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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURER EXPLAINS HIS DOCTRINE
Clarence W. Chadwick Declares New Conception of Mind Is Revolutionizing Religious Thought of World.
THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, APRIE D, 191G.
BY CLARENCE W. CHADWICK. C. S. B.
Member of the Board of Lectureship of the
Mother Church, the first Church, of Christ.
Scientist, in Boston, Mass.
Christian Science! A Religion of Right
Thin kins.
THERE are no other two words In
the human vocabulary which are
attracting more thoughtful atten
tion throughout the world today than
Christianity and. Science. Some still
seriously object to any intimate asso
ciation of these words, but may it not
be that the present world-wide inter
est in the subject of Christian Science
is due to the fact that Mrs. Eddy was
the one in this age to discover the
scientific unity between Christianity
and Science?
Prior to her discovery there seemed
to be very little in common between
them. By many they were looked upon
as polar opposites. Mrs. Edety through
spiritual discernment brought m these
iriistermed positive and negative poles
together, and, behold, a light whose
resplendent rays are penetrating to the
four corners of the globe!
It is the purpose of this lecture to
tell you something of the mission of
a religion of right ideas known in this
age as Christian Science, and presented
to the world in its text-book. "Science
and Health. With Key to the Scrip
tures," by Mary Baker Eddy.
World Called One of Thought.
In the evolution of human thinking
Jt is becoming more and more evident
that we live in a thought world. What
ever confronts us must be of mental
procurement else there could be no
mental or conscious recognition of it.
"What does the eye behold but a mental
Image pictured on the retina? We see
thoughts because we think them.
Things are thoughts and thoughts
arc things. Divest human existence of
all thought and there would be noth
ing left to see. hear, touch, taste or
smell. Without thought there would
be nothing to think or to talk about.
If there is no sound where there is
no one to hear it, pound must be
mental. If there is no sight, touch,
taste or smell in the absence of any
mind or mentality, then sight, touch,
taste and smell are mental, not ma
terial. Everything cognizable to the senses
Is a manifestation of thought. A game
of baseball is an exhibition of thought.
Divest it of all thought and there
would be no hall game. The Twentieth
Century Limited going at full speed is
a manifestation of thought. An aero
plane in flight is thought in motion.
Without thought it could never have
been invented. The architect thinks
his 40-story building before committing
it to paper. The finished structure
ready for occupancy is but objectified
liuman thought.
And so on throughout the entire
round of human existence we can
cognize nothing outside of the realm
of thought,
"livery Effect Mental Phenomenon."
It was in the year 1866 that Mrs.
Kddy made the all-important discovery
that "all causation was mind, and
every effect a mental phenomenon"
(Retrospection and Introspection, p.
24).
By mind she means not the carnal or
' mortal mind wrich "is enmity against
God," but one infinite supreme creative
governing intelligence of the universe,
eternal and unchangeable. This is the
mind that the great apostle referred
to when he said; "Let this mind be in
yon, which was also in Christ Jesus."
This is the mind that Jesus employed
to heal the sick and sinful, to still the
tempest and to raise the dead. He re
ferred to it as "my Father and your
Father." . . . "my God and your
God." This mind is the "us" mentioned
In Genesis i:26: "And God said, let us
make man in our image, after our like
ness." This was the mind revealed to
Moses when he was instructed to "say
unto the children of Israel, I Am hath
sent me unto you."
It is this clear-cut conception of mind
as elucidated by Mrs. Eddy that is
changing the religious thought of the
whole world. Not since the days of
Jesua and his apostles has any Chris
tian denomination except Christian
Science said to its followers: "'There is
one infinite all-good mind which is
the creator of man and the universe,
and this mind is God, or Spirit, who is
"of purer eyes than to behold evil and
canst not look on iniquity.' This mind
is omnipotence, omnipresence and om
niscience', infinite and indivisible, there
fore never in nor of matter. The real
man is the image and likeness of this
infinite mind, spiritual and perfect
now."
Sick Are Made Well.
It seems almost needless, to say that
the reception of this enlarged concept
or right idea of mind by the world has
already resulted in the healing of nu
merous cases of insanity, has restored
incorrigibles. has resurrected the
feeble minded, has healed inveterate
sin and abnormal temperamental traits
and conquered depraved appetites.
"There are also many other things
which" mind hath done, "the which.
Jf they should be written every one, I
suppose that even the world itself
could not contain the books that should
be. written."
Since there is one infinite mind or
Intelligence this, mind must be the first
and only cause. To admit any other
cause, then, would be equivalent to ad
mitting more than one God, which
would be breaking the first great com
mandment. And since God is infinite
good, he could not cause anything un
like good. As the scriptures plainly
state it: "God saw everything that he
hsid made, and, behold. It was very
good."
