THE OREGON STATESMAN: WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29, 191.
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A LECTURE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Frank H. Leonard, C S. B.
Member of t-M Hoard f I.ectiirhlp
l f ie Mulher Church. Tho
f:i tiiuich of Christ"; Kihn-
tist, l ItHStOH, JuaH. ... ,
A
the Icelandic translation of tb? HI-! time In thought the m
ble, becaure tt is our duty to eeelality. as it U taught bv.Mr. fcddy.
that Christ, is lifted above human 1 we will realize our abiillv to think
sense into spiritaar realization, that real or Godlike, truthlike, or We
aning of re- fleh is heir, an.i e-it....i:.-hcd t!i ' birthright, ar&d are to be experieue-,
Truth has for all an impelling
Inter6". '' :11f; Greta i Phillips,
in .introducing -Frank II. Leonard.
Tiie children enquire if itt4sa Irne
story antf cliltdfen oCS ijarger
growth ht h tlft.iviith about
the qaeMlori whKli constantly -con-;
front us. Mrs. Eddy F&n&n. page
223 of the Christian Science text
book. Science and Health wjth Key
worldtof the Scriptures, 'The question,
"What is Truth," convulses ine
world.', ' ; :: ' ;
Especially do we long to know
the truth about God and man's rela
tion to Him. The perplexing ques
tions. Whence? whither why?" ever
recurring go unanswered until we
grow Impatient of theories, and "de
cide, perhaps, that no one knows;
yet we grope bUn.oiy. on In our search
for light.'
"No doubt many of you have come
this evening with these thoughts up
permost, and for such weary seek
ers for Truth. Christian Science ha
a loving message, .a most satisfac
tory answer. Some may have come
ia a spirit of fairness, a bit Incred
ulous, but witflng to be convinced
To you Christian science ' offer
nrartical nroof in its healing-power
Many of ns have already experienced
the blessings oi - tBfisiau ocw-d-end
with hearts overflowing, with
love and 'gratituo'e. desire to '-drink
more deeply from the fount ol in-
spiration... to. gazejifartber into the
vist, :ol C JnGniteV possibilities. of
which 1 . wt' have' caught , glorious
glimpses... For all receptive hearts
there is a blessing in the message of
the speaker, who comes authorized
to tell us of .his subject, Mr. Frank
H. LeonardC S. B., member of the
Board of Lectureship of the Mother
Church. The First Christian Church
of Chr.'st Scientist in Boston. Massa
cbusetts, who will now address you:'
SPIRITUAL REGENERATION.
Christian 'ScienceV; was first
brought to my attention in the fall
of 1-S84 and under the following cir
cumstances. About half my life tip
to that time had .ben spent In bed.
The physicians: all. said t had beop.
born wish nhfiuenrablfj' organic dis-
eane, and .that It was improbable that
. 1 shJuld:!!Uv? 'to-: reach manhood
Tli' ir'kttUtitonts about; to be
ptovtd Ke wh(n through a ess! of
healing.' .n, Christian Science . was
brought ilnto our ' home, r Thi led
to my having' Christian ; Science
treatment; so successfully -that three
' wnlhs later oir family physician
said a rajraclejhad been per formed
attd that J was:absolntely" free ronti
ut physical . d isease. : '-' :
Dccauae of uy: condition; and as a
rrf.-T-tjcn for what w-as deemed in-
evltablc, God had Jeu explained to
m far mo-.e, than Isyusual with , a
small child, and!;tje statement fre
quently madpt-thatlHe sent sickness
'ni suffering 'as a chastening and
purifying preparation for- the Joys
of the kingdom .of-heaven. Natu
rally.' however, , the only thing I
thought of was the sufferings and
when I was told that God caused it
a terrible sense of fear and of help
lessness arose, wheh love , and , trust
should have been present. We can
never " love nor trust anything of
which we are afraid; therefore the
thoughts about God were locked in
side my consciousness, because of
my fear of giving! them utterance.
The name, and" not the nature, of
i'rod. then as now, was all that most
people knew; so ray surprise was
great and unqualified when I learned
that the healing wo:k in Christian
Science -Is , all , accomplished 'through
a right knowledge of God; -that
there is nothing peculiar dr- secret
about the- tvqrk done- not Is the ahil
ity to in it confined-. to a select few;
it is tobe hcqwiretf. through, growth
in grace. 1 1n; fact.1 Cbrlatiin" Science
rives humanity, a cear apprehension
of tho birthright-of man, of how to
jraln it.'aad how to Use It.
- ; i . GOD . ,:.
