drugs that have followed each Ither in the treatment of disease, Lnd have been successively discard ed, have had the same glowing fccord when they were first used. tie reason for this is that it Is not e drug but the belief in It which kccomplishes the healing. Those who liscover and bring forth a remedy ire strong In Ihelr belief that It will lure, because the remedy Is the out tome of a definite conviction as to low the disease should be treated; k they obtain marked results, while jhOBe who prescribe the same drug liter on have no such deep convic tion, and because of their previous pperience may be even mildly skep tical. This state of thought brings kbout failure. . Because the new remedy with Its tmrt-lived record of success always sltea the place of the old with lis Inal record of failure, these succes ive changes are announced in the lame of progress. The extent of the llure is seen In the" fact that every bate-rial thing, vegetable, mineral, nd animal, which imagination con nived to have a medical action has teen tried. The Ignorance of the iifdlcal methods of a hundred years igo is laughed at by the men who periously believe that extracts from lalves and pigs can make them bet ter nien. Now the history of every material P'thod including surgery la the tame as that of drugs. The results Which come are according to the be pef which la entertained about them. Dne has only to glance through the p"dlcal journals to see that physl- fians themselves are condemning Bany of the operations and methods pnim the world at large has been r"g!lt to belipvia nnM hfl thiam almost every one can recall opera tions and methods which vrp nnltp the ra?p fw - i... (lorn heard of today, and It is per ectly safe to predict that the aura-i- lal Procedure whleh Am iioeaaaful (ortay win be discarded for others suniorri-w. The f.i 1,.. v. ft " " UIO UO 1110 10 DfiiPVA that fh.A ..... reasonably successful and we're only r-aMnned because other and better pirat,v methods had been di fverej. Investigation will show ow,ier. that the operation was most uccer,;:li tiurlnt nTly h,0,v no that something detrlmental?- disturbing after effect ap- jerd with greater and greater fre- 2 7.un,M ,ne method waa aban aorieri for another an n .K.. 1 I f. :'u!lii ,,me to cqulra a record of I TirlMUn .1at hM ben Mli there Is no J;?.,'"!on criticise the medical medical &"'! or te minimize hatever - it may be accom ?.'" klndnes, to thei fom stating the truth. plishlng. but them to refrain troth. The greatest "ctnr can come to botl the It is "" "orld learn why ' that no material metht i. ""maT-enl !! j ... " Win r,f 7 . u " OC r-",Z,-- K0,)r ,or' " thine In SI . 'a Z who n,-'"h th tin nn ,. .. . " with which . . . ' ""n'81 n1mona wh ick 1 ? ,he mnUI tiritlaa Sci. proJucr "'seaae, ience came in for it share of Investigation, u waa (be' one method which I thought I did not want because H would not mix with mo mufp1l.kl..l.i.. i. ,wa the only L una - method I could accent because It was the only one which maintained the logic of Its reasoning. When human thought la filled with If oar and belief In disease, no h II til fin gtateuient to the contrary will suf- flee, and the thought swiieh hi-ul. must be so evidently the divine idea, that it come to' human conscious ness aa the very voice of God to de stroy and dltpel the error. Such a system is Christian Science and it only asks to be known by lis fruits, lid IHitcoverer and Founder. It is essential In undertaking the study of Christian Science that one should know something of the one to whom It waa revealed, and some of the factors which led to its dis covery. The revelation came to Mrs. Eddy because the particular Quali ties of thought which she possessed made it Inevitable. She was alwavs of a deeply religious nature. In her secular studies the trend of her thought la shown In the fact that her favorite studies were natural philosophy, logic, and moral science, together with Hebrew. Greek and Latin. ' There was in all that she did a persistence that is very striking. A study of her life shows that every material thing which might have brought .some sense of satisfaction and peace crumbled to ashes within her grasp, yet she never faltered nor lost faith that Ood would show her the way out If she persisted with sufficient diligence. She investigated every material system of healing and finally decided that all causation must be mental, yet Jt required twen ty years of effort before she really understood that all causation was Mind. God, and a number of years more before it had unfolded with sufficient clarity to be given to the world. So Christian Science came as a result of patient, unfaltering effort to know God s law, and to the one who possessed the qualities of thought which made its revelation humanly possible. Because the study of Christian Sci ence, has enabled us to know the power and love of God and to recog nize and appreciate much