.PAGE EIGHT
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1929
..i t
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE ffi Z2Z2X
Under ansplce ot Flrat Church
at C k r I t, Scientist, Klamath
rllj, lectur ob ChrUtUn
fdsnce was delivered Uit evening
ia th High School Auditorium
by Cyrui e. Rouen, a 8. of San
Francisco, California, member ot
the Board ot Lectureship ot The
Mother Church, The Flrat Church
ot Ohrjst, Scientist, Boston, Man.
C. A. Rambo Introduced the
lecturer with the following re
mark s:
"Friends, we are her tonight
to listen to a new-old message. A
niesssg that to many la new, yet
Is aa ancient as the 'Ancient ot
das""-'
All through the Bible tuna the
thought that God la the healer of
disease, the Bible admonlshea us
to turn to God tor the overcoming
ot enr difficult' In the Chris
tian Science text book. Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures, by Mary Baker Eddy, on
page three hundred ninety Is
found this Important etatement,
It la our Ignorance ot God, divine
principle, which produce appar
ent discord, and the right under
standing ot Him restores har
mony. And again on page two
hundred three, 'If Ood wer un
derstood Instead ot being merely
believed, this understanding
would establish health'. So bu
inanity's great need la to better
understand Ood, and Christian
Sclenoe supplies this need.
"fl. behalf of Flrat Church of
Christ, Scientist, ot Klamath
Valla. I bid tyou a cordial welcome
to this evening'! feast of food tor
thought, w-Mcb. will satisfy some
of eha longing and questionings
of yeur heart, strengthen your
faith, uplift, purify and heal.
The apeaker tonight, Cyrus
8. Rogera, C. 6.. member of tUo
Obrlstlan Sclenoe Board ot Lec
tureship ot the Mother Church,
the First Church of Christ. Scien
tist, la Boston, Mass.. win no
address yon on the subject-''
Christian Sclr nee:
vv. -.mhl; Spiritual Truth
w war told that there Is a
book which explain la minute de-
Ull a scientific tnougm
whereby all disease and misery
and failure can be overcome and
eliminated from human experi
ence, a book which ahow lu
students how to walk ao closely In
the path of Christ Jesus that tney
hall be able to repeat the works
ha did. would It eeem to you
fanciful and too good to be true?
Let me hasten to assure you, my
friends, that there la Indeed such
a book. Simply to remind you of
this tact and to Impress it upon
your thought 1 one ot the great
est services t can render yon,
refer to Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures, by Mary
Baker Eddy.
In thla book, for the first time
In history, spiritual truth has been
set forth as a demonstrable
Science, which anyone may study,
understand, and irrove tor him
self. Think of auch a privilege:
A greater blessing and benefac
tion to mankind there could not
possibly be.
The' book wa first published in
17S, and its letter and spirit
were perfected by Its author in
Order that the language and
meaning might be ao clear and
unmistakable that no sincere
aeeker could err therein. It is the
one standard guide to pure meta
physics and says to every student
and practitioner of spiritual heal
ing, in the words ot Isaiah: "This
Is the way, walk ye in it, when ye
turn to the Tight band and when
to turn to the left."
Many years ago in time of need
as great as a mortal can know,
thla book came Into my possession
In a remarkable way. It was In
Immediate and direct answer to
prayer, to an appeal to God for
kelp and guidance. Up to the very
day when the book waa placed In
my hands. In an hour when my
condition was desperate, I had
never aeen a copy of the book and
did not know of Its existence. It
helped me at once, filled me with
bope, and opened up a new world
ot power of which I had been en
tirely Ignorant. It showed me
the error of expecting to get : a
true solution to anything from a
material source. My condition to
day is heavenly compared wltn
the disease and Buffering and
darkness In which I seemed to be
bo hopelessly engulfed when
Science and Health was first
brought to my attention; and I
have done not a single thing In
the Intervening (years except to
apply this teaching to my .hlnk
Jng. What lhas thus far been proved
removes all doubt that here Is
the solution to life's problems.
Thousands of persons have had
and are having the proofs of
healing, and have gained the ab
solute conviction that the way of
salvation and tho day ot salvation
are Indeed here. The human race
Is no longer defenseless. The
weapons ot our warfare are now
complete, and the possibility of
overcoming all evil, and ot elim
inating sin, sickness, and death
from consciousness Is no longer a
It'toplan dream. It is an actual
experience la Christian Science,
lu accomplishment has begun,
and will increase with every pass
lug day. ,
P I have a friend who was beal
5d ot total bllndnoss In Christian
Science. She could not tell noon
day from midnight. She waa
treated tome tea weeks by a
Christian Scleuc practitioner. At
th end ot that time she could see
to read Sclenc and Health, and
completed her healing through
her own effort. Her eyes became
a clear as a child's. She has da
voted her life since to helping
other out of darkness Into light.