If Christian people woud accept and
hold to this Idea of infinite good they
would quickly and effectively dispose
of the problem of evil. It may be
easier for the so-called Adam man to
admit the power and presence of evil
because he sees it through the material
senses, but the sole consolation of the
Christian is the joy that comes to him
because he knows through spiritual
tense that God. good, is omnipotent
and omnipresent.
Knowledge of God Available.
It is possible for every human being
to gain this practical knowledge of
God. We call it practical because it
can be proved in every-day experience.
To know that there is one infinite spir
itual cause affords a basis for scien
tific demonstration. To believe in
many causes absolutely incapacitates
one for proving the omnipotence of
good. To admit a real cause for evil
would give it a foundation in fact,
would endow it with power and place
mankind at its mercy.
Because Christian Science is the
pospl of good to the world, its mis
sion is to implant in human conscious
ness the idea of one infinite all-good
cause which never . created evil nor
suffered it to exist for some wise pur
pose, as is so often asserted.
Jesus was a man of ideas. He was
the perfect example of a thinking man.
The basis of his wonderful healing
works and his incomparable reasoning
and logic was this very idea of perfect
spiritual causation. And it must be
come ours before we can follow in
Ilis mental footsteps. The contempla
tion of imperfect, thought models will
never bring health, happiness or holi
ness into human consciousness. Guess
ing as to the nature of God and his
heavenly kingdom never enables one
to define good or to overcome evil.
Faith without works is simply guess
ing, not knowing, and guessing will
never usher anyone into the spiritual
kingdom of "righteousness, and peace,
and joy in the holy ghost."
Creation Is Considered.
Many of us can no doubt recall our
childish concept of creation, when first
reading the book of Genesis, bow we
tried to picture a primeval chaotic
state where there was no light and
no created thing in existence, and that
later, God (to us the then great un
known) said "Let there be light; and
there was light."
Could we then have paused to ask
ourselves who or what is God? we
might have been spared many unneces
sary experiences in later years, but
most of us did not pause, but listless
ly accepted the superficial belief that
there was a time when God was alone;
and not until the advent of Christian
Science did we awaken from this ma
terial dream to find out the real na
ture of God and his spiritual creation,
co-existent with him. Reasoning from
cause to effect in the light of Chris
tian Science, thinking persons are
quite ready to admit that creation, in
order to be a truthful, accurate, per
fect expression of infinite mind, must
be wholly menta.
If there are any skeptics to whom
this subject may seem vague or in
tangible, let them grasp the meaning
of the word "idea" as applied to God's
creation and they will find something
far more tangible and real than any
thing which they have cognized
through the physical senses. Christian
Science makes it indubitably clear to
us that mind finds expression, not
through mortal or human thoughts, but
through its own perfect spiritual
thoughts or ideas. Unless there was
a time when mind was without expres
sion, there never was a time when
these ideas did not exist. When this
point is grasped it will explain the
meaning of a "finished" or "ended"
creation, mentioned in Genesis.
Human thought approaches this sub
ject by slow stages, and those who have
erroneously confused the two diamet
rically opposite accounts of creation in
the first and second chapters of Gene
6is will do well to study that most
helpful and illuminating chapter in
"Science and Health" which deals with
this much misunderstood subject.
Ideas Are Defined.
Ideas are not the visionary imagin
ings of the human mind. "My thoughts
are not your tjioughts '. . saith
the Lord." God's thoughts are reflec
tions, expressions or manifestations of
his own nature. They are divine re
alities. As rays of light from the sun,
they reflect but do not absorb the na
ture or being of God. They are inde
structible, therefore eternal.
Human thoughts are transitory, de
structible, unreal. They are "not of
the Father" but "of the world. And the
world passeth away, and the lust
thereof; but he that doeth the will of
God abideth forever." No idea of God
will ever be lost, because it alone obeys
the will of God. Mortal thoughts dis
obey the divine will and are consumed
as"chaff.
The world at large classifies ideas as
both good and evil, while Christian Sci
ence lifts them to the level of God's
thoughts, thus making them divine
only. The Christian Scientist has
ceased to use the word idea in any
lower sense than the spiritual and until
others see the importance of following
his example they will fail to distin
guish between God's thoughts and
thoughts supposed to originate in the
brain, and which always were and al
ways will be devoid of healing power.
The ability to make this distinction is
what enabled Mrs. Eddy to explain to
the world the modus operandi of Chris
tian healing. ...
Idea Are "World's "Warriors.
It has been well said that "ideas are
the great warriors of the world." They
have fought and won its greatest bat
tles. All the good and great things in
htiman history have been achieved
through the leadership of some grand
idea. A divine idea" is always the har
binger of justice and right. Because it
is always clothed with authority and
power to carry out the purpose of the
divine will, it always has succeeded
and always will succeed in, its holy
mission.
