El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-27
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
FAITH EXPLAINED
Heals Many Sick, Says Lee
turer; Turns Many From
Sin to Right Living.

Christian Science has healed many
sick, declared Virgil o. Strickler in a
lecture delivered Sunday afternoon in
the First Church of Christ, Scientist
to a large audience.
The speaker, who is a member Of
the board of lectureship OF the
mother church, the First Church Of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, said:
TT is undeniable that Christian
Science has healed many sick people
and has brought about the regenera-
ton Of many who were victims Of
sin Among its membership are those
who have been healed of intemper-
ance Of so-called chronic and organic
diseases, as well as of maladies that
were acute or functional It has
healed others Of sorrow, fear, unhap-
piness and similar diseased mental
conditions that often cause more SUI
fering and distress than physical dis
orders.
In every case Christian Science
healing, whether the disease was
chronic or acute, physical or mental,
the cure was brought about without
the use of hypnotism, mental sugges-
ton, drugs or any material means, and
entirely through the application Of the
spiritual and metaphysical teachings
of Christian Science
The healing of the sick, however,
is not the primary purpose of Chris
uan Science. According to the teach
ings Of this Science all sickness and
disease result from error and false be-
lief, which are summarized as sin, and
when the error of belief is destroyed
by the truth which Christian Science
imparts. the disease disappears Chris
tan Science therefore, teaches that
the cause of all disease and sin is
mental, and not physical, and that
both sin and disease may be cured by
one and the same metaphysical pro-
cess. by the substitution of spiritual
truth in place of error and false be-
lief in the human consciousness.
Truth Shall Make you Free"
It is recorded in the eighth chapter Of
the gospel Of John that upop one occasion
when Jesus was being harassed by the law
yers and theologians, VINO were plying MN
with Questions and seeking to entrap him
by his answers, he turned to a group OF his
followers who were standing near. and
said TO them. eye shall know the truth and
the truth shall make you free" In all Of
the Bible there is no statement OF greater
importance to mankind than this utterance
of the Master. It prescribes the remedy for
every human i'll. knowledge Of a thing
must come through the mental and not
through the physical, hence according TO
the words Of Jesus, mankind VIII be deliV-
cred from sin, disease and death not by
doctoring the physical, but by ulling the
mental with truth. II this statement of Jesus
was true it follows by irresistible logic
that the ensaving conditions from which
humanity suffers must be due to the be-
lief Of something which is not true. In 9TH
er words. il the time is ever to come. as
Jesus has declared that it viii come. when
the knowledge of the truth shall emancipate
humanity from its bondage to sickness. sin,
such results can only be brought about when
the knowledge of the truth shall have dis
placed and destroyed tout Of human con-
sciousness). the belief Of that which is not
true There is no escape from this conclu-
sion.
christian Science shows that it is the
effect produced by truth operating in the
human mentality. destroying superstition
false AID vicious beliefs that must and
VIII some day emancipate mankind from
bondage to sin, disease and death
Ultimate Truth.
There must be ultimate truth somewhere.
and when it is apprehended by the human
mind It will emancipate those who appre-
.nCe asserts that ultimate truth concerning
God and man and their relationship is re-
yealed by the scriptures and may be gained
~ every person when the Criptures are
Belief and Understanding.
It is sometimes difficult for people to
understand how religion can heal siclxnass
md destroy sin, but the words OF Jesus
make it plain Since it is through a knowl-
dge of the truth that these results are ac-
Omplished the important thing for each one
s to gain understanding OF truth instead
of being satisfied with mere belief about III
n other words, in order to find out how re-
igiOn can destroy sin, sickness and all sorts
# evil condition, it is first necessary to /
ain an understanding as to what is religion. /
70 gain the benefits promised in the Bible
O true believers it is necessary TO rat rid
f that which is erroneous in religious he !
.ef and practice. and to ascertain what con-
titutes true religion
There are many who honestly think that /
makes no difference what religious he /
efs they entertain, so long as they are sin !
ere in them moments reflection how |!
YER viii show that such a theory is per
icious and destructive, for it is perfectly 4
lain that if thing is not, in fact, true, no /
mount Of sincerity the part of the he /
ever can ever make IL true. No envineer
yer arrived at a correct result, no matter /
OW sincerely he may have believed that his j
rocesses were correct, II they were not SO |
With respect. to many things it may be
important whether the thing believed is
rue not, but with respect to the things
hat people believe about God and about
themselves, and about their relationship to
cd, they are vital. because It will he sboun
nat the things believed with resDect 70
lese matters become laws that are binding
pom the believer.
Must Know God
In trying TO ascertain what constitutes
sHgiOn the very first subject to be consid- I
red is that which relates to Cod" said the
DeakeT.
Every one must agree that a correct nm
7rstanding Of God is essential as the foun-
alton Of religion. Any system Of RELIGIOUS ]
.aching that is founded upon an imperfecf J
erroneous conception Of God must neces- /
irily fail to bring to its adherents the helm I
ld comfort for which they seek When We /
ok about us and see the splendid fidelity [
men and women to their religions beIief
nd then see how much suffering and faiT {
re- they experience, and how far short thew
me OF attaining -ll the good which they so
onestly seek, II is fair deduction thar Z
lere is something wrong about their un-
srstanding Of God.
mo offence viii be given, therefore nv
lie statement that the average person has
Try indefinite and nebulous conception of
Cd If you were to ask a dozen peoDIe to
II you who and what God is. you would get
dozen different answers There are some