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SnUDTTOUP WTJ.TRTWOT1, WTOFORD. OTCBOOtf, FRIDAY. MARCH fi. IflKi
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Virgil 0. Strickler Lectures on Christian Science at Natatorium
A large crowd heard Virgil
Ostrlckler of Now York lecture on
ChrlRtfnn Hclcnco nt the Xntntorlum
IrhI night.
Judge William Crowell, In in'
traducing tho speaker, said In part:
"Christian Science ts God's love
inanlfoBt for us, by demonstrating tho
healing truths of Ills holy word. As
our rovored londor has. antd, by tho
power of Christ, truth, wo open with
Isninowherc, and whon It Is appro-(Word means, He fills nil space, and If eu-rt obstruction were reiuovuu,l.g more or loss than the false mor 'which ho hlimnti mind first dot rota, it ho matter both It It iIimikh Uup
bended by tho human mind It will Is In one placo In nrec solv the same tho lnw or grnvlullon would then I tul concent of man Iho inn-conconl und that hv odueullmt. lusti-iieHtm throituli lelhiuco upon dead eoloiu.iii-
omnnclpato those who npprohoud It degree nnd to precisely tho sauto ox- have Its perfect work, and would pull ' of man. It la precisely us though' und controlling tin hnmnn mind los or It I tint unrounoiilug faith, but
from bondage- to evil. Christian ; tent that He 1 In every other nlacc. tho object to tho center of tho earth.
Science asserts that ultimate truth Hoes that not lift one's thought That Is precisely what happens
concerning tlod and man and their above the concept of n limited (5od7 tit tough tho operation of spiritual
relationship Is revealed by the Scrip
ttires, nnd may be Rained by every
parson when the Scrlpturca aro right
ly Interpreted
And ts It not plain that o long n law. That lnw Is operating Iti human
people believe In a limited t.od, who consciousness, jutrt as far as the on
Is limited ns to Ills form, dwelling structlons will permit, which oh
Iplace, or goodness, they will continue structlons are mental qualities-super-
one should put on a pair of green Iwilh truth, we diall (htrohv coutlot through ibe iiKonoiutlon of tho
eyeglass lie would then look out ( tho bony with ttiith, nml the body , liumati niliul
upon a green universe. Ho might j u thou he hmlthv nnd haiitionlotlh Is that not prcrlnoh what HI. 1'aul
scrub and scour some object all lie .lust an eei'talulv un the human meant when lie said, "He jo tntnn
pleased, hut could never remove the body has mifrcred from disease uninformed bv the icnowlng of yolii'
green from It, because tho grooh dl'mulid. and has none down In wreck- iiiind,"' Can ihoro bo any oilier
would not be In tho object though i ngj lit nil of to ui;es of the past, ns'wnv for suffoiliiii men and women
tho key of dlvlno sclenco tho gates words 0f .lesuS make'lt plain
lilfroivi.ee llet wren llellcf unit Untior-M suffer from limitations -llmlta- stltlon, false hellefs, humnu will and, appearing to ho there, for It would the icsu't of wrong mental govern-, lo bo liberated from evil condltloim
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M.'lUIIII.tt' .. nuns nmi luniiuri to H.o Him mo tul tin- ii.ii-. .io iiiuj iiiu iu.h.ju'ii, uu , .. .. ivnn ...,..,,. '.... ..-. iin,.t. vintni . -.- i' i"' rmm iniiiniiiiiii-ii nmr 11 numi wi i.m. u
It Is sometimes difficult Tor people -"alien thereof, health, strength, men- spiritual law will operate further and' looked nt It. The only thing ium-oh-, that In the future the both will re-mud harinony except tlnough tho con
to understand how religion can heal'lal capacity, success, love, spiritual- further In human consciousness. ! sary for the man to do In order In spend with health and harmony. diloiiH evaugKlUatloti and regeneia-
sickness nnd destrov sin, but the ly and every good thlnn? Christian nilnplng good deeper ami deeper into irniisuuo uio enure universe oiick wuen it snail m goeiumi oy nun , uou or tiie iiumau uiimi?
,-.! r t... ,nv-..'n ,,ii.i,. Qtn.n Sclonro mnboH iiintn Hint luiiiinnitv hnmnn eMiorlenee. until nt lnsl. w hen Into Its normal aspect would he ftn' I mlud which was also In Christ .lesus." HeKarillnHS of whnt nun miiv think
of parndlso, which human beliefs had It Is through n knowledge of the can hope to bo emancipated from the every sum obstruction Mian nave been , "m mereiy u in.se on tne green, Hegardless of what any one iiiuj o iieiievo cnucorninK tlm iiooliine or
cloned nml find the ronl man imfnl- truth that theso results aro occom- curse of limitations In any nnd all of romoved, whMi tho human conscious-1 lenses through wbleh ho was looldim. , tlilnjv or say to the contrary, Chris- Jitoiietitent, It N plain ihjit there ettu
cioniii, ami una uio rt.ni nianunini .,,tsh(,d tho important ttilnc for each ' tlicso directions when then ami new shall have been complete. In like manner, tho i only thing neces- Ml, science has proved ho.uind all le no such thing as vicarious munit
ion, upright, vro nmt free; wnerouj i , , , nAnr.tK.un f women hn imrn bIvh un ihoir fnUn evancellted by truth, and evorv nior- sary fur us to do In order to trans-1 i,liun.liiiv nf RiuToxufull eoiilnullc- erallon. Ijiuli luillilivunl must uo
truth Instead of belnc satisfied with beliefs about n limited (5od, nnd shall tal thought shall have been Drought , iaie wuni seems in oe n maiermi inn t (,nt tu human body Is not nelf- inrougti inai proitss fur Himself, nml,
mere belief about it. In other have learned tho truth concerning Into obedience to Christ, ns tho Scrip-! verse aim material man duck into noting. It Is not u self-acting ma- e.mer here or lien
words, In order to find out how roll- Ms nature and character. turo commands, then the spiritual i the spiritual Is to take off the raise. , r,luo. Klnce It possesses neither lor Into the IiIiihiI
glon can destroy sin. sickness nnd nil I Cpon one occasion thev asked ,nw w,n ,mve ,l" lrfcct work In ; inortnl o CK.ftM.es. Intelllgenie nor sensation lu unr of when he shall havi
sorts of evil condition, it Is first Jesus t i ihZt ti, ininm man consciousness. In that day, Christian 8c et.ee Is making Plain HC,r, u ,,., ,,. obedience to supersttlo..s. ,.,-r.,j
necessary to train nn underslnndlne !of nml wont. I rn.,, n.,.i i, .n.T., .... men and women will walk the earth' in man) as iiuu so long as pepie;
w .- .-.,,,- -.... ---.nu ...- !' '
wo ronlUo our entry Into the glorious
liberty of tho children of God nnd as
Hln children wo find exemption from
want, from sickness and from sin.
