The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Prof. Hermann S. Herring c. S. G.
Spoke Last Evening in the
Grand Opera House to
Large Audience.
ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Brief Synopsis of the Address Which
Was Given and Which Proved
to be Very Enter
tanning.

Last evening at the Grand opera
house Professor Hermann S. Herring
gave lecture on Christian Science
which was heard by good sized aud
fence and which proved to be very
interesting. The following is q
synopsis of his remarks:
In considering the subject of Chris
1 tan Science. the Science of Saliva
ton" it is well to have a mutual I'm.
] Outstanding as to the meaning of the
terms. Science means exact, system
atized and demonstrate knowledge OF
facts, laws and causes, while accord
ing to Smiths Bible Dictionary saliva
ton means "deliverance from temper
al evils and earthly destruction in
other words, deliverance from evil
from sin. disease and death. Hence
"The Science of Salvation means in
substance that demonstrate knowl.
edge which affords deliverance from
all evil.
ST. Paul admonishes us to work out
our own salvation. This Scriptural
command means far more than the
common belief that salvation is as
sured by simply having belief or faith
in Jesus as the Son of God. Such
saving faith is vitality necessary, but
/ it. is only the beginning Of our saliva
tion--its spiritual basis.
Then must follow the working out
OF our deliverance from evil on this
/ basis; our actual separation from sin,
from the bondage of this world, from
Limitation, failure, disease. death.
| In working out our salvation We
must first see that salvation or de-
liyerance from evil is mental pro
cess, takes place in mind that 1t is
transformation through mind and is
both ethical and philosophical.
The Bible declares that "to be car
nally minded is death: but to be spir-
itually minded is life and peace
4 Christian Science teaches that mat
ter and material existence are phe-
nomena of the mortal, material
finite mind. a concept OF existence OBJ
tanned through the physical senses. a
! misrepresentation Of realty held by
human consciousness when uninstruct-
ed by Science, an appearance instead
of an actuality. 1t is simply an imi-
tation or counterfeit obtained from a
finite, dimensional, mortal basis.
Now it Is not the appearance but
only the original that has power, in
telligence and substance The mani.
festation of growth, action or being in
matter is but a material concept OF
spiritual facts.
The objects, action and power ex-
pressed in moving picture are
not in the picture and we do not as.
sociate them with the picture, but
/ with the original which the picture
! reproduces. Similarly, life, growth,
action, power. substance. law, ct
cetera, are not in matter. physical ex.
istence or the material consciousness:
but In divine Mind, the only cause and
principle of being, and should be SO
thought Of
When we recognize God as the only
mind, the only cause, truth is reflect.
ed in consciousness and existence Is
harmonious. When we believe causa.
tion to be material Or in mortal mind
we put our trust and dependence In
a shadow, false belief, and existence
SO called, is discordant, liable to dis
ease, disaster, death. In order to
work out our salvation we therefore
need to understand causation.
The ordinary human concept OF
mind Is that which thinks, feels OF
wills, the intellect, Or the activity Of
the gray matter called brain Chris
tian Science reveals the fact that mind
is divine principle. the infinite life
truth, love, omnipotent, omniscient
omnipresent, the all-inclusive, eternal
unchanging, ail-wise being, the only
cause and creator
Christian Science makes 1t clear
that material existence is not the
manifestation of this divine mind but
the phenomenon Of the counterfeit
called mortal mind
1t Is this false concept of existence
that does all the wrong thinking; that
believes in sin. disease and death; that
claims there is life and intelligence in
matter.
The difference between the method
OF healing through mental suggestion,
or hypnotism, and that of the divine
mind, the Christ healing, must be
clearly seen.
When the effort Is made to heal by
suggestion, the operator endeaYors
by means of mental manipulation to
make the patient believe that he is
not sick. He attempts to change the
belief. but the cause of disease re
mains and In time manifests itself
even In worse forms. The patient ID
no better off, he has not risen In the
scale of being, he has no more man
hood, or moral courage, and does not
know any more about God and Hi
Christ than before.
The true Christian Scientist re-