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Show 4 THE MURRAY EAGLE I Former Ulalm Lectures On Christian Science In Ogden And Salt Lake Bicknell Young, C. S. B., Now of Chicago, 111., Stresses Need For Overcoming Material Beliefs With Spiritual Understanding is a member of tie Hoard of Jeetureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massaehusets. and spoke as follows: Mr. Young God Is Mind There lias never been given to the world a more reassuring and cheering message than that expressed by the words, God is Mind. It is basic to all understanding and practice of Christian Science. It disposes of the great cloud of beliefs which lias associated tiie word "God" with material concepts. It strengthens our religious convictions and comforts and sustains us with the naturalness of the divine Presence, and it awakens us to the recognition of divino possibilities in our everyday human existence. At a time when uncertainty prevails and fear and Indecision haunt ihe councils of the, wisest and best among men and nations, the divine fact, God is Mind, reveals omnipresence, to dispel the darkness and to mak the crooked straight and the "rough places plain." Those words do not announce ti mere theory. They explain the primal, inevitable, divine Principle of all being and of all that the word "lielng" divinely signifies. In the light of the statement, God is Mind, it Is though it may not at first seem to be so, that Ideas which revenl God are divine and eternal. It Is by means ideas that Chrisof such tian Science ennobles science and vltali7.es religion. Mankind can in this way learn how to turn to God In the moment of fear or clanger or difficulty with the same confidence that a little child feels in the arms of his parent. Christian Science gives this conV fidence by explaining how human beings can receive divine help under nil the trying circumstances of everyday life and living. It must be remembered, however, that this is the Science of Ike divine Mind. Therefore from the very outset It proves the value of right thinking to anyone who may eare'to test If, and by the same token, shows the baneful effects of wrong thinking. It thus brings to light the errors of our ways and awakens us to our Individual responsibilities In overcoming them, as no other system has ever done. t, ever-livin- g Science doctrine, it Is far from this Science in the actual practice which overcomes wrong thinking and all of its effects. T.'if:nstruete by Christian Science, we find right and wrong inextricably mixed with our desires, our amNo one bitions, and anticipations. can be sure that bis thinkiug is right unless be learns by means of correct study and Instruction that there is an immutable standard, and finds out what and where it is. The human heart has longed for this revelation. In the uncertainties and conflicts of human existence how often and how universally have human beings cried out, "Oil, if there were something secure, something certain, something uion which we could place reliance!" This unexpressed desire begins to be satisfied when one learns to difand ferentiate between right wrong thinking. In this connection the word "firmament" as used in the first chapter of Genesis is thus defined in the Christian Science textbook (p. GX) : "Spiritual understanding; the scientific line of demarcation between Truth and error, matbetween Spirit and ter." This line of demarcation shows unmistakably that thinking needs to be subject to constant correction. True Christian Science practice is always right thinking. Such thinking is founded in divine Principle and opera ten as the law of divine Principle. It stands untram-nieieand unimpaired In the vigor Our of tlds original relationship. th'nking is right when tested by the law of universal good, and no thinking Is right unless that thinking inextension vested with unlimited and universal influence blesses everybody, including t h e thinker. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself Is not merely a Christian admonition but is the law of divine Principle. The Availability to I's of Divine Power 1 d You will observe that when we say, God is Mind, we use the word "Mild" in its Infinite meaning, not in any personal or finite sense. Itj fact. Christian Science shows that the tendency to jsTsonalize our redeemer and the way of redemption has not only darkened the religious sense of mankind, but has tended to mislead the Christian world in the hours of greatest need. Nothing finite or "personal could represent either our God or our redeemer. Divine Ideas alone can meet such a divine requirement In this connection it may be remarked that the works of Jesus are as deeply significant as his