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THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW A. W. MARKLE Publlahod Every Frlda At 117 Wont Burlington Stroot. Tun linviKW is entered nt post office In Saint Johns, Oregon, as ninll tnattcr of the second class under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. Hinom 11 ipn ltd oo'H '.! JfjWJjMMPJ offlciu vtwippr of tht city or at. joum. Statement ol ownership nnil mntinccmciit ol the fit. Johtu Review rouirei or me aci 01 au niut 14, iqii: IWItor and publisher, A. w, Map El. ritrnrra. A. u Marble and It. It. Markle. Hnrorn to ami subscribed before mc this Aral day ol Oct, 1914. A, W. Dnvl, Notary rumc. Subscription prlo $1.00 par year. When luck is dead ngainst you and everything looks black, it does no good to falter or turn upon your track: it does no good bewailing the errors you have made, or counting all the byways in which vour feet have stray ed: it docs no (rood insisting that others wore at fault, for he who blames his comrade is hard ly worth his salt; and weeping never helps you, way less rougn, only water, and stull. liraco up, grim, brace up or makes the for tears are water's washy 0 weary nil- and be a man I Though fortune sorely swats you, do still the best you can. Dame Fortune often tests us, to see how high we stack and if she sees us weeping, or turning on the track, she sadly says: "These pilgrims are bargain-counter goods, it's not worth while to show them the pathway from the woods!" So do not weep or languish when life seems void of hone, for tears are only water. and water's flimsy dope. Walt Mason. How many, many people have rushed back into the house for their money and lost their LIVES? Their money had no business being in the house, it should be in the BANK. When it is in the bank it is safe. If you want to pay a bill write a check on our bank then you have a receipt. It is easier, too, because you can mail it in SAFETY. Make OUR bank YOUR bank We pay 4 per cent interest on Savings Accounts FiRST NATIONAL BANK, ST. JOHNS, OREGON We are all interested in bet tering the conditions of Oregon. Wo all want our taxes as light as possible. Had laws create litigation and law suits cost money. To avoid this, why not be fair with our stale represents lives and give them umplo time in which to do good work? Under the constitution as it now stands the legislative scs sion is limited to forty days. There is a proposed amendment extending the time to sixty days. This is as it should be, for, duo to insuflicicnt time to consider legislation, soveral very important measures of the Inst and tho previous session have been declared unconstitutional. The probate law may cost Mill' tnomah county more than the cntiro session cost tho statu. Ono good law is worth a dozen bad ones. A sixty day session will bo far chcapor to tho people in tho long run than a forty day session, and our laws will un doubtedly bo better. of healing is plainly referred to and advocutcd, and where many instances of healing are specifically named. In Exodus wo read, "1 am tho Lord that hcaleth thee;" in Psalms, God is referred to as "tin tl.n l.inlnit, nil 1lo. 11U WIIU HUiWVbll till blljr llio- cascs;" and again, "Ho sent his word, and healed them." In Mark's gospel wo rend, These signs shall follow them that be lieve: In my name shnll they cast out devils; thuy shall speak with now tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on tho sick, and they shall recover." These citations show that mankind should look to a spiritual scourco for their healing instead of to drugs. Had God created drugs and given them healing power, Christ Jesus, who camo to show us tho way of snlvation, or de liverance from sin, disease and death, would certainly have used them them thcroforo admit tho fact of spiritual healing, which, accord ing to contemporaneous secular writers and historians, con tinued among tho early Chris tians for about three hundred years; and yet today tho vast majority do not beliovo in it and many do not even admit it to bo historically truo, while no a few deny its possibility. Some say that theso events may have happened in Jesus' time, but aro impossiblo now. This is neither logical nor reasonable. Tho powci of God is "tho samo yes terday, and today, nnd forever.' and if this healing look placo in tho first century, it can take place now, sinco every divino law ond order must bo immut able nnd wo hnvo tho samo con ditions to deal with which they mid men. Jesus said, "Lo, I am with you alway," and, "Ho that be llevcth