| Show GS HEAR LECTURE ION ION CHRISTIAN SCIENCE f S i occupied about all be Colonial theater fie Brookins Brookins last ni night nighton ht on Christian Science Boston and is a mcm- mcm j Science board of Jt Cox secretary of oft t Lake introduced ading u g from a carefully u lie said in in part Ie Fe demands the spirit ane an ane e which tho the Chris Chris- is la shown hown by In a a word ord of preface ce this I nc whom somewhat z 1 aused used to accept the theio io ious truth as put forth than our your these days das to with that s the largest Jarest meas meas- I l nal approval and 10 repentant shame shamo fe and to courage courage- l LIday's Vs V's victory He his intellect f I f his present or 10 fon the intellect can can- be bC fed with i towed lowed a it is my mv honor to lt f the tho e evening not notI I viewpoint teia for I work beith beith beith be- be ith another church hurch churche e comes conies to us with hought and study I ban tian tan Science view view- n n in il such a manner ent in its conto con eon J r to introduce introduce- this lome om city of ot which I Iguest guest t-guest guest Miss Mary mem- mem lan an Science national I i She will wi address po 0 as follows t If po jf Christian Christan Science ch to be said eaid that I Uch JUT tr at t this time only 5 with the hope that s Wn Sin incentive to furi fur- fur i later on J classes casses of people i 1 and un un- r today are taking I Ji- Ji gd d i marked departure of theology and re ro plying plying its it f ta la I. I y y and varied ques ques- pular distaste for forn n of whatever io lat at all al strange that ling linZ of our dod doctrine rine is i ut g to the honest in in- ZiP jie f exacting critic as Dentists are arc generally explanation 4 l Tm n them and are glad gladI gIad I on this 1 fact that so s much ji both i-both h pro and con I indicate t that this I new e i interest to a arr rr thinking thinking people h hj has been sufficient n judgment t o 0 of the queSted ques- ques med ed conviction con the thee e ent is nothing lest lesa 13 B i all l right nothing and logi- logi any lany unanswerable oss of the spirit Appeals to t the he fair Jio hc lio one authentic ic and andon andon on on of being Ii prevalent pre no- no look hook upon t- t nt state of exist exist- n II and content on tent Baying jing in There c is ise e with ee wih with the tho worl here heri and the only f I A 1 not trouble our- our 11 insy c sy appearance of al nJ l. l But this is is s isLa La 18 of of our attitude v ver r keenly nl alive to the tind-the the the more so be be- that t through the onI up un on- l I as revealed rc in ino inq q o have ha found the tl IL EL e eat f remedy for cv- cv to u ii pian dream but a af af if f the Scriptural s fleshly y ills is arc th the th dense i ignorance orion or oi- lion ion on of being a being and and ld and d are dispelled lip IQ morning ning as the ho the false tIe L rt t nor destroy in all alli al it i for or the earth arth shall shaI of the glory r. r h waters cover er co the thc ther r r. r Eddy the o of f Chr Christian Science hC prophet of this rarely arey pure ure spiritual Iho th h incoming coming Christ I eing taking hiking oses- oses and so 80 sod soo d o SIJe testimony iC her text book hook I Jb th h with Key to the tile Uler ier ier published works I glad gIad tidings to an au using thought from frol u cr er of generations ig the tho gospel gospel of heal heal- righteousness and lung I more than forty Udy then supposed gS rc death cath on account t which hid had befall befall- red the Truth of ofis is brought back buck to tod Uj d 4 threw tho the radiance power ower thin the revealing l a universal balm for tib i n and experience W nty fitted for the I inn tn I that lay Jay before ay quiet wa way to domor dom dom- del of or the time Christ meth methi t of f disease and to ton n ih rudiments of Wt t on to teach teaCh moro morn morou u y them to heal w the te adherents of 2 faith arc are reds ed of thousands thousand tI ice is known to Sofia sonio soro world and real t an and since Truth mi the only absolute tn l go c or science must pe of Truth and amid andi i j s of good good and und it i is h how bow w that Christian Christly knowledge e. e To us science ence co ce at all al must bea bo ho boh a h Science an and must asting have has been boen existing with ther the tho r hen hemi the time advent of ofa It av a this time simply covery was made spiritual discernment L there is and ad ever Lj Mo o man auto a science so song Ing ng and and n operation as ac ac- f needs eeds of the race in in overcoming all al its is varied ills is that this science is the knowledge of God and his eternal laws and that coincident with her Ier discovery Mrs Irs Eddy followed a system of practice healing teaching nn and preaching which is calculated calculate to bring this knowledge within the reach of all ni who wish to avail aai themselves of ofis its is beneficent offices The world has lias before it a i perpetual ob object lesson in the practical work of healing the sick Rick and reforming the sinner Churches ChurcheR in which the Gospel of healing is taught and practiced arc are multiplying with marked rapidity It I is primarily the mission of Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian Science to bring into view that truer truer of God and his