"Hero Chlst shuts for us the gates
of bondage unto death, which no man
can open; and opens wide for us the
doors of Immortality which no man
can shut; bringing to use tho con
sciousness that tho Kingdom of
Heaven Is at hand, within us, not
through tho death of tho body, but
by tho Ilfo of tho Kplrlt. Thus
Christian Sclenco reveals Its divine
and healing mission to tho sons and
daughters of (od, giving to them
peace which passcth understanding,
add that Joy which no man takcth
from them.
The mother church at lloston main
tains a Uoard of Lectureship, com
posed of gentlemen who love their
fellow man, and who aro learned In
tho truths of Christian Science. Tho
speaker of this evening is n member
of that Board of Lectureship. Ho has
not conic here to defend Christian
Science, for tho mighty multitude
whom God, through Its ministra
tions of love nas released from dis
ease and redeemed frlm sin, makes
defense of Christian Science unneces
sary; neither does ho come to prose
lyte you. But ho does como hoping
to confirm your faith In God's unfail
ing Ipvo without criticising any
church or channel through which
that love first came into your con
sciousness; and lie also hopes to re
move some erroneous impressions
about Christian Science.
Mr. Ostricklcr said:
(lly Virgil O. Strickler, C. S.)
Member of the Hoard of Lecturesshlp
of The Mother Church, tho First
qhurch or Christ. Scientist.
In Boston, Mass.
It undeniable that Christian
Science has healed many sick people
and has brought about tho regenera
tion of many who were tho victims of
sin. Among Its membership aro
those who have boon healed of in
temperance, ot so-called chronic and
organic diseases, as well as of malad
ies that wcro acute or functional. It
has healed othors of sorrow, fear, un
happlncss nnd similar diseased men
tal conditions that often cause more
suffering and distress than physical
dlsordors.
In ovcry case of Christian Sclenco
Renting, whether tho disease was
chronic or acute, physical or mental,
the cure was 'brought about without
.the uso of hypnotism, -mental sugges-j
lion, drugs or any material means,
and entirely through the application
or tho spiritual and mota-phyalcal
teachings of Christian Sclenco.
Tho healing of tho sick, however,
is not the primary purposo of Chris
tian Rrlinro. Arrordlncr to thrt teach.
Ings of this Science all sickness andl Theso are only a few of tho Incor
idlseaso result from error and false rect beliefs which pooplo entertain
iwiir which nm Buminarlzoi! r.i sin. 'about God. When It is rememborqd
and when tho error of belief Is de- that Jesus has said that It Is tlieJ
utroyou by tho truth which Christian I knowledge ot tho truth that shall
Science Imparts, the dlseaso dlsap- mako men free. In tho faco of such
pears. Christian science, ineroiore, contusion 01 onvi uuoiu mm, m iy
free from every evil condition, no continue to look through mortal eye
sin, glasses, through lenses that ore cem
bali ' posed or superstition, fu'so beliefs,
to many neoT.lo from '"Kor " uo"dago to sickness, sin. .glasses, through Puses that
Is llo lfl n wlbl Poverty, old age or death but nlmll J posed or superstition, fu'si
Klnedani or fio5 h ,1',n ,w rmma ' tho "ncton pos- human w , pride, seir-rlgli
izlLlm'. session of that dominion which lUil nmt the like, they will rbi
ns to what Is religion. To gain the I answer that has proved to bo n
ucnctits promiseo in the ltiuie to stumuiing hlock t
true believers It Is necessnry to got 'that day to this
riu ui mm. which is vrruiiiMua in , smiiLf. inai me ivmcuom Ot tiOll is : - '..". . . : .. ... ... .!..., ..... ni... .i.. n i.... i ...
rellclous belief nn.l uracils, nml to no. n .tnro thnt vn rnn ,M with nh. Session Of tlllll dominion WHICH UJU m- .my, i..- ... i-u.uiiiuw i oril
ascertain what constitutes true rell- ..rt n! iPu not ninru ihAV v.i said In the beginning-belongs to man. see n,an nn.i no i iimerso nt nnivr
Pln. run .v In !.. If l.l. lh. tt As Oacll 0110 SllRll Work OUt tills
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There
that
Unions
as they
ment
that
destruc
that
no amount
the
No engineer ever arrived at a correct I necessary ror people to die and go
result, no matter how Bincerciy ho 'there
may have believed that 'his processes j that
were correct, u me) were nut bo inmey
fact. It?