One time while traveling on a
train I became engaged In con
versation with a man who seemed
completely engrossed In material
ity and fleshly appetite. A phy
sical body and Its demand seem
ed to be lbs only thing ot which
he waa conscious. He asked sev-
era! questions about Christian
Science, which I tried to avoid and
answered aa briefly as possible.
believing It to be useless to dis
cuss th subject with on In hU
state of mind. But something
hsd evidently impressed him tor
he immediately sent to The Chris
tian Science Publishing Society In
Boston for a copy ot Science and
Health. The reading ot the, book
quickly and completely transform
ed his life. His bad habits droo
ped away and became Intolerable
offensive to his awakened con
sciousness. Todsy he is a humble.
.u living, innstian man.
These are the natural and In-
evitaoi eneeu on everv con
sctousness which It touches ot the
healing and purifying stream ot
life which la flowing to humanity
from the page of this marvelous
book.
The Bible and Selene and
Health, together with Mrs. Eddy's
other writings, are the complete
and only textbooks ot Christian
Science. These books are correla
tive. They complete and sustain
each other. After many years
ot reading these books together,
careful studenta Invariably
acknowledge th complete unity
and harmony ot their teaching.
Think ot th comfort and
beauty and power ot this under
standing! what a relief irorn
the multiplicity of creeds and
dogmas and beliefs whloh have
perplexed the Christian world,
based mostly upon a literal In
terpretation of certain passage in
the Bible, and not upon a spiritual
Interpretation and broad under
standing of It teaching as a
hole.
The Bible is not a contradictory
and impractical book when prop
erly and spiritually interpreted.
Th spiritual understanding ot
th Scriptures and especially ot
the word and -rorks ot Jesus, as
unfolded in Sclenoe and Health,
reveal the Comforter or ever pre
sent Christ, the Savior ot the
world. Science and Health makes
Bible readers and Bible lovers of
every on ot Its students, giving
them an Insight into It meta
physical meaning and application.
and they see that the Bible was
given to us to spiritualise our
sens ot being. Instead of per
mitting It to do this, mankind
had stubbornly held to its mater
ial sens of existence and tried to
read that sens into the sacred
Scriptures, thereby vitiating their
divine purpose and influence and
closing the door of salvation, nn
til science and Health came with
it ivey and opened wide that
door through right Interpretation.
A wa learn to read the Bible
spiritually we begin to read our
dally Uvea and the universe stir-
iuuy; our world become a
thought world, a world of Kniri-
"-:u oi a world of matter, and
a4 me la seen to ba inevit-
Every fundamental question
that has putzled mankind through
the ages, or that can be asked, is
fully and finally answered in
innsuan Science, when thought
i reaay to appreciate and under
stand the answer. It faces everv
point fairly and squarely, and
evades not a single issue. But let
me remind you her that Cnri-
tlan Science la not a mere theory,
a religions profosslon, or jnst a
Pleasant philosophy of life. It is
a demonstrable Science, a living
and we mnst ba r t
put into practice and demonstrate
wm w perceive of it a we go
along,
I shall now discus with vou a
few ot the basic teachings of
Christian Science, as set forth In
the Bible and Science and Health.
I do not ask you to try to accept
these teachings, but with close at
tention and open mind to weigh
and consider them. If you have
received false Impressions of
Ohrisian Science through chance
remarks and adverse criticisms,
from whatever source or motive,
I am sure yon will sea how un
just and wide of the mark they
have been. No one sbonld he A.
Prlved of the blessings of Christian
science through misconception or
misrepresentation. Each one has
a right to know what Christian
Science actually teaches and not
oe misled by what somebody who
knows little or nothing of the suh.
Ject says It teaches. What the
critics object to. Christian Sclen-
lists would usually object to
equally, It Christian Science
taught anything even remotely
resembling what they criticise.
That fact Is, that one who has not
made a deep and thorough atudy
of Christian Science and tested Its
teachings honestly In practice, is
unable to form a correct opinion
about It. What would be thought
ot one who had never studied
mathematics, could not even work
th simplest problems In mathe
matics making blind and emphatic
statement about what mathema
tics teaches and what could or
could not be don In It,
THE LANGUAGE OF SPIRIT
, Now the first thing I want to
emphasise, I th fact that Chris
tian Science ha practically given
us a new language. Not new
words, but has greatly amplified
th meaning ot words. Is It not
self-evident that th words ot a
human languag which w have
been accustomed to applying
mostly In a material way, are In
adequate media with which to
teach a purely spiritual Science,
unless these words are given a
higher significance? The failure
to make thla discrimination be
tween the lower and the higher,
th material and th spiritual,
meanings ot words, is on ot the
principal causes of confusion and
misunderstanding In discussing
the subject, and In reading th
Bible.
