The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

/ WAS A LARGE ATTENDANCE
To Hear Eloquent Speaker Tell
of His Faith.
Universe Is Governed Through
Divine Law.

The Grand theater was filled last
night to hear Jacob S. Shield, c. S. B..
member of the board of lectureship
Of the Mother church of the First
Church of Christ. Scientist, Of Boston,
Mass, deliver his noted lecture on the
faith.
The speaker was introduced by
Carey ]. Wilson of the state insurance
department.
1.-THE higher spiritual life has met
with opposition in all ages" said Mr..
Wilson. 1.-THE prophet of yesterday is
accepted. but the prophet of today is
rejected. Such is the history of the
race. When first the Christian idea
was presented to man. 1t was the
loaves and fishes that made the APP
peal. Matter seemed to him the only
real entity. and spirit. mind. the un-
real and unsubstantia1.
THE thought. SO beautifully ex-
pressed in poetry. that our life is
from God, was displeasing to many
good and pious persons. In a prefa-
tory remark, the poet later dis
avowed any intent to inculcate a be-
lief in a prior state of existence. say
ing that 1t is far too shadowy a no
ton in our instincts of Immortality.
The poet and the mortal man parted
company.
1nCI0 are HuHOIeO6 VI kHOuSdIIuS
Of devout Christians scattered all
over the globe who believe that God
il our life and that without Him there
IL not anything at all; that Sod Is
spirit and that they who worship Him
must worship in spirit and in truth"
Mr.. Shield spoke as follows:
The message which 1 bear you is one
of love. The Bible says love Is the
fulfilling Of the law" and it is of this
fulfillment. as understood and practiced
in Christian Science, that 1 would
speak to you. r.i-
\ The civil law, under which we hold
citizenship, changes from time to time,
but every right minded man and wom-
an observes this law. II for no other
reason than the protection It affords
in the orderly conduct of their lives
and the peaceful possession OF prop
erty.
The divine law, under which we claim
; sonship, is 1.-The same yesterday, and
today and forever" 1t declares that
''all men are created equal and en-
dows them with certain inalienable
pursuit Of happiness" We have only
to be law-abiding to enjoy this hertz
age. Strength. abundance, JOY are spir-
itual facts Whosoever Wifi may Have
them, whether he be Greek, Scythian
or Jew. for they are Of God. who is
Himself all inclusive Life, Truth and
Love.
The Universe Governed Through DE-
vine Law.
The whole universe is governed
through divine law. Every blade of
grass which springs from the ground,
every flower that unfolds, every tree
that spreads it's branches, every ray
of sunshine. every movement or fixity
of the stars. planets and consultations
lis governed through the same infinite
divine law. So accurate and perfect is
the operation of this law that an
eclipse-1OO years hence-between the
sun, the earth and the moon may be
calculated today. to the very second Of
its occurrence. According to astronom-
ical calculations some OF the planets
travel many miles every second. Is 1t
not evident that only infinite wisdom
and power could establish such mar
velous order and perfection?
The same divine wisdom and power
which governs and maintains the uni
verse in its orderly operation also gov
erns and sustains man.
The Law Of Moses and Christ Jesus
the Same as Taught by Christian
q Science.
The Mosaic law, revealed to all men
for all time from Mount Sinai, was
the first exposition of the divine law
which should govern man in his rela-
tionship to God, as we'll as to his fell
low man. From it spring al human
laws and moral codes. The First
Commandment is supreme and all i'll
elusive. in its declaration Of God, and
Its warning against the recognition CT
any power or law as originating in
anything that Is physical or mater