With respect to many things It may Hove
bo unimportant whether tho thing be- the!
lluved Is true or not. but with re- to
spect to the things that people be-.that
either hero or heiafter. lin will en-
Hdom of peace on y
avo Rotten rid of the
melius mid vIcIoiih
the meiitnlll) Hint g.neniH It. iUalltles of tin. human mind, ntid
At this point ChilHthin .Science per- shall come lo know the truth con
forms mi Inwilimblo service to man 'corning God and man. fllnliitliiii
klnil In exnlallilliit how each ono iliav Sclelioe points out linkway, It Is the
tPousnessuHi,,, powe-islon of his body and gov-' Hclenee of rlKhi tlilnklug nml right
it III tilt . ' . 1 . . mm . I . .. .. I.i ....I .... II..II....I I . . .
ern It nariiinnioiisiy. iiiiisiitiii nwim in tiiuisiiiuiu'iioii to errou-
mnlni.pii h.ira. ilni'liir.iu Hint mi nun I I'OIIM tlllllklllU mill wrOIIK llvllllt.
his tin instenu ot spiritual; tuey win niler any obligation whatever to al-; .H". Idltly
nr-;coutiuiio to see it ueiormeii ami uis--ow tho M-ralled mortal mind to tile I
.-!.. M i.tMtn.,ii rifiiiii.f t nt. ' rniiiiuiin d hio it iiinorniini nun iun-iiA... !. ..u...i t.w.t.t.. i ..ii..t , .ii. umii.t tint mii tuMiritii tviii rnnt.
arc many who honestly think is. for beho tl. ho sad. tho KliiEdoin tiinoiiuii lu. '. "'.?.' "'-i ."" ...... ..i A .r-..V;.i ...".. i ur ,.".1' """ ' .'. ".,',. ' . " "'.VV.V'V "",:' ,""
It makes no different what re- of God Is within you. If that state- Tlvo at thai coneius on ..cu s. ... - - - v.. .,,,,. ,, tt.riii nun ct.i..inioiis upon n ,r .. '.'"'"' " ' w "! ' "
beliefs they entertain, so long ment Is true, then It folloVa nbso- ul s.nilsI' D ns IO '"i " .UIm. ..,....; . . .;V..:L. ;..'.' ."V. ?vni, ' ' "" ,v,, .' " "" " .V,m' I J. ?:..?' VL . " ' "V ".'"U"' "'
aro sincere In them. A mo-'luteH- that tie Kindlon, of nn.l or! 'nlu tneorj 01 prayer, one tuner uui.k ; - ..... -,.... ...,., n irnry. it is tne rigui nun privilege imr iiiwim-u-v ui . iiniiuin jnniifn
r pnn.i.ri. in num. j niu- iuici inai mo Kingdom ot liOtl, on , " .,....., ,.. ., ,,.. i,,i-.,,. t Iiul'Iii to Ionic thrmieli tl.n lintto it' .. ... i i .., . n.i.i n.. ...ii.l,li.lii....ni r n. i'liri.
s reflection, however, will show the Kingdom of Heaven, must bo a cn "'Vvm ' " " .l":, l",' . J .',. ., ,..Vn 1 1... hnV , ; ,m..w '.. ."":. .'."" .,"."'.K 'V ".'"."' V." '" , .7.'. ."' .""... 'i. "'.,:
such a theory Is pernicious andlstnte of consciousness, nnd not a lo- n """ UI.ni. """ '"" " "II", '"1 , r ,7 i, M7. m , n ,, rrV. ,,V .. "" 'nV,r'. '"".'. "' ?. V" ""l : " ' ."".. ' " ' "' ,. " . '"" :..h . "" r "
tlvo. for It Is perfectly plain callty. Then Is It not nlaln thnt tho '8 " l,,ro"K' l"F .h"."" . .V"" . ,.,L. ... f v i v. V. ... "WB.. " . 'Vnuur' ."." " ,l.Tl ." . jr.",.,., ' " ' i !..r. " V' 'r.V:?. J V;
If a thing Is not. In fact. true, further people go In the belief that " 0' .V"1 T, "S" "rZ"," "V i url, rV,,,v .V then ico ' ' .""." ".". w " r " " . V' '"". ".. T 'J .V," T """Z X
nT ulncerltv on thi nirt of tl. U'lni-ilnni nf IJorf ni- thn Trlnt-ilnm anus ui SICK ii-viiu iimv uvi-ii ... .v... - - -- iii'kiiii; hik uiii' imiiii'i. hi nvnri.i' ... .. r. ... .1. .. ..n-i. uuh.
ot siuccrii on tne part at tne IMnKUOlll 01 tiOO. or 1110 KingtlOtn . ... .V ., .,, ,,,. i,,. i utnntlv liiiiirovlni- ninn mill iinlixrHi. i.i ....... ... i. ...... i. ,... ...,.... i.. i. i. ,i... ,.,iu.i,... ..
believer can over make It true, of Heaven. Is a locality, and that It Is "0l '. b ""?"'''.""' Vi ' .. Vi.u .V, tm t, uf. n tim. . . ",BJ '."' V... " ". ,."V.-.. ..... " W..V. ' ' ' :'."...' .. '. " ..iM,".:.V"' -"'
tlemonstrniion ni least huiiii-ivhi. m .......... ,.... , ,, niuuiruiii nun- me mm) r- ii'iikiuh i iumii ii'iiiit m inmin'upi
......... i).t.tl.... ....rann 11 null III. i KreSBOS. tll.teUbe, Sill. SOrrOn. OOVeriV .min.la In lli. miotlnlllf ll.nl ifni'iiriiK .nrrillt' lllihlll.lllMiiKtf nlnl f.inr li M Mull
In order to become citizens of L"'.1 "',' "'.'J. r '""; .,., oin., I and the limitations ot old nco will ..' "...... ..,...........:.. i..... '. ,.- .. .,.-...,. .1.. ,,...1 1.,.- u. ..i..ri
Llni-.lntil l.t ra.ntltv- ! f.lrtlinp tlllirj. 'ell Hie ihihihmii .v....v --- - - - - ..- ,,, niuuj ui" Hiiv. in ." imin. ni' .".. , nix a, w vi......
KngUoni. lu rt-alitj the furti or ' ,irnVl,P ..mv not. In fact, bo i"PPear nnd the spiritual real man u rurrowed wllh deen lines. It ..x-ldellned tho nroreMi In moans of
are aiiennting tnemsenes irom '"-." wl I beRln to aniienr When this trans- ,.r.,..,a i.i.i.ir...... ,....1 .i.u ti.i ' ui.irh .tl...... r...tili ..h.v 1.,, .,r,t...
