One of the great revelations that the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, has given to the world is that Life is God; that it is spiritual not material, and is neither in nor of the body. This requires a radical change in our sense of existence. Some illustrations of the benefits of this change have come to my attention.
In a little periodical that was handed me was an article by a physician on "Mental Hygiene," in which the influence of the mind on the body was spoken of; that there should be an even development of the mind and the body; a well balanced mind and body, in order to have the best condition. But it was all argued and enforced on a material basis. The body is just as real as the mind, and must have just as much attention. But then the query came, When the material basis is gone what have they to work with? According to the medical profession there are diseases which will impair the physical basis of life; when that is seriously done there is nothing to build on, and where are they?
An old time friend and college mate, was recently assisting to take the household goods from a burning residence and inhaled so much smoke and flame that his lungs were injured. The doctors said that the cells of the lungs were burned out and there was nothing to support life, and of course he could not live, and he did not, to their sense of life. The physical basis of life was impaired and there was nothing to depend upon and so he passed from them.