The only sense of ability or power to
accomplish anything worth while
comes to us through some idea of God,
not through any human thought. The
ability to do right is not of ourselves,
it is the gift of God expressed through
holy thought.
Then it is not self-evident that hu
manity's greatest need is to grasp the
thoughts or ideas of God? Need we
wonder at the injunction of Scripture:
"Acquaint now thyself with him (God)
DEWOLF HOPPER, JR., IS
REGULAR MOVIE ACTOR
Son Puts One Over on Illustrious Dad in Fact That He Showed No Camera
Fright on His First Experience in the Studio.
IT SEEMS altogether likely that De
Wolf Hopper, Jr., Is the youngest
motion-picture actor now at work.
At the age of 10 months he is taking
part In "Sunshine Dad," a comedy in
which his famous papa has the title
role.
Hopper. Jr., had something on his
parent the very first day he went to
work in the Triangle fine arts studios.
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and be at peace"? If we know not the
thoughts that God is eternally think
in. "thoughts of peace and not of evil,"
could we claim any very Intimate rela
tionship with him? Would we feel
thoroughly acquainted with some
friend none of whose thoughts was
ever known to us?
Mission Is Pointed Out.
This then Is the primary mission of
Christian Science, to acquaint human
ity with God through the medium of
right ideas. Not through any human
thought, belief, theory or opinion can
the approach to God be made. "The only
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of
the Father, he hath declared him." In
other words, the true idea of God alone
can reveal the nature of the Father.
Would anyone attempt to ascertain the
nature of the sun except through the
rays of light which proceed from it?
"No man cometh unto the Father but,
by me." the Master declared. Could
-anything be more plainly stated?
Relatively speaking a divine Idea
never sailed upon a smooth sea. False
human nature opposes it at every step.
This nature is naturally unprogressive
and intolerant. There is nothing more
distasteful to the evil one than spirit
ual facts, since facts are ideas which
always reveal the truth concerning
evil.
The only opponent of spiritual truth
is the mortal or fleshly mind, the so
called good and evil mind of mortal. A
divine idea is unintelligible to this
mind. It would be inconsistent for this
so-called, mind not to oppose its concept
of truth.
Is it any wonder, then, that Jesus
said to his followers: "If any man will
come after me, let him deny himself"?
Unquestionably the carnal mind was
the self referred to in this passage.
This mind, laden with the traditions of
men, strangled by maliie, envy and
hatred, torn with bitter contentions
and strife, and forever hampered and
limited by its unchristian belief In
matter and evil, must experience a
change of heart before surrendering
its opposition to spirituality.
Many Converted to Cannes
Christian Science is here to bring
about this change of heart, and the
scene of transformation is already ac
tive and widespread. Thousands who
at one time were bitterly opposed to
Christian Science have in their extrem
ity gone to it for help, have received
their healing and are now among its
most ardent advocates. Here Is tangible
proof of the unreality of what la
termed opposition to truth.
Is it not the height of inconsistency
to call ourselves the children of God
and then to claim relationship with five
physical senses which constantly dis
obey his laws? Surely there is some
thing wrong in the human order of
things, and the sooner humanity looks
within to discover what it is that would
crucify the Christ, truth, the sooner
will it awaken to know God aright,
and to prove by demonstration that
love "thinketh no evil."
Christian Scientists are a great deal
more interested in the subject of health
than in disease. They have found out
that the right idea of health when in
telligently presented to humanity is far
more contagious than the thought of
disease. They do not believe in getting
sick and then having to become profi
cient in a knowledge of disease before
learning how to be well. They have
learned that health is the normal condi
tion of man in Christian Science and
that disease is a mistake of the human
mind to be corrected by a right under
standing of health as an attribute of
God.
Disease Is Belief.
They are fully convinced through the
teaching and practice of Christian Sci
ence that a negative or human knowl
edge of disease never has healed and
never will heal anyone, but that a posi
tive or demonstrable knowledge of the
truth enables one to overcome belief in
disease. When 'belief in it is destroyed
there is no longer any disease to be
healed. One's belief in the power, pres
ence and reality of disease can never
bring surcease from suffering.
Recourse to a higher state of con
sciousness is man's only remedy for
disease or sin. And how shall this be
attained? Only through the aceptanee
and adoption of some idea of truth,
which transcends human knowledge.
Truly saith the psalmist: "The entrance
of thy words giveth light." God's words
are expressions of the nature of God
He didn't show a trace of camera
fright. Father Hopper had suffered
from a serious attack when he first
faced the lens. But later young Hop
per fell down terribly in his part and
came near losing his job. He seemed
to fail to realize that he was acting
in a sparkling, snappy comedy and
played his role as if he were portray
ing a Supreme Court Judge who had
just lost a golf match.