more fully what the Master did for its in his demonstration of this power and love, we are grateful to Mrs. Eddy for having made it possible. There Is no human gift that can compare to the gift of spiritual understand ing, for It brings joy into every phase of living. Those who have not felt its beneficence cannot understand why Christian Scientists express so great appreciation of Mrs. Eddy be cause they cannot conceive of the greatness of the gift, while those who know something of the richness of it wonder that so often we forget to be grateful. Spiritual Growth. It Is the common experience of those who study Christian Science that there comes to them a much larger, clearer understanding of God than they had before. In her writings Mrs. Eddy quite property and with Biblical precedent uses a number of terms for the Supreme Being each one of which expresses some particu lar quality of the divine Principle. It is Interesting and helpful in study ing what she has written to stop and consider just why a particular term for God is used in any given sen tence. It will invariably lie found that the word chosen not only ex plains her meaning better than any other, but that by its use one's un derstanding of Life, or Spirit, or of whatever synonym for Ood has been used, is increased, and one is con scious of spiritual growth. In discussing the nature of God let us begin with the fact that God is Mind, because bV recognizing this we are enabled to see more clearly the inseparable relationship which exists between God and Man, and to see that because of this relationship man manifests the qualities of God of Mind, and nothing else. It is generally admitted that there is a Supreme Being and that he is omnipotent and omniscient. To say that God is omniscient, all-knowing is stating that God la infinite Mind for Mind alone knows, understands When Daniel said, "Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; for isdom and might are his," and when Paul sold. "To God only wise, be glory." they both admitted in finite Mind which alone possesses In finite wisdom and makes It manifest. Divine Mind and Divine Idea. In order that we may better un derstand the operation,' the activity, of infinite Mind let us illustrate the divine Mind by using the ordinary conception of a hmuan mind as an example. ou say your friend has a fine mind. You say you know this because he has many fine ideas which he expresses. You have never seen his mind but you have known the expression of It in ideas. If he never moved a muscle, never rpoke a word, you would rightly conclude that there was no mind there. So a mind to be called a mind must be filled with Ideas, and an Idea by vir tue of being an Idea must be ex pressed. It is Impossible to conceive of a mind filled with Ideas, yet un expressed; for a mind with no ex pression is not a mind but a blank How do you know that a rock has no mind and no Ideas? Why simply be cause It haa no expression, (or where there are Ideas there Is ex pression. The Infinite Mind there fore, is filled with an infinite um ber of Ideas or thoughts, which mnst be expressed, and the activity, the expression, the manifestation nf these Ideas constitute man and the universe. God's Ideas express Him in countless spiritual forma. As God's Ideas we exist In Him and be cause we exist In Him the Scriptures so declare that "In him we live, and move, and have our being. There is a further quality of an Idea which It will be necessary for us to consider. An Idea has no ahll Ity to do anvthlog or to be anything leicent as the idea of the mind In tllTlwkl.h It A1ata It Mnnnl ctinnrA It- 'self and so become more, or less, or different. - than mind Intended It should be. because It haa no volition of lta own and roust of necessity ex- press exactly what mind Intends It should express. For example: If you nave a thought of love fer your neighbor, this lda cannot gt away from you and change Itself into a bought of hate. The ideas in Mind must of necessity express exactly what Mind Intends tbey should ex press. Now the real man la, as we have shown, the perfect Idea of In finite Mind, and has only divine volition. He haa therefore no ability to choose to do evil or to be sick, nor can he ever become separated from the Mind which contains him. Man, then, God'a Idea.. God'a image and likeness, has all the qualitiea of God, snd not a single quality that Is not of Him. He Is therefore healthy and holy; perfect, spiritual, and im mortal. What are there qualities which man aa the idea of infinite Mind must manifest? The varioua terms for God define His nature, and every synonym Is used because it expresses some quality of Deity which was not so readily apparent In any other term. Life, Truth. I.ove. Soul. Spirit. Principle. Father-Mother, are but other terms for Mind, each ex pressing Its own peculiar character yet readily interchangeable with any other term, so that It la