Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-07
LECTURES ABOUT
SCIENTIST FAITH
ADDRESS is GIVEN BEFORE A
LARGE AUDIENCE
SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT OF
MRS. EDDY LAUDED
Not Interfere with Christian
ity and Also Follows
Science

Before a large audience in the new
edifice of the Second Church of Christ
| Scientist, West Adams and Hoover
/ streets, yesterday afternoon Miss
| Brookins. one of the well known read
ers of the church, delivered an ad
/ dress on The Christian Science
Faith" The lecture will be repeated
| Monday and Tuesday evenings at
o'clock. She said in part;
THE advent of Christian Science a
this time simply means that the dis
covery was made through the pure
spiritual discernment of Mrs. Eddy
| that there is, and ever has been, avail.
able to man, a science so Christly, sc
unerring and comprehensive in it's ma
ture and operation as actually to meet
the needs of the race in overcoming
all it's varied ills; that this science is
the knowledge of God and His eternal
laws, impelling obedience to the be
hests of good, and that coincident will
her discovery Mrs. Eddy founded a
system of practice, healing, teaching
and preaching which is calculated tc
bring this knowledge within the reach
of all who wish to avail themselves OF
its beneficent offices.
Warfare Against Error
Jesus himself demonstrated the SUI
premacy of Mind over every materia
condition, and he commissioned his
disciples in all ages to carry on theiI
warfare against error upon this basis
alone Jesus constant occupation was
overcoming evil in all it's forms; not
one or two phases of it, but all. He
healed the sick, he reformed the SIN
ner, he raised the dead, all through
Mind alone, independently of material
means or methods.
Collectors sometimes call attention
to the fact that Jesus once used ma
terial means in the form of clay and
spittle in healing the case of the man
born blind. But a thoughtful review
of this incident shows that the great
teacher was simply making use of a
typical oriental custom for the purpose
of expressing his supreme contempt for
matter as a curative agent and at the
same time was proving the utter fulfil
ity of the material application, for II
was only after the patient had washed
it away-had rid himself of this en-
cumbering and useless element-that
the wonderful cure was effected.
Neither was this unique Physician
dependent upon any of the so-called
forces of the human mind, as acces-
sorry to his healing work, but insistent-
ly declared: The Father Qnfinite
Mind) that dwelleth in Me, He doeth
the works'-in like allegiance to the
divine.
Says All Is Spirit
"If God is all Spirit, is not spiritual
man really His likeness, hence the only
real man? Origen, writing in the year
of 1875, defined baptism as an escape
from matter-the Lord leading us into
light that is shadowless and is ma
L. thic If Dnnparg
that the early Christians held this
same view of the nothing1ess of mat
ter.
"But it no longer rests upon Chris
tian Scientists to prove the non-exlst-
ence of matter. In these latter days
of liuuefied air and purified thought,
matter is rapidly losing its supposed
consistency as substances and all mere
ly material knowledge is being rele-
gated to its proper place among the
superstitions of the past. Even to the
sense of the more advanced material
scientists, matter is rapidly dissolving
under the more direct rays of truth,
and is being resolved into its original
element-thought.
"Christian Science eschews hynotism,
mesmerism, spiritualiSm, animal mag
netism, suggestive therapeutics, and all
forms of occultism, both ancient ana
modern and stands out distinctly by
itself as a definite demonstrable knowl-
edge of God and of man. No one
should willingly surrender his self-goV-
ernment and surely one could not
choose to be at the mercy of mental
influences, secretly exerted without his
knowledge or consent. Here again Is
Christian Science a rock of defense.
True Self-Government
True self-government consists in
acknowledging the divine Mind, God
as the one and onl-- power and pres
ence-and one if freed from the gen
eral mesmerism of mortal thought, ano
from its special forms, only by seeing
the utter falsity of it's baseless claim
/ to power, and knowing God as the in
finite, hence the only Mind. When
thus liberated from. the fatal effects
of the belief in minds many Christian
Scientists are able to demonstrate sue
cessfully over error in all its forms.
Among the most practical lessons
that Christian Science is teaching To-
day is the fact that we are not to look
outside of ourselves for the cause OF
our discord or deficiency, but that we
are to find and master whatever it is
in our own sense of things that mill
tates. against the true and abiding con-
sciousness of good.
"Christian Science establishes the one
great essential of all true progress
namely, the union of science and, re-
ligion. AS the name indicates, it is
primarily knowledge of the divine. i
classifies all science or true knowledge
as divine, and so the two great avenues
of intelligence, science and true re
| ligion. are merged into one.
Long Sick Of Sickness
"The world has long been sick o
sickness, and it is rapidly becoming
! sick of sin. The pendulum of human
desire and expectation is swinging fa'
| out toward the purer, more spiritua
| planes of consciousness where Chris
| tian Science meets every Legitimate
want. satisfies every worthy aspiration
for good and helps humanity physical
Iy, mentally, morally, spiritually.
I'VE are already in the midst of eter
nity. and whoever would consciousl!
| enter into and enjoy it's peace and har
mony and freedom, it's abounding anC
abiding health of mind and body, find
an ever open door in the contempla
! tion and application of the teachings
of Christian Science"
AN EASY WAY
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