And the more sincerely they be- l,,t-irut lulu'J' ... 'i.coin m numur wii..n thin irnim. '.:... .......".....'.. ....'.... .....i.....' . .11 ,. r. . ...... V...
,)..,.. r ,l.l., ,i, ...n.. . Vvnrv nnrrnn who nr.IVS llCillreS 10 i '" : .' .. . . l" ninn inn'n invrj inn', nun iiimii'vit i i.i.-i un m iiiuhi- n .iiriiiii- n,-
that'sort or thing, the more Kor perron wne prnja i '"'''" " rormntfoti shall have been comnletedui.t ,.v.,rv ,.,. hm.. 1.1... Th ml. . ! ..v...v nm. m ..r..v n f..r iii.....,ir ,..i
r sincerity will stand ns a barrier know now to mai.o true nnvr. - : wo slinll then sen man nml tho unl.i... i. ...ii..... i ...m -.,.i I ti....i.. ... 1.I.1 1 u 1 ...1.
prevent their progress towards people desire good ami not e 1, nnu.i ... ..)lrlixVA, .. .,. nnw '' " """" " ," . '""""," ,T ". i.i.h.,!,,,, "..::.. . V: ,' , . n I,'
kingdom In the main, an pcopio are c.ua i ..,...,. ... .,., ...... a. ... ........ . 7 """',"" '"' A. "1 7 u rn. . ., .. .V.. J ..-".. ..:.;...
. . . I. .... ... l..i.p rIlipli.llM flll.lll.limial. ' ' . . .- . . ' :. . . ....- ai.ii.. ,.,.'f. -..-.j ,..', ...... j j..- .- ..... .... "iiimi.iji nK
lleve about God, and about (hem-
selves, and about their relationship to
God. they are vital, because It will bo
Bhown that tho things believed
rcsnect to these matters, become
that are binding upon thn bcllover.
Uotl
In trying to ascertain whnt cons
tutcs religion tho very first subject
be considered Is that which relates
God. Every one must agree that
correct understanding of God Is es
scntlal as the foundation ot religion
Any system of religious teaching that
Is founded upon an Imperfect or er
roneous conception of God must
necessarily fall to bring to Its adher
ents tho help and comrort for which
they seek. When wo look about us
and see the splendid fidelity of men
and women to their religious beliefs,
and then see how much suffering and
failure they experience, and how far
short ther conit of attaining the
cood which they so honestly seek, It
is n fair deduction that thcro is some
thing wrong about their understand
ing of God.
No offense will be given, therefore,
by the statement that tho average
person has a very Indefinite and ne
bulous conception of God. If you
wero to ask n dozen people to tell
you who and what God is, you would
get a dozen different answers. Thero
aro some who think God is a person.
How many pcopio there nro who,
Christian Sclenco. therefore, pleads ""'"'"' ".. "r. ".,'. V"....... .. .i.....n appeared to Hod, tor uod linNUi,nt ..vl-i-v one lovo him. What Is; Is ai.nllwl limlheiimtlen There ts no
for a rational and demonstrable un- ", ",,,,-.,. " ;rta,.t a nutter 1 Mvor "l',Vl im l'1,ll,lr011 'l'r Ills it that makes the difference lM.twot.it, 111 story about It. and when one dowt
derstandlng of God In place of theo- ' "sL.nu"L VtVA7iLv, '. lul ,,,,. I "eatlon through mortal eyeglaasos. ,. fnce of tho two mun" Is It not IiIh work correrlly. m.t.h.IIhk to Its
iV.- rc,lcai anu speculative uoners nooiu .-"'' -"J toitiihur In dlfferont ",' ,,HH I,,waH pl,,n HB " "I'lriiuni, thlr thought? And If thought win i rule. healliiK nml rugonernt on inusl
laws litim pie are groupea logetner in iiuiiroiii honro m Hi... w Imvo aiwnv ;.... ..u..... 1.. .1...1 f..u.....
Praver ,rellgloiti organization-! Is 'l't' ''' i i,(.t.,, perfect. In that day w. shall h...u. iM.r..i.Hini. nml .ontiiiir of lu tin. Illhl 1 John : ITi w r.m.i
I Another subject that enters Into wi ',0"V'..."CL'.. ....?....... ..... I know, as In fart we Imvo now learned. .,.,, faces. Is It not nlaln that that .lemia mild lo Mary. "Go to mv
tl- the religious life of all peoplo Is that, J"?.- Ar ".r.T.t I L ..V.V tlV.iv. t.. t-i. that iiothlug that God niudo is nm-i, nought will nlo product like; brethren, and wy unto tli.tii. I nscetid
to of prayer,. Since prayer Is tho med- "" h'"y ",;,",, ,." " "nrn, .i.v. teriai or .ver needs to he hea ed. nnd rhniigiHi lu the shape and action of 1111(0 my l-'ather. nnd )oiir I'ftlher:
to Mum through which the connection .''u""7... ;u..... ,...... 1,... l tne only thing thnt needs to ieie.vory utmux and nart of the limb? and lo im God and your tlod." Also
a Is established between the human 1 1"?' 0,"LV.V""'VvVV.. ".'... healed Is our own false concept nfii.'or thnrn U m. nnrt nt tin. hmlv thnt In 1 John. Ill - 2. "liiil.ivml. miu- urn
great Importance for every person to
found health, contentment and peace.
" t . t . .!.. i. ..... m !( AVtfirl
fln.l out whnt constitutes true iiray-' " ." l"n"1 u,av tuu.' " "'.'"" V M".
er. What aro Its charactorlstl(i. .""Ink ng person win nes " Jjnon
what is Its nature, and how It may be I ,ow, to Pra ns "lMan Sclonco
employed so as to bring to the onoilv"-",-n
who prays with certainty tho hless-i
that which He made perfect
If a'l this were onlv 11 theory peo
ple might be Justified In refusing to
accept It, but Christian Science prac
titioners nr proving daily In, nil
parts of the civilized world that by
holding the perfect man In concept.
