The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-05
INTERESTING
LECTURE GIVEN
BY c. c. EATON
SPOKE TO A NUMBER IN TIE SAN
CARLOS AUDITORIUM LAST
NIGHT ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE,
BEING INTRODUCED BY T. r.
M'GOURIN,

Clarence c. Eatson. c. 5. B., I mem
Der OF the board of lectureship Of the
mother church, the First Church OF
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, lectured
on Christian Science at the San Carlos
auditorium last night to quite a num-
Der and his talk proved to be @ most
interesting one.
In introducing Mr.. Eaton, Hon. 7.
f. McGourin said in part:
We are here assembled tonight to
hear a distinguished speaker on vital
subject, Christian Science
AS adherents to, and as those who
are influenced by this doctrine, we be
lieve the teachings and principles Of
Christ as Laid down nearly two CEN
turtles ago are just as true now as
then; that His commands are just as
urgent and compelling now as then;
that the laws of God which govern
the universe are ever operating for
mans good: that the important thing
is for man to come into harmony with
and live i'll obedience to those laws.
We read, AS q man thinSeth in his
heart so is he And He that fol-
loweth me shall not walk in darkness
but shall have the light Of life
OBVIOUSLY then the dominant note
in the teachings Of Christian Science
is to enable men to see this light, and
to see it more clearly. That it is sue
ceeding is more than proved by the
fact that it is attracting the attention
and gathering within its fold and en-
riching the lives and charging the
horizon of ever increasing numbers OF
the thoughtful and truth seeking the
wide world over"
Mr.. Eaton then spoke as follows:
The remarkable betterment wrought
in the temperament, character, habits,
and deeds of men by Christian Science
are the direct result OF the casting out
OF evils or devils. This evidence OF
obedience TO the Masters command is
attracting more attention today, per
haps, than mere physical healing. The
latter is an incidental experience on
the way to the ultimate of refOrma-
tion and transformation. The most
precious gifts of Christian Science are
to be designated as peace. content
ment, satisfaction. joy-experiences
and conditions for which We crave and
which can become ours only through
the casting out of evil and tho ac
quirement of enlarged spiritual under
standing. BY a proper application Of
scientific and demonstrable knowledge
of spiritual truth, errors in belief
which throng ones consciousness are
cast out, dissolved, and dissipared as
naturally, scientifically and inevitably
as light destroys the darkness. Usual
ly the first errors to yield in ones
mentality are those which have found
expression in physical infirmities. but
this is not the goal which Christian
Science urges us TO seek. We should
strive for and win a consciousness
thoroughly purged of evil, and so we
press forward, as Mrs. Eddy has so
aptly put it in our textbook, until
boundless thought walks enraptured,
and conception unconfned is winged
to reach the divine glory" (Scicnce
and Health. page 323).
What il Represents.
For sixteen centuries mental thera-
poautics as instituted by the Master
remained dormant, but in these latter
days Christian Science represents the
restoration and establishment of its
practice. Less than fifty Years ago
only one person on earth realized what
Christian Science III this respect
means to the world. Today many
thousands are wildly conscious that
it is wholly due to its teaching and
practice that they are alive and able
to say they are healthy and happy.
If in less than half a century, much of
which time was necessarily spent in
overcoming the prejudices of mortals
and dealing with the many problems