words. We understand both just in the measure that we attain someISe Not Afraid thing of his sublime character. This In doing this It shows that fear Is equally title of all that relates g is the one universal wretched heri- to him. There Is no way of him except In the way that tage of a race that has deified mat-te- r, and demands that such deifica- he understood himself. I lis way tion cease In order that the day of was unquestionably the way of pure salvation may be now, as St. Paul metaphysics. It bore uo resemblance to matter or KTsonality. says that It is. In the Christian Science textbook, He said, "Verily, verily. I say un"Science and Health with Key to to you, lie that belleveth on me, the Scriptures' by Mary Itaker Eddy the works that I do shall he do (p. 410), its author writes, "Chris- also; and greater works than these tian scientific practice begins with shall he do; liocause I go unto my Christ's keynote of harmony, 'He Father." Without distorting the not afraid !' " How shall wo learn to meaning we might conclude that here olioy this command? The answer in the words "greater works" this, and In every Instance where a sp, may mean more universal question may arise. Is to be found In works, ami certain it is that today the basic Instruction which Chris- the conditions which confront the tian Science affords. Every thought whole world cotnd our attention which comes to ns must lie tested. and demand our most sincere and To use n beautiful figure of sioeeh, fervent prayers, and we see that every thought must be taken to the only as we go to the Father, that "throne of grace." If it cannot bear Is to say, as we sisk and find the that light It is unworthy to be oneness of Mind and Idea, and entertained. Hereby prepare ourselves to receive That test Immediately disposes of divine help, shall we Ih n'do to do f ar, for It Is not conceivable that these creator or more universal the Infinite One, the God who Is works. MIt d, could have any fear or could The conventional habits and acconceive of anything fearful within quired prejudices of material thinkthe range of Ills own Infinite, In- ing unquestionably hamper us In fallible infection. AtiylxMy here to this endeavor. Science as generally iilght can remember this and can conceived of depends upon the thereby find great freedom from t exclusively, yet here Is force I what seems to t either personal or upon our concept of science n moral collective fear. Therefore, again and factor, the Idea of the power of again and always Chris: Ian Science Principle, divine Love, heretofore admonishes us, "lie not afraid." and un recount zed. but which when put this admoni- to Ihe test In everyday life Is found shows itK how to ots-tion. to be Ihe ch'ofcst among nil. Hy means of It Jomis Illustrated diThe Tower of Rigot Thinking natural-nehs vine power humanly, and thereby There U a certain divine In all this. The basic Ideas showed that divine jmwer Is always when which Isdong to this Science gives It available to human beings, themselves In avail how know Influtl.ov The universal applicability. . ence of thought Is no longer a fan- of it. Tin1 way Is simple but exacting. tastic, theory that excites alike Igtio-ran- t and scholarly derision. No Je.us said, "Strait Is the gate, and which leadeth longer Is It iiortnisslblo to Nllcve minow Is the way, few there U that find exand unto life, matter of a In world we live that it" In explaining this way, Mary clusively. linker i:bly, Ihe Discoverer ami representaQuite recently many of Christian Science, In her Founder tive physicians In the fulled States ef- bonks, classifies Itl general tTP the to themselves have expressed thai fect that observation and experience t'l of the afflictive phenomena human .f the come within unmistakscope show In their profession and living. Disease, slit, and ably that the function and organs of life with all of their manifesta(b ath, dclotcrlonsly the human ldy are nod aff'rtcd by Ihe fretful and conflctliig tions, as well as worry, lack, in that and This mind. everything anything emotions of the human Is equivalent to admitting that the these days we may call depression, Is liefs or errors. hnblt of undl rlpllneil mentality, and ate classified as Solemn In Christian Therefore. self and of egotistical cpo UWy In saving n well as sense d. undermine healing Interest, lend to and sorrow and sin from that ver, hows people Is obvious, health. It which II ox from Ihlng medical other every while the recognition by Ibe led I Ley teid to Is' saved, deal profession of the unbealthful Influpribut with beliefs, ence of erroneous thought coincides wlih matter, and delusively. up to certain point with Christian marily under-sandin- centered