Chttstian r- Science unfolds to Its
students tnll-V knowledge of. .God
whlcl keps one ell mentally, mor
ally, 'and chysically, and shows that
Ignorance'rof Him U .the procurer
of Mia. sickness,' and deaths It.teach
es that rcpenerated thinking me?ns
regcne-.aUd livlnsr in all ways. It
reveals through an endless, infinite
vista of. Christian ! idealism. G6d en
throned, and omnipotent, oninlpres
nt, and omniscient, and the fact
that one may intelligently' call upon
Him In any. time of need, and always
find , Him right at hand, realdy , tq
bal and iave. This teachings brif-gsj
Cod to us as n al nresence. instead
of an eiihemeral hope, and sopstab
lih-t the fact normally and natural
ly that He has-dominion over; all
things, including; the 111$ of the
Xlcsh. : and .will i destroy all evils.
. Ph'ther they prclsnt thenifelves as
mcTiUl, nirat.r phyiUeaU when 11
Is Intelligently asked toNlo so.
It Ha beepj ild? Uiaf Chris
tian dentists are too fanunar with
Cod. i TheysA ? familiar'.fKlth God
lecause, knowfng IMnfitrTie wrhat
He is. knmvineiJMm to be both 'he
Father and Mother of all His chll
Ireti, they jro to Him with all thei -
nuuwies, , sure una ma iotb idu
wisdom will disiwol thern. It is lust.
however, in this' connection to say
that no people on earth so venerate
worship, and adore Him as do Chris-
two Scientists;, nd this I true be-
causjtf never fails them in their
- extremity.
We are told in the Bible that we
wustlie regenerated. Re gent-rat ion
1 f 1 -. jt mintaU iand ia followed by
tne outward - results as a natural
consequence. ft Is "rery practical
ail maoKinu may be drawn unto
Hint, and find the-freedom- promio4
them. . ..
The marvelous life and works of
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer
and Founder of the Christian Silence
movement, its rorcver revered Lead
er, and the author of Its textbook,
"Science nnd Health with ; Key to
the Scriptures.", have destroyed the
darkm sh and mystery htiretifore sur
rounding C d and Christ Jesus, anrf
will literally, to quote from one of
like thought. . because we are cloth
ed and in our right Mind, and the
result is that we rind salvation has
t-oaie into our midst.
Yve often hear it said. ".My fath
er's religion is good enough for me,-'
but this stand is not the stand that
our forefathers took. The occupa
tion of this continent by civilized
races was begun by a' body of people
who left home and country because
they Haw the need of ah if her and
purer sense of . God. a ctearef cali
ber Poems lift the shade of Bloom" ! station that religion in its ibserv
. m I . . I
ance is quite us - essentia! ori wik
days as It is on Sunday. ThA reve
lation which Mrs. Eddy has named
Christiau Science is the culmination
of devout, pure desires to knoiv God
as He Is. Christian Science In the
tew years mnee Mrs. Kddy wrote
"Science and Health with Key to the
ftcriptu-ies,' has grown to le the
ana ror mankind make "radiant
room" "in the life and the love of
our Lord." In Science and IJralth
nftd all her othe- writlnttH, Mrs.
Eddy han'iven us the spirit of the
word of God-os lle revealed it to
he?. After the Revelation came, she
tried and tested It in all wars aud
healed the sick In innumerable In
stances , with the knowledge of God Ifeat factor it is hi the religious
wnicn it cave to her. until, when 'she W0l,a nwaiise it satisfies, with the
am give it to the world as If wasjworKS that follow thet practice or
Pivafn to her. she did not ask min-ht. "Hie longing for the endnrine.l the
Kina to accept a faith without works. cou, and the true, divorced from
uui gave. . tnem a glorified faith. jau uniiKe uou or good. -mergingr-lnto
' understanding because! To understand fully what a glori
ous thing the- liberty of the sons, of
God is. one must unle"stanfi that
the word "rear as it is used tin
Christian t Science means alwavs
God, and that which is like to Him,
and per contra the word "unreal"
means that which seems to bo, and
of the i&r: ks it accomplished.
We sometimes !iar Christian Sci
ence referred to as "Eddyisin ." but
It would be more proper to refer to
it as "pure religion and nndefiled."
Mrs. Eddy never claimed Christian
Science to M a. croatlnn nf ha. ni.m.
