Article April 10, 1920 Issue

In a recent issue is the announcement of a sermon lecture...

A. O. Freel

Medford (Ore.) Mail-Tribune

In a recent issue is the announcement of a sermon lecture to be delivered on the topic, "Mental Telepathy, Psychic Phenomena, Power of the Subjective Mind over the Body." The announcement goes on to state that the topic is one that deals with "modern cults," such as "hypnotism, faith healing, spiritualism, autosuggestion, Christian Science healing, and mind reading." It further states that "the speaker has made a special study of all these subjects."

In making this announcement there is evidently a mistake. To even the casual student of Christian Science, it is clear that Christian Science holds nothing in common with any of the subjects mentioned in the sermon topic. Christian Science is not in any way to be thought of as resembling hypnotism, faith healing, spiritualism, autosuggestion, or mind reading.

The control of mind over body is no new theory; but the trouble has been, and is now, that mankind has been perfectly satisfied to be controlled by the carnal mind, which Paul designates as "enmity against God." And this carnal mind has only the gratification of its own selfish desires in consciousness. As a result its fruits are externalized on the body in sin, sickness, and death. Christian Science does not teach the control of the body by such a miscalled mind, but does teach control by that divine Mind which, the apostle said, "was also in Christ Jesus." When this control is brought about, the body responds to its healing power, and the individual is healed morally and physically.

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