creation creation crea creation tion that dispels the errors and ailments nil ail ai- ai ments meats of sense Rense Beginning at the very wry foundational principle of all al that exists this later unfolding of truth reveals God as su supreme supreme IU- IU su- su preme spirit intel intelligence ence substance theone the tho one and only life of the un universe erse without without with with- wih- wih out be beginning or end unfettered by matter mater sin uin disease or death It I reveals reveals re reveals God as the tho one truth unalterable ble permanent eternal absolutely the same yesterday today and amid forever fore It ft reveals God as the one love love loe tender compassionate I all al wise almi almighty the almighty the tho one father an and mother of one ono universal family of man All 1 will wi agree that God Goa is is good also good also that God is infinite To follow out these two premises to o their only logical logical logical logi logi- cal conclusion we arrive at the unavoIdable unavoidable able and all al satisfying fact that good goodis is infinite But ut here comes in the equally equal equal- ly lv unavoidable but heretofore unrecognized unrecognized correlation namely that the infinite infinite in in- finite good is all al The rue infinite has no limi limits limiti hence the infinite fills all al space hence the infinite leaves no 10 room for foran foran foran an opposite or a competitor The good good then shares not its realm nor its is dominion dominion dominion domin domin- ion nor its is authority nor its power with wih any conflicting being So far from losing our hold upon the tIle faith of our fathers we believe beleve in God more than we ever did before and more than do most people because we do not acknowledge the presence and power of any other being heing Affirming the omnipresence omnipresence omnipresence omni omni- presence and omnipotence of deity there is no room or opportunity for a rival or ora ora ora a f secondary power or presence Belief implies the tho tle possibility of a ac c change hange of opinion lut but so lO firm and fixed is our conviction con on this point that we can say a with Job Tob I L know that my Redeemer liveth Christian Science docs lees not deny the per personality of God but enlarges upon the theme though we wr usually prefer the term individuality as less hess likely to convey tho tIme erroneous sense of 1 limitations limita tons or outlines as applied to the deity Devoutly cognizant of the tho immanence the ever presence of God Gor as life fl mind and substance we wo heartily hearty join with the most orthodox in declaring God nod to tobe tobe tobe be t the he one and only creator and sus BUS tamer of time the thE universe and man that he ho never er 11 loses his own individual or indivisible identity nor enters into his creation but is il forever reflected and rightly represented by by- his creation Christian hr tan does not deny tho the immortality immorality ff 0 soul sul but holds it as a fundamental If truth based on revelation and all 11 right reasoning and proven pro beyond be be- yond vond cavil cavi bv by the life and resurrection of f our master Jesus Christ Through Christian we come to understand and amid love our Savior more than ever before before to to see in the example example exam exam- pie of his blameless life in his rebuking rohnl ing mg and dispelling the errors of mortals overcoming n sickness t sin sin i and ane death and simply goin going about doing doing good gooi to see in I all al this the pattern for all al human human hu hu- hu man motive action and conduct conduCt Jesus himself himsel said lie H lie that believeth eth on me mime th the works that I do shall he lie do also alro and greater works than these shall he do because I go unto my father In the tho matchless to sacrifice of his daily dail death to all al sense of error eror i in his per perfect per feet demonstration of immortal life anti antl ant unfailing love we find the proof of his atonement with God who is all al life and love Wo We believe in Christ Jesus as as as' the tho highest earthly representative of the truth the tho one ne faultless example of the true life the very embodiment of infinite infinite in in- finite love 10 the divine teacher of men Always in il unison with wih the tho Father he be did many wonderful works works not not in violation violation of law and order but hut in in perfect per per- feet consonance with wih the higher code of spiritual law that cannot and need not er ever be changed A miracle is is not a petting etting aside side of law not th the thic least infraction infraction in in- fraction of God Gods God's 8 law which is iR is incapable ble of bein being broken A miracle is simply aim sim ply phy a a marvel or a wonder s and in trying trying try try- ing mg to designate the time complete completo fulfilment of all al true and perfect and eternal lathe law Isis la the time human sense is overwhelmed o with wih the time wonder of it i all al and counts the unwonted unwonted unwonted un un- un- un wonted disclosure as nothing l lees ss than miraculous Jesus himself himsel demon demonstrated the su- su of mind over every material rondii condition n and amid ho he commissioned his lila disciples disciples dis dis- in iii all al ages ages to carry earry on