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I I I t (Srannr VOLUME XXVI SECTION TWO LA, GRANDE, OREGON.SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1922. MEM11ER OF ASSOCIATED PliESS NUMBER 13 Christian Science The Following Lecture Was Delivered by Bicknell Young, C. S. B., Member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church in Boston, Mass., in La Grande on October loth. 1 cuiiii' here today to speak lo you on u Science which rests upon tin) fundamental facts of being and which in llu mcuuure that it is understood Is capable ot' imprut iiiir, unci even of transforming, the life of every mull, woman and child. l!eeau:e It cull do this it follows that it can also reform Die world, und I mil prepared to show that It will do m. just us fast uh you and ttio rest of mankind iindornttnul and adopt it. Jn saying this I do not mean to imply that Christiun Science is a kind of magic, or. that it is a system wli if-li will woi'k for Ihe bene-1 fit of the race without any effort on, I heir part to conform their live: InMtSj Principle and rule. Uut I do say that it promises and provides health and peace to those who earnestly study und abide by it" leaching. To anyone who thinks dourly, or endeavors to do so, it does not seem - reasonable to suppose that the or rocs which produced trouble could bo ex pected to remove- it. Ask a stricken race if disease is less prevalent, lti Insistent, less fatal because of the cen turies of education in the use of nut leriai rumcdics, and the answer, if truthful, will be a universal No! dis eases are as mysterious and bafflSn, ur ever to material systems of heal ing, industrial unrest prevails, greed is rampant, ami in many parts of the world unparalleled conditions of crime urc unchecked and unresisted. From a material outlook what hope is there'.' Humanity seems to be sailing a. bois terous sea without chart, compass or pilot. Christian Scientists do not fail to take cognizance oi the dil'f icillttoH which beset the race us well as tho individual. We are not engaged in uiiy superficial, altruistic theory. W claim to have common sense, and the history of this movement shows clear ly Unit, as a class, Clij-istfuti Scientists are eminently practical. The advan- tairo which they have over otheri people is to be found solely in what they have gained of the true Science ill life and living, through the study of, "Science and Health with Key to the Scripture:;," and other works writ ten by Mary linker Kddy, tho Discov erer and rounder of Christiun Science. What is this Science? Do tho the ories of prevailing educational sys tems indicate- or reveal it 7 All theor ies of general education are predicat ed upon the certainty and necessity of sin, disease and death. Sueh the ories are seir-contradictory. They have been accepted and tried for cen turies utterly in vain. With circum stances all in their favor, and sup ported by the overwhelming concensus of human raith and education, they have utterly failed, l uder such be liefs, and uninstrui fed by Christian Science, livhitr in" tantamount to mere physical endurance and final chaos. Christian Science talus issue with ull much theories and conclusion!. It ap peals to the higher nature, to reason and ioj:ic. and educates us in the Sci ence of Life, the Science of real think ing which is the greaesl Reed of the UK'. If we are living at all (and we are).' if there be any action, energy, oppor tunity, availability, originality or vo lition: if men ft ml women exist at all, then there if a science for sill this, and It is eonimenrun ate, with all that may bo required of il. We arc living and thinking, and we have got tn go on living and thinking in ordejr to accom-, plish anything whatsoever. The evt- deuce of our senses gives us no hint of wli il Lite really is. aim w ncn i rmu this standpoint ve think anything about life wo indulge in mere specu lal ion. unless Christian Science comes to our rescue and gives is the right Idea. irdinnrily, human life is con sidered lo be more chancie, manifest ing the whim and enprico of Instinct or ileaire. We have bee-Tf taught to look mil for our material, needs, and we have bee-i instructed in some of the sciences wh'eh are mposed to aid' us in administering to thow needs, but iiiir thinking, which i lln; most im portaet thing we ever do. has had no science to govern or e;' tt. but hu.1 been based upon and foVCIed by edu cation which assumed ami inculcated the theory that matter governs man. Christian Science repeals tlc fact that thought gnveru.s or misgoverns man kind, as Die cafe may lw Including the body, and that as we approach au l attain a divine