just as cor rect to say that man is the idea of Life or of Love as to say that he Is he idea of Mind. Life, Truth, and Love are the three terms that together express Mind most completely, and man who Is Mind's Idea expresses Life in perfect, healthful, immortal existence, ex presses Truth in his manifestation of spiritual being, which alone Is real and true, and expresses Love in the Infinite manifestation of the good ness of God. Vnrrallty of Matter. Because it is true that man Is the idea of infinite Mind he cannot be material, and this material body will have to be accounted for In some other way. Matter seems very real to the human mind, yet the deepest material thinkers maintain that mat ter has no existence in and of itself. They say that it Is. simply a mani festation of law. Our education has been such that we have accepted any material object such as Iron, or wood, or stone, to be very real and substantial and having this reality ind substantially within Itself. It can readily be seen that the seeming lubstantiality of a piece of Iron is not within the iron, for if the ma terial laws of cohesion and attraction which bind the atoms and molecules ogether. the law of gravitation which gives the iron weight and the various other laws which go to make up its material appearing were re- noved the iron A-ould vanish Into tothingness. So these material thinkers see and admit that matter is simply a manifestation of material hought, but they go on with a line of thought which maintains that these material laws proceed from the Infinite Being. Now Christian Science agrees with them in admitting that matter is jiniDly an expression of thought but denies absolutely that this thought is of God. On the contrary It main tains that the muterial man and the material universe are expressions of beliefs that are counterfeits of the true ideas. Qp page 60 of "Miscel laneous Writings," Mrs. Eddy has laid that, "every creation or idea of Spirit has its counterfeit In some matter belief." Ail the beliefs which are termed material laws, the beliefs known as sin, sickness, and death. the belief In a material man and a material universe are counterfeits of the spiritual creation. These various beliefs are not of God because they are contrary to His nature. The ma terial man manifests sin, sickness and materiality, which are the direct jpposttes of thoBe qualities of health holiness, and spirituality, which the real and spiritual man must inevit ably manifest as the image and like ness of God. The material man it therefore but a counterfeit, an ex pression of material belief and not of that truth which Is God It is not maintained that we nave been able fully to demonstrate that matter is unreal, but thousands have been able to annul what are thought to be unchanging material laws through the recognition of the law of Spirit. Now to break and annul any of the laws of matter through the application of spiritual law proves that they can all be over ?ome when we understand God's law more fully. For the present we tpply our understanding of the law t Love to those material conditions of sickness and sin which trouble us most and .which we most clearly see ire no part of God's creation. Out of Mutter Into Spirit, In beginning the study of Christian Science one need not trouble about the doctrine of the unreality of mat ter. The vital thing is to learn more about Cod. As our spiritual under standing increases, one after another -f our material beliefs is seen to be false, and healthful material condl tions and harmonious mental condi tions are brought about through our righteous thinking, anad we are en couraged to press on till we shsll have completely demonstrated the unreality of matter. We get rid of the belief in the reality of matter only by degrees: but the destruction of any single dis eased condition by mentally unse ing it Is proof that disease Is mental and falsely nientrl. If It were not I could not be changed by correct thinking. Every physical healing re- ultlng from Christian Science treat ment Is evidence not only that dis ease is mental but that matter it self Is but an expression of materia thought. Entirely apirt from" the conclusions deduced from Christian Pclenc there Is ample evidence that disease Is mental. There are many authenticated Instances of person who have been Instantaneously freed from long established Infirmi ties through some s'i'Id-n menta shock such as fire or lightning. mentnl shock co;ild not destroy dfs esse unless the disease were In hu man consciousness to be destroyed X I .. .. .