Creation
.. ,. ,,.... . ...l.ll. ,!.. I iiui.iiiir nil.' ri-iivi:i. limn III vinil.'.'l.
Ings which the Scriptures say shall!, 'Mnc- ' "V "l "i'f 1. ,,',7,1 by knowing that man Is spiritual and
come ns n result of true prayer. I" ..rt.1 V""r. ... 4-,.'. :..'.- . .,-Mierfect and Is governed by an nil-
subject of creation. There Is per
il m maiiiu hi mu .nm kiiu.iht .ji j,aia no subject connected wiui ro
Jamcs thnt "Tho prayer of faith . ,u 0P monuo,, n, the Bible,
shall save the sick." There Is no ; n,)out w,,,ch Uu.ro l(J Krt.utor mlsun
amblgulty about that language. It irt,,n ..,., t.r,. i ai.out rrua-
,ttlk ,, v WW - -
is not inueiinito or uncertain in any 1 ,t Ja M,rirJslng how many
particular, it is. in rnct. as positive 1 l0,,i0 there are who do not even
1h huyoud the reach of human we the mills of God, and It doth not
thought, and since no part of tho.et appear whnt we shall be: but wo
body possesses Inlelligenr.' or Henna-1 kno.v that, whn In shall appear, we
Hon lu nor of Itself, It follows that ' shall be like him; for wn shall son
no organ or nerve 0111 net ou-opt In him ns he Is" Ht. Paul also write
obedience lo the nieiita It) thnt gov- (Unmans S.lfi. 17). "The Spirit It
ems It. self henrelli witness with our spirit,
Also observe what happens whon that we are the children of (Ind: nml
a iKirson becomes nngry. Immediate- If children limn heirs; heirs ot God,
loving God. nnd by arguing stead- J y u,o runctlons or every organ In mini Joint heirs with ChrUi.
rastly from the Mnudpolut or the
reality or good Instead nt from the
standpoint of the supposed reality ot
tho body are dlarraugcil. The Uteri Christian Science demonstrates the
n( otico begins to jtecrete bile, nnd to truth or those Inspired statements,
diffuse It through (he system, so thnt I It makes available as a present right
evil, the sick ore honied, and hiimaii f 1(, rirtst tenults of 11 fit of ami possibility man's Inheritance tin
conditions do Improve
I nuger Is that (he breath becomei
! " -- ..-..--. 1 miniiin 1 Kuril Tirn n- iiii nut .av:ii. 1 . 1 . . .. 1.1
ind direct a statement as can bo made ,rnoJ" vth"t '., ", '" two Ticco nts of ,-,r",,'n" ,"lunro;h l". . ,'. ' . r"' Tl,, ,,,,krt no,," ,H nUu ,,K
wlth human language. And yet. It Lh0r,i?,i 1,, .h ''Ither being nrceleraled or
wot Id Ken? tha ; one 'of two things i.h" on,a Is . 0! In i u l'0" e 'tf JpiiihIh o. and (hat 1 rf,,arded. and (ho face becomes pale
must necessarily bo true, either that ?hSr of GeneMi and ,,.ro,!?rli,0n ?H ll' know w,c of!r flushed Any physician will say
statement In the Scriptures Is wholly UJ ,dr ?JCY,X tho third w o 1 f, r fills human consclo..rneHs,hnl ,Iinn rtin,B ,mw, l)PP(liro,i
false, or else peoplo have not known L.eroml chanter ll.glnnlng will i,lr,vl"K ,0"1 crror n,", ""'". from (it of anger, and yet anger U
how to make the prayer of ralth fourHi vcrVe or the second cat" P'V" W0,nc'' rm only n mental nunllir or Male,
thmnehoiit th eenturlcs. Kxcent In "'? f?.VJTi ' JL r -- n" f"?K fMlon lien, nnd now of the r oil- Now. lot one nsk hlniHoir that.
.nnrfi.llc lntnnc. th nick haVf. not '.'..'A V'!:., .." j.".-. -,.... .l.lK,vn dominion
..,....... ...-....- ...- ----- I llini IS KHOIIV llllllIUUV II". II l"V
necn savca as 1110 resuu 01 iimer. - .,
H. therefore, becomes a subject for, -.-. wo .iro-tolf
since such results ns Ihoto, which are
Mental (Illicit Ion wKnessed dally, can nrlte from 11
I know how difficult a thing It Is midden wrong mental Impulse, does
i 'i. uiurviuiu. wti-uim-n u niiijvi.i iui 1 ., mt ..... ...... ...i.rv .
when they kneol down and cjose tneir jigitlmatc Inquiry In order that It may ." "" "",, ,7: .: " ,,Vor. i"-0'"0 wio are iiunrniiainiouiii require miicn iiiougui to woo uini
eyes, and reverently pray to God. bo determined, It possible, whether. "1,, iVf llm wm 5'.U lh" ,p,nc,'l"8, ' VhrW,an,,ik" V". XV"U wl" "Ih" ocMir rr'""
have In mind a person, or a form, or or not that statomont In the Scrip-. "'ul. 0t'"t ' '"V1v ,na,,, uyu ,La,a$cl,inc" ,0 M"k,rnnd w''t I" meantl the- habitual eiitertnlnment of it
an Image, to which they pray. And tnrcs is true. Many people ask If K,d' 1?1niJiaVnm i.n.i aftr llia!),)r ,,",nnl "iwaUon Humanity has, wrong menial ..iiallt)" I It not
how many others there nro who think Christian Scientist! pray, and how """'!" "8 n ?K,h'M h ' wn cood'il'C,,n nccu,,,om,, 'rough so many 11 nlii. Hint hnlreil nnd nil of Its i sub-
of God as being of anger and rcsont- Christian Sclenco prayer dlfrera rrom V I" consider that ull causa- dlv slons ntid by-products, Mich ns
mnt h mi fnlluro and suffer- t,nt nf nthr rhiirrtiPH. nn.l It will wh,,cJn tho second account, wo natji , veillod , ,nntt(!r t1(ll W101l nmC,. 8j,0t rcseittmonl nnd re.
