Show 1 NOTED LECTURER OUTLINES THE I DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN J SCIENCE M At t the tho Salt Batt Lako Lake theatre yesterday afternoon at 3 0 o'clock ch ck C G GEaton C. C Eaton Edon member of the board of lecture lecture- hip chiP of ot tho mother church of the Chr Christinn Chris I tinn Scientists in 41 Boston lectured onI on or I doctrines of the tho church He nc was introduced introduced intro intra b by Attorney Allen T. T Sanford who said I Tho Tho Christ church does docs o not at proselyte roses y to it maintains no DO missionaries P it does docs not appeal to the tho emotional bu buto but it does docs no not to reason an and judgment hold revivals or similar means to Increase In Increase In- In crease its membership while whilo all arc aro welcome to join it the they aro arc not urged yet yot y of within t tho e lifetime of many in in this audience it has grown to be he ono one of the strop strong religious organizations of the world wort with over mer 1700 churches and probably adherents adherent Stron Strong as it is its strength is not measured by it its numbers for its teachings are arc a leavening ea influence on tho thought oj of the time How Bow jr or r wb why this growth anc and development do It t is only b by virtue of tho fact that it has a world word message and that of universal love harmony and righteous righteousness It la Is not a new message though long on neglected It teaches that that l the tho healings o or the Nazarene were not miracles but only the application of thu tho universal law that tho the right under der understanding standing and and harmony harmon and accord with ones one's well bein be be- being the law of God to Is to in ing not only spiritually but physically nn an and d mentally Tho The thousands of in incurable Incurable incurable in- in curable cures attest the rightfulness and practicability of its claim Realizing ing that the tho modern understanding and application of its teachings s is in in its int in in- fane fan and that it has much to overcome over over- come it asks only to be judged b by its I I and believes that b y this standard tan stan works t UI AC u j i j dard it has fully demonstrated its helpfulness helpfulness help help- not only to mental sufferers butto butto but butto to the lame tho the halt and the tho blind and as its teachings b become more moro thoroughly thoroughly thor thoro universally understood understood un un- studied and more moro tho gr greater ater achievements will rc result Mr rr Eaton's lecture was as folIo follows If I J were to select a text of Scripture Scrip turo ture as a a. basis for this address I certainly certainly could not well select a n more moro appropriate ap ap- appropriate or a R more more important ono one than J Jesus commission to his disciples that their prea preaching hin should be bo with respect to tho the kin kingdom dorn e of God and be bo accompanied ac ac- companied b by y the healing of the sick tho the cleansing of the leper loper the raising of the dead the casting castin out of devils The tenth chapter of Matthews Matthew's gosel gospel gos p pel reI el is entirely devoted to the Masters Master's instructions and admonitions in this respect respect re reo re- re and anil tho the closing I chapter of the tho same gospel adds to this commission tho the more general and universal one namely that his followers should should 1 teach all nations to observe nil all thin things s whatsoever er ho had commanded them to do thus plainly making makin it a Christians Christian's Chris tian's bans duty to heal the sic sick and remove evils e as well wen as preach tho the gospel in in all times and places Thor command of the Master is in substances an epitome of true Christian faith doctrine and practice Moreover Moreover More More- over it is obvious that such a n. faith and practice can only rest secure on a firm foundation to wit The existence of one oue omnipotent omnipresent omnis omnis- omniscient dent God God- God r n a God who constitutes and embraces embraces' s all true trio being and who consciously consciously con con con- inspires protects and governs governs every cry part and portion of his vast universe uni verse of ideas according to immutable law Tho The Allness Allne s of God I i Christian Science meets the requirement requirement require require- ment mont to preach reach by works or demonstration H tion rather than b bj by words or arg i ments It docs does not announce a new arid aims tid stran strange c concept of God but un un- unfolds folds foN and declares n a correct because den demonstrable understanding of his being being be be- in ing qualities and law To broaden our concept of God there has been introduced introduced intro intro- lu d into the teaching of Christian Science n as ns terms or synonyms for God other than ordinarily used those of Mind Soul Principle Truth and Love Loc The terms term intelligence and substance sub sub- sub sub-j stance stance o are also employed as ns synonyms synonyms' to aid the student in his comprehension of I. I God as ti well Moll as to indicate indica a His nature na ture tore attributes s and qualities These terms term when rightly under understood tood and applied applied ap ap- plied servo O to turn thou thought ht away from froma a circumscribed