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Show Principles of Christian Sdence Expounded in Lecture Delivered To Large Audience at Auditorium . ; teaching. She has not propounded sny-tttinir sny-tttinir new for our acceptance In teach-ins: teach-ins: that Oo1 and Mind are one. WORD WAS -GOO." Whit doea John nay In openins hla sopl? He iayi thla: 'In the bcpln-ntnii bcpln-ntnii w the Word, and the Word was with liod. and the Word waa God." On a simple analyala let ua aee where the statement leada ua. so far ua the foundation foun-dation la concerned. "What la the word? The word la the expression that accompanies or precede pre-cede thought. Thought la the activity of Mind. Therefore, hecauee thla la true. Mra. Kfldy'a statement would be equally correct. "We find that the more we turn to know Ood aa Christian Science tearhee tlod to be, the more loving- we ehall be, the more conaclouaneaa of Life we ahall have, the more Truth we ahall dlacern. and aa every atep preaenta itaelf unto ua. the more we ahall become conacloua of the 1'rtni'lple of rlajht thlnklnn. ao : that we can make no mistake, but ahall ! go on with the Unlit which never lost a cane which came to It for healing: ; and the more we dent; to that, the more ahall we have that Chrlst-mlnd which enables ua to do for ouraelvea and for our brethren In thla world the henllng ! from every dlacord that aeema to afflict ua. "Thv kingdom come- "Tliy will be done In earth, aa It la In heaven." Reveral hundred perons listened to Frank H. Leonard. C. S. It , member of the board of lectureship of the Mother church, the Kirat Church of C'hrlat, Scientist, ltoston, Man., deliver a lecture lec-ture on Christian Science Sunday after- : noon In the Kicharda street audittirjnm. ' The speaker waa Introduced by . W. (Clyde Price, rt-preeenting the Second church of thla city, under whose aus- j plcea the lecture was given. Mr. I'rlce . 1 said In part: I "We have with us this afternoon one t whose purpose Is to be present the sub. ! Ject of Christian Science correctly, and ! to bear testimony to the facie regarri-) regarri-) ing the life and work of Ita diecowrer !and founder. Mary Uaker Kddy." Mr. Leonard aald: I "Whenever I hear or think of that 'quotation from John: 'And shall j know the truth, and the truth shall I make you free,' I likewise think of the I question isked of Joesja, 'What la truthr And perhaps the most Interesting Inter-esting thing, so far as 1 am concerned. In the enure quotation, la the fact that Jesus did not answer that qucatlon. He practically aald: If In view of everything every-thing that you have known to be done In Juden under my mlniatry you are atlll asking the question, 'What la truth?' then no words would ever convey con-vey one single item of information on that point. "Now, Truth la one Truth. In my recent lisMure tour In Euroo, a very eminent dlvliie in the Lutheran church remarked tlifft it was dangerous to say God la Truth, because, he aald. there are so many truths that it would be a . i.,.. .... t.. .hirh ano Uud liIh;il waa a theological opinion, but it was not Christian. All the human opinlona on the fare of the earth aa to what constitutes Truth may be wrong. There are millions of human anplnioiis, but when we begin to limit Truth, when we begin to say that there la this truth and that truth and the other truth, we are getting away from the Hible fact, which tells ua that there la Just one Truth, and that this Truth Is Cod, the infinite One. QUESTION ASKED. "One of the questions that has been asked very ofteni why we should assume as-sume that this revelation has come through a wuniun of whom no one had ever heard up to that time, rather limn through some of the men or women who had consecrated years of their lives to Iho study of the xtihlc. Well, really, we cannot answer Unit question. Only (iod can answer that. Jfut we can say as did Christ Jesus: '1 thank thee. O Kather. 1-ord of heaven and earth, because thus hast hid these things from t lie wise and prudent, nnd hast revealed them unto hnbes." Mrs Kddy assurtdly conformed lo what a babe mentis In her loyalty to the teach-Inga teach-Inga of the Hible, In taking them as being be-ing absolutely true. When otli.-r children were hearing the little fairy stories and things of-that of-that sort to which we all have loved to listen, Mrs. Kddy was hearing from her mother the history of thinks recorded In the lilble, the stories of true events. She clung to them as she grew up: then when alio had reached maturity ahe met with an accident which the doctors aiild " would result tutaliy. All of her friends accepted and believed this, nnd her minister stopped to pray with her In the morning, believing, as they all did. that she would not be on earth to be prayed wkh at the termination of the morning service. After he had done his kindly loving work for he.-, she asked those with whom she was slaying to give her her Hible and to leave her alone wlthi (iod. They did aa ehe requested, and when the minister stopped again Inter J to see If he could be of any assist-1 anre. Mrs. r.ddy herself opened the dmir to him. and stood before him for the first time since her girlhood perfectly well, normal and natural In. every particular. par-ticular. REVELATION CAME. "So we know l.y results that the revelation rev-elation came to Mra. Kddy and through her to the whole world. "Mrs. Kddy haa unfolded to us a 'marvelous knowledge of Ood In the synonyms whlchshe hns given In Scl-j ence and Health with Key to the Scrip-tuies' Scrip-tuies' for the word fiod.' Many people ! havo thought that they did not lielleve In tloil, but every one believes In Cod 'when he knows what 1(h4h: nnd so these eynonms which Mrs. Kddy has given to the world eventually have been I eufficfent to have saved the entire world If she had never written another thing. Now Mrs. Eddy, In using these svnonvms, does not limit or consent to the truth rf the statement that there are two kinds of love, for Instance; one that may turn Into envy, murder and hatred; and the other ths love which Jesus Christ showed. when he waa en- , able to say of those who were attempting attempt-ing to destroy him: 'Father, forgive them, for they know not whut they do.' "Mrs. Kddv teaches us that Cod Is Life. The Hible tesches us thnt dial Is Life. It says so In so many words Life, that Is without beginning or without with-out ending; Life, which manifests Itself It-self to the eternsl activity and creator; Life, that we are all longing and looking look-ing for. "I have spoken to you of the teaching teach-ing that Ciod and Truth are one, and we do know that nothing on earth can be accomplished If it be not for the realization of Truth which la changeless, change-less, and because we all do believe in Truth, consequently we all do believe In iod. I "Then Mrs. Kddy teaches us that God and I"Tinc!ple are one. A person when he hears that statement very often will say: 'Well, now, that Is one of the objections that I have to some of the teachings of Christian Science, i It takes my Ood away from me. and It j gives me nothing but an ephemeral ; theory that 1 am to take and believe j In." I I ONE AND SAME. j "Mrs. Kddy tearhee ua that Clod and i t Prlnci-ple are one, and, as 1 aay, that j seems to be an abstract statement, but It Is not when we understand It. What . Is It that alys brlnga to a successful . i issue. If properly used, every problem? ( Is it primary law. the rule of progree- j , sion? Is that the problem, or the so- j lutlon? No. Is It the principle of 'mathematics, which underlies all I ! mathematical problems on which the! j superstructure of all harnioRlous action is bullded. and th result Is the correct answer. It Is In 4hia method and man- ) ( ner that Mrs. Kddy uses the statement (that God and Principle are one. She) j meana that God is the foundation, the ! liters! foundation of all that is true. and that on this foundation we build I i the superstructure wherein God. man. snd the universe are coincident snd In j coagreement, all of them manifesting eternal Life, Truth and Lore, which ( constitute God. , Mrs. F.ddv also teaches us that God , and Mind are one. That has bech a j controverted, point, pcrnapa more so -.ban any other of Mr. Kddv'a teach me. ' 1 den't know why. There in'l anylhtr.j new in thai aiulvmvnt or |