Inn to those who dlspleaso him? And
nro there not a great many others
who think or God as a being who lives
In a far-off country called Heaven,
and that It is necessary for peoplo to
dlo, and go thorp, In order to see
Him?
teaches that tho cause of all dUoase
Hiid sin is mental, and not physical,
snd that both sin nnd dlseaso may
bo cured by ono and tho same meta
physical -process, namely, "by the sub
stitution of spiritual truth In place
,ot error and false belief In tho human
consciousness,
'V Hlmll Know the Truth tuirt the
Truth (Shall Make You Free"
It lo recorded in tho 8th Chapter of
tho Gospel of John that upon ono oc
casion whon Jt'Sim was being harassed
illy tljo lawyers and theologians, who
wore plying him with questions and
seeking to ontrnp him by his answers,
he turned to a group 0! his followers,
who wero standing near, and said to
thorn, "Yo shall know tho truth and
'the truth shall mako you freo." In
till of tho Bible thero Is no statomcut
iof greater importance to mankind
'then this utterunco ot tho Master. It
jprcscrJbeH the remedy tor every
iliuman Ml. Knowledge or a thing
must como through tho mental and
iot through tho physical, honco, nc
jcordlng to tho words or Jesua, man
Jtlnd will bo delivered from pl.t, Mr
fiwi and death not by doctoring tho
tphyfltcal, but by filling tho mental
"with truth. If this otatomont of
.Jesus was true It follqws by lrreslatl
Slo logic that tho enslaving condi
tions from which humanity surfers
'inubt bo duo to tho belief of some
thing Which Is not true. In other
words. If tho time Is eyor to come us
;Jcu 1ms declared thut It will como,
when the knowlcdgo ot tho truth shall
Jamanclpato humanity from its bond
figQ to ulcltneay, sin, uuhappluess, pov
erty, old ago and death, such results
can. only be brought about vhon the
know-lodgo ot tho truth shall have dis
placed and destroyed (out of human
strange that peoplo are sick and that
they die? Is it not apparent mai
what humanity needs Is a demon
strable understanding of God in place
of theoretical and speculative beliefs
about Him?
Yet- all the whllo that people havo
gone on bolievlng those erroneous
things about God, the Biblo state
ments concerning him havo been per
fectly plain. Tho Biblo says, for In
stance, that God Is Love, and, since
Ho 1b Infinite, Ho must be infinite
Love. Christian Science says, there
roie, that Infinite Lovo cannot bo
tho author of evil, cither in the form
of sickness or sin. and thai, no mat
ter what ono may think about evil,
It must be accounted for In somo
other way thanks being a part of tho
creation of God. Now, nolo the sig
nificance of that statement, for If God
did not create evil, and It Is mani
fest that Ho could not havo created
It, then It follows absolutely that ovll
lu not eternal. For whatever God
created must be eternal like Himself,
and ir God wcro the creator or ovll,
then ovll -would be eternal, and, hence
Indestructible.
Christian Science presents a scion
tirjc method for tho destruction or
evil. No matter In what form It may
present ItseU to tho Individual,
whether as sickness, sin, unhapplneHS,
sorrow or distress, Christian Sctonco
imvH that Inco It is evil, it may bo
destroyed and thnt tho destroyer or
evil In every case Is Trutn, precisely
as Jesus has declared. "Vhcrover
you find a Christian Scientist, there-,
foro, you will find a person who Is
honestly striving to destroy ovll out
of hla or her exporlonco by means or
tho scientific method which Christian
Sclnnt-n nresonts. While it may bo
doubtless proVoboU, Interesting and ornnn."0. xm ?." & a "5 we ,e1K,n '" '"", "
helpful if tho difference Is explained. J0.,.?""1:, n1?anllT on follows t he m'nl? 1ra,,"a.V" w aro f'"' w "
It can be said that almost every I a " fH 'na" T onK,0oUni J 2 "omethlug that Is unfamiliar to
person Is taught to make tho prayer l0"of'?'" aro tod "'':- T ' -
nf notition tho nraver of tileadlntr.i aurUen 0l l'a.011' a"V. . ' i Christian Sclonce. 1 dd so for ph
ThareUuSt ??ffutlVaodfoV !h . h.llnB. and I waa healed under
ayold.Itunnlng through the prayer l bL,(,n ftt mmXty wU (Jo,,
Ul (.'VlltlUil, aim ill lutt, un ,u 1
foundation and essence, Is the belief f
venge, must ueceisnrlly produce evil
ami discordant conditions upon the
human body And, likewise, thnt
every evil quality of the mortal mind,
such ns dishonesty, Jealousy, greed,
avarice. euH-wlll, fear nnd the like.
nro so many conspirators agaltiHt Iho
uud harmony of mankind, and
ntll these iimtflllcs are runt out.
nro displaced by the qualities of
1 truth, because It had wrought In me that mind "which v.iH also In Christ
Christian Science accepts thn fir.- no great a change. When I wiihi.Ihiis," men nnd women will continue
u'hntnvcr ironri thine thev desire and u,,u l""v l" . ". .' -".""" circumstances inai iiumiticd or no are so
JlaS to nation Him l,,at l "t"' 1,oc ,M,B, l'-aro
whatever evil thlnK they awk toit,iftt,dB3r.l l ,U that ,l ",a" J" vti'two. became depiy convinced (that 1.
i0",,,!' lhu.hholS?avr ."f .na-.'!?!.n r.1"?" nn" hn".fct Christian Science must ho the and u,
nA.....l. nf lin Arnllllnll flal f ll .. U.ll r- ' , 1. 1 ll ll r ..... .... 111.., MlA.n ..till. MM I.- I f .. m ..Im I... . .. I. h i. . .. 1....I .111.