standard, the health and safely of the body jire propor tionately secure. The M-iem e .r true living and true, thinking is Hnis drawn hmi a highrj source than that of in man c.peri nces. T requires research of the most unself ish, painstaking and pffsiMirnt nature. Such was the search that Marv ltakcr Kddy entered upon and civrrleil on for years. It culminated in tl.e discovery of that science which die named Christ tan Science. She raw Uie vast Importance of-vdist inKiiish ( n belw the true and the fa We, ntwern tho tbeie anvtliim; extraordinarily rnvster real and the nine;,!. SIk1 c-b-rved th:i(,vi nr at all mysterious. In the fact permanent online f divine fads andjtiiat 'hristmn Science heals the Hick this P,i her to the rout lusion that, throuuh revealing) by means if Fiich fa: ts con it m immorlalTly. tiiouichts or Ideas, the Hat o e. the lltiw 1 1 mideritark Ihesc facts wan tmwer .ml the presctirp of tied? If not H.t (Illfuolt for her wis was t be pp-oblem of tejichlns other!: to under-i j his character. that Is. in h'gj'Hiun iH required to corie. t them. lO'; nfnnd floiu. We who ait the b-ne- tlmuthts and education, should it be;US thi-if take that same alltlud.- towar , finaries t.f this Science, In O mnion ' cHtdered Incredible that the divine a f f I I c t I v e expi-rlenees of human with the whole of miM,.:n'l. cae-Mind could reveal Itself through m extHtence. They are not of ftod, enn Marreiv realize what il nnnd bav.-1)W ideas, and if these Idea come O'Hiently they are imf scientific. Hie O" ,itit. fh'tv yc hi to th us HKn, to rr.w.iKen tncjrrom tiod. who 1m Aiinii. is u extrava- onsMic i a Seiwtl.e, mid IL-ifll. All the p i .-s 1 1 ' i e H i"' tt uyauit fctu. h u "I" .iit lu it promised not h lug less than com plete redemption for thtt huniitn ruco. Kven now, uftur all of Mm. Kddy's great work. Christian Science Is not uuiveruatly accepted ; hut tha signs! of the times uro portentous and in spiring. Why should they be other wise, for Christian Science fulfills the hop of the Christian world. Duces not Its docl.-iration that (lot! Is Infinite Caoso. Intelligence. Hpirit. Mind, Life, L.ov immutable, iin mortal Principle, the sanrce and frflb stance of all beiug, tutly with our ideals of what constitutes tlio onm I po tent, onrniproHent and omulscieut Go I of the Rlble and of all Christendom If it does, then our ideals may. through Christian Science, take on practical value; they may be brought out of the realm of speculation Into that of uctusl experiment and demon st ration. Thee definitions of God, virtually accepted by the wholo; Christiun world, constitute the funda mental facts of the science of true living as revealed in Christian Science. Hut they must be mora and mora clcurly apprehended by the students of this Science, und consequently Christian Scientists urq in vol red In the same resVurch which Mm. Kddy carried on. She says that she. found tho ideas of true seleuco in the spir itual leaching contained in the Hi bio. They may be found by anybody who, in the light of Christian Science, looks for them in that name place. Such work Is not less scientific than that of sciences which have lo do wlth'(i,tch hy lulr ow1 investigations, de-' material phenomena. JTi fact, to in vestigate und understand thoughts uud their nnturo and law is the highest kind of scientific research, and is the most interesting und Instructive of u II studies, llcsldos this, there are iminc diate results visible und practical to bo altalnen" by such a course. They are often acknowledged by the general public, who do not hesitate lo say thut ChrlMtan Scientists are n. happy ami healthy clnsa of people, lu men tioning this I am not claiming that ull that can be desired in these directions has been accomplished, but nt any rate, thousands of people who arc ifcllve mil well today testify that they were saved from death und their health re stored through Christian Science. The apostle suys, "your life Is hid with "Christ in God." Christendom has accepted that sayimr, but It was not understood and could not be until the science of it wnn revealed, yet the whole ChHstlen world agrees! that God, the immutable creator of the uni verse, originates, sustains and per petuate His own creation. Tho assumption that life Is primar ily in matter Is not basic enough to satisfy the faculty of reason in cuh n. It limits lito ana at the same time cnlln it Infinite and fails to explain what lito Is, or how, according to such the ories, it ever got into such forms. The only philosophy that satisfies in ro gard to life Is found in Christian Sci ence, because Christian Science is not theory. It shows that Life is and must bo the