Near the end rt Science and
Health Is a chapter under th
heading ot "Glossary." Her th
spiritual meaning of a few ot th
important worda ot th Bible Is
clearly given. This is a key to
the meaning ot other words, and
Is certainly a fulfillment of the
prophecy of Jesus: "Thev shall
speak with new tongues." Let
me read to you out of this chap
ter the definitions of the two
most important words In the lan
guage, and th very basia of
Christian Science. Tj two words
are God and man.
Her Is the definition of God:
"The great I AM; the all-knowing,
all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise,
all-loving, and eternal; Principle;
Mind; Soul; Spirit; Lite: Truth:
Love; all substance; Intelligence."
Here Is the definition of man:
'The compound Idea ot Infinite
Spirit; th apirltual Image and
likenesa ot God; th full represen
tation of Mind."
You can readily sea how far re
moved from the ordinary sense
are these definitions. Christian
Science la a radical teaching; but
is not a radical change in our con
ception ot things necessary to ef
fect radical results? What has
the old material way ot thinking
done for usT What can It ever do
for us? A d It It a under
standing ot things is opened in
Christian Science; a new concep
tion ot the universe is born. The
seven nouns: Mind, bpinc &oui.
Life, Truth. Love. Principle, con
tained la th definition ot God,
are always capitalised In Christian
Science literature to distinguish
them from lower considerations
ot the same words, and are
synonymous terms, all mean the
same thing. They are the seven
most appropriate term taken
from human language and given
their highest significance, to de
tine God to our thought bo scien
tifically as to enable us to dem
onstrate His presence, power, and
government In onr lives.
MIND AS GOD
Consider for a moment the term
Mind as a synonym for God. Tho
general belief is that mind is
something personal, something In
a physical body, tfray matter in
the brain, etc.; that each of us
has a mind ot his own, and so
there are myriad of minds, all
more or less in conflict with each
other. Christians Science teaches
that there Is only one Mind, a
universal divlna Principle that
pervade all space. Spiritual man
reflects Infinite divine Mind and Is
In a constant, unbroken state of
nnity therewith. As the Bible
says: "In Him w live, ana move.
and have onr being." Paul re
ferred to this universal Mind
when fa said: "Let this Mind be
In you which was also In Christ
Jesus." A Christian Scientist Is
constantly endeavoring to radiate
and express mora and mors of this
perfect and Infinite Mind. And
he is endeavoring to alienee and
to express less and less ot what
1 termed in Christian Science
mortal mind.
By mortal mind Is meant all
negative conditions ot thought
all fearing, worrying, Imagining,
supposing, believing; all disease.
sin, death. Ignorance, superstition.
materialism; In short, everything
contrary and antagonistic to the
real Mind or God. Paul reierrea
to this mind as the "carnal mind,"
Which he said Is "enmitr against
God." Mortal mind has the same
relation to divine Mind that dark
ness has to light. Light Is posi
tive. Darkness Is negative the
mere absence ot light. When light
and darkness are brought to
gether, every one know what
hanoens. You can know Just as
certainly what will happen when
the activity of divine Mina ana
Its attributes Is realized in a hu
man consciousness wher mortal
mind ha seemed to occupy most
of the gronnd. And you will make
the greatest discovery and re
ceive th greatest Inspiration
possible If you make the test fair
ly. Th kingdom of (heaven will
open to you. You will find that
Christian Selene Is indeed the
Science of sclencos; that It Is ac
tually demonstrable; that It Is
possible for us to overcome, hen
and sow, our false mortal beliefs,
and to realize and experience
more and more of present spiritual
good. ' Remember that divlna
Mind is absolutely perfect, pure.
free; unlimited and universal In
power, presence, and knowledge.
It Is the very substance ot the
universe, -the basis ot all life. It
is our Father and Mother, tho
source and origin of all conscious
ness and being. It is self-exlstant,
self-contained, self-operative un
der It own omnipotent and har
monious law. It Is God. Nothing
csn Influence this Mind to be or
do or think other than In accord
ance with Its own nature and
character. There I no hypnotism,
mesmerism, suggestion, or human
will la Christian Science. Every
ffort a genulno Christian Scien
tist makes Is batted upon this on
divine Mind. It U entirely a spiri
tual process. It In Impossible to
do evil or try to work for selfish
personal ends aas'.nst th right
ot others and b a Christian Scientist-
Th good which come to
humanity through th demonstra
tion ot Scleuc. comes lawfully
and scientifically, and In accord
ance with Hod's will. No one can
sway or chang or move dtvlu
Mind. W must all ba moved by
It, and let It reign supreme In
our lives.
