Article October 10, 1914 Issue

In commenting on a news story from New York in a recent...

Willis D. McKinstry

Independence (Kan.) Reporter

In commenting on a news story from New York in a recent issue of the Reporter, you jump to a wrong conclusion by associating Christian Science with "the unveiling of a gold reliquary to St. Andrew," and it is a misapprehension of Christian Science to confound it with "mental suggestion" and "hypnotic imaginations." Kindly grant me space to say, Christian Science is founded upon a divine basis. Its teachings declare, as does the first command of the Mosaic decalogue, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," that is, thou shalt not recognize or know any power or intelligence other than God, divine Mind.

Mental suggestion, or hypnotism, originates in the belief that there is intelligent matter, or minds many, and is the operation of the so-called "human will" or "carnal mind." This claim of mental influence can be used for evil as well as for good purposes. It is a stronger mentality claiming to take possession of a weaker, controlling it to suit its own whims and desires. It is just as essential that mortals know how to protect themselves from this mental influence as it is that they escape other phases of evil.

Christian Science instructs mankind as to their spiritual selfhood and immortality, and awakens human consciousness to a realization of spiritual truths. As intelligence is an emanation or manifestation of divine Mind, God, it is mental or spiritual, therefore is not capable of any physical or mortal expression or experience. Man is the offspring of eternal Mind, his being is immortal; hence all men have the one Mind, the one intelligence, and are capable of possessing the same or true knowledge of all that exists in fact. This truth dispels the desire of or necessity for one individual consciousness to steer, guide, manage, control, or govern another individual consciousness or expression of intelligence.

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