sclf-eKtstetit Mind, intel ligence, being, which we call God. This real IJfe, permanent, neccssunly perfect. untou6icd by disease, sin or death, is the only Ufa of man. He. does not need any other und could not have ny other. The human being who recognises this .fact is gaining something by way of education that tends to both health and peace. The Science of Life must be the science of in(? which the whole world has sought und sought lu vtln. Yet It ii here, obtainable by any person who.have taken a step in the Science de - sires to have tt, and costing notn ing j i,cyond the preliminary steps of ciuip-.j ping one's self with the books which teach it. These books are the Itibio anil "Science and Health with Key to I he Scriptures," by Mary Haker Kddy. Like other books, they art) made up ot and Ihis science like other Hcl - consists of ideas. The differ-1 KcicticuH is. however, that In oilier seiencus. ideas, by way of Instruction. , (..,-iu , r ,.Mir...u or the employment or use of material I things und remedies, whereas in Christian Science, ideas themselves constitute both the means and ihoi object or education, are the sole piie- noniena of this science, and are thu oolv remedies mani lo restore health and prevent disease. Now to the average person, accus tomed to rely upon matter, to speak of Ideas as remedies for disease may sound like mystery, ami yet all reli gion ((insists of thoughts or ideas, rill the great things of the world Iism. their origin in education, which t at ordinarv hu-f tnlnod by study and consists wholly of nvestigate itljdcas. tint beyond this and above It there is something still greater to bejls nbcrvr-d. and that s that the Infinite .Mind, God. which spake and all thinct win epres lliniseir, forever in Jvav. It fv in the realm of thought that iw-opU learn to belie In tied and it Is there also thai they learn lo understand (iod. This belli if ho. t ho or.l inn rv h iiman beinir is cxtiressed !in. or relic-; sunt or unreasonable to expect en-, Ihey are otuy true to tr limiten i-mmi-h pnor 10 urn in, f i-eid w fence ; litri.ietinieiit, nud rven Improved powers of observation and because ;'' "iat these thinkers performed idie s f si c-i b.-.dih. thromth their prcj-enee atidf our inadequate education. Fori4 Kfrvfc to mankind in discover-iti.-k'v. in i.n ui , i;. " pikm ipii'stioiis in ik'IiI imply a Iciamplo, cerlaiu niechauieat iin- or bringing to light the.- ideat, and jcJ..-siim;c altitude, but 1 propose to Lecture justify (hem, and to shuwthat tho an swers are not founded upon opinion, but upon facts. Consider that even ordinary systems of education, and or dinary views of science, unite in de claring that the creation or universe Is Immcusuruble. Kven those who think it to be wholly material and who believe, or profess lo believe, that thought can originate in and bu carried on by brain or mutter, aje at absolute agreement upon the facts of an In finite universe. Now let me call your (itluutlou to the. further fact that nil phenomena or effects imply it. cause, t.ur onsorvauon oi me ciuu'.tN I bo so, when these effects are infinite. but at any rate, however we regard effects, they inevitably Imply a cause. Now imnieusurablu or infinite effects in quantity and quality not only de mand but actually require an im measurable or Infinite cause. Relig ionists speak of this cause in venera tion, using tho word God. Material scientists think they aro more scien tific when they speak of the first great CaiiM) us energy or force; but neither tho one nor the oilier, however diverg ent their views or expressions, can possibly denly tho infinity of that cause, and tho Infinite- must be inde structible For this reason religionists throughout all ages, even though they have not reasoned it out. have instinc tively fell uud said that God is eternal. I lift tho imtffiHrilltitu fli-K-Kii lit lhr hist claro ulso that what they call force or energy taken to mean the first great cause cannot bo conceived of as be ginning or ending. The eternal Ity of C.ou, tho first great Cause. Is therefore universally admitted. No religionist will deny It nor think of doing so, and no scientist can, although his nomenclature may differ from that of the religionist. Now oternallty declares certain char acteristics which wo can here con sider and be greatly instructed. In this connection let me speak of the fart that Christian Science has been criticised, and that Christian Scientists have been the object of attempted or sin, and that consequently disease ridicule, becauso of thotK" conviction that Gud Is not the author of disease and sin, which have no ''divine origin,, arc devoid of true