New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-28
Mother Church Lecturer
Speaks to Crowd at
Carnegie Hall.
HOLDS MOVEMENT
HUMANITY'S HOPE
Mrs. Eddy, He Says, Placed Re-
ligiouS Understanding on
Practical Basis.


tised Christian Science. Virgil o.,
Strickler, a member Of the board Of
lectureship in the mother church, the
First Church Of Christ Scientist, in
Boston, spoke to large audience at
Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon. He
declared that Mrs. Eddy, through her
work in the Christian Science move
ment, had again placed Christianity on
a scientifically demOnstrable basis, so
that all mankind may in measure re-
peat Christ's works Of healing.
1T is undenisble that Christian
Science has healed many sick people
affirmed Mr.. StrickleT, land has brought
about, the regeneration of many who
were the victims of sin. Among its
members are those who have been
healed of intemperance, of so-called
chronic and organic diseases, as well
as Of maladies that we're acute or
functional. 1t has healed others Of
sorrow, fear, unhappiness and similar
diseased mental conditions that often
cause more suffering and distress than
physical disorders" Continuing, Mr..
Strickler said:
in every case Of Christian Science
healing, whether the disease was
chronic or acute, physical or mental,
the cure was brought about without the
use of hypnotism, mental suggestion,
drugs or any material means, and en-
tircly through the application of the
spiritual and metaphysical teachings Of
Christian Science.
1.-THE healing of the sick, however,
IS not the primary purpose of Chris
tian 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
tian 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 process, namely, by
the substitution of spiritual truth in
place OF error and false belief in the
human consciousness.
Emancipation in Truth.
christian Science shows that it is
the effect produced By truth operating
in the human mentality, destroying
superstition, false and vicious beliefs
pate mankind from bondage to sin, dis
ease and death.
at is sometimes difficult for people
to understand how religion can heal
sickness and destroy sin, but the words
Of Jesus make it plain. Since it is
through q knowledge of the truth that
these results are accomplished, the i'm
pOrtant thing for each one is to gain
an understanding Of truth instead OF
being satisfied with mere belief about
Il. ln other words, in order TO find out
how religion can destroy sin, sickness
and all sorts of evil conditions il is
first necessary to gain an understand
ing as 70 what is religion. To gain
the benefits promised in the Bible to
true believers il is necessary to get
rid Of that which is erroneous in re-
ligious belief and practice, and to as
certain what constitutes true religion.
"In trying TO ascertain what consti-
tutes religion the very first subject to
be considered is that which relates to
God. Every one must agree that a
correct understanding CT God Is essen
dial as the foundation of religion. Any
system of religious teaching that is
founded upon an imperfect or errone.
Gus conception of God must necessarily
ldll 10 DIlUS 10 us duUtIGHlS tue utlV
and comfort for which they seek. When
we look about US and see the splendid
fidelity of men and women to their re-
ligious beliefs, and then see how much
suffering and failure they experience
and now far short they como of attain
ing the good which they so honestly
seek it is a fair deduction that there
is something wrong about their UNDER
standing of God.
"The Bible says, for instance, that
God is Love, and, since He is infinite,
He must be infinite Love. Christian
Science says, therefore, that infinite
Love cannot be the author Of evil,
either in the form of sickness or sin,
ard that, no matter what one may
/ think about evil, it must be accounted
for in some other way than as being
d part Of the creation Of God.
"Ihc Bible further discloses that
I God not only is Love, but is also Omni-
present. If that is so. then He is
everywhere, for that is what the word
means. He fills all space, and is in one
place in precisely the same degree and
to precisely the same extent that He
is in every other place. Does that not
lift ones thought above the concept
of a limited God? And is it not plain
that so long as people believe in a
limited God, who is limited as to His
form, dwelling place or goodness, they
will continue TO suffer from !imita-
itions-limitation with respect to life
and the duration thereof, health,
strength, mental capacity, success, love,
spirituality and every good thing
| Christian Science makes plain that
| humanity can hope TO be emancipated
| from the curse of limitations in any
| and all of these directions when men
| and women shall have given up their
! false beliefs about limited God and
! shall have learned the truth concern
! ing His nature and character.
Religious Mission to Heal.
christian Science, therefore, pleads
/ for rational and demOnstrable un-
| derstanding of God in place of theo-
retical and speculative beliefs about
! Him.
"Some day all mankind will recog-
/ niZe the unreasonable service that
( Mrs. Eddy has rendered to humanity
1 by her discovery of Christian Science
/ and the establishment of the Christian
I Science movement. Through her
( teaching she has elevated religious
understanding from a theoretical to =
! practical basis. She has taught the
world that it is the mission of religion
to heal people of sickness, sorrow, un-
happiness and fear, rs well as to de,
stroy sin, and has so clearly defined
the process by means Of which these
results may be accomplished as Ia
make il possible for every one to prove
il for himself, and thereby heal him
self and others. Christian Science is
applied Christianity just as truly as
engineering is applied mathematics