Middletown transcript., 1906-04-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. HUMaNlTy.s HELPER

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phia, Pa, and son Of DR.. Constantine
Herring, the founder Of Homeopathy in
America, is graduate OF the University
of Pennsylvania from the department Of
Mechanical Engineering. receiving the
professional degree OF NJ. E., in 1886. He
was made Professor of Mechanics and
Electrical Engineering by the Philadel-
phia Board Of Public E Iucation in 1887,
and in 1891 was called to Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, Md, as Asso-
ciate in Electrical Engineering, where lie
remained eight years. engaged in Irctur-
ing, aud in conducting laboratory and
research work.
III 1899 he gave up his profession for
the purpose OF devoting himself entirely
to Christian Science work, and was a
practitioner, reader, and teacher III Bal
timore, and Publication Committee for
Maryland and the DistTiet OF Columbia.
In 1902 he was elected First Reader Of
tie Mother Church ia Boston for term
Of three years, and afterward was made
president OF the church and lecture. Re-
Gently he has been elected First Reader
OF First Church OF Christ, Scientist. Of !
Concord, N. H., the home city of the Rev.
Mary Baker G. Eddy.
Professor Herring Faid in part:
There is probably no one in this audi
enca who will not admit that humanity,
with all its misery, sin, sickness. disap-
pointment and failure, is in sore need Of
telp-in need of something that will not
merely promise solution of life's prob
lens, but will actually lift humanity
out of these abnormal conditions. set
them free mentally and physically, re.
store their God-given dominion, and es-
tablish the kingdom Of Heaven, the
reign OF harmony In eonseionsness,-th
assuring them health, Happiness, WIS.,
dom and power for the worlds work.
The discoverery Of Christian Science re-
vealed the fact that there is science
underlying not only the entire Scriptures
but also the entire universe, that this
science is accurate, ineligible, demon 4
strable and complete, and that it furn-
ishes an Interpretation Of existence
which is uniform, consistent, logical and
hence capable of proof. This science is
Christian because it is based upon the d
teachings and works OF Christ Jesus and J
is a fulfiilment OF his mission. It is
scientifc because it has fixed and un. n
varying Principle and rule. Christian i,
Science is the outcome Of Orthodox Il
Christianity, not its perYersion. 1t i'm,
cludes healing lost element OF prim.i
tive Christianity, thus seeks the D
undivided garment, and enjoins obedience
to all the commandments.
Never has SO sharp and definite ;
line been drawn between truth and =
error, never has SO accurate differen-.
tiation been made between the real aud y; :"
the unreal as now. And what has &
brought this to pass? The discovery of q
what reality is, the true nature and
character OF God and Spirit, and of His
creation as wholly spiritual, which dis Il
covery revealed the fact that evil and
matter are not real, are not manifesto pl
tions Of God, because they have nothing 3
in common with Him. From this stand Il
point we obtain satisfactory interpreta- C
tion of the Bible and of the universe, 10
and perceive that the cause of the sick, /.
SHINING and discordant conditions of NOR i.
tals can eventually be eliminated This &C
great discovery was made by Rev. Mary v
Baker G. Eddy in 1866. 1t has proved p
TO be the solution of every problem OF g; q;
life, and has illuminated in the revelation cl
Of the Science OF being of which Christian 81
Science is the human application. q
The teaching of Christian Science that :, 10
sickness Is iaise oellef, that u ls Que 10 ii;
/ mental cause and therefore that it can in
be healed through Mind, has been much al
Those who believe the T.
Biblical teaching that man is the image 50
and likeness OF God, must admit that as ca
an Image or likeness reflects the original,
It can include nothing that is not in the ~ ~
original. Therefore if man, Gods reflec- Or
lion is sick, then il must be because God, 70
The original, is sick. 1t will not be ad III
mitted that God can be sick, and some =, =,
may therefore say that man is sick be- ca
cause he has broken one of Gods laws. Ii
But a broken law OF truth, is always a III u,
mistake Tor results in mistake ; so ii -
man is sick as a result Of broken law tN
he is stills uffering from a mistake, and ne
not from something true or real. This ~ u,
mistake from its very nature can be only II
/ false belief, and not an elitity, aud he
hence, can be corrected by means OF the We
truth; the corrected sense will prevail IT, IL
in proportion to our belief in The truth p,
md disbelief in the mistake.
Christian Science does not say that pr
sickness does not seem real to the suf- ka k
erer, even as real as the rest of his
body, but Jesus said Judge not ac- 81
,ording to the appearance, but Judge
righteous judgement" and Christian :
Science teaches that If sickness be recog- 5
1ized as mistake or error it can be
healed by applying the truth. pe pse
A sick, SHINING, discordant, unhappy, n n
dissatisfied mortal is not Gods man, but d,
,nly a counterfeit Of him. He is simply
he distorted image produced by the err
hg material senses' winch eau @ Oe til
BY Truth. This mortal image has no
more connection with the real man than la
las blue horse, seen by one wearing q
blue glasses, with the white horse at o.
which he is looking. There is but one of
horse, not two and there is but one man, de
Gods man; and we are in reality that tll
man. ~ ~
The problem Of evil and sin, its origin tr,
md nature, has puzzled the ages, and the all
yreat stumbling block that prevents it's eli
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