- nao,,liap I lea ahnnt rilaeaaA. Li,.. . ,jii. .Tr.tain.kio frnm a mental standpoint are accounted Ing It Is making progress by appar for materially through the moat fan- Jently cbecklnt some on disease, but taatic flights of speculation. Material Belief. Deceive. Since the advent o'. tne germ the ory of disease there haa been a con stant effort to lncluUe at many dis eases as possible in this category. The very fact that the previous cou- vlctlon of the cause of a disease could be so readily discarded for the belief that germs sere the offenders shows how hesitant the world should be In accepting any conclusion along this line. Some Investigators became con Ineed that certain microscopic forms of vegetable life which thev founi present in disease were the causa of it. -They conducted expurlmenta which to them seemed to ptovo con clusively that this was true. The fcundatlon of their theory was that each ait-ease was produced by a -1it-f'-renl germ; that Is th..t the pneumococcua produced pneumonia, the tubercle bacillus tuberculosis, and so on. A few of these germs .ere tuch common everydav sort of vegetables that they were p.vn.iu no na'tor what the disease ant so they did not count very much, but there were n dozen or so that worn suffi cient')- select to Le accounted the cause of as many diseases. Unfor tunately there are many diseases that i.m contagious or infection, but tbeie are not enough vari.y.'es rf get ms '.tt go around. No suitable perm lias been found for i!uny ut the disco .-if s which are presumed to lie caused by them, and this fa l.ire Is I ofun accounted for by mai-ittiining tat these microscopic growths ar.v so Liuiill that the most powe-tul mi croscope falls to reveal them a mos accommodating theory. To ndo" to the confusion It is nov nsferted bat the pneumococcus which was presumed to cause pneumonia is not l:e onlv germ which produces it but hat there are several others. And these germs are found in as great numbers In the mouth of a healthy person as In that of a sick one, so that it would seem to the unprofe's- sh-nal observer that It might Ju.it as veil be argued that the healthy per son's health Is due to germs as to maintain that the sick one's sickness Is caused by It, since the same germ i pre present both in sickness and lealth. Moreover, the germ theory could only be established by maintaining that there is just one particular genu for each disease, causing Its peculiar train of symptoms, for in no other way could the individual char acteristics of the disease be account ed for. But once having established the belief that germs produce disease and finding repeatedly that the right one was not present, It was neces sary to maintain that some other germ was Wie offender. In Bnlte of the fact that this offers the basis for dis proving the whole germ theory, be cause It is an admission of the exact opposite of the foundation on which It rests. ' Now many physicians are begin ning to recognize the difficulty in which they find themselves; the con fusion and contradiction of It all. They are beginning lo state that It is probable that germs do not cause disease after all, because one after another of the most fundamental conclusions about them are being shaken. The things thnt seemed amply proved a few years ago are now proving to bo false. Thousands of cattle, comprising choice herds of milch cows, have been destroyed be cause bacteriologists "knew" thnt they had tuberculoslB and were giv ing It to humanity, yet now they 'know that cows never caused a single case nf human tuberculosis. And anyone who responded to tuber culin as a tost for tuberculosis was branded as having It, although now it Is found that 95 per cent of well people respond to this test and the healthier they are the more vigor ously do they respond. The more recent history or dis ease the apparent control or some contagions condition on the one hand and the uncontrollable epi demic rn the other is baffling to the matiialist but an open book to anyone who has some uegree or spiritual understanding. Kcsiilt or nmnit 1 milking. All the varied beliefs In disease may be likened to a river of ma terial thought. At one time it was wide and shallow stream spread out over a great breadtb of mater iality, for there were many supposed causes and conditions regarding it. An Ineffectual effort was made to stop its flow entirely by a dam com posed of all the material curative measures in use. A constant effort was made to stop the leuks and re pair the breaks with the beliefs In sickness made In the tlam. with whatever was believed would best serve, whether it was medicine, or climate, or diet, or some other so called curative measure. The total amount of sick beliefs that were go ing r-ver the dam was not lessened at all. but they did not often break through very violently in any one place. As time went on the beliefs changed, the river became narrow and deep. Its source the beliefs In disease had not grown less, but the channel of thought through which It flowed a narrowed dewn so that it covered less ground, because the rmny and varied beliefs regarding the cause of disease had In most In stances given way to the belief In perms. The dam still obstructs the flow of the stream and the beliefs in disease b-eak