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or good and It is through these Ideas
that all the enlightenment of the ages
has come. The entrance of sick or sin
ful beliefs Into human consciousness
only hinders the recognition of God's
thoughts.
The present widespread interest In'
spiritual things is solely due to the
transforming influence of the true Idea
of God as voiced to the world In Chris
tian Science. This idea is the harbinger
of health, strength and happiness. It
has no knowledge of disease or suffer
ing; to Impart.
Light Dispels Darkness.
The absence of light, wtiich we call
darkness, is dispelled the moment the
light is allowed to enter. Just so with
disease. It also Is dissipated the mo
ment the right Idea of health is al
lowed to dominate human conscious
ness. Whatever is corrective or re
formatory must emanate from God. One
human belief will not correct another.
One sin will not correct another sin. A
lesser evil cannot do away with a
greater one. No human mistake' can
correct another mistake. It Is a mistake
to believe In the actuality of anything
which does not emanate from God.
If sickness and suffering are of God,
Jesus would not have healed them. Nor
could Christian Science heal them to
day If they are a part of the divine
consciousness. The right idea or con
ception of God reveals them as human
mistakes or errors of mortal thinking,
and only as the Christ mind is put on
and the carnal or mortal mind put off
can sueh mistakes be corrected or de
stroyed. In other words, Christ is the
one and only savior of mankind and
Christ Is the true reflection of God
who Is infinite Life, Truth and Love.
Because Christian Scientists under
stand the divinity of the Christ they
are enabled to heal the sick and reform
the sinner.
Disease Knowledge Not Asked.
No wonder Solomon said "Get wis
dom; and with all thy getting get un
derstanding." Jesus did not advise us
to acquire a. knowledge of disease in
order to heal disease. He did not coun
sel his followers to study medical works
in order to cope intelligently with the
Ills of the flesh. He did not .say to
study what the world says about sin
in order to avoid its experience. What
did he say? This. "Seek ye first the
kingdom of God and his righteousnes,"
which is equivalent to saying, "Seek
ye first the spiritual understanding of
God and his right thoughts or ideas."
Christian Science has come to open
the door of consciousness to receive
this understanding of God and to apply
it to the correction of every human
mistake. Before Christian Science
came, who of us, regardless of our re
ligious convictions, knew how to cor
rect the belief in sickness or suffer
ing? Did we not rather hasten to mag
nify Its seeming presence by voicing
the belief to all with, whom we came
in contact? Did we not ally ourselves
on the side of physical sense by admit
ting that we had the ailment, that it
actually belonged to us? And did we not
often send for the trusted family doc
tor, who invariably confirmed our fears?
And what next? AVhy. he then went to
work to prove both to himself and to
his patient that the so-called ailment
didn't really belong to him after all?
Had it been a part of the real man he
would have been obliged to have It
forever.
Mental Poise Is Aim.
How do we deal with this subject in
Christian Science? We agree to disa
gree with the very first approach of
disease in any form, recognizing such
approach as the temnter suBrtrestinir
life and intelligence in matter and a
power apart from God. We strive to
maintain a mental poise on the side of
harmonious being by contending for the
reality and supremacy of spiritual ex
istence. We seldom voice error to
anyone. This enables us to magnify
good and to minlzime evil, and by ac
knowledging God's omnipotence and
omnipresence we soon experience a
normal state of mind and body. By
working through the understanding in
stead of blind belief, we lose our false
sense of discord and thought is uplift
ed and purified. We are that much
nearer the kingdom of heaven.
Under all forms of material and er
roneous -mental treatment thought is
left buried in the belief of life in mat
ter, hand in hand with the admission
that we not only had. the disease but
that we may have it again. Christian
Science enables us to see that the be
lief in disease is what needed treat
ment and not the real man. As this is
spiritually understood we are enabled
to declare intelligently and without
fear of contradiction that as God s
children we never really had the dis
ease and never can have it. It is this
perception of Christian metaphysics
that makes it possible for humanity to
escape "from the bondage of corrup
tion into the glorious liberty of the
children of God."
He alone can call this teaching Im
practical who has not accepted and
pfoved It true In demonstration.
Freedom Is Birthright.
We cannot bring out In our lives
anything above our highest concept of
God. If this concept makes God out
to be the author and sender of disease
it is perfectly consistent for us to have
disease. We could not even want to
get rid of it if we honestly thought
that God sent it. Christian Science
makes it clear to us that we do not
know the true meaning of freedom un
til we learn how to conquer the ills for
which a mistaken sense of God is di
rectly responsible.
Man's birthright is entire freedom
from bondage of every description.