their warfare warfare warfare war war- fare a against error upon this basis alone lon Jesus' Jesus constant occupation was WIS overcoming over over- coming coming evil ovi in il all al its is forms forums not one or two two phases phases of it i but all al lie He healed the lie Mek iek ho lie reformed time the s sinner inner ho he raised the dead all al through mind alone independently of material means Deans or methods Objectors sometimes call rai attention to the tIme fact that Jesus once onee used material means menns in tho time form of clay and spittle in iii healing the thin case caBO of the man born bor blind But a thoughtful review of this incident shows that the tho great gret teacher was simply making use of a typical oriental custom for the purpose of expressing ex cx- pressing his supreme contempt for matter matter mat mast ter let as a curative agent and at the mime tamo une time tle wa was proving the thin utter titter ity of tho the material application for it was only after the patient had washed it away awa away had bad rid himself of lof this encumbering en en- cumbering and useless element that the time wonderful cure was effected Neither was as this unique Physician dependent upon any of the time called so-called forces of time the human mind as IS accessory sory to his healing work but insistently de declared lared The rhe Father Infinite Mind Ind that in Me e He lie the works works' works works' in in like le allegiance to the di di- vin vine vinC Now we believe beleve Christian Science is isa a rediscovery ery of what Jesus Teus taught and demonstrated demonstrate as to what God is and what God does It I is mans man's Dans Dan's a dico discovery cry ery of himself in the image the tIme character character char char- acter of God Spirit Mind Ind instead of tho thin effigy in iii il matter mater that physical sense testimony would have ha fastened upon him The only onh evidence we ire have ha of matter is time the testimony of the thin Jh physical lical senses which take take take-no no Co cognizance whatever of God All AI will wi admit that God is Truth as the tIme scriptures declare It I is plain that the thic physical senses do cognize cognize what they suppose to be matter maUer and all al its is apparent conditions But as they know nothing of God Truth then it h t cannot be bo that matter is Truth but quito quite quio the reverse Truth being real its opposite must be unreal and that thatIs is just lust what Christian Christan Science sa says of matter mater Again spiritual sense through which we do apprehend and love lo God Truth Reality reports absolutely nothing in i regard to matter mater another iother good reason for placing matter outside the pale of rea reality I t The Scriptures say man was created in Gods God's imago image an sail and likeness Is God made mado of matter mater either wholly or in part part Surel Surely not What Whet then is ere there therein in I God that is the basis of or resemblance resemblance blance t to material man man If I God is all al Spirit is not spiritual man really his likeness hence hente tho the only real man man mant Ongen Odgen Origen Ori- Ori gen writing in the year of defined gen baptism as an escape from matter the matter the mater the Lord leadin leading us into l light ht that is shad shad- and is material no longer Prom From this it appears appear that the early ealy Christians Christans held this same view of the tho nothingness nothingness of matter mater But it no longer rests upon Christan Christian Chris Chris- han tian Scientists longer to prove tho the nonexistence non exist tan once nee of matter mater In Iii II these days of air and purified thought liquefied thought matter mater is rapidly losing osin its supposed consistency as substance and all al mend merely material Knowledge e is being relegated relegate to its proper place among among the superstitions superstitions of the tho past Even to the sense of tons tho the more advanced ad material scientists tisa matter is rapidly dissolving ing under th thin the more direct rays Jays ays of truth and is being resolved into its original element clement thought A learned leared professor in a foreign university says Matter is a athing athing athing thing thing of tl thought which wo have constructed con con- for ourselves rather imperfectly imperfect imperfect- ly Iy to represent what is permanent in inthe inthe the time change of phenomena Since God tod is good and infinite to know God is to know goo good only Were we not from tho first forbidden to know of both good and evil Of the tree of the good knowledge of good and evil evi thou shall not cat of it Food One of the strongest arguments brou brought b forward in support of evil evi is the mistaken claim that God is its is author and sustainer that in some inscrutable way that nobody undertakes undertakes undertakes under under- takes satisfactorily ri to explain God has assigned to evil evi a large and useful place in the divine economy that his theo theo- dicy requires an al admixture of the two opposite and conflicting forces namely good gool and evil evi to brin bring about an ultimate good It I has already been beel shown that God Gods God's a creation must bo be like him it must fairly express and represent that which is in God to be expressed that |