Christ the Only Saviour The New Testament reveals that this was the method of Christ Jesus, and his words and works, when carefully considered, show that the power which he cverclsed was not p.'isonal. He did not claim that no such do one but himself could works, lie exemplified the right way of healing for all of us. This way was and is scientific in that it is acPrinciple, and cording to divine rule, and, being scientific, we may walk in It, and he urged his disciples to do so. It was not his personality that made him the Christ, mihla and grand though that personality must have been. It was the true idea of God, the actual truth of being, steadfastly present as his thought or consicousness. This was die Christ, and is the Christ now. Tliis true idea of God may be and should be ever present with us, according to his words. "Lo, I am with you alway. even unto the end of the world," meaning unquestionably even unto the extinction of sin, uisea.se, SX" v3 21;- p a False Basis Clinging to materiality and seeking materiality simply accentuate the conditions that seem to trouble us Individually and racially. The human need is annarent on every hand. Thinking of our troubles i.s not t! e way by which to overcome them. Thinking of our need will i:ot meet our need. Material systems of healing and political nos trums of government have failed to make health prevalent or nations the. 'great secure. Notwithstanding Improvement in the mere mechanism of existence, I here was never more uncertainty and fear, never more questioning and doubt, never nam1 lack of faith In mere human cxiodients than today. The average Individual If asked whether he can do anything nliout such conditions or whether he possesses any ixiwcr to uid mankind or even himself In Ruch a prciiea- ineiit naturally answers. No; yet the rule i.s the same as it was two thousand vears ago: "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall snv unto this mountain, Kemove hence to yonder place; and It shall remove; ni.d nothing shall ! Impossible unto you." Healing Within Reach of All If sunreme faith is requisite, and simplicity are order that Ihe Ideas the activity of which constitute divine law may 1e grasped and demonstrated. P.cglnning modestly we must continue In the same way. At the same tim- It would not ie I eeonilng modesty, but mere in gratitude if we doubted that our sincerity and devotion to divine Principle could bring us help In this or any hour. The way In which the healing lakes idaee Is mental, or. to sts-amore accurately, spiritual. It Is well known that the practice of this Science Is imt associated with material remedies or material sys tems of any kind. It N also well to slat'' that Christian Science has noihlng in common .with thought transference or telepathy or mental or hypnotism, and In no res ret resembles any other method Christ-lan- , usually called mental. It Is with none of the aspects whatsoever of paganism or magic. Every thought that accurately explains Christian Science, every thought that makes It correctly upprohens-thlo- , every thought that Is employ-iIn the true praeths of this Science Is of divine origin. The whole trend f this Science Is to glorify God. good, and to en a He mankind to lay hold upon the divine power and tnlll e It to nice! Ihe human sincerity essential In - i d I ee-l- . Now. If this Is proved true. If this understood can Invoke Seicnce divine aid. then beyond all question anything that ought to be aeeoni d to bless and benefit us Individually and racially Is possible. That Indlvldnnl cases of disease are healed In thousands of Instances I therefore hot only a matter of great pll-he- lis i ;,vi3 1 ' In ancient times, according to the I'.llillcnl record, inspiring and protective Ideas sometimes appeared to be visualized to the patriarchs and i - Interior view of The Mother Church. and death. Materiality suKK-vlot- hK J1 J h hn J ever-prese- sou-shi- I r t. J' Saviour, this true idea of God in and as his consciousness enabled him to overcome death and the grave. He spoke of himself as the Son of God, thereby unquestionably referring to his real selfhood, his spiritual oneness God. This explains what real Is. When our understanding approximates the same standard of absolute Truth, it indicates the .same sonship, our real selfhood. In the twenty-firs- t chapter of St. Luke's Gospel, Jesus prophetically depicts the error of sheer materialism in graphic figures of speech, which are quite as applicable to our time as they were to his: "Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coining on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken." The expression "for the powers of heaven shall be shaken" is