There is therefore a law operative to
bring this about and Christian Scien
tists are striving to live in conformity
to this "perfect law of liberty." They
nave not yet reached the goal of per
fection, but they are breaking up their
fallow ground, making it ready for the
seeds of the Father's planting and they
are grateful for his spiritual blessings
already received.
We are duty bound to possess what
God gives alike to all his children. This
is accomplished by making active use
of what we are already conscious of
having. It is what one does with
one's wealth that makes one wealthy.
The mere hoarding of material riches
too often makes one1 a pauper Instead
of a prince in the sight of God. Belief
In the multiplication table would never
make a mathematician. The use or ap
plication of it would. Mere belief In
God does not make a Christian. The
application of his power to overcome
evil does make a Christian. Believing
in love neither makes us loving or
lovable, nor does it bestow upon us
the right of possession of any of God'a
blessings, but love expressed in thought
and action gives us spiritual dominion,
which is the only real freedom.
Quoting a poem from the Christian
Science Journal, entitled "Freedom"
(March, 1915):
When I have bowed my vsry thought to
thine.
wTim I can see with inner light dlvtne
That alt thou art is here and now and
mine
Then I am free.
When I above all sin and passion rise.
And thought with thee is raised unto the
skies.
And trustingly my hand within thine lies
Then I am gre.
When I can see thy will la best for me.
And Joyfully resign my will to thee.
And sek no lova hut thine Ah, tenderly
Then life will prove Indeed
That I am free.
Science Healinaj Interests.
The world today is deeply interested
In the subject of healing. Suffering hu
manity is looking in every direction for
surcease from pain. Usually as a last
resort it turns to Christian Science and
through the open door of compassion
ate love it finds its way into that haven
of rest and. peace which is above mor
tal ken.
The beneficent influence of Christian
Science is far-reaching. "It blesses him
who gives and him who takes." It is
no respecter of persons or ailments. It
appeals to all classes of people, bidding
them awakan from- the day dream of
life in matter. Those who listen to its
message of "on earth peace, good will
toward men," experience moral and
physical healing.
It is plain to the student of Christian
Science that the direct effects of wrong
thinking upon the body, such as the in
dulgence of malice, anger, hatred and
revenge, cannot be healed either by
drug or. knife. The root of the trouble
is not visible in any physical manifes
tation, but lies hidden in the dark re
cesses of mortal consciousness. In
this consciousness must we grapple
with every mortal belief, theory, opin
ion and suggestion and silence its self
assumed right to existence, before real
healing can be accomplished. Only
through mental surgery. in other
words, do we make practical use of the
ounce of prevention. Drugging the poor
innocent body to correct the effects of
sinful thought is little else than try
ing to erase a shadow on the wall with
out interfering with that which is re
sponsible for the shadow.
Moral Fault Assailed.
Christian Science deals directly with
the moral fault in the treatment of
disease. If one is receptive to the true
idea of God, ready and willing to be
shown how to change his habits of
thought, this idea will quickly supplant
a multitude of erroneous theories and
opinions and often bring Immediate re
lief from suffering. When anxious hu
man thought is thus removed from the
body one catches a practical glimpse
of what is meant by being "absent
from the body" and. "present with the
Lord."
The greatest Teform movement on
earth totlay is Christian Science heal
ing, because it means the coming of
Christ to human consciousness. One
who honestly approaches Christian
Science, even as a remedy for some so
called physical ailment, will meet with
the greatest surprise of his life. Self
ishly thinking that he would be satis
lied with bodily healing, he is amazed
to find himself face to face with in
finite blessings immediately available.
With the exuberance of newly kindled
joy he is wont to exclaim: "It is too
good to be true!" But he very soon
realizes that he is but awakening to
the truth of hi being, that man in the
image and likeness of infinite mind is
the natural recipient of all good.
It must therefore be seen that Chris
tian Science healing is no impractical
or theoretical vagary of the human
mind. On the contrary, it means trans
formation of the body by the renewing
of the mind. It means the mental re
adjustment of every human condition.
It is one's only passport to happiness
and success. It means conformity to
law and order, the ability to think and
to do as God would have one think
and do.
Physical Healing Secondary.
When brought face to face with the
goodness and grandeur of infinite mind
the thought of physical healing pales
into Insignificance. But as an essential
of Christian development and progress,
as an awakening from a material to. a
spiritual sense, its importance cannot
be overestimated. Regardless of race or
creed, one must experience and under
stand the Christ healing before one can
find one's way into "the secret place
of the Most High." As Jesus plainly
stated it: "If I with the finger of God
cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom
of God has come upon you." (Luke
xi:20). Christ could not come to one
without making known his healing
presence. His coming is not a theory
but an actuality, an unavoidable, in
controvertible, demonstrable fact, an
active vitalizing prelude to all true
spiritual attainment.
