Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-05
LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Jacob S. Shield C. s. B. of Boston, Spoke Upon the Religion of Divine LawNAudience Filled the Universas Church Speaker Introduced by Rev. J. F. Cobb

AeilH III CTOQ eNlnceu Dy the PdlrldlcHS
 but that he understood the operation
 of divine law and it's practical use in
 earthly life.
 By adhering strictly to the original
 divine law and turning away from all false gods in matter, by giving to God
 the glory, honor, dominion and power
 eVerlastingly due His holy name" fol-
 lowing as closely as they can the com
 mands of the master Metaphysician,
 Christian Scientists are today healing
 the sick and reforming the sinner-in
 a measure repeating the works of the
 Patriarchs and Christ Jesus
 Humanity Seeking Practical Religion.
 Thoughtful men are beginning to re-
 alize that religion must be more than
 mere belief. They are learning that
 it cannot be inherited, transferred nor
 adopted that it is not the chattel of
 any particular organization or church,
 and that it is net acquired by fasting
 more practical religion for less dogma
 and more love; less ritualisrn and
 more spirituality; less creed and more
 works; less scholasticism and more
 truth
 Humanity wants to know God-the
 God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob
 the God of the prophets and of Christ
 Jesus. They want q God, whom they
 may know as a Father, kind. merci-
 ful, just, true-who. as the Psalmist
 says, "forgiveth all thine iniquities;
 who healeth all thy diseases:" a God
 dren, but desires that they should
 know Him; a God who is a very pres
 ent help in time of trouble.
 The religions of the world have fail-
 ed to answer the hearts appeal The
 searcher for Truth has been made to
 believe that nothing definite can be
 known until the portals of human ex-
 istence close behind him. The man
 who is hungry land thirsty will seek food and drink wherever he can find
 it, and the same is true of him who
 is hungry and thirsty for spiritual
 food and drink
 Christian Science is doing much to satisfy this craving by giving men a scientific demonstrable religion, a re- 5Egion not so much of preaching as of works. Thousands upon thousands have been touched by this ministry of redemption, love, kindness, gratitude and good fellowship. Every sorrow comforted, every pain relieved, every ssin overcome, every misfortune re- iduced, every prejudice annulled, ev- lGod proves the efficacy of divine law,
 makes man more reverent toward God. and more gentle and tolerant toward | his fellow man.
 God as Mind.
 I Christian Scientists know God, not l as a magnified personality, but as Mind; the Mind which is infinite good, Love. Life, Truth. All that is good. all that is true, all that is worthy, is | the manifestation and expression of divine Mind. God, good, is also the mind of man, and divine law demands that man shall have no other god, hence, no ohter mind.
 God as Love.
 | The favorite appellation of Chris Itian Scientists for God is Love. The word Love expresses the divine nature and His creation. Moved with Gods great compassion. filled with an up- yelling flood of gratitude for the con scious sense of Immanuel, or God l with us," men in all ages have tried I to image forth the depth of Gods love for His children: but no human l thought can conceive it, nor human | tongue express it, even when most l aware of His breeding tenderness and ! watchful care,
 For the love of God is broader Than the measure of mans mind, And the heart of the Eternal l Is most wonderfully lSind.' | The unwavering affection of a mother | for her little ones (perhapS the most perfect love human beings can know) | is but a reflection of the divine, the l ever ready and willing arm of protec- | ton, the tireless attention. the loving | admonitfon, the bountiful provision of l God for His own. David sang of Him | as a shepherd guarding his flock, guid-
 ing them to green pastures and beside still waters. while Jesus saw in Him
 '-the Kingdom, and the power, and the | glory forever"
 | Christian Scientists accept God as their creator, as their guide and shep- herd. as their provider, as their friend as their physician, indeed as the very l c1IhS nf their nYiSfanna "fnr iV
 him we live, and move, and have our being"
 God as Principle. Another of the descriptive synonyms 1 for God, as we know Him in Christian 1 Science is divine Principle, which sig nif1es that God divine Mind, encom- passes within Himself all wisdom Truth, law, order and perfection of be- | ing. Principle must always have these | unchanging qualities. We say the same in referring to the principle oi mathematics, for it also holds within | itself all truth, law, order and perfec-
 ton pertaining to numbers. And as separable coexistence with the princi- | pie of mathematics, just so man and all the universe are coexistent with the divine Principle of being. Divine Mind Always Present. The perfect Mind. Love and Princi- | pie which govern man and the uni verse have never been absent for 8 moment. but mortal man has excluded them from his realization by dwelling | in tn 1nists of materfality and evil If one stands in the bright sum- | light, with 20 wells over the eyes, the l light will seem to be darkness, but | as these veils are removed the light
 becomes clear. Mortal man has had | more than 20 veils over his mental | eyes. which have excluded the divine | light. These veils consisted of blief | in idolatry, bigotry. fanaticisrn. super | stition, hate. jealousy, envy, fear. laws | of disease and the like. One by one | these veils are falling away. and as they go from us the light of true be- l ing becomes clearer. When all the darkening veils shall have been taken away mans immortal being will be re- I alized. This will bring the kingdom | of heaven. St. Paul writes in First l Corinthians G5:53-5D:
 For this corruptible must put on in
 corruption, and this mortal must put
 on immortality.
 'So when this corruptible shall have | put on interruption, and this mortal | shall have put on immortality, then | shall be brought to pass the saying | that is written, Death is swallowed up
 in victory
 Men must separate wrong from right l thinking, even as one separates dross 1 from gold, tares from wheat, inpuri- l