particularly apt in view of the fact that the materialism which mankind has Ignorantly Invested with almost supreme power has indeed been shaken. The admonition and the promise, however, of all that he said on that occasion are to be verse; found in the twenty-eight"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up. and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." These words are absolute and unequivocal. They Indicate unmistakably that we are Individually required to take part in our own redemption and in the redemption of our fellow man. This M X Irf iSM human intelligence cannot be accounted for materially. All the research that has taken place and that has be :n carried on in the material world, from the lowest to the highest phenomena, has never revealei' either intelligence or life in mailer. The only way to necounf for the fact that we are living and thinking is to iiormlt thought to exercisi its divine prerogative and reveal its original being. Augds Are Spiritual Intuitions satisfaction and thankfulness on the ' tail. All of this perfection exists now part of thos; who are healed, but it and forever. In reality, there will is also of great encouragement to never be more than now, since is now and there need be no communities, governindividuals, more. ments, nations, and all mankind. Why Is this so? Simply because of Spiritual Sight the fact that it can bo shown and Tliis hour, according to the testiproved that everybody Isdief about law mony of the human senses, Is one of disease constitutes the of disease. In healing any siwclfle anxiety, of fear, doubt, want of cns Christian Science treatment i'ailli. and "distress of nations, with nullities this false law. It is not con- perph xlty." Though the need apceivable that anything lss powerful pears to he universal, the admonithan omnipotence Itself could thus tion "when these things lieglu to destroy the malign Influence of come to pass, then look up, and lift fears and beliefs with which up your heads; for your redemption humanity individually and collec- draweth nigh," is individual. What do these words mean? They must tively afflicts itself. Let it be s lid, however, that while mean that we are to lift our mental it is true that Christian Science or spiritual gaze above our material may be demonstrated sight and" above all for one person by another, yet It Is The Reality of Good equally true that the full lieneilt of this unique Science is gained only Jesus said' to his disciples, "Be by individual effort, and it must be ye therefore perfect, even as your seen that the prejudices and fears Father which Is in heaven Is He was the most profound of which sometimes cause one to hesitate to accept the one infinite Mind philosophers, and Mrs. Eddy deas the basis of thought and action clares that ho was "the most scienare without foundation. One mul- tific man that ever trod the rIoIk?" table is enough for (Science and Health, p. 31:5). It Is tiplication everybody. One honesty Is equally not imsslhle to believe that he ex so. Everybody may have all of either pected them to become suddenly or all of both, ami no one else In? fnquestionably, he was urgdeprived of the sumo full measure ing them to think according to the of either or both. So it i.s with one IK'ifection of Principle, for he knew infinite Mind. that thinking from the standisilnt of Principle Is the true way of Scindcrs'atwling Versus Belief ence. I must, however, remind you that This same instruction Is quite as to test Ihe truth of any statement good for us as it was for them. for ones self repiires something Our attitude then must be that of more than mere liclief in it. Anyone, Truth. St John says in his first In w..'ver slightly informed, would epistle, '"I have not written unto be to this inevitably true you because ye know not the truth, recognize of the science of arithmetic. It Is but liecausc ye know It, and that no of the Science of Mind. He Is of Ihe truth." Consequently, equaly Just as we employ whatever Intel- when we are asked or ask ourselves ligence we may already possess In what we can do In the face of the the science of arithmetic, so we apparent plight of civilization today. must employ it In the Science of ietl-te- d as It Is in the want and Mind. worry and woe of millions of pisiple. Scientific Christianity Is thus seen the answer of Christian Science I.s to he essential to Ihe wtifare of clear and explicit We can aflirin mankind. The understanding of the and know that such a condition is inspired word of the ltible is requi- n it the truth of God's creation nor site for progress and demonstration. anything like it It Is not truth at "The eternal God Is thy refuge, and all, nor is it true