limited or humanized sense of ot Deity and direct it toward that impersonal infinite te and absolute intelligence consciousness presence and power whom whom we have havo designated designated des des- as God When we le include ever cr c attribute of good justice mercy compassion affection and tenderness which we naturally associate with the thc term Father as lt applied to God and at the same time all nil sense sonso of injustice injustice tice hatred anger ven vengeance and changeableness wo we are aro able to obtain and enjoy a moro more ri righteous and truo true sense elf eif Deity as infinite infinite All Such a concept inspires love lovo and reverence re I- I Furthermore it will quicken within us a spiritual consciousness ss which is recuperative and redemptive c in its I operation and which will act as a silent power rower t to lift us above tho the false and und it illegitimate b beliefs of mortality obliterate the tho moral or physical which those beliefs may ma- mahave have produced pro and an adequate ade quate defense against ri ains tho influence and action diou of or all that is unlike God good One infinitely good God and one ono in infinitely infinitely in in- finitely perfect universe including I man roan is ms what Christian Science de de- dares clares au and toadies teaches And re regarding this thiA it holds bolds that it is just lust as important that we shall have C a correct understanding understanding under under- standing re regarding a perfect p man as tho the creature of God as ns it is that we Wc shall shan havo havn a n truo true knowledge o of a per feet God as the creator of man If ono one or the other or both aro arc excluded from I our religions teaching and auel practice I then is is our faith likely to bo be dead ad anc and ando I o our lr b hope po indeed leed d To account fo for the tho a absence senco of a n more general belief belie in in a embodying ing these fundamentals funda menials wo we must note how bow far anc and wide wido wide we have strayed on these questions ques ques- turns and what has bas led tho the world worM into the tho confusion and trouble in which i it appears to bo ho involved All that we find in Biblical history associated with the humanized concept of Deity anc and tho imperfection of man we also alBa find fine incorporated in the Jho man man made doctrines of modern Christianity which has resorted re reo resorted sorted to tho the practice of clothing tho the Divine with tho the human vesture and aVic depreciating and antI misrepresenting tho creative work of God Failing to distinguish dis dis- between tho the true and the tho false falso conceptions of God which appear in the tho Scriptures it delineates Him Rim wholly as ns an liable being being liable to wrath and and anden en vengeance and whimsical capricious and changeable in His na na- tire huc and by its teaching succeeds only in in implanting in the hearts of men f fear ar arand and hatred of a being rathor rather than ban rev reverence rence and love o oTheolo Theolo Theology's s 's teaching caching with respect to the tho creat creation creations on is s that what we on earth today as men and women aro all that now not notre re remains remains mains of what was originally spiritual man Almost universally the tho belief prevails that man the crowning triumph of Gods God's creation has degenerated degenerated degen to the level of a material beast indeed indeed it is even en declared declared that that ho he is I little ittle else elso than a mere more speck of dust duston I on th the desert of the un universe erso Two Records of or Creation Evidently this thou thought ht of man has obtained by rea reason eon of the confusion of the th he two separate accounts of the crea crea- creation iou tiou which appear in the tho Bible A careful care care- ul ful study of these records discloses the fact that they differ in many important respects insomuch that the student is forced to recognize that in promise premise and conclusion they are positively antipodal antipo antipo- dal thoy they can cannot ot be harmonized upon a single point Thus tho the Scriptures indi indicate atc that in the day da- when God Elohim created man in in his own Image mage tho Lord God J Jehovah is supposed to have havo c formed man of the dust of the ground and made mado a woman woman wo woo wooman man out ont of a a 3 bone Spiritual Man Though brie briefly stated tho first chapor chap chap- ter or of Genesis contains a complete completo record record rec rec- ord of the spiritual and true creation a record pronounced b 03 by most authorities authorities on Biblical questions Questions' as absolutely scientific in all respects Therein wo we read that God Gad created man in His own I I ima imago o and likeness gave ao him dominion over O tho the earth carth and whatever mo thereon and provided pro d for tho the constant care and aud maintenance of His creation Tho The record stat states s o that CI God God w everything that he had had made maJa and behold it was very good The Tho teaching teach teach- in lug ing of ot Christian Science o places special emphasis upon this record as authentic aD and true and declares that it presents the tho basis of all nil truo true existence God being be he being ing admitted admittedly supreme and unchanging in ing good an