Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-10-03
GOOD SIZE AUDIENCE
Heard Prof. H. S. Herring Tuesday
Evening at Opera House
LECTURE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Noted Speakers Remarks We're Well Received
and Highly Enlightening

Herman s. Herring. c. S B., of
Concord, n. H., for many years pro-
lessor of electrical engineering at
John Hopkins University gave lee
tire at the Realty Opera House last
Tuesday evening on the subject,
Christian Science, The Science of
Salvation"
Mr.. Herring treated his subject in a
scholarly and able manner, that held
the closest attention OF all present
during his lecture. The speaker was
introduced by Mr.. J II. Thaw of this
city who in his Introductory remarks
said, From time immemorial man
kind has been asking two vital ques-
tions What is truth and what must
l do to be saved. The Bible contains
the answers but many have searched
the scriptures long and laboriously
for satisfactory replies without find
ing them for the reason that they
have endeavored to discern spiritual
truth from a material standpoint,
which is an impossibility.
"Some forty-siX years ago a spirit
Eally minded woman, divinely inspir-
ed, searched diligently, faithfully,
prayerfully, and discovered the Prin-
ciple Of all truth and gave it out to
the world to bless humanity
I'VE are here tonight to listen
to discussion of some phases Of
this divine Principle by one commits
stoned by its discoverer to speak with
authority upon the subject. l have
the pleasure of introducing Professor
Hermann S. Herring of Concord, N.
H., a member of the board of lee
tureship of The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass,
who will now address you"
Prof. Herring said in part
"In considering the subject of
Christian Science: the Science Of Sal
vation,' it is we'll to have a mutual
understanding as to the meaning Of
the terms. Science means exact, sys-
tematized and demonstrable know
according to Smiths Bible Diction-
airy salvation means "deliverance
from temporal evils and earthly de-
:truction,' in other words, deliver
ance from evil,-from sin, disease and
death. Hence The Science of Saliva
ton" means in substance that demon
strable knowledge which affords de-
liverance from 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 spiritua basis.
Then must follow the working out
of our deliverance from evil on this
oasis; our actual separation from sin,
from the bondage Of this world, from
limitation, failure, disease, death
In working out our salvation we
must first sec that salvation or deli
verance from evil is a mental process
takes place in mind; that it is a trans
formation through Mind and is both
ethical and philosophical
The Billie declares that to be car
nally minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life and peace .
Christian Science teaches that mat
ter and material existence are pheno-
mena OF the mortal, material, finite
mind, a concept OF existence obtained
through the physical senses, a mis-
apprehension of reality held by hui
man consciousness when uninstruct-
ed by Science, an appearance Instead
of an actuality. 1t is simply an inn
itation 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
ritual facts.
The objects. action and power ex-
pressed in moving picture are not
in the picture and we do not asso-
ciate them with the picture, but with
the original which the picture repro
duces. Similarly, life, growth, ac-
ton, power, substance, law ct cetera,
are not in matter, physical existence
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
reflected in. consciousness and exist
ence is harmonious. When we be-
lieve causation to be material or in
mortal mind, we put our trust and de-
pendence in a shadow, a false belief
and existence, so called, is discord-
ant. liable to disease, disaster, death
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