through as before. The belief in germs breaks through per haps In the form of diphtheria, but there Is a comparatively strong be lief that there Is material nn hand which will stop this difficulty. Then perhaps the germs break through In fvphold. but here too there Is ma terial which at this time Is bellered In with sufficient confidence to stop the flntv. But finally the belief In germs breaks through as Influenza or nneumonla. where there Is no ma terial belief which Is sufficiently strong to stop tt and It flows until it la down to its normal level. If Is Inevitable that Just so long ss the world builds up Its belief In discas" that disease will he manlfest- U d It itiir delude Itself Into think the total manifestation is not less ened In the least. The only way to be rid of disease Is to stop It at lta source. The beliefs from which it proceeded must be re placed by spiritual understanding Then shall we see In place of this stream of sickness and death the river of Life which John saw. "And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of Ood and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either tide of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree'were for the heal ing of the nations." Not material medicine but the leaves of the tree of life, which Is watered by the river of Life, which proceeds from the throne of God, has God provided for our healing. Hie Bible Revealed. Becauses Christian Science Is the statement of the divine laws of Life. Truth, and Love, which Jesus taught and demonstrated so many centuries ago. the spiritual understanding gained through Its study unfolds the Scriptures In a most marvelous way. Language ' haa developed down through the ages so that we now have terms which were not in use in Bible times and which are particu larly helpful In teaching spiritual facia. One of these Is the word mind. When the Old Teslament was written there seems to have been no such word In use and where this word is found in our King . James Version the original is invariably some word like "breath," or "mouth," or "heart." In the New Testament, written hundreds of years later, the words which are translated mind are from a greater variety of words, none of which seem to have the exact mean ing which we give to It. John's 1'iiik'rstanillnK of Truth. The Apostle John had an unusual ly clear understanding of 'the Mas ter's teaching. We find that he be gins his Gospel with a statement ol the fundamentals of Christian Sci ence, und although the word mind is not used, his argument ia that all that is real is a manifestation of thought. He says. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." This term' "the Word" Is from the Greek Logos, which means (1) an idea or concept, and (2) the expres sion of an Idea. Nowjjo Idea could have existence apart from mind, so that John's statement coincides ex actly with Mrs. Eddy's statement that "All Is Infinite Mind and its In finite manifestation" (Science and Health, p. 408). Moreover John specifically denies that matter Is of God when he says that without the Logos "was not any thing made that was made." This word "made" Is used hundreds of times in the New Testament and never in tne sense or "to make" or lo create" but means a present ac tivity; thnt is, to comet or, to come to pass. The divlne-tnanlfestation Is then simply the expression of spirit ual Ideas and must of necessity be altogether spiritual. Isaiah corrob orates this conclusion by saying "All flesh Is grass, and all the good- liness thereof Is as the flower of the field: . . . The grass withereth, the flower fndeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." Not flesh but God's spiritual idea, the word, .Is real and endures. And the Master while maintaining that the kingdom of God Is within you that heaven is a state of consciousness also maintained that flesh and blood could not enter. So then spiritual consciousness excludes matter. It la quite frequently maintained thnt Christian Science denies the dl vinlty of the Christ, although this Is absolutely contrary to the fact. Con slstent with its teaching that God Is Mind and that man is God's perfect Idea, It maintains that the Christ is the divine manifestation of God which comes to the flesh to destroy Incarnate error" (Science and Health, p. 583). John defines the Christ in the statement, "the Word was mnde flesh." The "Work" that is the divine idea "was made flesh." not created flesh, for this word "made" Is never used In that sense. but come to the flesh. Chris- fan Scientists heartily agree with this thought, they gratefully knowledge that Jesus manifested (he Christ, the divine Idea, revealing in his words and works the true nature of God and man. We can all mani fest In some degree the divine Idea which Jesus manifested, for "of his fulness have all w received." To the deirree that we really under stand Cod do we demonstrate the Christ in