: . ... f rfct itAA'iit.a 1 1 I. .)lnnnKi,. i i .
it was revelation rrom God. Thei m. ,k ,r viiaiij-u jit- aui m
works acconiplished thrt.u2h its min. cays- sina- an1 di"s- not iuani-
istrv durine the nnet rirtv M1 God in any. way. So when. you
rt . me K-rmtnia - .
justify her. claim. She further felt nar a ctirtstjan Scientist say. or
that God fsv it tft her fo.lwne you roaa in - Airs. Eddy'a writ
mankind that ignorance about Him M083 a statement. to; the eHect. that
should be eliminntni thna .iCQtl 8'n; disease, .and death are, unreal.
ing all e7lls attendant upon snchr?e mpar.infe meaneio; be conveyed is
ignorance. We can now know the inal lDey are "ke;God. j I am sure
truth about God and about chirst au agre inai""Ja flocs not 8,n
and the . Dihl tita does not get sick, end decs not die.
know this in order, to attain -ver-1 vv nen we have tftis t view we
ability of tveiy iunn to be bis own
practitioner in proportion to hla wii
liurnefs to give . up' his own way
and to find God'a way, and a bid-.
therein.
.Hecsuse of long years of Intimate
association with the practice, of
Christian Science 1 make the unqual
ified statement that religion at' Is
taught and demonstrated by Christ
Jesus always, and often instantane
ously, heuU the sick. It did this
when Jesus practiced It. when the
dl iciple practiced it, and to: abouf
three hundred yean after Jesus was
od earth, and, the healing, tfflcacy
oi tne iMiglon ur Jisiu tne Christ
continued until formalism and per
sonal opinion acted as a mist to hid?
the. full radiance of the truth. The
revelation through -'Mrs.- Eddy has
dispelled this, and the glo.-y and
power of Cknl.azain stand forth iu
Its almightlness. the limuanent and
eternal Truth. Medical practice had
existed thousands of years before1
Jetius was born. and. the then gener
ation doubtless ft It it to be as ad-,
yunced In accomplishment as 'has
each generation since that tim. Had
the material method of. healing th
sick been 4?ods way, Jus would
have lined it. John refe.n to Jesus
as the "Light". that came into' the
world that, all men might believe,
and Jesus refers to himself in John's
gospel as the way, the -truth, and
the life. and. further' Ktatcs that no
man can come unto the Father in
any, way other than the one which
lb? Toint3 out. John" statement,
corroborating the one made by Jesus,
and Jesus' further one wherein he
tell ua "l am not com "to desf.oy,
Lut to .fulfill" (Matt. 5;17. give
occasion "for and demand. of the sons
ortnen careful attention 4 and pro
found study.' JefcUtf staled that He
did not come to destroy., but to ful
fill, and jit the same time through
His ministry .the tick! were healed.
I the sinners were cleansed, and the
lasting Life.
Among most illuminating. things m?nt '.vCorinthi
Eddy has written In Science Adan the m.an.J
readily pee tho spirit .f the Ute-dead raised; and ' He. did this mork
iaiu 15:22. "As in' without material remedies.,
of sin and matter.
and
God
Health are the synonyms for nd therefore unlike OodV "all.df
The.e svoonvm. hrino 1 even so in Christ" (the sinless imate
tne nature; and character of God. I . "nrurM me i-uangeiesBiy gooa
so comnletelv nrnvd thot ita l OT vaiorj snail an te made
lisiiriirlv i n hrir.cr m in. -ire I alive." . In other words, a right
and majesty, that obedience to the know,edge of 004 ispela the Ada
eommand tn wnhin uim in almic ll't and dream, and :evea!s
SniHt anil Truth K.wwr,- I God a3 the One altogether lovely, and
and we Innatelv become better nen who is 'ot Pl,rer y tQan to be-
find WtHUPI ruanca nrt IrnAW hniv
spiritually. If Christian Science re- lquitv" J" 1:13).
vealed nothing more than this, it
would eventually heal and save all
mankind
In considering these synonyms we
need to realize that Christian Science
teaches that there aie net two kinds
; aold evil, and canst not look on !n-
To many who read Christian S-i-
ence literature for the first time
there may seem to be contradictory
statements, even as -they seem to
exitt in the. Bible, but none exist,
a matter of fact. We are not cana-
of love, one material' and, one spirl- We of Jodgin any statement tint;!
tual, but claims that all the real
Love there is, eternally exists; and
it is in this manner that Mrs. Eddy-
uses all the synonyms.
we can reach the viewpoint of the
one making it. "Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures." like
the Bible, on which it is wholly foun
i ! t I . ,1 .1! . " ... 4f J ii
riul I. Mfa Tjr- h..h. .l"'o. .unc.Hses ana vi.niaaies an
ginning and po ending- It istheh"bJw,18,ro!n lw,Ul H',n,an a"d
manifesUtion of eternity. The hu- IV, -i"""'-''-i"".