W learn that God's will for
each ot us Is good and good only,
What a change Christian 8clenco
Is bringing to th thought of th
world In this respect! You have
heard that God sends slcknesi,
and calamity, and death upon
mankind. Christian Scleuc posi
tively repudiates such a belief.
God Is Love. His law la wholly
beneficent. always working tor
us and never against us; always
sustaining and protecting us, and
supplying every need ot our being
every moment ot our existence.
When w see what God's will for
ua really Is, with what eagerness
and joy and complete confidence
w can surrender ourselves to
Him, and say from the heart,
"Thy will be done." The Bible
tells us, "Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered
into the heart ot man, the thing
wnicn t,od hath prepared for then
that love him." Thore la no de
ception in that statement. It is
literally and divinely true. The
good whica God ha In store for
us is Infinite. beyond the power
ot Human imagination to nlrtnr.
and through right thinking the
way u opened for lta acceptance
uu realisation.
That which seems to bring dis
cord Into evidence Is mortal mind.
not divine Mind. And as mortal
mind is overcome and displaced In
our thinking and In the world's
thinking, all discordant and de
structive element must inevitably
to inai extent dissolve and disap
pear from Individual and collect
ive experience. Thia overcoming
ia 10 oe accomplished her a nraver.
ful, persistent, patient effort to
flrat discriminate between mortal
mind and It elements, and divine
Jiuia, and lu qualities, and then
to deny, resist, and reject the
one; and affirm, hold to. and ae.
cept the other. That Is our work
ing basis. Any of you can make a
beginning right now. Take tea;
lor Instance. That would be
classified aa error or mortal mind.
tor certainly fear has no place In
divine Mind. "God hr.th not given
us th spirit of fear" said Paul.
rne Bible is full of "fear nbts'
uu do not strata." Then to
heed this admonition and to sup
press and overcome th amotion of
fear you would declare you ar
noi atraia and know the re.
for your declaration. No state
ment is mad bllnJIy, and Chris
tian Science is not Just .h.ii
optimism. It la the operation of
scientific, spiritual knowledge and
understanding. Whatever a Chris
tian Scientist declares and endeav
or to realize In hi prayer or.
treatment he understands, and he
can explain why It Is true. Other
wise there could be no power In
hi efforts. The reason we should
not be afraid Is because there is
nothing in the universe to be
afraid of when we understand th
situation. Evil and dlseaae ar
not power within themselves.
They have only th reality nian-
aina in lu Ignorance and suner-
stltlon bss given to them. They
have no intelligence with which to
Plan and work against us. There
Is no Principle to sustain them,
no law by which thev can oner-
ate and Invade our lives and op
Press us. How could there be.
God Is admitted to be the only
creator and governor of all things.
The Bible distinctly tell, us that
the creation I like the creator,
and reason tells us the same thing
V " ch,nc9- B" ha.
It b otherwise?
EVIL UNREAL
The very thing for which Chris
tian Selene ba been most criti
cized is Its explanation that evil
must be, hss to be, In th nature
of an unreality, an Illusion, or God
does not exist; rot this Is th
only hop of salvation. What
could be blinder than to say a
perfect God created all things Im
perfectly, that th Infinite God,
who Is all good, created something
contrary and antagonistic to His
own nature, and turned It loose
on His creation, which He love
with a love far above that of a hu
man parent for bis child. There
Is not a particle of reason, Intelli
gence, or scientific thought in
such a belief. Either we must
give up our belief In evil as a
reality that can never be destroy
ed, or we must abandon our con
cept of the one perfect God. Thora
Is no escaping the Inexorable logic
of Christian Science on this fun
damental point. It holds us right
there and demands demonstration.
All through history philosophers
and devout student hav sought
to discover the origin of evil.
lta any origin been found? No.
Why? For th all-sufficient rea
son that It has no origin. Evil
must be seen and held as an Illu
sion, a baseless dream, powerless
and unreal, or not even a scien
tific beginning cun ba made to
wards overcoming It, and freeing
ourselves from It oppression. Wo
do not ask questions about th
sourc ot an Illusion or unreality.