our ditllv living, fulfilling Jesus' prophecy. "The works that I do. shall (ye) do also." Through patient, faithful effort we shall eventually come "unto the measure of the stulure of the fulness of Christ." The slightest amount of spiritual understanding put Into practice nrings forth abundant results, and faith as a grain of mustnrd seed Is sufficient to remove mountains of error. Two very noticeable things about Indents of Christian Scipnce are ihelr dairy study of the Bible and the frequency with which they pray Most of those who are seen reading the Bible on railroad trains or in other places are Christian Scientists, and they are reading not "to tie seen of men" but because Ha pages have been illuminated to them through Ihe study of Christian Science, and they are allowing nothing to deprive them of their reading I'rnver. Many times In a day a student of Christian Science finds opportunity and necessity for prayer. If, as has been maintained. Christian Science I consistent with the teaching of the Master, it will be found not only that the prayer of the Chrisllfln Sclentls conforms logically with Its teaching but is absolutely In accordance with the Instructions of Ihe Master. He gave to his disciples a prayer, and In addition verv definite Instruction about praying for those things which thev d-slred. The lxrd a Prayer un derstood heals the sick, w hen we realize that there ie do other klnf- - mi : fiff1-' ' ii hi FOR MERCHANTS LARCH AND SMALL the Roseburg National Bank offers useful banking sorvice, amply applied to meet every Individual require ment. Checking Accounts are cor dially invited. The Rosebui National Bank Roseburg, Ore. scl dom that la, that God rules over all ! and that sin and disease have no power then the prayer, "For thine is the kingdom.and the power, and the glory," will heal the sick, not because we simply say these words but because we Bay them and under stand that they are true. In the Gospel according to Mark the Master says, "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." The Revised Version puts It, "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray believe that ye have received them, and ye shall have them." The attitude of the revisers has been to make changes only when the previous translation was mani festly wrong, so we should be able to accept this latter translation as correct, especially when we consider the fact that it is a method of prayer which was probably not familiar to those who made the translation, and no doubt many people who are num bered among the followers of Christ would scarcely understand now they could consistently offer such a pray er. To the Christian Scientist It is the definite confirmation of his method of prayer. We have prev iously brought out the fact that God Is Mind and that man Is the per fect idea of Mind, manifesting all the qualities of Life and Truth and or Love. When, therefore, there comes lo human consciousness a thought of sickness and we desire to be con scious of health, we declare In the words of the Master that we "huve received" health because it Is the spiritual fact that God's child is al ways well, and we find that the Mas ter's promise, "and ye shall have It," Is fulfilled to the degree wo have understood. The reasoning of Christian Science brings divine Iove close to human 1'Xperience. The recognition that God Is Mind and thnt man is Ills per- ct Idea Is the busts for Christian Science healing. When we measure our thoughts by this divine standard and undertake as far as possible to entertain only that thought which w know to be of God. the thought which has mnde us sick or unhappy 1b eliminated. The KITectlveness of Truth. The belief that one kind of disease or abnormal condition of the body Is harder to heal than another Is not the fact, and this erroneous thought should be denied. No wrong physi cal condition can be manifested for an lnstunt except as It Is the expres sion of wrong thinking, and right hlnklng eliminates one wrong thought as readily as another. Every claim of Illness or sin or of diccord which comes to Christian Science for healing Is not a task to be done but one more welcome opportunity to prove again that Christlnn Science heals. "Progress Is the law of God," Mrs. Eddy has said, and It Is Impos sible to study God's law without making progress. Like the child with his daily lessons, we may not be con scious that we know more today than we did yesterday, yet with added understanding we should approach the problem with confidence todsv. which yesterday seemnd not In yield. As a result of much experience in Christian Science I do not hesitate to say that a physical diagnosis of dis ease la not only unnecessary but may be harmful. It Is sometime pro posed on the ground that It will en able the Christian Scientist to know lust what rondltlona to deny. Whal Is needed Is the rerognlilon and declaration of man's perfection ns Ihe