In any of Its are the everlasting underneath It Is all error, and seeing lhat arms" is one of many passages It Is error, it I.s to be so classified, which unmistakably iticlare the and is to be denied and rejected, no elernality and immanence of Pel'y. matter how Insistently It may We I l ied lo believe those Inspired to be going on or how big It and Inspiring words of Holy Writ, may aps-a- r to lie. but we had no Idea that they were It Is quite common knowledge sclent itic in the sense of licit that Christian .Scientists are taught humanly provable. We likt d them In clasify all evil as error and to and we had great reverence for I hem deny It as such. In healing disease and t! is reverence constituted Ihe Christian Scientists rejist the errogreater part of our religion, but until neous testimony of the senses. They ChrlMian Science made them practi- do not call suffering or disease cal in everyday life all nidi llibllcal truth, nor do they associate It with fay'p.gs were regarded more or less truth or with anything that Is true. as beautiful s,'ii!iu:e:its merely. While this simple scientific method It ought to be readily admitted of treating disease Is capable of an that r.n InlluH creation, requiring that If entered Into an lnlinlte cr'-a- l 'r. requires n science amplification extend would here far beyond the commensurate with both. Consetime at my disposal. It Is well known Science must rest UMn quently this and quite generally acknowledge! and proceed from supreme intellithat by means of II, diseases of the gence. It Is logically lniH)ssible that most virulent nature have disapit should be otherwi-ie- . Furthermore. from the human liody, showpeared lnfli.it means elernality. nnd elerthose diseases were not lhat ing nality means never dying but ever material, but were due to primarily living. Consequently Infinity and a state of erring mentality which Inshows forlh everything that corrects. Truth finity Is un tying. To be undying Now. since Christian Science heals or ever living everyiiitng must nc It and Is free from any destructive Ihe body, Is there any reason why not business lieal Ihe of tl should or Mind one Infinite In the element. In the light of human being? ever could ''Iscuso nor no sin Infinity omniscience, onmlprcs- hav, Is lng, a:.d If It were possible all Christians In reverwhich for uny such destructive element to 'cnif. In unite ence calling God, Is one divine knock at the door of infinite that devtruellve ele- 'error more powerful than another? ment would Immediately In dissi- It eat not be, and this hi lllusi rated fact of by the simple mathematical pated into iioihlugnes be- of millions lhat placed ciphers the allncss of Infinity. fore a unit could not change lo God Is Good iiothlngn-s- s the soinelhlngncss Therefore i ne of (he most helpful which otieilpher placed lie fore statements of Christian Science Is unit slgnlllisl. We have nss lo overcome Ihe "God Is goo I." It Is imt new but the meaning f it was nut fully under- belief lhat evil Is large or great It stood until Cl.rl I'm Science ex- never has nnr aclual existence. If plained It. This .Viiliie shows con- von were lo take the hand of truth corclusively that lnlin"y must be and march through the endless never would of as ridors Infinity, you wholly goi d. that Is to say. good cau-- e and good In effect If schools find nnv evil. It Is well for us to re-of religion had been as truthful, iik ini'cr this, nnd lhat when evil p and thai means as scientific, as pens lo be large It Is only Jo-- i so a mdt schools ef tuathi malic, this fact many ciphers plmsil In view ef all Ibis, the duty of would lave Inch apparent and available throughout Ihe ages of every thinking man and woman lo us with ceaseless Insistence. religions history, but it w as lu ll her be fultillel with evergrowing can It Chi until available imr apimreiil Science made It so. although and Intensified joy. When we f:rt stated mimistahaUy by him who Is consider Ibis duty we are apt to called Ihe SaUour of mankind. In believe that our po r thoughts nte Value, and Ihls Ihe wolds. "Why tallest Ihoii In" of little unlver-n- l gisid? (lure Is iiotie good but one. would be true of l'er lliciighK but the IhelU'lds which reveal God J.leof that Is, Goi." Gd's creation must Inevitably re- nn entirely dlffetciil character. Tiny ate not primarily human; they are semble Ihe creator, and consequentand eternal in every de- - Inherently divine. Even our ly Ik? Mind-healin- g sense-testimon- ier-feet- " j f e Ins-nos- up-l'iil- s the prophets. This was according lc the tradition and belief of those primitive but inspired thinkers. Tin day of Science is our day, a differ cut day. a period less primitive. Ill