on me, tho works that do shall ho do nlso: . . . be I go unto my Father." rminn i trn limn rnv t . ' . , - nw u, . ww ...J linn unison anu recommoncicu Tho Mnster thus taught that al 10 oiners. ins own sue- nf truth n n wnv with ua BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - Tho Boston Restaurant 122 Phil adelphia street St. Johns has been now y arranged and is now in flno condition, full equipment with living rooms up stairs; cheap rent and a good stand. Will sell II x tu res and give good leaso McKinnoy cc Davis, phone Columbia z. and PrOVCS that llO lin mmn in ahnw na limu tntnnlsn . . - - , . I ...w w UU ..WW IU lllllfU unuersioou n neaung an it nvn h m. recourse to ma- ior Kent -Modern six room house on North Willamette boulevard. Also modern rooms over storo building on Phila- dephia street. Seo K. C. Couch. A FINEJJECTURE Entitled Christian Science Healing, Spiritual and Scientific Prof. Hermann S. Horing do livered a lecture on Christian Science Friday evening, October 11th, at tho James John High School Auditorium. Ho was in troduced by W. It. Stalker, who said: "Friends, on behalf of tho Christian Science Society of bt. Johns, I tuKo pleasure m in traducing to you a member of the Hoard of Lectureship of The First Church of Christ Scientist of Hoston, Massachusetts, who was formerly a Professor of Physical Scjonce Professor Her r ti i maun a. uering, who win now address you." Tho address fol lows: Tho healing so universally accomplished through Christian bclenco is probably tho ono fea turo of its work which attracts tho most attention and which has been most misunderstood, sinco its methods aro mirelv mental and spiritual, tho direct opposito of those employed by tho ordinary schools of thera peutics. That healing has re sulted when Christian Science treatment has been upplied after all other means have failed, is now quito generally conceded; but tho manner in which this neaung is accomplished, is so far from being understood that there is still a great reluctance on tho part of many to avail themselves of it, and some still question its possibility. This, however, can bo just as truth fully said of tho healings which aro chronicled in tho Scriptures, especially in tho Now Testa ment, where tho spirituul means cess in healing fully which has no tonal means. INSTANCES OF HEALING Among tho notablo instances of tho healing of physical dis ease by Chr'st Jesus as recorded in tho Now Testament aro these: Tho healing of paralysis (Lukov. 18-20). of leprosy (Luke xvii. 11-19), of doformity (Luko xiii. 11-17), of blindness (Mntt. ix. aa. ayj. or drop 2-4) . of hemorrhngo (Mntt. ix. 20-22), of violent insanity (Mnrk v. 1-2UJ, and ol epilepsy (Mark ix. l't-29). Tho gospels also record Jesus' work in tho rais ing of tho dead, as Jairus' daughter (Luko viii. 41-GO), tho widow's son (Luko vii. 11-15). and Lazarus, after ho had been dead four days (John xi. 1-i l). Many cases aro nlso rocorded as having been healed by the disciples and by somo of Jesus followers who woro not his nor- sonal students. In Acts (v. 12) wo read, "And by tho hands of tho apostles woro many signB This is tho wnv o salvation, nnd if this wnv can hot bo found nnd followed today then his mission was surely a I failure. Think you Hint Christ Jesus, tho great Exemplar, tho world's Woyshowor, would have A I 1 1 1 . lauguc, demonstrated, and on joined upon mankind n healing and saving method which was efficient and sulllcientin tho first century, but imnracticnhlo or impossiblo in tho twont eth? 39). of dronsv (Luko xlv ' u 3 not possiblo to separato uioun ituiu 1IU1II Ilia WUIK Tho ono is tho proof of tho other; honco tho healing work must bo recognized ns an cs sontinl clement of primitive Uhristinnity. Tho hen ncr re corded in tho Bible was no more readily believed when it occurred than it is now. save by tho ro n tivoly fow who were impressed oy mo ovidenco presented or who experienced spiritual trans formation. Tho Scriptures ro cord tho intense hatred and per secution which the early Chris tians endured becnuso of their belief in tho efficacy of spiritua power. This is corroborated in seculnr history, nnd it is note worthy that tho hatred was most intense whon spiritual power was most m ovidenco, especia ly so at tho moment tho healing was ciono. Judging bv its fruits, and bv tho fact that it certainly stimu lates a higher order of thought and living, all must admit that tins spiritual healing is a far better method than tho uso of nnd wonders wrought." Peter healed a man lamo from birth (Acts iii. 2-8). honied Aliens of paralysis (Acts ix. 32-35), raised Dorcas (Acts ix. 30-'ll). Paul healed a crinnlo (Acts xlv. 8-10), healed Publius' father of rover and hemorrhage (Acts xxvlii. 