Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
Council Bluffs
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TALK
Mrs. Harper Minis of Georgia Delivers
Address at Star Theater.
LARGE AUDIENCE IS PRESENT
Speaker Is Forceful end Fluent, and
Presents n Doctrines of the
church I'm an Able
Manner.

Mrs. Sue Harper Minis Of Atlanta. Ca.
a member Of the board Of lecturers Of the
Christian Science church. addressed an
audience at the Star theater Yesterday
afternoon which, despite the inclemency
Of the weather. filled every seat in the
auditorium and the balcony. Mrs. Minis
showed herself an easy and fluent speaker
and she retained the close attention Of her
large audience from the opening TO The
closing sentence Of her address. The en-
thusiasm which she displayed in the dis
cussion and portrayal Of Christian Science
lent force to her address and showed she
was thoroughly familiar with her subject.
Christian Science is Jesus transcend.
entalism made practical as He made it,
declared Mrs. Minis. and taking this as
the basis for her argument, said in part
as follows:
1t is sometimes said that Christian Science
trar scendental for me- Is Il not some
thing that transcends this poor, fleeing
material existence that humanity longs for
and needs? Christian Science is transcend
entail, because never was such a transcen-
dentalist as JeSus-His every act was a
transcending Of material laws and func-
lions. When He said, Before Abraham
was. I I'M. The Father and l are one. 4"
"Glorify thou Me with thine own self. oh.
my Father, with the glory which / had
with Thee before the world was He utA
tered the very acme Of characterization.
Throughout the progress of thought during
the centuries the great thinkers, seers and
the prophets have caught glimpses of the
great fact that the spiritual alone is real.
Kant, Fichle. Carlyle, all announce this
glorious glimpse OF truth, and beyond this
that every ray OF light from the infinite
source rarifies the atmosphere Of human
thought, IL has no practical results for hui
manity. Jesus brought His transcendental-
ism down to sad humanity to heal sick
bocies, to comfort sorrowing hearts. TO
raise the dead, and, indeed, to transcend
every sense Of loves limitations.
Materlalism BlOtted Out.
Take, for instance. those two statements
Before Abraham was, 1 am" and "Glorify
thou Me, oh, my Father, with Thine own
SELF, with the glory which / had with Thee
before the world was" Those two state
ments spiritually understood and held I'm
thought Will heal any disease on earth.
AS we. dwell on them do they not abso-
iutely blot out this poor material sense of
being, or belief OF life apart from God.
this yapor, this dream. this s~hadow-and
reveal the ideal mans indissoluble unity
with his Maker. This ideal man Is for
ever a priest after the order OF Melchize-
dec, without father or mother. without
beginning or end OF days." taking away
the sins OF the world" destroying the
illusions incident to a false, material sense
OF being. This ideal man dweils ever in
the realm OF matter, or evil, or sin, or
~death-never separated from, but always
in the bosom of the Father. I'm the Christ
mind or divine Consciousness, rejecting
the infinity of love and llfe-and this is,
and was, and ever will be, the only real
man.
Christian Science reasons from God to
man-therefor the right way is to start
with a clear concept of God whom the
scriptures declare to be infinite spirit,
mind, soul. omnipotent, omniscient-and
then from that divine basis try to get some
glimpse OF what man as the image and
likeness of that God must be. II God is
spirit. then man must be spiritual-not
physical, he must image or reflect divine
mind. power; in a word, ne must
be as Mrs. Eddy reveals, not physique, but
the idea Of spirit" To dominate the flesh
and awake from the dream of life in mat
ter is the Christian warfare and attain
ment-'I shall be satisfied when 1 awake
with Thy likeness"
In buying furniture 1t is just as easy to
gel articles that you know will last for
years, as those that get shabby and rickety
within a short time. II you go TO a store
that has an established reputation for
quality Quality will be remembered long
after price is %forgotten) you will find the
better kind will seldom cost more than the
Inferior variety. Skilled workmanship, SUI
perior materials, durability and beauty
characterize oir flrnItura Tai rs .L.-,