cAwtein-o. Never the less this contention rests upon log ic that is Irrefutable for If God bi eternal, as all people admit, then God, Is not the author of any destructive1 thing, neither does he includo with in Himself the possibility or know led go of any destructive or self-dc-j structivo eloinent. To think otherwise j is not only Illogical and unscientific, I but Irreligious, and in the last analysis even sacrilegious; j I, have asked you to follow along in this coilrse or reasoning lor a certain purpose, and that purpose I believe now begins to appear. It Is that you may team the naturalness of health uud life and the unuuturalncss of dis ease and dcutli.' Perceiving, as I be lieve you must have done, as we have gone on thinking this out together. that God doe not nud cannot include or conceive of a single destructive elo inent or (uallty, you can see that a better understanding or (Jod will mean more of the presence of God, and will tend to remove destructive elcnienls and Incidents from our lives. Thereby health und life will uni ouly be more genera), but more permanent. Wo ie wnnm uicao iew immhiicm, unu i wish to call your attention to the fact I hat it has been a pleasant Hlep, and none of us has suffered in taking H. t have not urged you to believe In .1 . , I,. ' ' . " that I will not urge you to believe' nthiiig. The most llial 1 ask of you, n ny where, al any time, In ronsldcrlug Unit Kaylnu that thinking rcMUMTs 'og j( (iV " ' ' , " '," , "l.out consistency, without ' " ; l NV "S ,,,l,B ' PrlnrliiU .r basis for I l.lnkinif. and;"1 "enidaiirc With (.od, the dj- conclusions drawn by r eason, thci'o is no real thinking going on. Just he however. Home who have turned lheir; faces toward the light of Christian S . enc(! find themselves assailed by alien Hons as to the reason for the exist '-nee, or seeming existence, oi oise: and sin and Hie rest of the train of. destructive and afflictive human ex- periences. They accept Ihe inevitable logic of Christian Science, which f. have briefly uud altogether inada-lVf. liialely touched upon here, but they iiatuiiiMv woiun r anion nuiiian exper iences Dial, according lo 'hristia n .Science, c o u I d not be ell h e i i God ordained or God sustained. It not Htinug that Go v should do so. mil iei u oe nidi inai orisu.iii .-ci. n. is like other science in at least onej respect: If It is to be di'Oimif t ru t-d , lift rules mu.d be followed. Its I'rin clple must be. perceived nud inahii.i to-1 ed uiub-r it II rii'eu instance. Kven stiii the study of art and muic, we fin l that prouress depends upon allegiance to certain ideals which li'ivc sruui; f rum ft a tola ids establ Itdicd by Ib most cult u red men and women of the world. Tim niWtakes that we make tu the stnd nf art do not. or should 1 enciiire our attention any loni: oi. i ui; m mn iiinnrsi n.-n-" proveui'jUt'J which today &r3 com inonly understood and unci! could not have been concoivod of by our forefathers. It enlightenment has enabled us to discover them, and thereby to avail ourselves such improvements, nud thereby also to do away with sumo dovicei winch were crude and perhaps uti scientific, may not greater enlight- nnient enable uh to do away with the experiences of sin and dsaaso. and when (hey are abolished shall we have any Interest In asking how it was that they camu about? An afflictive experience, giving way to health and peace, or u crude invention, giving way to an tnlplllgeiu discovery, nwd not be inquired Into. Its day Is past, and uh it had no permanent value, it had no real being. Tho best and only explanation of error is to show its uureulity, and I ask you to considor this sufficient uud final explanation. Permanent vul uo must be thn criterion by which wo judge. With this criterion in aro yot dreamed of will come to! light, and by the sumo token things that are. now accented ai natural will vanish under tho rev elation of the true nuturatiioHs of mi exist oneo that has its being. luiK'tion and law In the God creator who in wholly good. Consider ulso that uti eternal cuusu or creator cannot bu con ceived of in a personal way, con sequently the real prefionality of jUud, or tho real character uud be ing of God, must bo Mind. TUnre Is no other word that so fully enlightens us and enables us to sue the perfect relatiomdiip exist ing between the creator and his creation. Besides this, the word Mind fsatisfliiN our intellectual crav ings in another direction. It ex plains what' wo call thinking. Kven though much of what Is culled human thinking is wholly unworthy of man and utterly unknown to God, yet even that semblance of thinking implies mentality, uud mentality means that