8), raised Eutychus to It fo after his ncc dent (Acts xx. 9-12), healed himself of tho sting of a poisonous serpent (Acts xxv f . 3-li) Phi in. who liko Paul was not Jesus' per sonal student, healed insanity. paralysis, and Inmoness (Acts vili. u. 7). Tho soventy aro ro ported as having returned to Jesus to tell of the r heal ng work, saying, "Even tho dovils aro subject unto us through thy name." lheso cases show unmistnk ably that Christian healing was eiVected by spiritual and not material means; they teach that wo should look not to matter but to divino Mind for tho truo heal ing powor, tho power which was utilized by Christ Jesus and his disciples. In tho case of con genital blindness healed bv Jesus, of which John tells us, there was ovidently no healing virtuo in tho clay and spittle, nor in tho water of tho poo of Silonm, for if thero had been, theso universn y avoi ab o means would bo in uso toduy for tho euro of this disease. SKEPTICISM AS TO SPIRIT UAL HEALING To bo consistent, all nrofessed beliovers in tho Biblo must r OSO DON'T FAIL TO see! The most ingenious Window Display Sign ever brought to St. Johns, an example of Yankee Ingenity. This Sigh is in a class by itself. 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First: It is difficult for most of us to seo how physical results can be realized throuch spiritual means. Tho teachincr of tho schools regarding tho na- turo of matter and material ex istence, produces such a ma terially biased consciousness that it is very difficult to appre- lond spiritual existenco and spiritual power. Second: Tho popular teaching regarding tho nature of God and of His rela tion to all being, together with S. & H. Green Trading Stamps given on all Cash Purchases, and on charge accounts when Paid in Full at least every 30 days. Premiums now on Display ' TEN r Free S. & H. B tamps are tlieCmtoracr' FREE STAMPS Thin Coupon Good Tor Ten 10 S. & li. & FREE II prewntcdupoit tnnVlrc a piirclie mount Ins 10 80c or more, these ntump will be In ! dltlon to rrgultr ntnmpa glttn with Hie purchase Not Good After Oot. 30 COUCH & CO. General Mdsc. Columbia 137 ST. JOHNS, 01UJ. We have added to our Shoe Section, a full stock of the famous Red D. 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MENTAL CAUSATION One of tho most nuzzling oucs tionB to the lay thinker respect ing spiritual healing is this How can o mere mental effort bring nbout ri physical change now can it restore nenitn anu harmony? This dlfllculty Inrgcly duo to tho failuro to un dcrstand the nature of Mind nnd tho relationship between tho inner world of thought nnd tho outer world of phenomena. Let us consider this Question briefly first from human or materia standpoint, then from tho Chris Man Scienco standpoint. All are familiar with tho effect of fear, griof, and anger upon bodily conditions, lenra (low tho circulation of tho blood is altered, na, shown by pallor; tho secretions nro affected, ns shown by cold perspiration, etc. Theso eifects prove thnt physica chnnges follow mental distur bnnces. An eminont phyiscian has made a series of experiments showing tho effect of the emo tions upon tho secretions, and has found that under the in lluenco of love nnd hate, serenity nnd anger, pleasure and pain. tho secrotions present marked chem leal differences: nil of which gives ovidenco that mental con ditions nro tho real causes of disease. Many physicians will oven admit that malignant (lis eases have been caused by griof, worry, anu sin; inupeu, it is now becoming more and more evident that tho cause of all dis ease is mental. Even what aro termed hereditary diseases and conditions aro now believed by many to bo of mental origin, ns there is no other way to account for them. Again, we are all familiar with tho fact that diseases and distressing symptoms are al- oviuted when fear nnd worry cease and tho harmonious effects of pence, happiness, and satis faction prevuil. Take a rubber ball, grasp it tightly in tho mud, thereby destroying its normal outline; then remove tho pressure of tho fingers, and when tho strain is gone, tho ball resumes its natural shape. n n similar way. mental distur bances clamn the body, nut it under a strain, distort it: but when theso disturbances aro re moved, tho body becomes nor mal, natural. This oftect of thought on tho body is readily admitted even by pronounced