St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-10-25
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Lecture on Christian Science: the
Science of Salvation, by Prof.
Hermann 5. Herring, c. S. B.

There was good attendance at
the lecture at The Colonial Friday
evening, when Prof. Hermann =.
Herring, G. s. B., gave an interesting
discourse on Christian Science A
number were present from the sur
rounding towns. The lecturer was
briefly introduced by Charles E.
Peck, and we give below some ex-
cerpts from his address.
In considering the subject of
Christian Science: the Science of
Salvation" it is well to have a mu-
tual understanding as to the mean
ing of the terms. Science means ex-
act, systematized and demonstrate
knowledge of facts, laws and causes,
while according to- Smiths Bible
Dictionary salvation means "deliv-
erance from temporal evils and
earthly destruction, in other words,
deliverance from evil,-sin, diesase
and death. Hence "The Science of
Salvation" means in substance that
demonstrable knowledge which af-
fords deliverance from all evil.
Salvation to be Worked Out.
ST. Paul admonishes us to work
Ii.
ural command means far more than
the common belief that salvation is
assured by simply having belief or
faith in Jesus as the Son of God.
Such saving faith is vitality neces-
sary, but it is only the beginning of
our salvation-its spiritual basis.
Then must follow the working out
of our de1iverance from evil on this
basis; our actual separation from
sin, from the bondage of this world,
from limitation, failure, disease,
death.
Working out our own salvation
means to secure the mastery over
the ills of this world, to destroy
them by the demonstrate knowl
edge of God received through Christ
Jesus and to establish harmony,
health, happiness in everyday life.
Hence our salvation is not fully
worked out until we have dominion
over all discord and everything that
causes it. This necessarily includes
dominion over matter and it's laws,
to which we are in such bondage,
dominion over evil and it's sensa-
ton, sin and sorrow, dominion even
over death and it's terrors. 1t means
to attain to perfect harmonious liv-
ing, to bring about Gods kingdom
on earth
Salvation Through Mind.
In working out our salvation we
must first see that salvation or de-
liverance from evil is mental pro-
cess, takes place in mind; that it is
a transformation through Mind and
is both ethical and philosophical.
The Bible declares that ''to be
ic hut To h0
spiritually minded is life and
peace
All will admit that evil is pri-
marily mental; that evil aims and
purposes, all misjudgment, hatred,
envy, jealousy, are mental, and that
the correction of these mental con-
ditions must be mental, through ed
ucation and experience, the awaken
ing and establishment of right
thought.
We are all familiar with the
physical effects of fear, anger and
other strong emotions. Such effects
having a mental cause obviously can
be healed mentally and Christian
Science teaches that all sin and dis
ease, whatever it's name or nature,
has a mental origin and is a mental
phenomenon, an experience of the
mortal material human mind, which
is healed by the divine Mind.
In "Retrospection and Introspec-
ton Mrs. Eddy says:
During twenty years prior to
my discovery 1 had been trying to
trace all physical effects to a men
tai cause; and in the latter part
of 1866 I gained the scientific
certainty that all causation was
Mind and every effect mental
phenomenon
Regarding Mental Causation.
Christian Science teaches that
matter and material existence are
phenomena of the mortal, material,
finite mind, concept of existence
obtained through the physical senses,
a misrepresentation of reality held
by human consciousness when I'M
instructed by Science, an appear
ance instead of an actuality. 1t is