somewhere in the universe, and. indeed, every where in tho universe, is Mind. the cause and creator of ull things and the ultimate explanation ot our power to think, which becomes more ChrlsHilie as God Is bettor understood. When wo perceive that divine Mind is the solo Causo of all things, we begin to perceive what Life really is. and how Life and its Scie licit may be morn clearly understood. We have already beeu taught in tho ordinary curriculum of school or college to vulue creat and beautiful thoughts. Christian Science takes . us a stop further. It shows us that really great thoughts and pure Jduuls in them selves constitute tho activity of iruu science. Thus it Is that the thoughts which reveal God In Christian Science possess Interest and power bnyand any thoughts that can bo entertained by man kind. To hio old way of thinking it seems incredible thut materially in tangible facts should have actual value and Infiuenco. Yot the founder of the Christian religion proved hoyoiiti all qunstiun that di seases even of the most fatal na luru could ho absolutely healed hy the power of the understanding. Ho taught, however, that such power can only he available to men fn proportion to their righteousness, their right-itcss in every wuy. IIo knew and declared thut tho power lo heal is wholly from God, tho divine Mind, and hn said and showed by his own works that this power is natural to men und wom en lu the proportion of their under standing or enlightenment on tho true nature of God and His law. In accords nee with tho teachings of Christ Jemis, Mrs. Kddy hIiowb thai evil actions spring from bo liefs out ert nined instead of reject ed. Wrong acts mean wrong men- hilily whfch is either utter iguor- nnr(, perverted tendencies cul- (jvated and submitted to In turn, wrong actions persisted In set a run no and increase tho ver sUficts or erroneous beliefs in to in f roui thus u Inch they orlg ally sprung: ,. .... j , ,, ' , H i goes on n cy((! of evil feeding uiion Itself. Christian Science, in call lug utfoiilfon lo such things, shows J'rfnelple of nil being. This jword I'rinelpld shows that thought I can have u correct and permanent basis, and thai, being 'cnusluntlv kept in accord with that permanent and correct basis, thought tends lo I produce belter habits, which in 'heir turn stimulate mentality In H endeavors toward improved . t hi nki ng. W hat Is the origin of thought? have been taught lo believe j t I'at il is tho bjuili, but advanced philo;iphers and sclent 1st s today realize, in some decree at any rate, that while brain may be influ enced or atreeted by thought, it annul nf itself be the origin or basis of thinking. It is rotnpnu of the same si m ile elements that coiiKtlluto tho rest of the human body, These elements, as It Is well known, taken ,y I Ihmiihm1 e, or combined with each other, v, it hit tin presence of ltmau life, could not do anyl hf ; at all, lea I of all think, which is th- most poi t ant t h I u k wo ever do. Itn- We in list I here fore conclude, and we do conclude. In the Hi; lit of rea- sou. that the brain does not think but re: II that thought itseir evicts lr- j I hat Rtiw h'O the title of ChrWt ri of bra ins; Indeed it only .fcus, and is It not a con espornl a moui' iit of consideration to ling aitliudc on our part that gives lead 11 us to Ihe conclusion that alliiis the riO' ( of the thoughts or ideas Hiuh far repealed, ev0 by the greatest '-: clot tuns th.m lu sublime and striking lanauagn and thereby mak ing them more apprehensible. This is also what Mary Uaker Kddy did. Klin aroused our admiration and revwrence, not ouly by 1 ha Ideas which she brought to llghl. hut also by tho manner of their pre sentation. Now if you mid 1 rxisl nl this moment and can think, existoaca la a fact and thinking is a present conscious Inaction of that exis tence. If we can think about tho small things of life, it is only a mat tor of education to luaru to think about tho great ihings of Ufn. If wo can think about God and learn of ills purnosu and law, tt Is only a question of education lo be nbln to think and ad according to that purpose and law. Christ Jesus Is always tho ex emplar. Tho mystery which relig ious belief has associated with his words and works is disappearing In tho lit; lit which Christian Science throws upon them. Redemption through Christ Involves uu such theory as that of vicarious suffer ing, ii'dther docB it predicate it sou upon mo belief that thu ma terial blood of Jesus saves from sin In ull of tho unci out. langu ages, and to a great extent in the modern, thu word blood is used met aphorically to signify life, und tu tho New Testament it is constantly