New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
Common Error That Man IS a
Material SeIfhood Separated
from God, Says Judge Smith.
FOUNDERS AIM EXPLAINED
Mrs. Eddy Never Sought a Per-
sonal Following and Greed
She Taught Was Unfolded to
Her, Declares Lecturer.

, street. near Madison avenue. last night.
Judge Smith Il member of the board OF
lecturers of the Mother Church, the First
church Of Christ. Scientist. Boston. was
introduced by Harry II. Hess, and spoke
as follows:
There is another subject. closely con-
nccted with life and health. IN which all
people are presently interested. that is
dominion dominion over adverse condi-
lions. dominior over owl involved therein
is the difference between misery and hap
piness throughout human affairs. Accord
Ing 90 the Bible the law of our creation
and beinc includes the decree Let them
have dominion dominion over al. the
earth This Is ono OF the natural rights
Of man. and II is one that exists in all its
fulncss as an idea To be apprehended and
realized. even though the average man
manifests more subsection than dominion.
This ideal was instanced by him Ia
whom St Paul referred as the man
Christ Jesus. and ii was he who said.
My peace I give unto you. His peace
was tho result of dominion. II was the
result Of power over whatever would dis
turb the harrnony of man An observa-
ton on this point by Mrs Eddy was
Illuminating 10 me. and II may be- 10 you.
SAID she. With our Master. life was not
merely "a sense Of existence. but an accom-
pauying sense Of power that sub1ued mat
ter and brought TO light immortality.
cRetrospection and lntrospection. page
So For MS to have his peace We must
gain that true sense Of power which ne
possessed and exercised
Secret Of His Dominion.
"Now. what WAS the secret OF his do
minioro Ry virtue Of what did he possess
such unlimited power tie disclosed the
basis of IL by saying. i can OF mine own
self do nothing That is to say. he pos
sessed power or dominion only by virtue
of mans relation 10 God.-Only by reason
Of mans unity with the infinite and ON
nirotrut Mud. II was this unity. this 1T
ouc-mout. which he cXemplihed through
out his earthly career. and the main rea-
son for tho common lack of dominion IS
the common error that man lis material
scifhood separated from God.
There is another aspect of dominion
that is equally important That is. do
minion is not the power Ia interfere with
the rightfu and lawful order Of the uni
verse nor Is % the power Of one person 10
impose his human Will on another. II is
the power 10 overcome disorder. TO sub
due discord and 10 maintain the law Of
God. - is tho power TO demonstrate the
truth of beins II is the power TO over
come evil with good. whereby Gods viii
is done ON earth as It IS in heaven.
Peter described tho ministry of Jesus
hv saving that he went about doing
good and healing AN that were oppressed
~ the devil for God was with him HIS
ministry consisted less of verbal instruc-
ton than IL did of object lessons whereby
he illustrated mans rghtful and natural
dominion over evil. Indeed his entire
earthly career in which Doe overcame,
one after another. the errors incident 10
the human or mortal sense of life. until
no rose completely above this was
the supreme instance and example of
mans God given dominion and being
That Do acted lawfully and in accord
ance with tho VIII of God hr himself de
ciarcd. and the claim that the power 10
do as BE- did was supernatural abnormal
or peculiar 10 himself ho anticipated ana
refutod when he said Tie that be-
ne,eth on me- tho works that / do shall
h. do also. These si-ns shall follow
them that believe.
Meaninq OF Greek Words Varies.
During the FIRST three centuries q the
Christian era Tho disciples Of Christ eX-
ercised i'm varying degrees the dominion
which the Master eNemplihsd. Then a
personal and supernatural sense of the
Saviour removed their concept OF JESUS
ifework from the realm of naturalness
and law 10 that Of mystery and miracle
n should b. remembered. however. that
tho Greek words which are usually but
not always translated miracle in the
King James version Of the Bible nave
no supernatura. meaning. Their mean
ing varies from am act of power a mighty
work. 10 q sign or proof. and they do not
denote that which IS supernatural. Jesus
himself defined by usage the meaning Of
tho Greek word most frequently used IN
referring To- his hcaling works when he
said These signs shall follow them that
believe The Greek word here rendered
signs is tho same word elsewhere trans
lated miracle
Near the close of his earthly career
Jesus said 10 his disciples. BE of good
cheer have overcome the world. It
what he accomplished was ineXplicable
or supernatural what reason had they to
be OF good cheer because Of his over
coming? Is it not fairly evident that he
thus spoke because he had shown the
way Tor them and for u.s. Did not his
overcoming of cyil bear witness unto
the truth?
Ills acts Of power We're done in accord
ante with lawn accordance with the
immutahlo law Of good. His mighty works
attcsted the presence. action and power
Of divine Principle. The signs which he
furnished proved the true qualities of
real bclng-Of your being and minc-and
proved II 10 be tree from EVIL so far
nom being supernat ural ms healing
works We're supremacy natural tor they
cyinced the true nature Of God ana man.
/ they separated what Is real ana enduring
from what f. destructihle and unreal BY
words and deeds he taught and proved
the true idea OF God and man. thus de
clarlnc their entire separation from cNiL
I I his was his mission. this was the meth
od bv which he VAS and IS the Usht OF
world
"Such being the case il was erltable
that the science Of these works should
| be sooner or later discovered, ana mat
they should hc resumed on scieaunc
and permanent basis This has now come
to pass. Ia accordance with the Master s
prophecy and premise Of that when ne
said will guide you i'm all truth
Repeats What He Taught.
Christian Science has come TO discover
and repeat what he knew and taught :
IN revf,o HE orioipul taachiuC 10 restore