thnt thn mind nf find can in Chnneed "" ' "w " "" "" ""; I """i """-""'i ' "' .i"i u hi- in nuiii-i nm, mi iiiiiiii,;, miu iiiu.
i,v th nptittnn Thorn is the belief '. Itnl and real creation nnd upon thin tolllgenco or sensation Jn tho human As another Illustration of how the
th--hut for th' nVtitlon God would 1 folintlat,on au,, baHlH u ,,u,1,l'!' -jIoUy. I ald that (he (king wu.-t no (human mind governs the hnmnn
J, ,in ti.n , thinl ifn nsi'od tc, do llulous teachers throughout tho cen- manifestly abstiril Hint no Intelligent I body, let 11 mothor toll her Utile girl
noi flu UIO llllllh no in unuvu uj ""',...,,. ,..,.. ...,...i ....,. r.l.wl itn. I ....,.. nn..i.i 1...11...... 1, r. I .1.... ..1 11 ... .1 ir ..1.. ....... i...
I lUIICa llil.u Vlllllliuunv h,hiiii.ii .iiu ii;i,vn u.iii, .iu.i,i , ,u 1, l.iu.liuill, I (HUV nilO l III lilllll 1 III. I II Hill. Hvin HIT
obusclounj!M). the belief of that J true that no ono, thus far, but Jesus,
jwhloh Id not, true. There Is no es
iwipe from mis conclusion,
Christian Scleuco shows that It is
t ijto effect produced by Truth operat-
la in, the human meulallty, destroy
, 4a atetioretitlon, false, and ividouo bo-
.HwfSitbat "mufj and, will some day
')UKU0lt-te mankind' from bbndago
it) x4. disease and death.
.' ; UHil,..,..K.il.
v, . ni-n -"."
bus been able to maite ft perieci
demonstration over evil, yet every ono
will concede that Christian Scientists
havo, at least, mado some progress,
and havo succeeded, to fiomo extont.
In destroying both slcknei.3 and sin
for thcmselvos and others.
Tho Biblo further discloses that
God not only U Lovo, but la also omnl-
nreaont. If that Is bo. then no is
Tur ,i"M 'V ulMmqle truth J everywhere, for that is whut tho
elao why ask Him? Or that but for
tho petition, Ho would do the thing
and would send tho ovll, that He is
asked not to do or not lo send.
Yot. all tho while that this form
of prayer has gono up from unnum
bered millions or agonizing nearta,
tho nible has declared that God Is
unchnnElnc. If God Is unchanging,
an the Hlblc declares Him to bo, then
Is It not plain that so long as peo
ple go on in tho belief , that It is tho
function of prayer to change the
mind of God to meet tho human de
sire. In reality the rurther they aro
getting away rrom tho true theory ot
prayer; and tho moro sincerely tney
believe that sort of thing, tho more
their very sincerity will confuso tholr
understanding and win prevent mem
from making tho prayer of faith
which, the Hlblo saya, "shall savo the
sick "
Christian Sclenco, upon tho other
hand, teaches Its adherents to make
tho prayer of realization, tho prnyor
of affirmation. Christian Sclenco
tcachos that God Is lnflnlto goon, ami
Adam-man ns being tho real man
mnda in the imago and likeness of
God, and yet the Hlblo nowhoro says
so. Tho Hlblo nowhere says that tho
Adam-man was made lu God's Image
or IlkeneiS. That statement wits
mado concerning tho real man do
scribed In nn account of the real
creation. And religious teachers
havo vninly ntrlvcn to mako thn wis
dom and the love of God fit tho
creation or a sinner.
Such n doctrine ns that Is Impos
sible. It dishonors God. and do
Krades man. It makes God responsl-
bio tor nil or the Kin mid all ot tho
mlsory rrom tho beginning or time,
and tho best proof that It Is not
truo Is thnt It has never delivered
tho.so who believed It rrom evil.
How perfectly the name "mortal
man" fits him. Havo you over
thought of It? MorUl-mort-dcath.
for that Is what the word means. A
death-man, having a death-body and
a doatli-mlnd; docB any one bcliovo
that God over created a deatii-miin
tcachos that God Is lnrinito goon, an. , , .icth-uilnd or a death
Wl'aS. And I. It not Plain that
ur imiiiiuii iiiiiuiiv hui ..-...--good
to us, for Infinite good cannot
do unvthlni: olso except manifest
good to ovory creature If ono
should let fall an object it would be
absurd to bog or petition tho law of
gravitation to operate. That law
would operate automatically, and
would pull tho object down lo the
first obstruction. Christian Sclonco
teaches that God Is Mind, or I'rn
elnio. nnd that Mind Eovorns through
spiritual law, which law Js operating
throughout tno entiro universe, mm
Is a law ot Infinite good, and Is manl
testing good and nothing but good
ceaselessly to overy human being.
One person says If thnt is true,
why, then, do peoplo seem to havo ao
Httlo good, and bo much that Is not
good? Lot us 'look at that for a
moment. If ono drops an object tho
law of grnvlatlon will pull It down
to the first obstruction, nm ino ou
Htructlon bo removed, Jt will pull It
iiown rurther und fnrthor as tho ob-
Hlructlons uro romoved, until at lust.
i
BO
lone ns neonlo concelvo or thcnuielvca
im being mortuls, or th'04 mortul. or
death-man, ho long wlll'thay contlnuo
to remain In partncrnhlp with death.
Christian Sclonco mukos plain that
111011 and women can bo emancipated
rrom thut enemy when thoy nluill
havo loanied tho truth or their own
being, and or their own true rela
tionship to God.
Christian sclenco teaciioH mai man
uud In upltu or thu fact thut 1 had
been healed through Christian
Science, I camo very near turning my
back upon It. Instead of doing so,
however, I determined lo mako an
honest effort to rind out, If I could,
whut Christluu Sclenco meant by the
htntement that there Is uo Intelli
gence or seiisutiou In tho mortul
body.