W ar fully occupied with prov
Ing II unreality, and as we do so
It ceases to trouble us or by any
subtlety to decelv us liito ad'
mlttlng and recognising Its olaliu
to place and power; tor wa hav
already perceived In Principle aud
hav begun to demonstrate In
eiperlvnro that evil I not scion-
tlfkally real, and haa no pine in
Christianised consciousness o r
real being. This is not Ignoring
evil, but is facing It squarely tor
th first time; silencing it argu
ments, exposing and denouncing
Its pretenses, handling Us false
claims, and reducing It to Us owj
aothlnguess. This requires spiri
tual alertness. Industry, persever
ance, a constant spiritual ac
tivity, but It can be done, la being
done, will continue to be done In
ever Increasing measure In Chris
tian Science. Christian ScientisU
hav enlisted as In God's army to
war with sin. disease, and death
In all their forms, and to keep It
up with increasing skill until good
is proved to be all and evil naught!
TRUTH A REVELATION
Manv times Christian Scientists
are criticized by those who do not
understand their methods, for the
way In which wa us th word
"truth". Truth In It highest and
absolute sense, and as used In
Christian Science, la a synonym
for divine Mind, or God. It Is
generally thought that the picture
ot thing presented through the
five physical sense is th trutn.
Th Bible and Sclonc and Health
are In conflict with that belle!.
That Is the only conflict there Is.
You hav heard It said that a
Christian Scientist says he Is woll
when he 1 sick, which Is tanta
mount to saying he 1 not truth
ful. Well, let u examine It and
see. Most people have been di
rectly and Indirectly taught from
childhood to believe that the
only source ot knowledge, th only
wsy we can know things, Is
through the material senses. Th
schools ar largely engaged In an
effort to discover some final and
permanent truth through these
senses. The futility ot all that
effort onght to be self-evident to
anyone who will think soberly
about It. How can we learn any
truth which will stand through the
ages, through faculties which will
not stand through th age? If
we look through a red glass,
everything appears red. Look
through the mortal, material
senses and will not everything ap
pear mortal? And will not every
conclusion we reach about our
selves or anything, baaed upon
material sense testimony, be a
mortal conclusion and therefore
untrue In th absolute and scien
tific sense?
Through what other channel
then may we gain knowledge? The
Bible and Science and Health con
tain a record ot knowledge which
not only did not come through the
physical senses, but Is opposed to
and completely supersede such
evidence. How did these spiritual
truths come to human conscious
ness? Through revelation or In
spiration; through spiritual sens
and menul unfoldment from with
in. Spiritually minded men
through the ages have lifted their
thought above matter and mater
ial evidences, and have, with vary
ing degrees of clearness and In
sight Into the ever present divlna
Mind that surrounds us, discerned
something ot Invisible and eternal
reality. Thus haa Inspired truth
been accumulating slowly through
history. Christ Jesus understood
Truth and demonstrated It to per
fection In his day. But spiritual
truth had nover been stated In Its
fullness and completeness and re
duced to a demonstrable Selene,
available for every man to under
stand and practice, until Christian
Selene came. It Is from the
standpoint of revealed Truth that
a Scientist thinks and works; and
from that standpoint he I never
sick. He makes his sUtemenU
modestly and often silently, bnt
deep within him he strives to be
loyal and obedient to this Inspired
sense of Truth, however strongly
opposed by matorlal conditions.
He knows that In no other way can
he possibly fre himself by spiri
tual means and prove th power
of Mind over the Illusory eviden
ces of matter.
Jesns said, "Ye shall know the
truth, and th truth shall make
you free." Will It make us tree
to believe or to say we are sick
and miserable? Is It not clear that
It we ar knowing or believing
anything that distresses us or
make us weak and fearful, we
ar not knowing the truth as Jesus
used th term? If the way we are
thinking Is not making ua free,
it is not th truth which we are
entertaining. What Is th truth?
Th truth ot being Is that man Is
the perfect spiritual child ot God,
and not an organised piece of pro
toplasm thrown up hers on the
shore of time for a brief day to
suffer and perish. The truth is
that harmony, and not discord, Is
th law of man's being. Th truth
is that good only la real and that
evil Is unreal. Th truth Is that
man's real origin and existence Is
In divlna Mind, beyond th cogni
zance of the physical senses; that
man Is created by divine Mind,
and exists now and forever as a
perfect Idea or Imago In this Mind.
We do not sea this or any abso
lute truth with the mortal senses
The Bible tells us that "no man
hath seen Ood at any time," that
Is, materially. The pur In heart
shall so God. Jesus told us, W
so Hlin with our thought, our
understanding, our spiritual sens.
