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Healing Through Divine Science.

Extracts from Discourse delivered at the First Divine Science Church of San Francisco, by Pastor M. E. CRAMER.

"I am the Lord that healeth thee."-Ex. 15: 26.

"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness among the people."-Matt. 4: 23

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S Divine Science is the Truth, to understand and apply it must necessarily prove to be the health and wholeness for which people are seeking. The basis for the manifestation of power in the healing of disease, is knowledge of Truth-the at-one-ment of God and man.

That "I and my Father are one," is a statement that all can truthfully affirm for themselves, and this statement means absolute unity and not duality-one, and not two. Thus it is seen there is no self, but the one whose state of Being is all good, who is in a state of perfect health. Have you ever tried affirming the Truth of the good and limitless state of Being for yourself? If not, go alone each day for twenty minutes and affirm it with the understanding that the Statement of Being is God's Truth-with the understanding that the good has nothing against you. Affirm that there is no good thing that you are not at-one with. Cease thinking that there are evil influences, thoughts or powers, that can mar your happiness and work against you. Cease claiming that you are subject to anything, and affirm that you have life and power in yourself, as has your Divine Source and Cause. Affirm that your health is good, that you are now prosperous, and are happy in the work in which you are engaged.

Many who are now Scientists first became interested in Divine Science through their own healing, or the healing of some friend, and when they ex

perienced the healing, or realized their true state of health, they naturally wanted to study that which gave them relief. Many have said to me after receiving a few treatments: "I would like to understand the Principle that you apply in healing. It seems strange to me that I feel so changed. I do not understand why the treatment gives the relief that it does." The Principle applied in all Divine Healing is Truth, and Truth is the fullness of Being-it is the inseparableness of the Infinite Whole. So, wholeness is the state of the One All, which is to be understood if successfully applied in healing, for it is incapable of division; it cannot be diminished nor added to. But here the question arises, "If we are whole, of what does our work consist? Is not our work that of becoming perfect, and of making ourselves whole, thus rounding out our individuality?"

Our work in Science or Truth, is doing as we see the Father doing. It is that of self-expression. We prove our perfection and wholeness, and round out our individuality through expressing and bringing out the true possibilities of our Being. Being, what I am, and what my possibilities are, is the first consideration in the practice of Truth or the development of character.

I have heard some speak as if they thought Science was theoretical, and healing was practical. This is not the right view to take of Science. Divine Science is the Truth that is made practical in healing, and Truth is the only Principle capable of demonstration, the only law that works unto good results. So, when giving treatments, do not attempt to apply anything but the teaching of true Divine Science; and in teaching, do not present anything that is not capable of demonstration; that does not prove freedom here and now, in every way that you look at it.

The following quotation is in line with much that is presented as Science, but is not wholly true to it:

'Every one is conscious of the dual self, or of two selves: the lower self, the one that is holding us down under materiality and error, doing the things we would not do and leaving undone the things we would do. And the higher self, the one who speaks in our best moments, who loves sacrifices, who aspires to higher things-the self we may have named the conscience. The lower self is the mortal, carnal, false-thinking one. It has no real entity, no eternal foundation on which to stand, and can endure only through man's recognition and acknowledgment. The higher self is the real, true self, the one that God created, the only begotten Son of God. All the good you realize is the consciousness of the Divine One, or true self. All the consciousness of evil or error within you is the false one. All within you that stands opposed to the higher or real self belongs to the realm of the seeming, and is to be overcome and reduced to the nothingness from which it sprang.

God did not create two selves, one good and one evil. He created but one out of the substance of Himself. Our work is to overcome the false self, that we may become fully conscious of the higher self."

In Divine Science our work is the Father's work; not the work of overcoming a lower self, which the writer clearly shows is nothing. We do not spend our time fighting a myth. "I have a lower self and a higher self to which I am subject," places me nowhere. The I Am is supposed to be something that is subject to both, and yet must fight or down one to exalt the other and bring him into power. Just who the one is that stands between the two, and exalts one to the detriment of the other, is not clearly defined. Now, in Divine Science we assume no such uncertain attitude, we hold no such position or office. We bring forth the Truth of Being and express ourselves naturally, according to the nature of our Being. We cannot conceive of God holding such a position and doing that kind of work, and we know that we cannot truthfully hold a different position from what he does, and be in Truth, or a true follower of Him.

To overcome any false belief, the first requisite is to know the Truth concerning that of which the belief is false, and as soon as the belief is seen to be false, it is at an end. As soon as we see that a claim is false and are willing to say that it is, we are willing to deny it, or give it no place-" give no place to the devil."

