Article February 19, 1916 Issue

In confusing Christian Science with psychotherapy (alias...

W. G. Watkins

Milwaukee (Wis.) Journal

In confusing Christian Science with psychotherapy (alias mental suggestion, or hypnotism), our critic, a doctor, in his reported statement makes it quite plain that he is not acquainted with what Christian Science teaches. It is true that what Mrs. Eddy discovered is nothing new. The power of right thinking has always been available. Its value was discovered of old by the prophets and the apostles, as witnessed in the many good works which they performed. It remained, however, for Jesus to demonstrate the full salvation of pure metaphysics. All manner of disease, as well as death itself, disappeared in the presence of his realization of man's oneness with divine Mind.

The operation of the Mind which was in Christ Jesus is in marked contrast, however, with that of the human mind, which is capable of both good and evil. It is becoming more and more apparent that salvation must be wrought out in the mental realm; and it is a question of distinguishing between thoughts which are finite and make for limitation, and thoughts which have their origin in "the great First Cause," or God, and which make for life eternal. On page 264 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says that "mortals must look beyond fading, finite forms, if they would gain the true sense of things. Where shall the gaze rest but in the unsearchable realm of Mind? We must look where we would walk, and we must act as possessing all power from Him in whom we have our being."

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