and tho the real universe being the tho manifestation of His continuous activity ac nc activity ti Christian Science nr argues ues that His creation must ever er continue continuo to be he representative o of tho the Divine charac charac- tort tor of oC which it can call be bo a correct and andle legitimate le expression only as ns it remains remains re re- mains perfect t. t The Bible Biblo fortunately does docs not teach that provision pro was was made necessary or even possible for a change contamination failure or termination of the perfect handiwork of God and we noto note that tho the reading does not fin fin- in in- volve volvo Gods God's imago in discord or im perfection The Tho conclusion is irresistible blo ble that tho the perfect t man is a present present- day reality whatever human sense may maybe ma be to tho the contrary The Dust Man In the second and subsequent chali chap cha chapters tors of Genesis our attention js is directed directed di dl to the statements that tho the Lord God Jehovah formed man of tho the dust of tho the ground but not in the tho imago image or likeness of an anything thing in particular and nothing is is said id about this moan man having baving dominion over o an anything thing Later Lator ho he acquired acquired ac ac- the name of Adam Tho The record also states that out of the ground the Lord God caused the products natural thereto to grow and formed formell the tho beasts of tho the field of the tho same material namely name name- ly Is the ground Continuing we le note that in order to provide a suitable com coin panion anion and helpmeet for the tho man the Lord ord God caused causell a deep sleep to fall faU u upon on Adam and acting in tho the capacity ot of a surgeon ho be removed a rib from his side eide an and immediate immediately transformed it into a woman to the tho delight of tho the man What might bo be designated as a brief honeymoon is followed by tem temptation tation disobedience fear shame and condemnation condemnation condemnation con con- accompanied by br punishment imposed by br the tho Lord God upon this man and his wife This experience culminates culminates cul cul- in sorrow sorro and suffering for tho the woman woman and the repudiation and decree of annihilation for tho the man man man-Ie man Dust Dust Dust thou art and unto dust thou re re- re- re turn Manifestly this is an attempt to account account ac ac- count for the ori origin in of a material manas man as well as for his dismal failure and ana and I ending The extraordinary inconsistencies inconsistencies inconsistencies which have been introduced in int t tio io 10 record aro are in themselves sufficient to warrant us ns in iu regarding it as an alle aUe gory B By a strange process of ot sion sian and substitution n it is observed that the tho th record of tho the Adamic creation or dust typo type of man mans mant has almost wholly superseded in our lives that of the spiritual spir spiro spiritual or God made mado man Indeed the tho incidents incidents incidents in in- narrated have formed the tie the basis of a multitude of religious beliefs or systems Christianity as commonly taught toda today is based entirely upon the belief bellef in in the tho verity of this history It has accordingly devised what it regards as an efficacious plan whereby it is hoped this mortal or dust man may be restored rejuvenated transformed into a spiritual being regardless of tho the Scriptures which clearly teach that good cannot bo be made out of evil Wo We are taught th that t mortality must be bo destroyed in in order that immortality may may be brought to light Jesus declared the c flex flesh h nothing and Paul said that flesh and blood cannot in in- bent herit the kingdom of God God Healing of at the Sick Practically 5 speaking aking nothing at present prest pres ent cut embodied in m n the teaching of modern mod mod- modern the tho healing healing healing heal heal- ern Christianity provides for ing of the sick ignoring the tho command of Jesus Jesua to heal by spiritual means theology theology the the- has left this question entirely entire to the tho tho medical profession Compliance with the teat teaching liinA ing of the tho Master aster involves in in- involves the preservation of f the tho essential u unity ty of his command to preach and b heal iCal al In considering this wo we are brought face faco to face faco with t the e unwarranted pre of the tho thought that would woUl 1 sunder these factors ot of true truo Christian service Tho The work of saving sinn sinners rs b by y preaching is committed to men whose lives Jives ives and characters it is expected shall be bo above reproach But the tho coordinated coordinated co co- coordinated service of healing the sick is given iven over to those who ma may or ma may not lot even en be moral much loss spiritual in n their lives Jives i In this connection it is interesting to observe that both theology and me med medical teal cal practice have hae a common ground of meeting and it is that of the tho verity of the he matter man and that when ho he is isick sick ick ho he is to be healed as though ho bo bovere were vere wholly dust although declared by h theologians to havo have a soul Strangely enous enough neither seems scorns to appreciate tho the predicament in which both are |