The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 23, 1919, Page 3, Image 3

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THE ORIIfiOX STATESMAN: Yl:iKfil.V, AI'ltIL 23, 1010
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JUDGE GIVES LECTURE
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iygtem by which disease and pain
to be overfoinc; and it shows I
nyjjerson who earnestly studies and i
'practices it, that the evidence of the
enses is all there is to any suffer
inf. nd if this evidence be changed
Or overcome, the disease or suf fer
ine disappears.. Have you ever ob
lerved how the physical senses are
so easily and commonly mistaken
and deceived? One of the most ord-
Inary examples is that of sitting in
t railroad train that is still, and have
a train on the adjacent track pass
you going the other way. As you
watch the moving train, every sense
tells you that you are moving.' and
your escape from this delusion is to I
look away into the opposite direc
tion,, and then you see things as they
are. So, when the human senses tell
03 that we are .'-sick, We should look
iway rfonv the things of sense to
God, and see and know the real man
a he is in God s image and likeness,
and we shall come to know that this
real man cannot be sick or discord
ant. In this manner of thought, God
becomes a living, vital, everpresent
power and influence in our lives,
and we can begin to realize what
Paul had in mind when lie said. "For
In Him. we live and move and have
our being."
This brings me to a discussion of
what man is, and of his relation to
God. I suppose every careful reader
of the Bible is familiar with the two
very dissimilar accounts of man's
treation, as detailed In the book of
Genesis. You will remember that
the first chapter says: "So God ere
atcd'man in -His own image, in the
Image of God created he him: male
and female created he them." Chris-
tian Science teaches that this Is the
Jrue account of creation. It sets forth
""the spiritual man. When Christian
Science says that man cannot be sick
man; cannot die, reference' is made
to the real man, the spiritual man,
the God-idea. The possibilities for
man thus created in God's Image and
likeness are unlimited; such a man
rannot possess any qualities that God
has sot. and he must in a degree,
reflect every attribute of God. Other
systems of religious Instruction have
aught that the spiritual man Is ver-
fect, but they have not made this
teaching practical. They liave gen
erally assumed that 'man must firat
pass through the experience called
death, and after that, be invested
with his spiritual nature. They have
scarcely dared to hope that life could
be other than the generally accepted
"vale, of tears." Christian .Science
shows thai the truth concerning the
spiritual man, is- - scientific truth,
land, through Christian ' Seience.' It
may be Understood and .become op
erative in behalf of humanity. Chris
tian Science teaches that God's pres
ence in the lives of men ' Is not ; a
. theory, but an actual fact, that may
be, and should be relied -upon In all
circumstances and under 'all condi
tions.; It teaches that God's Omnip
otence, Omnipresence, jand Omnis
cience should be' borne in mind by
man' as actual: realities for his ben
efit in every human survey and un
dertaking,.. -This . will . be ; a wonder
ful world. -when all men begin to re
alize their .God-giveD heritage, no en
Tying, no "Jealousy ,:tio fault finding,
no ludgingV.. no coveting where all
is lore, Joy, peace, patience, gentle
ness, goodness. Man Is the expres
sion of God's goodness, of God's love,
indeed, of all the qualities of God;
and it is only through the perfect
expression that we can know God.
Was not this real man what Jesus
had in mind when He said, "Be ye
therefore perfect even as your Father
In heaven is perfect?" Through the
consideration of such facts, we may
begin to have some conception of
'.the bigness and the joy and rfeedom
, of this Christian Science teaching.
Let us turn now from this beau-
tiful picture to the account of man's
formation In the second chapter of
Genesis. "And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed Into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man-: became a living
; soul," and also the account of wom
an's creation, how God .caused a deep
v sleep to fall upon the man, and. He
took from the man a tfb 'and of the
lib,; He made a woman. With-these
. two irreconcilable account3 before
you. why do you hesitate to pro- Bee tnat in proportion as he becomes
ciaim yourseir ana yourrace orxnei n,htlnfid- he has cower over ig-
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true, type, the. real irtan with God
given dominion and power over ev
ery living thing; for; this power is
also -ordained by God In the twenty
eighth verse of the first chapter of
norance, especially when ' he per
ceives that this same ignorance has
constituted his own mentality. And
do you wonder that Christian Sclen-
vri&iilil Terse ui lue uisi vueywi v i . . . , , . .-. i
f i- w . iw,. i v-- wHltists. having learned the spiritual in
the promise given by Jesus quoted in erpre ation o . Bible and real
th iuimr.i Af thi lecture . "Be- izng that this same power is pos
sible for them, are grateful to Airs.
the beginning of this lecture . "Be
hold I give j unto you all power?"