man sense has nothing to do w th this, manner only can ih? spiritual
Life, and must be changed in order ff"? fParated from the laa-
to r.sp Life's reality as God man- 1 unreality, and mankind taught
ujw in worsinp uou in i-uuii ann in
ifesting Himself as activity' and as
creafAf. it is hat we all strive for.
ami shall the more nearly attaint as
--ve cease ta look' for lt in matter
and find it in. Mind.
lod is Truth.-We Jinow that with
out Truth nothing could exist. To
know- the- truth - about -Truth does
away with every imperfect, untruth
ful. or iwi(Qf thughttor; 4ec4 and
Its pehaUy. tndi flfselt. the nath
leading to -salvation, -w hich' is nal-
rowfwnly tcr those rwho Iwaat to go
astray. .God and? Love are1 one, It
troth.
p iiott in fepi
. SALVATION,
Ay hen we have pained & right
sense, of God, we find we have beg-in
to understand what salvation is and
from. what we are to be saved. Fun
damentally, salvation is having ou
thought so regenerated by a right
spiritual sense, of God that we know
there is and can be no such thing
as! a power apart from God.'-'When
we have learned that God Is Mind
we find we arto no longer in bond-
ihih '.Anrr t XiX age to a finite, corporeal mlsappre-
ueiiaiuii awjui fiiui, uuu wc irgnuui
makes the sunshine within, no mat
ter how dark and drear the human
environment, may seem. By 'it we
are taught how to seek our own in
another's good, and to love oii
neighbor as ourselves
Pethapa it seems very abstract to
say that G d and Frinciple are one,
and yet it Is true. Christian Science
teaches us the vital necessity of tak
ing spiritual reality , out of the ab
stract In order to .make practical
us of it in meet'ng our daily needs.
It reveals the immutability of. spiri
effort to idealize the so-called hu
man man and call it God- .In otre
words, we stop striving to find a
God made in the image and likeness
of a human being, and turn our
thoughts in ah endeavor to find the
man made in God's image and like
ness, salvation means a complete
cleansing from all thoughts or deeds
which seem to justify sin, disease.
and death, and a mounting up on
the wings of faith until the vision
of the all-mighty God unfolds In
tuaT ia; Provtagtbe
r n anA I and the translation of man and tn
less man: ';a '-creator aud creation al
ways in agreeinetn; changeless Love,
Changeless .Truth; changeless Life,
ana tnereiore, no hate, no lie, and
no death. iThls teaching is a .-adi
cal departure from . that given br
dogma and creed. We need no hu
man, -cpirion or belief to tind the
i.YVay," In Christian Science we
have no creed and no dogma, but
we a'.e. taught to follow the Lord
and Master in-fcot only lliswords but
In His works. Only complete and ab
solute following of Jesus constituter
real, pure, dominant, salmss rel'g-
universe into the realm of spiritual
reality is accomplished.
If a person seems -to be steeped
in the sin or immorality wnat win
accomplish his salvation? The keep
ing his thought full of that which is
pu.e, lasting, and real, the know
ing there is no pleasure m doing
wrong. He cannot do wrong unless
he first thinks wrong, so right thlnk-
ng is bid salvation. This elucidates
the fact that what we need salvation
from is wrong thinking. But, it
may be asked, what has thinking to
do with sickness. Everything. The
ion, that whch satisfies and reaches oay we or u.un i,wuu6
us In every hH'man need, enabling us wnren aibcoru '" cui w
to stand ani to see the glory of mankind la the belief In the past, in
God revealed! even In the so-called he:edity, or in wrong thinking. Man
physical nra-n and universe. kind has been taught from gener-
God anl Mind are one. There has ttt,u" iU , , .
been much controversy amongst "s4 '7'" ""J""
ho 'h ,.oii hAmiv.f lonly in regard to sin. and to offend
Christian Scientists over this basic d unwittingly by taking humau
statement in ' Christian Science. '"wf a"
though why there should be is in- f'P"" c"
comprehensible. Mrs. Kddy has A jt J. recen.H
,..1 , naw ."nt In ihla at ate. nine uau ' ' " " V r
ment. but. ha. pat nlo modern lan- re" in the jj.mlun
gauge the fact which John speaks Uppoorates separated it .from re
of ;nhU vosert- TLe first two verses 1- He made this statenunt in
l ih firtt t-hantr nf John are as I uuier anuv . upou iuuk- e-
u - r - - . ..... 41,.- Ill- rn .t ... t
I l,aoinrlnr wna I pose Ymsrtuuu. inn iimuuw
t--.i 1 'n, nr,.,j au with I tlippocraics, van was a . norne uw
u r,.- n,A Th tor. would explain his strong belief
w.' 1 ih Wlnnn, with In the torture of animals, but. frank-
rT.i... ' .tn,..u n.ii. m hn ly speaking, it seems to me that tht
the correlation between this quo- "''7 6 X 7,,,, "r ,h -V"
i.r n xi. wh 1 h I and thai the addition of thousand
v . . . . ... . I nf iiitA!icai in ihiiKA inrnierlv ue-
anva ihoncmi nnrt Minn arp imp. I ,
1- .h- 'w'n,fi i 1. h Sieved In. is proof that, the separ-
1 f h4. throiotit which - n. I alien OI lieaiins irum rviir.'o "
V -'' " " I l,u r.1,1 ...IcfaLo Tim re.
