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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-
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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)
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