The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-26
LECTURER GIVES
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ADDRESS

thought Tor an instant, else lie were
not wholly good and the Principle gov
erning the universe were not wholly
reliable. Evil has no origin in Spirit,
no entity nor reality of Gods making,
and no eternity, but is always a false
concept, assailing the mind of mortal
man until such time as its lying nature
is laid bare and its futile, transitory
pretenses ceases to brighten. Evil has
no standing before God. Those who
dwell Gin the secret place of the most
High" need not fear it's empty threats,
but, asserting their divine rights, may
rise, in the words of the apostle Paul,
'in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto
perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ"
There is much comfort to struggling
humanity in the conviction that God
does not authorize the miseries of our
earthly experience. This conviction is
the first step toward the realization
that these very miseries, lacking di-
vine sanction, cannot have any real
entity or existence, and must perforce
have fictitious origin and an unreal
nature. God becomes fully reinstated
in human affections at the same time
that the so-called law of sin and death
loses its supposed hold upon human
affairs.
Mrs. Eddy, in her work, "Rudimen.
tai Divine Science" defines Christian
Science "as the law of Cod the law of
good, interpreting and demonstrating
the divine Principle and rule of uni
versal harmony" (p. ~ AS the stu
dent learns more about the nature of
God through spiritual sense, the be-
neficent law of God grows in clearness
and he is able to reject the discordant
testin 5ny of material sense. Then
comes the demonstration or proof of
harmony as normal and natural. He
who follows the leadings of Christian
Science not only learns the letter of
its teachings, but also proves their
correctness by saving the sinner, COM
forting the sorrowing, and healing the
sick. Christian Science thus becomes
daily help for daily needs, the Com.
forter which leadeth into all truth,
available at all times and under all
circumstances.
The DiscoVerer and Founder of Chris
tan Science.
1t will hardly be necessary here to
insist upon the fact that religion
should save the sinner. Whatever may
be the doctrines which divide the var
ious branches of Christendom, all are
agreed at least upon this point, that Il
is the natural work of religion, the
business of Christianity, to save the
sinner. But there is no such agree
ment among the various denomina
lions upon the question of healing The
sick, at least, not as yet. Jesus healed
the sick, his disciples and apostles
healed the sick, the early Christian!
for some three or four hundred year.
after the crucifxion healed the sick
by spiritual means; but during tn,
intervening centuries the world ha
more and more relegated the healing
of the sick to a special profession
using material means. Since Mrs
Eddy's discovery of Christian Scienc,
the healing of Jesus time has beel
reinstated, in accordance with his un
mistakable injunction to His follow
; ers, and today hundreds of thousand
portions of the globe rise up to bles
the name Of the good and brave WON
an to whom they owe health and hap
piness, through whose teachings the,
have been delivered from pain and sol
row, from the fear of torment and tn
despair of godlessness. Special circum
stances seem to have fitted Mrs. Edd
from her youth for the mission of mel
cy to which God called her. Borl
of New England parentage, in tn,
state of New Hampshire, she grew
up in an atmosphere of wholesom,
freedom and when a young girl re
, ceived for the times, an exception
ally comprehensive education, boil
secular and religious. AS a woman
of progressive and advanced ideaa
she investigated fearlessly the ques
> tons which came before the publ,
Especially was she interested in tn
healing art, and her quick recover
from the result of an accident
through the revelation of the spirit
ual meaning of the Bible, led to he
discovery of Christian Science i
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