omployed in thut wuy. Jesus at the tlmn of the lust supper ad monished his followers to live his divine life among men, and he did by means of a symbol which was perfectly understood by them, but has been misunderstood or mis interpreted by religious systems siuco their tlmn. Christian Scioncu hi showing us what sulvaliou through ChriHl tn does nol omit Ihu healing ot di sease. Living tho Christ life In volves us in (ho acceptance and practice of tho Christ healing. We have been accused of making too much of this healing, but it inav be easily observed that such ascu- satlons generally spring from people who are in tho onjoyment of ex cellent heulth. None of tho nfl'licl- od who hava been healed or who aro seeking healing In Christian Science have ever accused us ol making too much ot thu Christ healing. The power of God which charac terized Christ Jesus camo to him not' In the realm of matter, but of understanding. That is where all true power conies to man. That is where all true education fits us for 1 i f e a ml en nips us with co it r- ugn and wisdom to meet the (Hill eultles of human existence, includ ing discaso. How ndr.esBary it, is for us to awtiko to I ho lull value of true thoughlH and ptiro educa tion, which constitute real being! What would man hn without tho power to think? Balvallon is Ihc main object, it is even tho ob ject of all education, although that object is not mentioned in tho cur ricula of schools and colleges. We aro all seeking salvation, conscious ly or unconsciously, for wo am all striving for satisfaction. Kvory-1 body wants heaven, though many appear to bo searching for ft. In strongn ways, for heaven is noth ing more nor less than, real per manent happiness,, mil Infliction. On page 2ft 1 of Selonce and Health, Mrs. Kddy writes: "Heav- fs not a locality, but a divine statn of Mind In which nil the manifestations of Mind nru har monious and Iininnrlal, because mIii is not there and man is found having no righteousness of his own, but In possession of '( ho mi ml of the Kurd.' hs I lit Scripture says." It. follows that, the way to heaven is a way of education, in llm hluli- st. sense of Hint wont. Wo miiHt think our way Into licavun, uud nothing can deprive, us of or ex cuse us from that exalting and loniptfve necessity. This is be ing saved through Ihe blood of Christ, the 1 1 ft of Christ. Heaven Is natural and constant to God uud miiHt bo thn ssme lo man In his image. Wo need only gain that likeness In oursel veu lu nrdor to he In hcifven. Jesus said, "The kingdom of God comet h not with niiHorvnlUm; neliher shall they nny. l.o here! or. lo, them: for, behold, (he kingdom of God is within you. Jesus knew (hut Ihe Science of Ufn will heal Ihe sick, and ucled in accordance with t lial sci ence. Id; proved that the Huenro of Life mil ura I ly produces th phenomena of Life, and that health is indisputably one of Ihu phenom ena of Lifu. 1)1 vine facts const i I iiled his men tality and made him the Clirint, for Ihey had Iheir being, nud they still have their heitiK, in Coil. II vras what Jesus knew t hat made hi ui different from all ol her hum an peiKonalilies, but he placed no rest r ici ions upon I hat k now fed e, and we should not jihce any if we are his 'followers. Id; w ha anx ious that everyone should know a nd have t he pow er to prove tho heaJinif, having Christ. Thu di vine Christ, Truth. Ik ! I' horn wit hin us, and thei , in the rea!i,i of consc ioutueK, or b'outlit, it Is lo carry on Its redemptive mission in cording to the example of Christ I J outs. o Hoes tfhis take away any of the respect and reverence which man- kind justly feeln for him who , spak never man spa Id Was t hit coni rary t his roii- lit not 'ant d peudence upon Mind, dod.O, callefLChrlhtians. and tl.Ot, persisted in, uQI mnk! us belter ChrlHlliins day hy il.O, He declared (hat life Is not de pendent u pou matter, hut upon knowing, which is a characteristic it Mind. Cod. "And this Is Hfe! ctcniiil, that they might I. now th- o thn only trim God, und Jesus Christ who thou has sent." Wo have learned to recognize Llfo eternal, and we Insist upon maintaining thu fact in snlta of all evidence to tho contrary. Wo would not he worthy of the namo olth of Christians in tho ordinary souse, much lens of Christian Scientists. If wo failed to do bo, for any tho- ory of life contrary to etornallty involves death, which is tho oxact opposito of life. A healing system is lntonded to produce hen III), which in its turu tends toward life. How is it pos sible, then that a true hen llm; sys tem could he founded upon the observations of disease? Tho oppo site direction hi this case lit Ihu right