materialists. Cheer fulness, the habit of lookimr on tho bright side of things, is generally acknowledged to bo an aid in preserving nnd restoring lealth. Yet he who believes in material causation will say; "I cannot admit that malignant and' organic diseases may bo caused or cured by thought. Possibly my hcadacho will disappear when I Btop worrying or being nngry, but how can I get rid of a tumor or of liright's discaso by simply thinking about it" This expresses tho attitude of mortal thought, and in answer to its questions it is well to bear in mind that tho marvelous healing recorded in tho Bible much of which is cntiroly nbovo and beyond any possible achieve mcnt 01 medical or surgica practice,; Was nctually accom plished through mental or spirit unl activity alono. nnd thai Christian Scienco hns. in tho samo way healed every known disease. Admitting theso facts wo nro tho better prepared to dis cuss tho manner in which this healing is accomplished. NATURE OP EXISTENCE In tho first place, it is neccs snry for us to consider whnt ox istonco is, nnd tho relation be tweon mind and body. All wil ndmit that to exist means to bn conscious. Then individual ex istenco is individual conscious ness, and since consciousness is mental, existence is mental From this it follows that tho character of existenco deponds upon tho character of conscious ness. It is also evident thn hereditary tendency nnd edu cnted bias largely determine the character of consciousness, anc since our mental makeup and porceptivo faculties vary great ly, it is manifest that no two people can huvo the samo con sciousness or oven seo tho snmo object alike. For example, an aeroplane viewed by a civilized person and by a savage, awakens altogether different concepts. A ilower is a very different thing to a botanist from what it is to an engineer. Tho impression received of tho shape and sizo of an object depends upon the shape and sizo of tho lens of tho eye, and individual lenses aro manifestly as different as in dividual physiognomies. Again, since human conscious ness is acquired largely through tho live physical senses, it par takes of tho nature of material sense. This sense-testimony is always relative and never ab solute. It is dimensional, finite, variable, inexact. Echoes do not locate sound correctly. Dis ant objects are not small be cause thoy appear so. Astron omical phenomena nro not what thoy seem to be. The sun does not move across the sky and tho earth is not stationary. Color is not absolute, neither are the reports made to us by tho senses of taste, smell, and touch. MATTER A MENTAL CON CEPT According to recent discov eries in physical science, matter is a form of energy, instead of tho indestructiblo stuff or entity it has been believed to be. Its unit, tho atom, is found to bo composed of positive and nega tive electrical corpuscles, cal ed electrons or ions. Through mechanical and chemical proces ses a material object may be re duced to its ultimate theoretical unit, called atoms. Further separation of these atoms into their constituent electrons or ions, leaves nothing of our ma terial object but a form of i energy, u theoretical manifesta tion of lorco in which every vestigo of the characteristics of matter or tho object has disap peared. What tho nature and history of u separated, a freed electron may be, is something for tho physicist to puzzlo over. Idealistic philosophy nnd psy chology tench that material ob jects nro but objectified mental impressions or concepts, nnd not substantive entities exterior to consciousness. For example: When wo look nt what wo call a material thing, wo experience an impression mndo upon con scfousncfls" by light, which is all wo ever seo, Light, according to physics, is vibrntion, or a form of energy which impresses itself upon consciousness, nnd this impression wo hnvo been educated to objectify. Wo have inherited and cultivated the hnbit of believing it'to bo mat ter, or nn object which wo see, whereas it is merely the exper ience of a mental impression wo havo unconsciously objectified: nnd this is truo also of tho phe nomena of hearing, taste, touch, and smell. Wo never really seo, hear, feel, taste, or Bmell matter or objects, but merely experience sense-phenomena which wo call matter. Whut wo think wo seo is not nn object oxterior to con sciousness, but only an impres sion in consciousness duo to whnt is assumed to bo somo form of vibration. Further more, according to psychology nnd philosophy, thero Ib no ovf donco of any existenco external to consciousness; hence