Does It occur to you that perhaps
Jesus had in mind this early ordin
ance of God? Then as he had found
the world steeped in materialism he
proceeded to demonstrate by so
called miracles, step by step, man's
power to overcome all the power of
the enemy.
This might be the subject of In
quiry at. this time; what is this ene
my whose power we are to over
come? We find Paul saying, ""The
carnal mind is enmity against God.'
It is. therefore, this carnal or, flesh
ly mind, or to use Mrs. Eddy's ex
pression, the "mortal mind
tached value the-eto. Nothing could another to the Apocalypse or Reve
mre clearly indicate their distrust! laUon of St. John, wherein is set
record says He pronounced all ihlnga in God's ability or willingness to pro-j forth the spiritual and prope- in
being good and having all power. He
has made all things good; and the
Attending any Wednesday evening since its first appearance to the most
as very good. Then where does' your
evil originate? God didn't create it.
But, you say. what about the devil?
Certainly God didn't create a devil
to undo or make for naught the work
of His own might. Is it not pretty
clear to you. my friends, that you
Eddy for discovering the way? Mrs. cannot locate the devil by any rca-
Eddy in the Christian bcience .text- sonable theory? Tou caneot say he
bok, has explained that the expres
sion "mortal mind is not really ac
curate. , There is in reality but one
Mind, the infinite, the divine. There
are not minds many, just as mere
are not Gods many. As we live,
more and have our being in this one
Mind, no erroneous or harmiui
thought should come to -us to be
manifested in son? discordant or
ungodlike act. The expression mor
tal mind, for want of a more de
scriptive term, refers not to an- en
tltv. but to the lack of the one
Mind. When man' ceases to" reflect
testimonial meeting In a Christian
Science Church.wher nearly every
vide their loved ones with all their ' terpreUtlon of the IUble. thus Jus-1 fcpeaker refers In connection with his
needs. No fallacy has been more 1 tlfying that part of lu title. "Key fating to some passage from the
Bible, and how It has been made ap
plicable to his problem through spir
itual understanding as gained from
the study of Science and Health.
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-poaea u, .u . o '7" th divine Mlnd. then the human
Fseath. buto bBe spiritual senses soalled, have the ascendancy
11V- V5 Z " Then this and man may seem to be sick or sin-
carnal or mortal mind I& the enemy
we are to overcome. Mortal mind is
a state of ignorance, and when it
is the only mind that a human be
ing has or knows anytning aooui,
ning; but It is only a seeming, only a
counterfeit of the real, the eternal,
the perfect, the God-like man. Our
mission.- our constant effort and
prayer should be to let no imperfect
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It subjects him to every in io wuicu iiiij-i'-"" zz'." :
flesh is heir, and this subjection is for the perfect, or as Mrs. Eddy says
"V" r.rr.ed. on oaee 261 of Science and Health,
by iSt SortlMrlly called educa- "Hold thought steadfas ly to;the en
tlonTunlel. this education is carried during the good and the true and
w.th the understandfng of Chris- you will bring these into your ex-
tTan Sciecl " MortaF mind is full of perience Proportionateb ta their oc;
fear, of doubt, anxiety, envy, natrea.
noiiAA onH what not of all tnis
brood. It is no winder that man gov
erned by mortal mind is sick, or
tmhaopr. or a thief or a n rrie-er.
All th'se things are bit maniff sta
tions of the fear and Ignorance of
the mortal mind. Jesu early in His
ministry, told His disciples that thev
had power over this enemy, and this
Is easily understood; for anyone can
ennanev of your thoughts." Is not
this Indeed what the prophet had
in niind when he said of God. "Thou
at tf purer eye3 than to behold
evil?"
AS Christian Scientists are some
times criticised for detiying the re
ality of the so-called devil and evil
let ns proceed with this reasoning.
All will agfrw Hint" Cod Ms goad and
that He has all power, and that.
Just happened to exist. You nuust
conclude that there 13 one God and
no devil, or else that God Is not
omnipotent and that there Is anoth
er supreme power that is evil or
devil, and opposed to God, which
thought Is unbelievable.
But, you say, what will you do
with the Satan or devil the Bible?