It is the mission of Christian Science
to overcome faith in so-called human
antidotes and to point humanity to the
one perfect everpresent antidote of
divine love. Jesus prescribed one uni
versal remedy for every human discord,
whthe-r in the form of sin or sickness.
He said: "Come unto me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest." This meant something
more than to pay him a personal visit,
else his words are a mockery to present-day
Christians. It means to gain an
understanding of the Christ, truth, as
the one and only Savior of mankind,
and this is done only through a renew
ing of the mind or consciousness of
mortals. A mind laden with images of
sin and disease has not experienced the
coming of Christ. It may profess belief
In God. but such belief fails to bring
salvation or even surcease from suf
fering. A spiritual glimpse of the eternal
unity of God and of man In his image
and likeness is the great burden-lifter
of mankind. It brings a sense of peace,
Joy and health that surpasses all hu
man knowledge. It softens the disposi
tion, chastens the affections, silences
false rride and self-will, comforts the
sorrowing, quenches false appetites
and last, but not least, it does away
with the evidence of disease. Thousands
of witnesses in all parts of the world
will testify under oath that Christian
Science has healed them of so-called
incurable diseases. There can be no in
telligent denial of such testimony. The
evidence is overwhelming that Chris
tian healing is today an established
fact' in the world.
Mrs. Eddy's vision of the Christ not
only healed her of the effects of a so-
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I. W. Rogers.
Five public lectures or theo
sophy and occultism will be given
at Eilers Hall, beginning today
at 3 P. M. The speaker will be
L W. Rogers, of New York City,
who is National lecturer for the
Theosophical Society. He will
lecture on "The Living Dead,"
"Reincarnation." "The Laws of
Destiny," "Theosophy and the
Bible" and "Lords of the Law."
Mr. Rogers is an author and
propaganda manager for the
Theosophical Society iri the
United States and Canada.
called fatal accident, but enabled her
to reach a purified mental height where
she could spiritually discern the deep
things of God and give them to the
world. She named her discovery Chris
tian Science. She was, to use her own,
words, "only a scribe echoing the har
monies of heaven in divine meta
physics" (The First Church of Christ.
Scientiist, and Miscellany, p. 115), con
sequently she had no excuse to offer
for inditing the pages of Science and
Health. The world owes a profound
debt of gratitude to this noble woman
for what is contained in this unique
book. There are many thousands who
can testify that the Bible was a sealed
book before Science and Health came
to them.
False Teaching Is Burden.
Mrs. Eddy as the discoverer and
founder of Christian Science fought
the good fight ana bravely won her
laurels. Her works which have fol
lowed her have proved her one of the
greatest and yet most humble of reli
gious leaders and teachers.
The world is burdened with false
teaching. There is much concerning
health and disease which is misleading
in the extreme. It is the province of
Christian Science to correct such teach
ing by turning the thought of human
ity to Christ Jesus as the sole author
ity on all subjects essential to human
paogress and happiness.
Who could accuse Jesus of ever es
tablishing a clinic? He paid little at
tention to disease or its symptoms, but
he constantly healed the sick by the
spoken word, and he bade his follow
ers do likewise. His ideals of life em
braced no knowledge of disease as an
entity or reality. His mission, as well
as that of Christian Scfence, is to prove
such knowledge unreal, a nonentity.
This was not and cannot be done by
human argument or reasoning. It re
quires spiritual understanding, and ac
cording to Scripture this understand
ing is a "knowledge of the holy." or
holy one.
What would be thoTight of a watch
maker who should establish a school
for the purpose of teaching and study
ing the subject of broken watches? In
what way would such a course of study
assist in the construction of a perfect
watch?
Would years of study of counterfeit j
money enable one to detect a spurious
bill sooner than could one who is thor
oughly familiar with, the genuine bill?
Would the musician who advocated a
systematic study of discords ever suc
ceed in bringing out a true sense of
harmony to his pupils?
Would the moralist who spent the
most of his time in looking into vice
and wickedness be enabled to impress
his followers with a sense of purity
and moral rectitude? Would not this
negative research on his part tend to
dim his perception of spirituality? It
is "the pure in heart" who see God.
Has anyone ever heard of a school
of mathematics where mistakes in cal
culation are specialized to the exclusion
of the rule of exactness which alone
enables one to correct such mistakes?
What housewife would add to her
skill in breadmaking who devoted her
time and attention to analyzing and
classifying different kinds of unpala
table bread?
Which engineer would you sooner
tniBt to pilot you safely across moun
tain and plain, the one whose thought
is prone to dwell upon the possibility
of accidents or the -one who is fear
lessly and confidently resting in the
thought of safety and divine protec
tion? Would a human parent be very liable
to advise his child to make a special
study of malice, envy, hatred and re
venge as a preliminary to understand
ing the nature of ever-present divine
love?