existence is measured by consc ousness. Wo thus seo that matter must bo defined as n mirage, ns an ap pearance of Bubstanco rather I than substance itself, and it is therefore wholly mental, a stato of mortal consciousness. These aro not tho teachings of Christian Science, but the con clusions reached through re search and discovery in tho do- mam oi pnysicai scienco, psy chology, and philosophy, and they show that oven from a phy sical standpoint what we term matter is not what id's general ly believed to be. but is wholly a mental phenomenon, and has not been and cannot bo account ed for in any other way. Christ Jesus proved what is called matter to be wholly mental when io walked on tho water, sti ed tho tempest, and overcame other so-called material conditions. MATERIAL MENTALITY Having seen the mental na ture of matter, let us now con sider the nature of the mind which perceives material things, and of which matter is the ob jectified concept or externaliza- tion, the mind which largely constitutes human conscious ness. This mind is a conscious ness of which the factors are dimensional, variable, destruct ible, and our concept of the na ture of these factors is gained through tho testimony of the two physical senses. It is a consciousness of evil. sin. dis aster, and death. It claims to be intelligence, but is inherently non-intelligent: it knows noth ing of itself, it has to be edu cated. It claims to be substance, but is really shadow, since it is based on false testimony. claims to be life, but really death, since it is not self-sustaining. Recognizing tho naturo of this so-called mind, St. Paul named it "carnnl," and mor and pro- is Mrs. Eddy designated it tnl," sinco sin, disease, death aro its inevitable ducts. Thus wo seo that all dis cordant conditions exist solely as phenomena and experiences of this carnnl, mortal mind, as states of human consciousness; hence their healing, their cor rection or destruction, involves a transformation of this con sciousness. As existenco im plies consciousness, and as tho body is 'dxt'crhnllz'eTl coKffcloup ncss, tho conditions ex istence and of tho body depend upon ono's mental state. A dis cordant consciousness results in discordant existence. It Is therefore necessary to change tho human consciousness if wo wish to hnvo changed conditions. How is this to bo dono? First, it is ncecssnry to de termine whether tho mortal or carnal mind with its experiences is true, for wo know that tho initial stop in tho correction of nny mistake is tho perception of tho mistake. Wo recognizo an error when wo know tho truth which it falsifies. When wo ap ply .tho corrective truth to an error, it disappears, and right, harmonious conditions prevail. If tho phenomena of mortal mind were true, they could never bo nltered. If untrue, they cannot bo corrected until wo know their falsity. It is impossiblo to cor rect nn error until it is recogniz ed as such. For example, if wo receive a wrongly computed bill and believe it right, wo are de ceived and suffer for it. Yet wo do not percoivo that it Is wrong until wo know what is right. Directly we know the truth about tho facts involved, this knowl edge corrects or displaces tho er ror, tho wrong concept. ' THE NATURE OF TRUTH Let us then examine into tho essential naturo and character of truth, of that which really is. and learn whether matter and mortal mind aro true nnd real, for wo havo seen thnt matter and material existenco are mental, and wo must now determine tho truth regarding this mentality. Truth by its very naturo is in finite, everywhere. Being that which is. there can be no placo where Truth is not; therefore Truth is omnipresent. Truth is intelligent, always knowing enough to be itself and never anything else; being infinite,.it is infinitely intelligent: that is. omniscient. Truth is almighty. having power to be itself and to resist being anything else, pow er to correct that which, seems to falsify it. Truth being; infinite, the power of Truth is infinite. omnipotent. 1 ruth is indestruc tible, since it is impossible for any element, quality, or particle of omnipresence or real being to be annihilated. We thus see that Truth is act uality; absolute, fundamental. In dependent; without beginning or ending, without dimensions or limitations. It is immortal, for ever self-sustained; it is eternal Principle, tho source of all true being, harmonious and perfect Truth is thus identified ;in Christian Science . aa Spirit, Mind. Soul. Life, the supreme Ego, the great I AM, the one C0oclu.ue9.on last page.