The chronicle=news., 1914-04-15
VIRGIL 0. sTRlcklER DELIVERS CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE LECTURE At west Theatre

lis adhsr.sis the help ssd eoMfoft
ior saisa Ihes s@sk- whes ~s iaasae
st-oal Gs and s@- tie spissaid fidelity
Of sass Esd saAsa 10 their religious
beliefs. ard lhss ses sos mash sal
isriss asd fsliafe lssf sspssiease.
ssi hos far short they sS1s of at
iAihiss the sassa which sssS 80 hes
es.iS s~@k. il is . fair a<AS~siss that
lLss. Is soasshiss sf0ns ssnsas their
u asass.ssaihs si God.
ynyse.
Aaoshss sabje~s that saesss tsln
lhs religions life sf 81, ss<SPis is that
Of prayer,
., i. .is,-a Ia the nf,s chapter of
James lhss The prayer 81 fsi'A
shall .sss the sick" There is 10 a.
sissiIy ssaal that language II 10
Dol inAeftAils a. sss~ssssa ~ ssS
particular, IL IL. in tart. ss positive
ssd direct . slAisosss - sss "
made silh husss Language. Asa
yet. IL scaia se-A that ohs of sso
lhisss nsass nsssssssiis be true.
either that .aAssmsss - tie script,
sses is wholly fsis~. OF else t~ori~
hss. not knaus hos 10 make the
isss-s al faith shsu-sshoai the ssss-
afi-ss i.sseps il seossfSr is.sssrs..
lA- sick hss- BOD b~-s ssssd ss tho
s-~siit Of prayer. Il. ss~s~fose. ~
comes . .ssbj--s fas legitimate ss-
auiiy is order that IL snsS ~ ~
l.snissa. u possible. sk-shss ~ not
that AAist.sst 10 The s~rs ,sases y
true. Mssy p~esis ssk u chsississ
ksisssisss pray. ssd hos Chf..tisa
s@isse~ psassr differ. fsusa isss Of
other skasvh-s. saa II ~Iii soahsis~s
Prove both sslssvssiss ssa A~iasui u
the iihes.as- u ssetsiassis
:, .sn b. aid that siauss sse.y
person i. taught To nsk1 the prayer
Of p~sitioa. the prayer OF pi~sdssss
They 4f- taught To prsisb"s 6oa Tor
whatever sus-i iaise they a..ise. sad
si.s is .,-si,ioa Him To- ~tsahoi1
~ssie,-s evil ,kias they s~-h To
Of p-tiiioa. asi in tsss. is vet, fnsa.
dasiaa sad r~e~ner. ts the belief that
l1. sisd Ut Gasa ess be .hAsxrd ~
the essisioas Taesr u tbs belief
that. ba: tot the pssi'sos. God ~osls
sos do the shias lie ia asked IN d..
ci.~ uhy ash Him or that but Tor
the rrsilioa. lie soaia do the ihtss
saa would .-aa the evil the, 'i~ 10
asked aol la do OF GOT 10 srsa.
Vet. all the while that this fosn oi
prayer has Eua- ~ from usaumb~srd
miiiioes OF asosisinx hearts. the
nibi~ has declared that tsoi 10 ua.
shaasias. II God IL usehAnsins. ss
the titbi- declares Him to b.. thea IL
i, na, p:ain that so ioax .. people go
ea in the belief that u Ia the fun..
iisn af prayer Ia chance the mind c'
Go-i To meet the human dc.,i-. !.
reality the further they arc getting
away from tho true theory of 'saS-':
sud the mote .int-r~iy they believe
that sos, OF ihins. the more ihcis
very sincerity will confssr their M
and will psc.cai them
frup, msk,nE the prayer OF ia,ih
which. the Bible says. shall ave the
sick
Christian Science. upon the other
hand. teaches its adhVrcni~ to MAKE
the prayer OF realization. the prayer
Of affirmation. Christian Science
teaches iha. God h Infinite good. AMI
that IL Ia wholly unnecessary to brE
or petition infinite GOOD. to manife..
good to us. for infinite good cannot
do anything else except manifest
good to every creature. Christiant
Science teaches that God Ia Mind. or
and that Mind govern
through spiritual Law. which law is
operating through the entire uni
verse, md IL a law Of infinite good.
and Is manitcsiing good aud nothing
but sood ccasclcssiy to every human
being.
That is precisely what happens
through the operation OF spiritual
law. Tint law Is operating IN hu-
man consciousness. Just AZ far as the
will permit. which OBJ
structions are mental qualities--Su-
perstition. false beliefs. human will
and the like. As they are removed.
the spiritual law will operate further
and further in human onsciousncAs.
bringing good deeper and deeper In
to human experience. until at last,
when every such obstruction shall
have been removed. when the human
shall have been com.
pIetcly evangelical by truth. and ev-
cry mortal thought shall have been
brought into obedience to Christ, az
the Scripture commands. then the
spiritual law will have Its perfect
work in human consciousness. In