That la th wsy we are learning to
see things lit Christian Science,
aud It 1 from this basis that w
are learning to reason and roach
conclusions. The testimony ot th
physical senses Is always unroll
able even In their own realm of
matter aa la now generally recog
nised. For thousands ot years
they deceived men Into Iho unlver.
sal belief that tho earth waa flat
anil atattonary. You ar familiar
with th reception th man got
who first denied that belief wltk
a larger view and blifher know
ledge. What haa become of the
flatness ot the earth? That Is
Just whst will become of disease
sin, and death aa w know mor
and mors of the Truth. The radio
haa given a staggorlng blow to th
limitations ot human bullet base I
on the sense testimony. In fact
all human advancement haa been
breaking away from auoh limita
tions, and this ago la observing th
greatest atrldea ver known lu this
uirecuon. I'rogreas away from a
material baala and towarda a
freer, purer, and leas limited sense
of lit Is on wlugs today.
The five physical senses ar not
th servants ot Truth or God.
They ar th servanu of human
belief. Thoy testify outwardly to
what w and mankind generally
believe Inwardly. "Mortal mind
sees what It believes aa certainly
aa It believes what It seos. It
feels, hears, and sees Its own
thought," saya 8 o I e n c and
Health, (p. 86). Th physical
sensos could nover tostlfy to tho
presence of dlseaae on your ho.lv
or discord In four lite, unless
there wa a mental condition
hack ot that Illusory evldenc thst
needs correction, whloh explains
why the method of Christian
Selene Is purely metaDbvslcal
and deals with thoutht only.
When the menial origin ot dlseaso
la discerned and diagnosis Is men
tal. It become logical and natural
to rasort to mental treatment.
The Christian Scientist knows
that It la vain to try to Improve
eternal conditions without Improv
ing the hsslo causa ot thos con
ditions In th mind. Condition
In your life and In the world today
are accurate reflection ot your
and the genoral state of mind of
msnklnd. This being self-evldently
true, now vain and futile are most
of th efforu which ar mad to
mprov conditions, trying to
correct effect without touching
causos, trying to chang every
thing excopt th on thing which
should be changed, namely, th
thinking ot manklndl Th Chris
tian Scientist diagnose thought.
treats thought and watches for
progress and Improvement In
thought, a purely spiritual sys
tem. Any departure from that
standard Is not Christian Sclenr.
The Christian Scientist knows and
na already bad evldonced to him
In abundant measure, that as
this work Is fsltbfully dona It
bear fruit beyond anythln ha
dreamed possible In exact accord
ance with Ood promises. As hls
scientific and revealed truth la
brought Into onr conscious think
ing and feeling, as It Is cultivated
there, and maintained, loved, and
obeyed; and aa beliefs contrary
to It are robukod and cast out, tho
evidence before tho senses begins
to change. This la prayor In
Christian Science, the prayer
which is always answered, and
which we may pray without ceas
ing. As this process la nnnki
In, the foara anil hn.r i. -i..
and disease dissolve away In
consciousness, and the senses can
,onor against us. for
there ar no belief, lor taonl ,
testify to. The Illusory evidence
vanlshos, and we go forth free.
Thla la the sclentlfio fact, and
every case of healing In Christian
Science proves It anow. Mrs.
Eddy says In Sclonce and Health:
When numbers have been divid
ed according to a fixed rule, the
quotient Is not mora unquestion
able than the scientific tesU I
have mad of th effects of
truth upon the sick." (p. 233).
Christian Scientists all over th
world are proving this constantly.
Nothing could be more practical,
mor available, more effective, ii
th on way to freedom .,
happiness. Thore is no other .
CHRISTIAN 8CIENCE NOT
DIFFICULT
Do not be obstructed In youi
progress in Investigating and util
izing Christian Sclonce, by the too
common statement that It Is too
deep and difficult, too bard for
you to understand. Wo jsv boetj
spiritually Illiterate, It I true,
and Christian Sclonc Is a com
plete aystem of spiritual educa
tion, but It Is not hard to under
stand. Truth Is In fact tho only
thing that can be understood, Ar
material things, sin, disease, and
death, understandable? Chris
tian science Is different, radically
different from old methods ol
thinking; but should It not be easy
and natural for God's children to
understand Ills message to them?
It Is equally easy and natural
to prove Christian Science. Cer
tainly our Creator has given us
the same power to demonstrate
and prov His truth as He haa to
perceive It. Let us keep ourselves
fre and give our lives a chance.
W must think and talk on tho
positive side and not on th nega
tive. In watching iyour thinking
and In analysing It to tee It It Is
true and cltntlfle, keep asking
yourself thes questions! ")'
Uod know that; dues II ssy lKst
does It reflect Him?"
In on of Mrs. Eddy's smaller
works, Unity of Good, she mskos
th following significant alalo
uient: "When I hav most closrly
scan and most sensibly felt that
the Intinlto recognises no dlsnaie,
this haa not separated ma from
Uod, but has so bound in to Hint
as to enable me Instantaneously
to heal a cancer which had eaUu
11 way to the Jugular vein."