direction. What is it? It is the direction of reason, thn di rection of ptiro logic, tho direc tion of divine revelation, it shows unmistakably that a creator who is Life never Introduced any death into His creation, nud that means, is wo have already seen, that Ho never conceived or a .destructive element such as disease, has never known il, does not know It now, never will know It. What does this means to yuu and me? Il means thut In proportion as w uut out of the old education and gut into the new. thai we cull our minds uud our lives will be entirely different from what tluy huv been, instead of hav ing uu ephemeral uxiutenca, without any certainty except that or death, mankind will begin to show forth the divine nature, und thu divine nut uro lis forever. This seleuco or living, I his Science of Ufn, was Illustrated by Christ leiius, but as a science It could nut bo given to Ihe world in his time. It has! come In ours. Think of that. Think of! what l( means lo have Ihu privilege! Sclencof Life, a scienco for which ifu V Vhtlvr,,,0oa "" b ihn -n.i,i ... T,' ...... ;IJ'K bukrs In New York. Tho real the world had to wait thousands of. urn before It mentality could Iohp etioimh ilarkneHM to even perceive such Hrieuee. Think what it means that peiNou could have been awuke enough, free ennueh, clear enough mentally, spiritually, to discover such Heleneo as .thin, the science of ull sciences. This is oxuelly what Murvl Maker Kddy did, and she did some-1 tiling more than that; Jtor discernment xlemlcd to the facts of betne and itled them, but It hIho descended le tho prenenl needs of nmnktmUnd met them. Sh Haw that the omnl-j presence of (lod would hnve to hi affirmed before It could be realized "he alone has stood for tho payment and she nine knew and taught that thei"f debts, and the fulfillment of ohli- iectlon of all other seemlnir power I would have to be persisted tn befnrebuukrupt. Chaos reigns In Kuasfa, l ull proof that pood Is all powerful ; Italy is on the verge of bankruptcy. and Life in Immortal could be ob-! tulned.- Mrs. Kddy's teachings' constantly idlmoiiifdi us not to claim for our selves or for our understanding any thing beyond what we can Hiihsluntlafo by actual proof. Therefore wo, your friend , who have invited you here to, n lecture, and who welcome you upon'for Krunen as much out of Qermaiiy ill occa.-dona when Christum Hclonco nB uotfsiblo wllhmit kllilmr h lu l.riiiL' cftrrcctlv net forth, make no'n.. iu . lal in to have attained fullnesK of ( thin Hcicuce. We are trying to be: worthy of thin Bft of (lod to men. j Wo would bo unworthy ot u n wo uiu not here ami upon all oilier proper occrmlo.m cpreus our !'"" and reverence for the Discoverer and Kounder of Christian Helnnce, Mary! linker Kddy. au.se of Christian Hclcnee on the en- where It fitands and will coulinuu tt - rising Hhiiid, a living and an ever monument to a character and to a eer of achievement absolutely intiiie in history, (lod Is Life, and perpetuates Ills own creation. Jesus Hiilil, l ho worus that I tii,d. uniu iou, they are spirit und Ihey aro Hie.' Mrs. Kddy nays ,S. ii iM i: and Health, "dodfi mhls ii i n perl ert ami eternal, are Mibuame und Lite." We have- neon nsidi rii. Ihese thooKhlH here. They e.nv to undnslnml when sought slit.eriiv because" they uro iiioro liallll il t't Ms than Other ItlOUKIHS. t nearer lo out nol beinu than any dlbei Mioiii;hlH could be. Tho Hiide is the orhiinal re. elation ,f -the immortal relationship of (lod i. lid mini. Chrislian Heleneo makes;""'""' mm relailo.ud.ip .indcrstoo.l, and in ver, hnve boon but pawns on tins I inn it removes romiemmit Ion chessboard. tht: loll md e;UalliNhc:i redemption in Its, Uead Miitl ii- n Plelo II idiow.i beoud ull doubt sin was promised Constantinople. i only final or possthlu Hc-jKumdu withdrew. Then, it was de- a mlMuUc is loving and eom-jcldetf (() keep Const lllll I noplfl free, rcction. SnineiiuieH our own out of the power of either France ,lm. i may have reiartled tiieior Kngland. Kngland slowly gut a oi ihe d.niic to iiav thiHihlt of the upper hand. This hurt unit ei tialty uieb'i'stood, and t he pride of Fru uco who patiently , I I Hi! iou lence tve an tinlv 'my to ymi that we hourly awaited h or opportunity. Last month re pi nt in Un iu In Ho'licbdh nud nslu-s. It came. Then Franco plnyed her Kmi H e :-vieine itni ir, ihe Science of ciirdh. Jn a few ho u is the entire Ku r'brlstiaiiltv, dmcoveied Vy Mary Ha- ropeun sltualfoii changed. Today her j i I li:is poi shortcomtugH. lis Kriuce holds the trumps, possibilities for i:iod are Imiuensui - j jH nl(t lnnTt,y n wur 0, pupcr, nl.l,. a h ih divine I'llmiple, (iod, Is j mnieniber, Turkey is forliiyina; lier anl we nurejc:i, tlu-ugh ntferlnic uo.. hy .pttlng p,mH and troops lit xem-es ttr our failure to be fully KrMt(,Kjr pointa. Frankly, Kngland wotlht. l"-g wu b eonsl.p.f that we jK j H nnl), ((ul ,tK jH wna, (.aIft,.