re metaphysics alone can explain what woull otherwise apicar to be mysterious. The word "angels" as use:' la the Hible, has always had mysterious connotations. Science and Health (p. list) defines that word thus: "God's thoughts passing to man; spiritual intuitions pure nnd perfect" Is not the healing powei (f divine Principle brought lo light in tlds hour one of these angels? If this be so then everything depends upon our hospitality. Si. Paul w rote. "And le not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." It takes new, active, and original thoughts lo effect such a desirable transformation. The Opposite of Truth Cannot lie True The seeming contact of Truth and Is never In the slightest agreement, but Is always absolute repulsion. Death never becomes life; error never becomes truth; 'evil never becomes good ; matter never bisHunes Spirit. In the demonstration of divine Principle as taught In Christian Science, all evil, of whatever name or nature, Is rejected as unreal. Now this distinction between matter and Spirit. Truth and error, made by Christian Science, and exclusively by Christian Silence, has Inevitably given rise to much comment ind not a little opposition. Our critics In the intensity of their misunderstanding sometimes forget to exercise even ordinary Judgment They often choose to Ignore the facts that widely demonstrated Christian Science Is a scientific system of overcoming all evil, that It springs from filvine power, and operates as the law of divine power, and that it does nil this by giving us an understanding of Truth which enables us to deal with error fundamentally, rather than siqierfielally. Now dealing with error fundamentally docs not. in all reason, make Christian Science less worthy, but rather more worthy to be called In order lo be what It Science. legitimately Is, namely Christian Science, Its propositions must nooes-arillie in accordance with the words and works of Jesus the Christ They must U' Christian In order to be true. error y Demonstration Necessary that just as in all demonstrable science, and notably In higher mill hematics, the propitious which constitute this science are not obviously true. They must Is' tested. Here the analogy ceases however, for Christian Science Is not only a discovery but a revelation. Its prossilloiis are spiritually true and So It is, humanly rodcmis'lve. Diseases which were real lo those who were suf of them, were unreal ferlng lo Ihe enlightened thought of Christ Jesus, and he prove! tliein to be unreal by healing them, thus giving to the persons who Isdleved diseases to 1h real the proof that they were actually' unreal. Why should anybody content! for Ihe reality of disease since everybody would ls glad If there were no disease? Is It not dear that If there were no disease, disease would l unreal? Now since our desires lme this common ground, why should not our Intelligi inv lie exercised ac cording lo our common desires ni.di needs? The divine principle, the one Mind. In all lis infinitude, docs tiol Include or provide for any such thing as disease. Seeing that we are nil thinking all of (he time In one way or another, and granting lhat our thoughts have some Influence in our own lives ami possibly In the lives of other jieople, why should we imt entertain those thoughts which are most likely to bless our wives and others? The reaoiiabl-iss of sui h a course must apissil lo all jMsiple, whether or not they to the have as i fully snbscrl's-teaih'iigs of Christian Selciuv. Through all this tl may beobserv. ed lhat Christ inn Science alone explains Christian Silence, For ordinof science or religion to ary systi-mat tempi either to Ignore or to explain Ihe extraordinary healing and re'cmptlve work of this Science l futile. The only result of stun has ls"cn confusion. It Is cheering to observe a chance U Ihls respect All attitude of disdain toward n system that has proved It rilsoii d'etre for nearly M:re quarters (if a century Is liot itdlnntily Intelligent It U lh rrfore Interest log to polo tbrt those who Scletiee foNiietly tnlsMH'd ('bit-linwritto taken have recently n'terly ing Nioks alsoit It. and about Ihe Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. While much of what has tieen written and published In this vvav has teen intentloidly derogatory of her whom hundred of las-aus- yi-- thousands of Christian people look upon as t lie mo t Inspired character that has appeared upon the stage of human experience since the first -eatury of the Christian era, the effect has been to extend and the Interest in the subject Itself. This Is exactly what has occurred throughout the history of his movement, and such signs and hers of similar. nature show that