Jiglon oL oil: Lord and Master be alb
all the sick to whom it is appLed
and all the medicine needed is the
! right knowledge of God which Jesus
exemplified
He was the Great Physician, and
He hover made a mistake In dlag-
cedes It. And what is thought? u
is the expression or -activity of the
Mind which thinks it. And so we
can Plate that it logically is as cor
rect to say, in the beginning was
Mind, and Mind was with Cod. and
Mind was God, The same was 1n the
iiA.imiiiiT with CnA V. lipti we nro
willin to accept the fact that God nosis, nor did He ever lose a. patient,
and Mind are one. then we let "that As a matler or fact, the d scovery
xt! tw in n M aa also In by Mrs. Eddy that all religion had
chrui ieii" 'Science and Health. teen left, out of the practice of the
aav von nnii tfctnifti-M nt dpU! 197). . ami the result Is the neanng an. ana mat tne overcom-
rong.norca au thitk rpie and - - cci? m nl I shm en t of the workslne of sickness was. not progressing
do rhi if .! nin ,n ihrt rioht I iono ritrt - juiii laid ns to. do. I because of that very fact, led to
kacTl-'dce of CWA, nn.4 min'. rela. cannot -think': ; wrong, and
tJonyHin it j-th, and cling to .it. iccnsoqueptlyiCAnnot do. wrong, wnen
we ghAH alwayr i'be veil." W niwt we know'lhaT the Mind "which was
be KMUt.in all things to the lawlm) 1n Chiist JeausV doea thehtak
of C:i, or g-d; ae II 3 is called Ins.-if we let It. If we hold all the
the successful establishment of the
healing knowledge of Gcxi as the
"universal panacea (Science and
Health, p. 14 4). made tellglon dom
inant over all the ills to which the
Because thehealin'e work which
Jiia ana els itciple actuipilahed
has not been demonstrated on earth
for about sixteen h 11 ad red years
f'.any intc-lligent thinners 'have af
firmed it to be their ' opinion that
these works were never really ac
rompluhed. Christian Science proves
that they, we'e, .however, .by the
ivomlerful wortsnfis accoinplixhing
in the healing of the sick to-day
through sole reliance on the power
of the Word of God. - Jesus, through
His words and works, is the way
and 'the lisbt to the world. This
being true, the only logical tbiug
for mankind is to do as He said and
lid and not -listen to the sophistry
which declares ."such times have
gone by" and "it can't be done now."
He gave us the light. showd as
he efficacy of 'a rigtt knowledge
of God, and told us the :eults which
believing on Him would produce.'.
Why shanld w doubt the power
of the Vord of Cod in healing the
lck? , W hy should it anvtti an al-
stnetion, -therefore so ttaneiitU-n
tal as to bo imporible , of ue in
meeting our daily .n-feds? Why
bho'ild it not M-em as. divinely iu.ni-
rat iu tius ate aii it, j ninticMi
liundred years. ago 10 be able to mty.
as did th- blind man to whom Jcfus
estored hiK. sight," "Whereat I was
blind, now do I J see ' Surely we
do want the living God. We do rot
want a Co.1 who has depa'ted from
us. Christian Fclence asks of th
human faintly, as Paul did of King
Axrij-pai "Why should It be thousht
a thing incredible with you. that
led should raise the dead." Arts
26:8. W hy should there be any re
mo.istrar.cf or dcubt-that there is a
supreme rower' to which we may
appeal to meet all cur dally need.
whether they seem- to be nunial.
moral, physical, or financial, while
accepting the human teaching that
there is a power which holds the
earth and constellations in place.
governs tho daily revolutions of the
earth on iu axis, and Irii i the sea
sons in oracrly sequence. y ar after
year
Tnerc Is not a man. vomcn. or
child on the face cf th" tnrth but
wants to believe there U this
changeless power, and that it is al
ways at hand to help u.t. as we turn
to it and trust it an ,ur Savior
Think what a privilege Is ours to
realize that we may reat all our bur
dens and woes on this omnipotence.
omniscience and omnipresence. a
power that U all Mind.1 all Spirit.
all Life, all Truth and all Love. How
we should be singing hosannas and
praises unto I God for the Joy of
knowing the truth, 'that means free
dom from all the so-called laws of
sin and death, revealing a fl:ni
foundation on the rock "against
hlch the gatC3 of hell cannot pre
vail."