AVhy Kxcept Disease f
Then why make an exception in the
case of disease and Insist that it alone
among the errors of the human mind
shall be feared, studied, investigated,
classified, discussed, diagnosed and
published broadcast in the attempt to
find health? Christian Science makes it
very clear to the world that this is a
very sure method of perpetuating dis
ease and of eradicating one's true
sense of health. Since this method has
been in vogue diseases and fear have
multiplied and suffering has increased.
One of the first lessons of Christian
Science is to reverse this barbarous
habit of thinking, talking and herald
ing the symptoms of disease. There is
nothing more enervating and demoral
izing than to magnify in thought some
phase of evil which one would over
come or destroy. Can the popular evil
of so-called disease germs ever be
eradicated without ceasing to fear it
and without ceasing to hear, think and
talk about such subjects? Every pro
fessing Christian should know that the
mental image of disease is one of his
very worst enemies and that theChrrst
or true idea of God comes to rid him
of this enemy. He will then recognize
Christian Science as his best friend and
become a stanch advocate of health
and an opponent of disease. He will
study, think and talk about the thing
he wishes to experience and not about
Its opposite.
There is a lesson for us all In the
experience of the specialist who often
succumbs to the very disease of which
he has made a specialty. Many of us
also know the effects of reading medi
cal works. '
Why should humanity be loath to
hear the truth about the action of
wrong thought and to take the neces
sary steps to correct it? Why should
it be skeptical concerning the only
possible means of protection from er
roneous beliefs?
Protection Not Human.
Protection is divine, not human. The
law of right is the only iaw of protec
tion. Only an ignorance of God could
tempt one who is doing wrong to ask
for protection In his wrongdoing. Truth
does not protect error, love does not
protect hate. Right thought is no pro
tection to wrong thought, but when
mortals repent, change their mode of
thinking, divine protection is near at
hand.
'Man's inhumanity to man" Is all
based upon a misunderstanding of God
and man. Can such inhumanity be done
away with without a correct idea or
understanding of God? Indeed not! No
more than could a mistake in computa
tion be eliminated without a correct
understanding of numeration. The right
idea of love is the only remedy for fear
or hate. The study "of a hundred vol
umes of human dissertation on the sub
ject of revenge would never overcome
revenge.
Whatever is inherently right, being a
law unto Itself, is its own protection.
Right thinking is right practice. Wrong
thinking is wrong or malpractice. The
one needs no protection, the other could
not have it if it wanted it.
If Christian Science practice is right
and we know that it is right then
no human legislation against it can
avail anything, since there is and can
be no law against the operation of
God's law. A right Idea in action ex
presses the power, law and dominion
of Its principle. God. It needs no ex
cuse for being about the Father's busi.
ness. any more than does the sun for
shining alike upon the just and the
unjust.
Hypnotism Not Employed.
In deference to the world's ignorance
of Christian metaphysics we speak of
treatment and practitioner in Christian
Science. Students of Christian Science
who have experienced healing and re
generation, who have made a thorough
study of our leader's works and are
loyal to her teachings, are in a position
to prove to others their understanding
of the Christ healing. Through what is
known as treatment hundreds of per
sons throughout the world are daily
being healed in Christian Science. Such
treatment is not the eroneous influence
of any form of mesmerism or hypno
tism, of one human mind over another,
but is the activity of the Word of God
in human consciousness. It is the
mental approach or coming of the right
idea of God. It is the proyer that knows,
instead of believes, what constitutes
the kingdom of God in man.
Many who are sufficiently purified in
thought and manner of living to ex
press the right idea of treatment and
who can devote their time to such
work, are known as Christian Science
practitioners. Their mission is not pri
marily to effect physical healing, but
to bring to humanity a scientific un
derstanding of God and his "saving
health." This right idea of health acts
as a spiritual leaven, purging out of
human . consciousness every erroneous
or unholy thought.
There is nothing more sacred than
treatment in Christian Science, and the
practitioner who lets God give the
treatment is indeed a true follower of
the Christ. The real work of the prac
titioner is to purity his own conscious
ness so that it may become a trans
parency for truth to shine through. He
arrogates no power to himself. He in
dulges in no self-glorification. Ha
judges no man.
The practitioner is therefore no men
tal freak or prodigy; he wins his lau
rels through faithful systematic work.
He knows that "to work is to pray"
and that the only service is a service
of love. His God-corrected mentality,
constantly radiating truth and love, is
a boon to any community. As a righc
thinker his moral and spiritual censor
ship of world conditions is constantly
sifting the chaff from the wheat. Ho
is constantly doing as he would be dona
by and loving his neighbor as himself,
in a word, minding his own business.