"In the same apirltual condition
t have been able to replace dislo
cated JninU and raise tho dylud
to instantaneous health. Herein
Is my evldonco, from on high, that
th views her nromulialed ou
this subject ar correct." (p. ?).
MAN'S TRUE NATUllB
t,i. Insistent bollot and assump
tion that w can know something
which Uod does not know, that
w csn feci and eiperlonce some
thing apart from Hint and con
ir.rv to Ilia nalur is th sour
of all our wo and must b re
named of. Christian Sclonc in
spires on to so that what God
does not know and did not creai
la a lie In some form, aud ho Im
mediately resists and oppose Its
claim to presence aud activity, and
disbelieves that It can us blm as
Its medium or mouthpiece, became
he Is really a reflection, an ex
pression ot God only, as ths defin
ition of man I road from Science
and Health clearly Indlcatoa. Tills
definition of man, what he la aud
what ho Is not, Is treated In groat
detail throughout III teachings of
Christian Science. In nothing does
the human mind seem so slow as
In giving up Its mortal and mator
lal conropt ot man. Perhaps the
reason tor this Is the ever prosent
belief that the physical form the
senses behold Is nun. "V know
nn mora of man as th true divine
Image and likeness, than we know
of Uod," says Science and Health
(P. 35s).
The Bible In Its very first men
tion ot man positively proclaims
that be la made In th Image and
likeness ot Ood. Isaiah admonish
ed, "Ceas y from man whoa
breath la In his nostrils for where
in Is he to be accounted ot"; Jesus
said: "The flesh profttoth noth
ing"; and Paul cald: "Henceforth
know we no man af.e: th flesh."
In fact th vital them running all
through th Blblo is that man Is
spiritual and not material. Chris
tian Science constantly reiterate
this all-Important fact.
The physical sens I th Adam
dream from which Christ came
to save ua. There Is nothing els
from which w need to be saved.
The word "man" applies to each
ot u Individually and to all gen
erally. So we must make practi
cal and dsmonstrato In our lives
this marvelous revelation about
man ao entirely contrary to the
ordinary belief. If wa ar to
keep Science oparatlv In our
thought and reap th rewards, w
must b consistent and stick to
our Principle. Effect must aver
b Ilk It cause. Man Is effect;
God Is cause. We reason cpn
stantly from God to ourselves. If
Uod la not sick, w In our real
Individualities sra not sick. If
God finds no pleasure In sin, w
as His Image find no pleasure In
sin. Our who! effort and prayor
la to realise and to maintain man'
unbroken unity with and llkoness
to his Creator. Any other sens
Is an Illusion, a niosmarla dream,
from which Christian Selene Is
awskenlng a slumbering world,
CHRIST JESUS
A perfect example o a human
life governed by this concept of
man as the Image ot God, bss ap
peared just once In history. I
shall never forget the love and ad
miration for Christ Jesus that
came to me when I began ths
study of Ohrlstlsn Science and for
the first time tried to domonslrato
lta teaching. Then and there I
got an entirely now sense of
groatnosa and of values, a sons of
heroism, nobility, and grandour,
which msde other characters I had
so admired In history, fade from
the picture In comparison. No one
csn have a full appreciation of
Jesus' Ufa and "work until tie be
gins tho endeavor. In the silence
of his own consciousness, to dem
onstrate th sams power which our
.Master exercised. Christ Jesus Is
the on model of man, th only
example Christian SclentlsU fol
low. Thoy know that the test of
their Christianity and their
sclenc Is In eiortlng ths spiritual
power and doing th works he
plainly said ws must do to be
called Christians and bis follow
ers. He did not loave It open for
any on to claim th name of
Christian on the basis of profes
sion. Ho placed It entirely on the
basis of domonstratlon. Thero It
must romaln.
Christian Science Is simply a
scientific explanation ot how Josua
did what be did. Hav w not
needed that explanation? It has
bson said thst Jesus' power was
miraculous and limited to His own
personal experience and to his
own time. He did not say that.