divine Idea, and whatever Is contrary thereto should be denied. We do not need to know more about disease but more about God. A famous physi cian has said that In his diagnoses he has been wrong half the time. What Is the use or denying beliefs from which the patient has never suf fered? The thought that an uncov ered medical belief can frustrcte di vine Truth Is giving to materiality a nower It does not have. We need to know that Truth declared heals not only that which l seen but thai which Is unseen One to whom a healing comes slowly snd by degrees Is heard to say. "I wonder what ! holding me"" If you have been made to believe that there Is some thing holding you. thtt Is all thnt l necessary to relatd our nrnpress On the Western plains s saddle horse la trained to believe that when th reins are thrown on the ground thnt It Is tied to that snot. It Is prevented from movlnr onlv because it belleyp' that there Is something holding It We need to see that there la nothlnr holding us but divine Love, and nothing lo nreven' the healing. Our Divine Inheritance. Th real man Is Mind's Idea snt Inherits divine lntIHcencc and per 'ct form and function tt Is be lieved that man lnhr,'s both good nod bad rhvsic.il ni"tle f'otn hi" parents, ,'verv phvstcsi condition I t'lot-a-ht pianlfes'ed. so tt en the In her'tanee la not In the physical man! .testation but In the thought which produces It. It must be apparent that the truth can aa readily replace a belief which came from one's parents as one coming from any other source. Heredity Is not a law. but a hfllof. and the application of the law of divine inheritance, perfect God and perfect man. not only destroys distressing hereditary conditions, but Improves and translorms every other Inherited quality and characteristic. Climate has no power to harm or to help. Rheumatic sufferers leave some locality, believing It to be det rimental, while others suffering from the same difficulty came to this same spot for its beneficial effects. The effect which sometimes follows a change of cllmala is brought about by the changed thought. All that Is needed to get rid Qf the belief that climate can Injure one Is to become conscious of the atmosphere of Spirit. One after another of the material beliefs which have bound us are an nulled through the application of spiritual law, and we are learning that food, or water, or cold, or heat, or dampness, or dust, or contact with our brother man. never had any power to harm us, for the divine Idea conies In contact with nothing but that which is harmonious and healthful and manifests only the goodness of God. The divine Prin ciple corrects inharmonious and un successful business conditions, and sorrow nnnd disappointment are re moved by the law of Love. Each Inharmonious condition which Is overcome through spiritual understanding Increases one's con sciousness of joy and harmony. Envy, jenlousy. malice, and every form of sin, are destructive of peace and happiness. We shall not have appropriated the divine blessing fully until we have overcome sin as well as sickness. Every effort to ward spirituality and away from that which Is material brings a rich regard. "Ho that overcometh shall Inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he Bhnll be my son." (Pd. adv.) AROUND THE TOWM Lchvoh for I-'rlsco Mrs. J. W. Griffin, visiting in this city, tor San Francisco. who has been left yestarday Will Hold Servlc There will bo the regular morning service and baptism at tho Baptist church tomorrow morning. Green yesterday. In City Yesterday Mrs. John Tade. of Dole, spent a short time In this city yesterday. lU'ttirns Home Mrs. W. W. Smith snd daughter Mabel, who have been shopping in this city, returned to their home at Here From Oiikljiml Mrs. M. F. Freeman, of Oakland, Is spending a short time In this city today attending to business matters. In l-'rotn ltrton Mrs. Miimlo Mathews, of Reston. spent a short time In this city yes terday attending to business matters. VMl rrtrenls Miss Marie Gllkeson. who Is teach ing school nt Winchester, arrived in this cily this morning to visit with her parents. lU'lnrn From I'ortljiiiil .Mrs. S. A. Sunford, who was called to Portland due to the serious Ill ness of her slater, returned home last evening. Will Visit Here Margaret Fuehs. of Portland, ar rived In this city last evening snd will visit at tho home of Mrs. P. W. Kay. To S-nd Week Vnd Mi"-s Margaret Homey, who teaces school at Comstock. arrived In this "Ity yesterday to spend the week-end here. f Work Agnln Vlas Pearl Stuart, who hns been 111 for scverrl davs. Is able to be st work again In the offices of Drs. Sether Stewart. To Visit Daughter Mrs S D. Evans left yesterday for fan Diego, whe she will visit for ome time with her daughter. Miss Dorothy. ItcMtms to ni-Mte Mirs 7. pha Cornell, who has been attending to b-is'ness rctfters in this city, returned yesterday to her home at Riddle. J