Text-Book Is Key.
Along with all great subjects. Chris
tian Science has its text-book. Science
and Health, with Key to the Scriptures,
by Mary Baker Eddy. This book i.-
indeed a spiritual key to the Bible and
as such it has proved itself to be the
Bible's best friend. It has opened up tha
hidden spiritual or metaphysical mean
ing of the Scriptures, has caused thou
sands of persons to reverence the "book
of books" as never before, to ponder
and study its sacred pages from a pure
sense of love for the truth, has greatly
increased its sale and circulation, in.
fact has made the Bible an indispensa
ble companion in numberless homes in.
all sections of the world.
Despite all opposition to what tno
world imagines Christian Science to be.
the demand for Mrs. Eddy's book i
constantly increasing and its inspired,
healing message continues to bring joy
and happiness into the lives of suffer
ing humanity. In the words of one who
has recently tasted the word: "I hava
been studying Christian Science for
nearly a year. Need I say that I have
Just begun to live? I have burst the
chrysalis of ignorance and doubt, of
misunderstanding and fear and am.
joyfully beholding the beauty of "a,
new heaven and a new earth." My wholn
plan of thought and action has been
revolutionized. I have found health;
but above and beyond that. I have
found that peace which passeth all un
derstanding." The silent influence of a,
book that will accomplish such won
derful results cannot be stopped by the
frenzied attempts of malice or intoler
ance. Careful Study Advised.
Science and Health is making its apw
peal to all humble-minded persons.
Through a prayerful study of the book
thousands are daily experiencing moral
and physical healing and acquiring a.
demonstrable understanding of truth.
Little reason then why it should not
appeal to all classes of people In their
varied vocations. Some of the leading
artists, actors, musicians, authors, pro
fessors and scholars of the day will tell
you that Science and Health is their
daily companion and that they draw
their inspiration from its sacred pages.
Prominent business men the world over
say the same thing. They will also de
clare that their application of the prin
cible of Christian Science has brought
them their only success in business.
Broad-minded ministers, physicians
and lawyers and many more of tha
world's best people are studying the
Christian Science text-book, some open
ly, others in the quiet of their homes.
Thus the leaven of truth is at work,
sometimes in directions where least
expected. The Christian Science
churches are constantly increasing in
number and in membership and in this
connection let it be remembered that
the only pastor of the Church of Christ,
Scientist. Is the Bible and Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Results certainly prove that the
Christian Science text-book is a scien
tific presentation to the world of right
ideas. These brave warriors of the
mental realm will continue to "fight the
good fight of faith" and to "lay hold
on eternal life" until "the earth shall
be Allied with the knowledge of the
glory of the Lord, as the waters cover
the sea" (Hab. ii.24).
In the words of Abraham Lincoln:
"Happy day when all appetites con
trolled, all poisons subdued, all matter!
subjected mind, all-conquering mind,
shall live and move, the monarch oC
the world. Glorious consummation!"
CHICKENS TO BE SLEUTHS
Minneapolis Detective AVants to
Trace Grain Theft AVlth liens.
MINNEAPOLIS. April 3. Waiting
for the snow to melt so he can put
to test a new theory in thief catching
is what Deputy Sheriff Sam Holt is
doing these days. Every hour of sun
shine, he says, shortens the distance
between him and a certain person
under suspicion of stealing a sack of
grain from a Brooklyn Center farmer.
The loss of the sack was reported,
early in the Winter. It had been taken
in the night, the farmer said, for ho
traced the suspected culprit half way
across a field, only to lose the trail
because of fresh snow. The start of
the trail was easily discernible because
there had been a leak in the bag and
some of the grain had fallen out, leav
ing telltale tracks, beside the foot
prints. The abrupt ending of the trail in tha
freshly fallen snow made further pur
suit impossible, and the baffling case
of the bag of grain was reported to the
Sheriff's office. ,
"I'll get him in the Spring." Deputy
Holt informed the complaining farmer.
"It may take some time, but you let
me know Just as soon as the snow is
off the ground. I've got some chickens
that will follow that trail, and they'll
lay the crime right at the door of the
wrongdoer."
Cross Ulazes Sky Iligli.
WOODBURY. N. J.. April 1. There
was considerable excitement about this
section all day over the appearance in
the Western sky of a rainbow-colored
cross, and Bible students have been
searching for something that would
enlighten them on the matter. The
Book of Revelation has been scanned
and ministers called -up, but up to. this
time the sign has not been interpreted
satisfactorily.
The superstitious naturally foresee
continued wars all over the world, and.
within 1000 years, the end of the world.
Those who saw it. as the sun came up.
say it was a perfect cross of brilliant
colors.