I had not proceeded very rnr bo
foro I found that the Btuoment wus
truo, and then 1 found that It was
iiccusaarlly true, und then I began to
wonder why I myself had not
thought of It long before, becuusu
it uppcan.-d so perfectly plain and
obvious. It wan pointed out to mo
that this body which peoplo worship
uud four, and which most pooplo gut
down on their knees before ovory
day and sny to It, "Oh. body, whut run
I do for you today, to keop you from
hurting mo?" in composed or some
thing over 70 per cent or water, uud
that the balance or It Is chalk, lime,
starch, potnsh and a few other
thlugu that t Is mutter, JiiHt as
truly ns the Ingredients of tho dirt
and wood nro mutter,
I then learned that thero could bo
no moro Intelligence or Herniation in
matter when in tbo form, of flesh,
bonos und nerves than when In the
form of dirt or stone, which fncL is
proved whenever an oplato Is given
to 11 person uud tho human mind Is
put to sleep. Tho body may thou
be cut and gushed and tho nerves
lactornted, without tho slightest lndl-
Is Just what tho Hlble says he Is; cation or liitelllgeuco or Boquntiou
thnt he Is spiritual, that God mado
him lu II lit own Imago and after H(s
own likeness; that Ho tnndo him per
fect, uud that what God mado per
fect has nover possessed the capacity
to bocopio Imperfect
Christian Sclenco Ih tho only syB-
torn of leaching, cither rellSlouu. or
1 thus leurued that sensation and
Intelligence do not reside In the
human body apart from the human
mind.
Somo day ull mankind will rorog
nlr.o tho immeasurable service that
Christian Sclonco bus performed for
tho human race In making this fact
Hecular, that oven makes aiUjjtttonipt plain, l-'or If It bo truo, nnd It 1b
to explain the dlfforoncoJJHwcon 1 true, that finnnutl.ui und Intelligence
Klfl. .it. w4 hhiiI.I. Ih ! 1in.,inli l.y.al.i
man nnd the Adam-man. uLK!hrls
tlan Slonco does oxnlaln It laWmukQ
it perfectly plain by .pnliiHnV'out
that the Adain-muii -the "dtist-iinm
the mortul or death-man, Is 110II1-
do not roaldo in Urn humnu body,
upurt from the human nilud. thou it
follows, absolutely, that the humnu
body cannot do anything, fool ,any
M'lub'. or h:vo unythlng, -except that
foot wet, nnd it will bo so, and why?
It Is hecaiiiio the child believes what
her mother nays, uud when sho ho
lluves It, she embraces her body
within her belief, nnd her body re
sponds to (ho holler. Let tho same
mother, howuver, toll tho same little
girl, Hint water has no moro power
Id niulto her (alto cold when It gets
on bur root than when It gets on her
face, or when she drinks It, nnd the
child may then get her foot wet
every day, without tho slightest bad
results.
Again, one man belluvtm that If he
Bleeps In n draught,, ho will take cold,
and It will bo ho. Sitting right by
hla sldu is another man who hullevos
thut unless ho Bleeps lu a draught,
ho will bo sick, and it will bo ho, und
Ihoro nro two exactly opposite iobiiUh
following from the snino draught, not
bocaiiHu there is any power lu the
draught, hut becaiiHo of human boiler'
about It, tlniH showing that the body
responds to whatever tho human
mind halfuvim concerning It.
TlniH Christian Sclonco Is proving
lu many dlfferont directions that tho
body Ih not milf-actlng, that It has
no Intelligence to act and no sensa
tion to foul, and that In overy cuko,
It ohoyH uud rcsponda to tho tiuiilul
Ity that governs It.
Indeed, thlu rnct la bo plalu, thai
when It Is ouco pointed out, ovory ono
will readily obsorvo Instaucou to
prove it, and the moro 0110 gives heed
to It, tho moro It becomes plain thut
by controlling one's mental state of
truth, ho can theroby control It Ih
body, und govern ltn feeling uud ac
tio. Ileal Significance of Jewu.V Wonli
it then becomes easy to under
stand tho Immetiso Blgnlflcaiico of tho
wordB of .'Jesus, when ho wild, "Ye
Hhnll know tho truth and tho truth
shall make you free," for when the
human mind Is filled wjth truth In
Ktoad of error, Iho body will roBpund
with harmony liiiitoad of with dlu
cord, It also bocoineii Bolf-ovldont
thut humanity must uud will bo
umaucliiuted from bonduno to sin.
Hc)(iies miti dcutli, not by docloilh
(he sou uud heir of God bV showing
that tho real man rrsU-d by God Is
spiritual and not uiuicrlnl; that Ills
life, continuity. ItitelllKeme mid har
mony nro lu spirit nml not lu matter;
(hat all of his qualities nnd attributes
an derived from Spirit, ntid thnt
overy function of (lie real man la gov.
erued by the dlvlno Mind. Man.
therefore, expresses Iho dlvlno nn
tuto. and hencii ho Is the Imago of
(lud. nnd ns such Is perfect and Im
mortal. The material man is not the
likeness of (loit, for matter cannot
bo the Image of Spirit He Is thu
faUo concept of mail, and' (ho sin,
dlsenso uud death luvohed In this
falsi, toncopt will disappear as falao
mortal bollof r llNov.-d by truth.
The miKorUI belief must give plaro
lo (ho spiritual fact lu nvery case.
Out of the Amplitude of her own
spiritual iiudurstiindlug Mrs. IMdy
has translated bit i human lniiguiigo
tho truth about God and man, and
tholr relatienship: bus revealed t
perfect dlvlno Principle that governs
mankind, und has proved that tho
truth taught by Josus Is sclnutlflc.
mid may bo demonstrated today as
of old to deliver the sinning, sor
rowing uud biifforliiR from tholr op
pressor, to set ull mankind Iron
from bondage 1 1 ovll. and to ohUIiIIbIi
(he kingdom of God on ontth.
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