The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-13

what they behave and why they be.
leve it. The lady who features to us this
afternoon is a distinguished daughter of
teachings of Christian have the honor
Minis. Of .Altlnntn, Gu. .
Atlanta. Ga, being the wife Of The ex-
mayor Major Livingston Minis She Is
n typical lady OF the land, most gracious
and charming IN manner, very sweet ana
ter of her lecture, she. becomes really
masculine In her grasp of the subject, the
clear calculation OF Its depth aud the
foreeful logic With which It's statements
With tho deepest Interest and the au-l
tllcncc departed evidently we'll pleased
with their experiences.
Mrs. Minis began her lecture with q
Virginia and the city OF Richmond. She
seemed to think that the fathers of the
commonwealth In, their demand for civic
llberty,lhad an nkllng OF the Truth that
The matter OF the lecture. and Wind Gated
the position of woman ns an ethical
teacher In tho following passage: IN
the midst OF tho gross materialism aud
indlvdnal and national integrity, God IL
speaking through tho woman. and Mrs.
Eddy's nnc spiritual Intuition sees tho
danger, and points out the remedy lil
christianity. st. John says: For all that
Is in the world. the lust Of the flesh. and
the lust OF the. eyes, and the pride OF
life. is not of the Father. but Is Of tho
world. And the world pusseth away, and
tho lust thereof but he that doeth tho
Will OF God abdeth forever. IN Rcyea-
alton wc read: And the earth helped tho
woman. that Is, the splendor and pow.
or Of primitive Christianity VII be under.
stood. accepted and dcnonstrat ed
through the revealed science of Jesus
life and works.
Mrs Minis made 1t very plain that
Christian Science healing results from the
practical understanding that God Is Spirit,
md man us His child is spiritual and not I,L
spiritually perfect son of God, then hi1
sins and sicknesses disappear. 1t is thls
truth of being that leals NOT human VIII
nor inutience. Thus Christian Science
vine authority. They obtain in an illu.
sorry, untrue sense of existence, and are
destroyed by the truth OF being.
She concluded as follows:
Christian Science Is In full ana ready
,symrnlnr With every. advancement to.
wards purity. bcnevolcncc. law and or
der. 1t teaches that the Ten Command
menis ana TIC sermon on the mount Mount
furnish the solution of every human prob
lem. Its Alpha and Omega Is lovc--lt
teaches that God Is love, infinite and
evcr-present; that all sects. nations and
races arcs embraced in that mind which
is love; that there Is one fathcr-mother,
God, one family-the whole earth; that
man attalns his own perfection and har-
mony In proportion to his own reflection:
In thought and action toward all men, OF
his active Principle love. DIV ne love re. .
nertcd on earth reveals the Kingdom OF
God as In heaven. Such love "seeketh not
her own but anothers good: 1t "beareth
all thngs-hopeth all things: 1t never
faleth"
It thus becomes the savior OF the world
from all cvil-cconomic. political, phy-
steal, mental. Because this unselfl ~
love was enthroncd In the heart OF Jesus
he did his mighty works. Divine love Is
as universal as the sunlight. and dis
ills ''as the small rain upon the ten.
der herb" In the light OF this love VIC
see man as the Image and likeness OF