There is nothing higher than Truth, and Truth is not too high to be demonstrated. There is no consciousness so high, therefore, that it knows no action and expression, none that is too high to create or express creation. There is nothing but the Absolute that is capable of demonstration. There is nothing but Principle, the highest, that is practical in the science of numbers. It is not possible, therefore, to know too much of the Absolute, the Abstract, the Principle of Pure Being. We cannot do a greater good, or a more practical thing, than to teach people the Principle, than which there is nothing higher, and how to apply it in all the walks of life.

When at Hotel Rowardennan on a two weeks' vacation, while lying in a hammock studying the beautiful cluster of redwood trees that towered above me, I thought, "How beautifully they grow side by side, without strife or envy," and so very close together that they all had one set of roots. I saw them as a perfect expression of the fact that we all are, in figurative language, rooted and grounded in One Life; that we all have Being in God here and As there is but one kind of redwood, so to God there is but one kind of man and he is wholly good, exactly like the one God and Father, who is in all and through all. I do not mean worldly beliefs and opinions about man. The trees were all called one name, and the name "Man" stands for

now.

humanity-for the human family, male and female. I noticed that where the trees clustered closely together and sent out branches toward each other, there was very little foliage on them; this lack of foliage was due to the fact that they came against each other. Many of them that came in contact with the nearest tree, were very small and were dead. I could see how it symbolized the fact that if we feel that those around us are detrimental to our growth and freedom, all effort put forth or made for realization of growth and freedom, is as dead branches. There is no foliage on them; they are always finding some obstacle, and feel that some one is a hindrance to their happiness and prosperity. The branches that bear not fruit the Father taketh

away.

A friend and Science teacher, while talking with one of her students about the grand reception San Francisco gave to our California boys on their return from Manila, asked her what this return of our boys suggested to her. The very good answer was, "It is typical of the return of our bodies unto God, perfect and without spot or blemish, of the body whole, purely spiritual, and at-one with its Source and Cause.”

When I witnessed the grand illumination of our city on this occasion, I thought if all this sea of light could be realized by the hundreds of thousands who were enjoying it, to be the symbol of that true light that lighteth each one of us, how grand and how powerful would its outworking be. And if the welcome and enthusiasm could be turned into a tender, loving care for each other, and to a proper regard of life, liberty and happiness alike for all, what a wonderful manifestation it would be for universal good.

Friends, let us all live the life of affirmation, the life that never denies itself, and affirm that God is life-all of life. I am life, so I am in the Alllife. Life is not subject to death. It cannot know death within itself. Unto life, the life that I am, there is no death; hence, the general race belief in death has no place within me. It cannot have power, since there is no power but God. We all love the quotation, "God is Love." I find there is strength and power in the willingness to say, and in saying, "What is born of Spirit is Spirit," that, "Like produces like." What is expressed of life is life; what is brought forth of the good is good. The Law of Expression is absolute. What is sensed of Divine Love is love; hence, my nature is wholly good-one in Spirit, Soul and Body. In me is no fear, doubt or anxiety. I, Love, fear not, hesitate not; there are no torments in Love; hence, there are none in me. It is not my nature to torment or to be tormented; to cause suffering or to suffer.

I am the image of Truth, for the Infinite Whole is Truth, so I do not fall short of Truth in my real nature; I do not miss the mark of Truth in

There is no sin within

what I am or what I do; hence, I am not a sinner. me. "The wages of sin is death." There is nothing within me that can draw the wages of sin. I am Life, Love and Truth, one with the All-Mind or the Whole Spirit. I am this by virtue of the Law of Unity, which is ever expressed in Creation.

Prospectus of Coming Year.

WE E expect the Twelfth Volume of HARMONY will be fully as interesting

and beneficial to its readers as former ones have been. We shall endeavor to make it of the greatest possible value to the general reader and public at large, and teach all how to come unto the Fountain-the only Source Omnipresence, and "drink of the water of life, freely."

There will be many excellent articles written by the very best writers for the Fifth I.D. S. A. Congress, to be held in Odd Fellows Hall, San Francisco, November 14th to 19th (inclusive), 1899. They will be published from time to time in HARMONY.

Mrs. S. A. Eckman will continue to write the INTERNATIONAL BIBLE LESSONS, and to bring out the spiritual interpretation and true meaning.

There will be a new department, for the TESTIMONIALS of good resulting from the study of Divine Science. The readers of HARMONY are invited to send in their testimonials of healing, and of whatever good they may have experienced from the study, knowledge and practice of Divine Science.

The department of QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS will be continued as it is, always instructive. All questions of earnest inquiry will be gladly received and promptly answered.

A course of TWELVE SERMONS by M. E. Cramer, will be published. The list of subjects will be found on another page.

A course of CONDENSED LESSONS by C. L. and M. E. Cramer will be published. This course will explain the terms used in Divine Science, the right position to take in order to understand and realize its Truth, and how to demonstrate through the Law of Expression.

It is Principle or Law alone, that is capable of demonstration, and when the true Law of Expression is worked, there is nothing against our power for good.

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