It Is natural, divinely so. that we
ihould be well In all way, and It i
abnormal that we should be other
wise. We must remember that God
crcatc.1 man in His own Image and
likeness, and that "Image ' means
exact likeness or reflection; and
hen consider the logical deduction
from this basis. To have-a sick
image we must have a fcck original.
Therefore, if we admit the Image.
man. is sick, it carries with it the
admission that the original. God. U
tick also. I .ei us follow this line
of reasoning still further: ir. as
Habakkuc tells us. as already
quoted. God Is "of purer eyes than
to behold evil and canst not look on
iniquity." and made, or even per
mltted. sickness to be made. an
further, if God saw everything that
He had made, and raw that It was
rood, logically we must consent t
the belief that sickness Is good and
godlike; and this would compel us
to Picture a sick God, and heaven
full of ele:nally sick men and wo
men.
iv we like th picture? Wauld
anyone care to co to heaven under
s-4 h IVumstan?e7 s The atren
ejntrarv to this abnormal theory 1
true, because we read In Revelation
hat all things are 10 Decomw new
nd John tells us that in heaven
there Is to V no mnre sin. no mere
w!row. and that there shall lie no
tuorf. .onln. Let us consider the"
two pictures, snd decide for your
self which seems the more rsticcsl
the n-r re?nnaMe,fnr yn to
believe and accept. I am sure f yn
do lhl von will arrive at th Chris
tian Science conclusion, that the
most desired of all things health,
peace. Joy, and freedom are our
id 10 b (tch
When spearing of man, the.
Chiintian Sett r.tiet do not mean the)
human structure or material lUsh'
ant Ixintj. but they mean real mn.
tpiritual man, the imice sn1 ltkvnoii 1
of the incorporeal God! They mean!
tn man Jesus so wonderfully po
trsyed wheu he walit on the wat
er an. pasxed throfii the nrid'-t of
the throng unseen, and who after
th crucifixion upp-ateil to the ds
rlples when they wrre, a.seiublrd in
n riM.m wlih all the 'door- .oseJ
Do. not confuse the iwi. On- is tl-r-nail
tht- Fame, and the other. the
mortal Is to Ik than red and chang
ed until k row 1 tig t;od cfimpletes its
perfect n t, and te translation l-
accomplished u herein we see God
as Is a ui kr.nw i,ur real self In
II. iin.i?e. It Is a .ife statement t"
make that 10 one who has rem hed
hat H termej middle life would
go kick and ro throiith all the years
behind, lit in or auvthlng In the
world.. If be knows that he would
bave to go through everr idiae of
them. ' N"o cne'will lok with Joy'r.i.
th theory of Wing perpetually sub
lct to mutation and chanc. For
this reason, then, if for no other, we
want to krrow our.-H-lres as GhI
knows ns. the same yesterday and
forever, splritnal .and perfect.
Did on ever bcome proHcient in
any branch of endeavor by starting
his ewoitK .tn the theory that he is
sure to fail? Hr.w long will it take
to become an authority cn any sub
ject if. before h. even lo:ks inside
a .text-book on the 'subject, one
starts bv saying: I don't believe
a word I am about to read nor a rule
laid down by which the problems
may be solved. I dont know a
thing about it now. and for that rea
son don't believe anyone. e does?"
We all know there would be 00 pos
sible rr.iicression. !'
",:No Christian Scientist ev'crnrgeb
anyone to investigate Christiaa Sci
ence for any purpose primarily other
than his own well-being. Christian
Suitnce has to be discerned Individ
ually, and salvation worked out to
the batis of acceptance in the same
manner. ' Yn 'will investigate and
study Christian Science for your own
beneHt. You have a. problem of
some kind. You don't mh-di able to
get any relief front it..' You.proo
ably have tried, in all the' human
ways, you - know, and - now have
brought a satisfactory solution. Of
course we kbuw that God should
have been sought first, but gener
ally it. not. Mankind usually turns
to God for a last- report. Remember
we are seeking for our own benefit,
so don't rtart out by thinking 01
naying. "It is too good to be true
that God will help me with this
problem."