What did Jesus say of him: "He
was a murderer from the beginning
and abode not in the truth, because
there Is no truth in him. When he
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own, for he Is a liar, and the father
of it." (John 8:44.) Is not this
the weightiest testimony to the fal
sity, the nothingness of the belief
in any actual devil or source of
evil? Think what a world of fear,
sorxw. unrest, sickness, suffering
and death this supposed Sat?n has
brought to humanity. It Is Strang?
how unready many of ns are still,
to deny him and to claim and prove
God's allness. When we come to
analyse the beliefs and practices of
men for centuries, we find that they
have been mainly Impelled by a fear
of some power that was superior to
God, or could in some way Outwit
God. This is witnessed on every
hand; for Instance, men build for
tunes and amass la-ge sums of mon
ey that no want or lack .nlay come
to them or their families for genera
tions after their own Hve3. Surely
men would not bend every energy.
work night and day. drive sharp bar
gains, starve their emfployees for the
piling up of money,, unless they at-
universally exposed In the lives and i O the Scriptures." The last chapter
than this; for called Fruitage, which has been aaa-
ed to the earlier editions, is a series
of wonderful lette-s and testimonies
front men and women from widely
separated localities, testifying to hav
ing been healed of blindness. deaf
Bess, rheumatism. Bright disease,
tumor, dyspepsia, stomach trouble,
cancer, tuberculosis, fevers and near
ly every known disease, simply by
reading the book. Science and
Health. The practical tribute to this
book is to be seen In the fact that
It Is found la yearly any public
lib-ary. In every Christian Science
experiences of men
did not Jesus say, "Seek ye first)
the kingdom of God and His right',
eousness and all these things will
be added unto you." for our guid
ance in this respect? Then, when
men have an ache or a pain, do they
seek the help of Him who is all pow
erful or do they for the most part
seek the aid of material relief? Mute
testimony this, to their distrust of
God's ability to overcome some pow
er opposed to Him. But what a
mournful testimlony is given in Bible
history of King Asa, who sought ma-
tinsparing and searching criticism.
Pbymlclans. preachers, editors and
teachers have tried to prme Its
teaching to be fallariona and tried
t accomplish its dcslrncr.on. but
It has stood the teat, and Is today
being published and far nmr widely
circulated than ever before, and Is
A . .1 l.lt W I I
m, . . wa ""WM"' - studied than any other publication
ence ard religion, the Christian .
nee text-book has been snbjeetedl (Continued on Page S) '
terial help for disease. To- says the ; Reading Room and la available to
record: "Yet in his disease, he any person who is interested. The
sought not to the Lord, but to the
physicians. And Asa slept with his
lathers."
Christian Science is trying to help
book itself tells its own story bet
ter than can anyono for it. For me.
it has Illumined the Bible, and re
vealed it as 'a storehouse of profit-
men to see and to understand that 1 able and life-giving truth, from
for every need, one should look to ! which cai be drawn supply for ev-
God, to the spiritual, and not to the T human emergency. That its pe-
materiai: But one may say, "We do rosal and study have brought health,
get some material relief." Yes. but' happiness and regeneration to a
It is only temporary', whereas, if one . great number of people cannot be
in Christian Science understands the
nothingness and powerlessness of
any so-called sickness or evil, he is
not only relieved, but is less likely connection
to experience me same raise oeuer
again. If qne knows that sickness
has no power, he will cease to fear
It, and with the overcoming of fear,
one of the great, producers of disease
will be gone.- Christian Science
teaches us that there is nothing to
fear, for God is all in all. One can
not f ea- Gor or good. 'Indeed. John
said, "perfect love casteth out fear."
The text-book. comiTionly called
Science and Health, was written by
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, the discov
erer of Christian Science, and was
first published In 1873. It contains
denied. Mrs. Eddy never Intended
that It should take the place of the
Bible, but be re id and studied In
therewith. Critics of
Christian Science have sometimes
said that Its followers do not read
the Bible. No critielsai eonld be
more nnjust. Christian Scientists
study the text-book and the Bible
conjointly. Provision tor this plan
of study is made In the Christian
Fcience Quarterly, wherein are
found aide by side, reference to pas
sages from the Bible and from Se
ence and Health, which are read at
the Sunday services in every Chris
tlan Science Church. Knowledge 'of
the Bible and familiarity with Its
contents on the part of Christian
a chapter devoted to Genesis, and Sol enlists Is plainly witnessed by
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