The Detroit times., 1913-10-21
EDDY AND
|D|CE CULT
GIVEN PRAISE
1knell Young, Of Boston. De-
Dvoss Address in the Wash
ington Theater
:FOUNDER OF FAITH
INSPIRED, HE SAYS
Discusses Claims of Healing
Receptivity Necessary to Re
ceiye Benefit

n D1CAo0ti Iouu6y ihchcSi W N~
First Church of Christ, Scientist. de-
ltvered q lecture on Christian Science
In the Washington theater, Sunday
4 afternoon, under the auspices or the
a Third Church Of Christ, Scientist, De-
A troit. A large audience heard Mr..
Young. who spoke in part as follows:
1t takes a great deal OF instruction
Ito convince the average human oelhs
y that the word God" does not mean
something remote or inaccessiDle- Now
we can think certain ideas which re-
SxAal God. We have. seen that. here;
These Ideas reveal power because Coo
\ and power are one. They are Zoo
with us. and. therefore power with US.
We can think OF our bodies, ana AS
q matter OF fact we think OF them
4 great deal too much. Nevertheless, so
Z long ~ that IL our tendency IL ought
\ not to be difficult for US to recognize
. that the true thought OF what God Is
may. AFFECT our bodies. since some KIND
,of thought Is doing something TO our
, bodies all the time. We walk because
~ mind; and talk and think, and wink
. our eyes, because of mind. and do
everything else we are DONG because
o. mind. and We do absolutely nothing
esceuse OF matter. for matter cannot
70 further understand the influence
sof thought on the body. we should
~ u
there could be a mind in matter. that
what II governing the human body.
Nedinartly speaking. is not mind IN
\ ubde OF Il but the great mass Of human
8olief which Is entirely outside of the
body. All the functions OF the body
are carried on because OF the con-
glOmeration OF beliefs called the hu-
x Thousands OF US may entertain the
nome thought, but III that thought were
10 originate In ones brain AZ would
~ confined there, and only one person
could have such a thought. and the
other person would be obliged to have
different one. We can see from this
utter impossiSiiity OF confirming the
mind or intelligence within the brain
0r body. Yet 30 general is the belief
that mind IA: its source I'm In brain brain cells ha
Ink II Injured the mind II apt to- be
INJECTED unless something greater than
human belief or material systems In
( Ths human body never gets III be-
f<nuSo OF any inherent capacity to do
-. TO put II exactly as II Is, the. hu-
3|siier' Deprived OF mind il never sur
hrs In Science and Health and her
(kher, works. Mrs.. Eddy has most
/ I(nnsan Or mortal sense OF things that
sb6ers The mortal mind. so-called. as
Z n sufferer. and she enabled thou
Lnds Of people through her BOOKS 10
. H.
@8tectiOn made to this Is often to the
(ett that you cannot have thought
4 itAout . thinker. and this contention
IL based upon the superstition that a
/: <tId wh1ch he contains Christian
1ktenee shows that mind is Infinite. and
&k0not be contained The divine mind
- the primary and only thinker. When
- learn to think with that mind
mitch Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health
4 oclares to be the only mind OF man.
4 eo1
r. nr1fed and regenerated as to mani
! I'm the omnipotence OF good In heal
9g the sick as well "A In saving the
N One who really apprehends anything
70 truth knows that IL 10 mental ana
SfAat being without beginning or end or
my kind OF measurement, II must De
frcwressfve in our experience: The APP
zfn1RcatiOn OF II cannot even he formu-
1n1ed. and so far from being mechani-
~ ~ Il. that the perception OF today
~ understanding OF tomorrow Inc
.1hOught which constitutes the healing
yufpcess OF Christian Science Is not less
s&c3entific because of It's progressive ma
stlare; on the contrary. IL Is more scten-
the on that account since II Is more
instantaneous and original. The divine
m0re. means to US necessarily the very
~ the possibilities of the eniighten:
f61ont which the study and practice or
e46nsOn no formulas are possible In the
fNRontal processes OF Christian Science
hbaling.
sESsN Mrs. EAdy's Discovery.
Phi We are apt to think OF revelation as
\ 0omething imposed upon man by GOD.
Int 4 more consistent understanding
.s&f the word shows that its meaning IN
NG1t apprehended when one under
&tande Its naturalness. That Mary Bak-
'f0g Eddy was inspired when she dis
tovered and set forth the truth OF
X1sriotian Science cannot he doubted,
GmA yet that inspiration, that revela-
1tGn, required first receptivity.
5Y IL was this readiness. this ceaseless
'aftUponsiveness to divine mind which
1obagacterixed her whole career and
made her the leader OF the most far
8onchinE religious and scientific move
110ont that the world has known. 1t
4os this same responsiveness which
H1no made Christianity a science result
s1og In such untold benefits to man
4 Hind that thousands OF people spotan-
v20uoly reverence and love the discov-
,&fer and founder OF Christian Science.
Nary Baker EDDY.