As a matter of fact. whn we turn
to God as Christian Science tear he
1,4.4 tt do. we are uudr no obliga
tion to let it be known-. Let us
know, that God U good .and has
given us a goodly heritage-and that
we cannot be pa rated from It. We
uiut not insist that, we are perma
nently held in bondage to the lie.
even II evety one we talk to sayj
We are; bit we muet know nead
hat we hare every rodand" perfect
;ifl from God. and don't propone to.
rd cjmnot, be nparjted from It.
We must not accept defeat as Inevi-
table, bin rMher must know that
victory Ia uneipable, tii.it God hai
given u dominion over the earth
and the fullness thereof, and -must
realize that we ranuot help having
(hU dominion. We must think over
all the-phases of the trouble which
seem to J.-enet us. and get riJ of
believing them to b real; then
know with all our heart and all our
soul and all our mind that we are
not fraid. because we . "live and
move and hate our being" In the
perfect Love which destroys fear. If
we 'use Just these simple thoughts,
knowing it U the ChrUt-mind work
ing in 11. and the resultant freedom
accompanying thl knowing wilt
caute us to "praise God from whom
all blers'.ngs flow." and the reali
zation that our salvation 's a perfect
demonstration and a permanent
peace. snonia not oe airaia 10
strive to be perfect, nor think It
Impossible. Jesus told us to h per
fect." and He never made a demand
which is impossible of fulfillment.
It ts not demanded of 111 in it com
pleteness immediately, but we m.u.l
work at until It Is accomplished, ror
good requires it of.ns.
It' hss just be n indicated to you
In a few words how simple is the
foundatit-if work-" ia what we term
Christian Science treattrtnt. but we
roust always remember, rs It has
been nrevlouslV stated, that It " Is
the SDirit which maketh ."alive,
mi! tne letter-whicu "klllith." In
the end the words do not count, ion
have turned In the right d'rectlon.
and If you continue in It conserrat-
cdlv and petsistcntly. von will meet
with success ia your efforts, snd lll
je atle to hold fast that which is
KOOL
It lis natnral to assume rrom me
results of the first twenty-five years
of diriftian Science practce In the
wo-ld that longevity will steadily in
crease, until the age nf the Antedilu
vians is again the natural span of
life, finally to paw Intc. eternal eon
fdournesui of Life, without begin
ning and without ending. Material
scientWs have qucrtlnncu tie wiate-
ment that the Antediluvian roeas
nred. time by year, as we. do. Rome
nf them have insisted the moon's
phases wte the measure of time In
thoite days, snd that, therefore, we
hoMlJ ubtitnte months for years
in the Genesis narrative.
Iff we accent th! line of reason
ing to be correct. Adsm lived nine
hundred and thirty montns. insuaa
of veara. and so was Tout seventy
eight yeirs old when be died, thus
conforming close-ly to the theory that
the t.pan of a man's life en earth
is three rcore and ten. There is.
howeier. juM.one little thing stsnd
Inr In the nay of such a conclusion.
Seth.wa born, according to Genenis
h-i A van one hundred and
thirty jrs old. Reduce tbe years
to rw-nt!' in thl statcmnt. and It
wruM read that Seth was born when
,. v" j!v eleTen years eld.
aud nlrciv ine father of two sons.
r;n ?-d Alel. With Enoch the
absurdity I even tr.r-re evident! Me
thuakh was born when Enoch was
sltty-five years, according to Gene-slj.-
Reduce- the rears to months ia
thla case, and It would read that
Melhusoleb, was born when Enoch
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iM-coliar ronclmiup. fn't it, drawn
to -srus the constant decadence of
man s years since the days of early
Hlulr history, the decadence Science
ton?ttut th? law of life untu all
t!l'. ch:lir n.
' Had Mrs. Ldt!y not "been "a pro
found sal pniKtct.r Modest not
merely a r-aOr t ttm Lible. h
teuchea fcr the measure of suan-'ecu Id nctcr have Ld tbe retention
atna s ueparBre from uod. 4
Christian Science Is. It was bcr b
siiute truj-t In aud acceptance of all
the protnles in the I'.lWe, which ke;t
lier cn ctrth when ao material
method would suffice. After her
heal: d 5 she spent yesrs In a deter
mined etfn t to find the Imth which
had raised her. elinting to the
glimpM-s of llht which came, e en
did Jactb to hit angel visitants,
until these pure impart lions from
God became a revelatloo of His Im
mutable nature and power, and then
she haled others, even as she her
self had been healed. In otherwords.
the spiritual teachings found la the
Lible which Mrs. Kddy discerned,
are the sole and only foundation on
which the Christian Science move
ment stands, ftp'.cading its branch
like the tre of IJfe over all cre
ation. wlh Its leaves Us teachings
ready, at hand for the healing of
all mankind. . i
MSCOVERKR" AV1 FOUNDER
la closing permit roe to say this
abent Mrs. Kddy. She stands alone
in modern history as the one who
through conve-crstion has been able
to point out and to prove the rplrSt
nal Import of the life and works of
lesua tbe ChriM. showing us individ
ually how. 10 oe them la our daily
walks, bow to make of them for all
time a livinr. virile. Irresistible. Ir
refutable, and Irreversible power, to
the tearing down of the strongholds
of evil and the establishment of His
kingdom on earth as it I in heaven.