(l are hMnii'i: "t the right diintinii. that ,(,,. H(M.f nutrket to break and for i. f.n-A.iid and upw.n.t. With in ins pjKU bonds lo tu lllblu. Ilerownpeo eM. n.i. d lo emompas mankind, In xAei Hr(. U(;uinst war. Thero Is tho river, me ;tU admi.io.n lo tho i"d memory of tho recent bloodshed. wb- is Low, ml in devih,n to His Tn,.r0 jH HtiU thv Wnrning mark of Cbil.-t. we give ou ihis no -hhuko of K,.,.Ht norrow. An Knglisbman. ton. Lire, of healfh. of pi-ace. ami we aim C1,nn0i ww himself going to Turkey it, evprrss und make dally more prac- ,u fjKhl, When (iermany thundered ttr-ai lo tiet.ait of ourselves and for all t Kuropu right tit Kiigiatid's door. in.niKliid the compassion of Kim w)io.lhl, .;nRiin, Tommy wus on fire tu ,id, "I am come thai they miht have lu,ht Ul(t i(J,uy u K dirfen-nt. Tho lire, and ihi.ihej aiiftlit P,v a "loie.;,,!,,,,,, remeui hers sadly what abuii'Juti ."' , happened at Cnllipoli. Ho remem- . .. , ibers tlm fearful cost of conquering (.l is 0. 9. Vs''fc few Huers In South Africa. Ho MOSCOW0 Ida.. Oct 21. 'lvlo knows that (hero are or 2U0.0OII.- 1'i-ase. f Wclsor, WashmOtt.g county, O'- flint 1 ntou I'acillc sdiol- iiviiip tuioiiiis yei:r, at'curtling lo al- 'p to Chin In Taxes i : es ree.'Ued at thu office of I eau K. "Kven iho'KtCb'Islitnftii, who hasn't I, i.Mi.'O, O . 'a son that Is already lost or a son The t ii It i ii 1'nyfic H.Otrni reecnt)v,i0 msUt has taxes to pay. Kngland, minium , d 0 phut wherebv a JiOlth her intention of paying her m-hobirship iii the colbgo uf ag rlcnl- debts, Is the ouly Kuropesn coun loii' 'M'uid be awarded in each Idaho try that really taxed her people se rountv imv- is.d brt a I ntou I'aeifie verely. Tho Ordinary Knglish trades- hn - e . This award also pn.vltl.w rail- O UP TO cum I N TAXES I S OLD ENGLAND VVars and Near Wars Call to Mind How the Different Powers Stand. TURKEY HAS A LOT OF BACKING NOW Temporary Peace Seems to Be Belief of Afcuiy Who Watch the International QuestionsCIosely. WKLLKflLEY HILLS, Mum., Oct. H. Roudere should not he iiir prlsed, aecordinu to Uaar w n-h. sou. bocauM ot thn recent action of Ihe slock market. When Interviewed In Wollosley regarding the mailer, Mr. Babson Uiday sabl thu serious ness of the Kurououu sltnaiinn u Kruuter than most pooplo reallzo, "It U really surnrlsfnr ihitt stock market has hold up so well duriuff the past ,tvo wooks. Of course tho break was due to Ilia gravity of thn Turkish situation fuels aro that Franco is today lu tiuitu a similar position uu that held by (Jorinuny in 191-1. 'Tho real uorluusnos of tho dan- tier has somehow been hidden. Tho changa has como swirtly. A few necka ago Kngland was lu the sad dle. At conferences shu was thu dic tator. Hho did tho talking und Franco did thn worrying. Today tho 'Hltuution Is Just thu rerersu. Hue-. I"11 i how In a hole. Franco do uneratoly put her thero. "Kngland alone o( all Kurnponu I llon has stood for law und order. Rations. Germany and Austria urn !' ratice is tirmpmmfslng. Knuland la tho. only country wlio . hus told un that she will pay hor dobiu with 'in terest. DIffnm From Vram "Kngland's policy with iermany has been in onmiHltlnn tn ilmi i.r Kranee. Knulnnri hfiR wnnlori in r.M that laid tho goldon ecus. France liwas for killing tho gooao, but still ;for domnndlug tho eggs. KnKlsnd jwas Kuropn's big brother and upon ,lw. ,.. flnnn(llfl wnHH ,,. riiIlli, ..TodH- Hnirinilf lu m, Juu Kuropo bncnusn sho elands ,, .,IIv nlnun . ' . .,, ..,. " jinmit of (Ireoco Is not with her. ()er j many alone, tu enso of war, Is her y possible nlly. Tho tier many of . ' . """ " """ I IIV IH tllll no II nnl v Inrma ulk lllft T,lrH,,y ot today. Should, how. in Hi"v,'r' tirmany ermiiny go in with tinglund. thero would hsvn to b an entirely new Interpretation placed on many Kuropeau rel.t' unships and tho prob lems of tlmsn relationships. Thero Is the mailer of reparations, for .it Hlancn. All international finances would be upset. Italy Will Hack Turkey. "Yes, KtiKland stands practically "'t'Y w'" i "rsey. uus- l will back Turkey. And. of cotirso. Kranco will back Turkey. Himioo It mum uu m-up tiiHi. mi n-ui iwun in nol between Ureut Ilrllaln uud Tur- "i ','W''" ureui nriiniu ui rrnnro una won naca ng Turkey. Kngland has moil backing "When Ihe last war was on, Hiis- i0n IftonamnieaunB ai l -jruey s uauiw 'tour. mau H up lo his chin in taxes, I KllK- . tCoutiuucd on page Iire) I- i ! i- n i -1 ! 4