On the contrary, he pleadod with
humanity to see that th power
ha utilized was universally avail
able to all. He said that ths works
he did we should do too. He said
that th way th world would
know that ws were his followers
would be that the same signs
would follow those who follow
him. He Indicated cleary that
there was a divine Principle In
volved Jn his works, which all
could understand and demon
strate. Ha said ha could of his
own self do nothing, thst It wa
the Father that dwelt within, lilnil
that did th works. It baa been)
said that wa could not bo ezperteg.
to attempt the works Christ Jesus
did. Did he say that? Was lie
not our elder brotlmr? Did lu
not say that tils Father was also
our Father? "Call no mau your
father upon the earth: for one Is
your Father, which Is In heaven,"
he distinctly said, '.loos this not
Imllcato unmistakably that ws all
In reality bavo a spiritual origin
and ar spiritual aud uot material
In our real being, and therefor
aro heirs to tho same power Jusns
oxorclsed? Otherwise, how could
w obey his lust ructions aud uo
what ho demanded ot us? What
would bo the purpose In having su
eiample It It Is Impossible for
to follow that ozamplo? W ar
born again through Ilila rovuls
lion. Old things hsvs passed away
and all things hav become new.
nn criticism lias been tint
Christian rk-lenca ileulrs tho dlvlu-
of Christ. Homing com .
possibly be farlhor from the trulh.
It maintains that divinity In every
statement of Its leuohlng. 11 does
more. It reveals the glorious ani
Inspiring fact that lb real natur
of all creation is and must nerrs-
sarlly be like the Creaiur. spiritu
al. Immaculate, divine. Any other
concept la what holds us In bol d
ago and iiseps us from vterclslus
our dominion, and Is ths "ol.l
mau" which wa ar Instructed to
put off." Why do we have so
many opinions of our own con
trary to what Jesus taught, la ob
struct our development and ue
fulness. always working sgalnsl
ourselves? If ha said we could do
the works he did end even greater
works, we should without
question accept the tact that It Is
possible, and arouse ourselves to
activity In finding out how to At
It, Instead of bringing forth in
unending set of strums and opin
ions that It can't be done. We
ought to be humble enough to ad
mit that a man who eserclsed com
plete dominion over matter and
II material condition through
the power of Mlnii, knew what h
waa saying and meant what b
said.
MARY BAKER EDDY
It haa been said that Chrlstlsn
Scientists worship Mrs. Eddy.
They do not. They worship God
alone. If they ar true to Mrs.
Eddy' teachings. Hhe repeatedly
Instructed other to follow her
only so far aa she followed Christ,
and turned thought constantly to
that one example for guidance.
Her Ilto waa a marvelous eiample
of unselfish love and humility.
She donounred, as It never before
had been denounced, the error of
worshipping a human personality.
But there never haa bean a greater
service rendered Iho roc sine
th days ot Jesus, than Mrs. Eddy
haa rendered It. As you begin to
see whst Chrlstlsn 8clenc really
la, your wonder will never cesso
that on lone woman could hav
risen to such spiritual heights
above the common level of belief,
aa to perceive this Kclenc In di
vine Mind and running through
all th page ot th Scriptures,
snd to have stated It so definitely
snd completely that It will romal.j
throughout the age as a great.
erer-operatlr healing I a v n.
working down at th rooU ot
thought and desire lo redoem and
savo the race. There I no possible
human compensation for th ben.
raciions Mrs. Eddy bestowed upoa
us when sth discovered Chrlstlsn
Sclenc and established It la lu
purity n human practice, ivt.i
a friend she haa been to na all!
Christian Scientists love and rever
ence tier In exact proportion to
their understanding ot what eha
haa accomplished. It ia Im
possible lo hav a true concept ot
Christian Science and not feel an
overflowing grntlludo to Its 1)1-
covcror and Founder. Read her
hooks; apply their teachings to
your probloms; fool their Influ
ence In your life, and you will
know whether she Is genulno or
not. You will novor again ba
troubled by untruthful statements
that have. In all ages, been In
vented by the worshippers of mat"
tor against the spiritual and in
spired loaders ot th world.
!y friends. Christian Bcwnr
Is an xhaust!os subject, it is
only possible In this brief hoar to
touch upon a few poinu. Let m
repeat what I said In the begin-
nlng, that the full alaloment ot
Christian Science Is In Sclenc
and Health. This Is an open book
available In the Christian Science
Reading Rooms, and In libraries
throughout the world for all to
study and understand. (There ha
never boon a greatar privilege
open to a member of th human
race than to havo access to th
contents of this wonderful book.
Thousands upon thousands ot
persons hava boon healed of what
are callod Incurable diseases and
sins by reading and studying th
book. In the Christian Sclencs
periodicals, weekly and monthly.
and at the Wodnosrtay evonli.s
meetings of ths Christian Sclencs.
Churches, the world over, ton 1 1,
monloa of healing ar glvsn,
Those healings Include dlneases
and sins In all tholr forms and
ar experienced by persons in all
walks ot life. This healing evi
dence has besn growing In vo'om
constantly slnco Rclrfnce and
Health was first published, un
til today no fact la bolter estab
lished In human history than that
Christian Science hauls.
Science and Health tolls yon
precisely what attitude ot mind to
(Con tinned on page 0)
I