God placed His command anon her.
"d she obeyed It and lifted tbe.
Christ p from the earth, out from
matter snd Into Fp'-rlt. until we e
that all men are '.egirnlng to be
I'nm ntto Him snd the Ecrlp'nres
are fulfilled.
Mm. Kddy wrote "Science Sad
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
It was revealed to hr. snd
thourh it teaching may "-m hard
of acceptance, becauae it overturns
and rfet ror all man made theortee.
vet does It bring to n the ve-y
presence of Coi n clearly, fco vital
ly, and so nsably. t ?t time sinks
IpIo otwir'iy and the gtorl-a tf the
eternal Cvl become attendant In
ibourhi. all the earth 'hall rail her
blesd of Cod. a w-wtir t
paee snd h line to all mxnkind.
1
The Itook of I'salms la ra!ly a
book cf praytr.' Havld had had won
derfal blessings frou God. and yet
hU human ene lei him astray, un
til, ae fonnd hlmsetf la the very
depths and suffering the rewtt-qucn-rea
of turning to hi own way rath
er than to Cod's.' The PnalmB are
the result of his regenerated right
knowledge of . God. How they do
moet cf them ring with praise to
GoJ -on high, and how they help as
on to the Journey from wrong to
tight, and from darkness to light,
ia auy hour of need the spiritual In
terpretation of tbe Lord's Prayer, as
Mrs. Kddv gives it to ns In "Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures, is also a tower of trcngth
bringing out absolutely the right
sense of prayer, which leads to the
open fount or His limitless blessing.
CHRIST
We read In the I'.ibU that Jetn.
before taf arenion. said he wo-ild
not lea vi ( ns comfortlevt but would
send a ct-rcforter. whj w-uld always
stay with - us. Christian Scitrce
teahea that this Comforter is the
living Christ or Redeemer. that
ftand knocking at tbe doer of each
one's' thotght. seeking to ave and
regenerate. When a bad thoaght
roiiiea to icrapt as. if v are obedi
ent and always longing. that God's
will be done, a good thought comes.
and shows us the error of the other.
so we may cast tt out and not yield
to it. Is not this the blessed Re
deemer. blesej bey:.nd word expres
sion? Is not this the Christ, wh eh
nabled Jt-sus. though tempted Jut
as yon and I are. never to yield? Is
it not rea.onable to assert this' Is
what Jesus meant when he said. "If
I be lirted up from tbe earth. 1 1 ) will
draw all mn unto me"?
Christian Science does not use the
names Jesus and Christ synonjmous
ly, but teaches that Jesus was the
son or Mary, and Christ tbe spiritual
knowledge or Idea which actuated
him In all his ways. The whole
world rerognise-a tbe need tor a Ke
'leemT. Christians claim be came
and died as Jesna; the Jems that be
is yet to"c;;ie. Christian Scine
barroonUcj the apparently Inmir-
-1U""U'- unirrenre Between ine i - i n r.il,M,. k.Arli
Mw human opinions. reveals tbe.,, ... , i nntmA
e&eh and all of as. and thus male
spiritual Chrt as eser present f'hj,oa , r.M. ,-,,h. word of his
Chrlkt as arc pt able to the Jew as
to the Gentile.- It trakc a prolunnd
i ru predion on aaon wlien in a
Wednesday slsbt testimonial meet
ing In a Christian Science church
tiny hear for the first time a Jt w
testifying to his faith In and accept
ance of the living Cnrtst as his Re
deemer and 1ord. Christian ScuT.ce.
the-elorc. teaches ns that we have a
living Redeemer, and that this Re
deemer is Christ glorified. 1
TllK Hilll.K. I
During this address you have
heard the Bible so frequently re
ferred to and quoted from that you I
will certainly reallie how weChr'.s-!
tlaa Scientists venerate and study j
It. and how absolutely we know that.
Ur teachings, spiritually discerned, '
!rrac. which Is able to build yon up.
and to r've ton an Inheritance
xrannr all of. them whlc'a are saa-
Ctlfted"
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