t'hiislian Science lives nnd thrives iinler opposition just as the word of Truth has always douu and always will do. That we human beings are encumbered with a material and finite sense of existence is in Itself an of the need of ickuovvledgmont divine help nnd It is also a silent ilea for mutual consideration nnd good manners. None of us would enjoy to have our idiosyncrasies placed under the magnifying glass of ill will, hut In such an event we might nt any rate have the cold comfort of knowing that the resultant exag- gerated views were misrepresentations, Mrs. Eddy's ideals, her devotion to Principle, her life of unselfishness, and more especially the strength of her Christian character, ill become objectionable traits when seen through the eyes of prejudice mil interpreted with the ien of envy and malice. It is both interesting and instructive to observe the utter failure of all such methods. The sale of the Christian Science textbook has apparently often been increased by the publication of books which wore intended to accomplish an. entirely different puriwise. Neither Ignorant misunderstandings nor mischievous of Mrs. Eddy's misinterpretations character have affected her demonstrated achievements In the slightest degree. The healing jsiwer and influence of Christian Science now recognized throughout the greater part of Ihe civilized world, broadening and every day rising higher In the estimation of mankind, constitute an enduring monument to the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. The Spread of Christian Science Hecause of this healing work, Christian Science churches and societies are now to be found not only In practically every country of Europe, and North America, but In the islands of the sea and In various places In Africa and Asia, and notably in Australasia, Indicating unmistakably the widespread and ever growing Interest In a church "which should reinstate primitive Christianity and Its lost element of healing," to quote Ihe words of Its Founder. Mary linker Eddy (Manual of The Mother Church, p. 17). The church services, consist lug, of rending from Ihe Ilible and the Christian Science textbook, are uniform throughout the world, nnd It Is to be observed that the congregations generally lest the capacity of tin commodious buildings In which the services are hell. These churches and societies are branches of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ. Scientist, In Poston, Massachusetts. The Christian Science Publishing Society, which Is under the direction of The Mother Church, was established by Mrs. Eddy for Ihe dissemination of Christian Science. It The Christian Science Journal. Christian Science Sentinel, Christian Science (Quarterly, containing used the Lesson-Sermoat the The Herald of (hureh scrvlc-s- . Christ Ian Science, which Is published In German, French, Scandinavian, Dutch, and Prallle. and The Christian Science Monitor, an International dally newspaper which Is known practically over the whole world. The growing demand for these publications is such that today t tun Is Is'ing erected lit Hoston a magnificent building of very large proportions, to provide adequate accommodations, as far as It Is possible lo do so at Ihls time, for the if Christian Science publication pul-likh- es literature. Mrs. Lddy linker Eddy discovered this Mary Science, She was the first practitioner of tills Science. Those who were lioticflled by her ministrations; did not Immediately understand her teachings. For years she had to stand alone, nnd she had lo present and prove to mankind the value of Ideas original and revolutionary concerning God, man. Ihe universe, and the healing Christ. Gradually those who were healed and helped became adherents lo her doctrine and tunny of I hem entered upon the practice of healing the sick by the method which she had discovered and vvhMi at first she alone t night. 1 know Mrs. Eddy only slightly, but In view of much that has liecll t aid of her by writers who never saw her and who really knew nothing ii bout her. Il may not tie Improper fur me lo speak (if one particular Interview Whh h I was privllcgel to have with her and during which I ouhl observe her closely. pee.-iusof this I have more than to dc'crHs' Mrs. "lice bts'ii lvldy. Klie was lu all that const well personal apjicnranoe worth describing, and yet I could tcil attempt I" describe her something greater than any human however attractive one's cvel'islve ntlclitioU III Mrs. Eddy's preset iv. Although, she kept In touch with eoiiteniioi.irv affairs nnd vvns thoroughly alive to Ihe circumstances nnd ev( nts ef a ( hanging world, still It could be observed that she bsiked d iKTs-onalit- (Continued on page 4) |