Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-30

Burkhart, auditor OF the Corporation
Department of Oregon.
Friends:
consciously or unconsciously ex.
pressed, deep down in every heart isl
the desire to be better and happier
to know more of God and our true
relation to Him, and to find relief
from the enslaving effects of fear, sin,
disease, and ignorance. Christ Jesus,
understanding the needs of men, gave
to the world the Truth, which he de-
clared should make men free, and Mrs.
Eddy made the discovery that what
he taught was in fact Science,-a
science which, if understood and faith.
fully practised, would solve every prob.
lem of life. Since that discovery, count.
less thousands of her followers have
ioyfully accepted the good news, have
found freedom of mind and body, and
have been proving for themselves that,
as Mrs. Eddy has said, "Divine Love
always has met and always will meet
every human need"
Everywhere about us do we see
wrongs and conditions which we well
know ought to be righted, i'm the
business world, in our domestic and
social relations, in our National and
International affairs,-and Christian
Science comes with the message of
hope and cheer that all these can be
happily solved, here and now, by the
regeneration of the individual, and
shows us how this may be done. 1
myself can bear grateful testimony to
the healing and transforming power of
Christian Science, in the purification
of self and in the overcoming of un-
healthy and discordant mental, moral,
and physical conditions.
1t is to be our privilege this even
ing to learn more about this interest.
ing subject, from one who can give
US reliable information. 1 take pleas.
ure in introducing to you the speaker
of the evening, Mr. Clarence G. Eaton,
G. B. s., Member of the Board of Lee
tureship of The Mother Church, The
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Boston, Mass, who will now address
you.
How true and yet how difficult of
realization is the great fact that each
new moment of each new hour is the
only moment of which any of us can be
conscious! Our yesterdays, with their
joys and sorrows, are gone; they belong
to the dead past. Our tomorrows, with
their hopes and anticipations, never
come. 1t is quite evident that the pres
ent and not the succeeding moment is
the one in which we consciously exist
1t is likewise self-evident that all that
can ever come within the range of our
knowledge and experience must exist
now.
God, Truth, Life; man, immortality,
heaven, bliss, eternity, in fact, all the
verities Of being, are in existence now
No one con consistently believe that the
past has entombed any verities which
are not in evidence in this present time,
because all that is true is eternal. Nor
can we conceive Of the future holding
within its grasp knowledge of things
which has not always existed, because
all true knowledge is universal and
eternal. Obviously, as we can know
and enjoy the verities Of being, we
should be profoundly interested in dem.
onstrating their truth at this very mo-
ment.
1t requires tactful, patient and low
ing thoughtfulness to teach and en-
courage people to realize that there is
contained in the simple act Of acquir.
ing true knowledge and understand.
ing, all that is necessary for their ex.
trieation from sin and disease. In or.
der to appreciate this fully, we should
recognize that ones consciousness is
made up largely of beliefs which have
been accepted without investigation or
effort, while passing through the nat.
ural experiences Of life from childhood
TO adult years.
Understanding Necessary.
The average individual is what might
be called mentally conservative, and the
inclination Of thought il to follow the
line of least resistance. Ordinarily
people believe rather than know or
understand, since il requires less ef-
fort to do so. Because Of this we
need not be surprised if truths fire..
quently appear new and radical 10 NOR
tails, and may even be regarded as in
consistent and arouse within them an
tagonism and resentment. Ideas OF
proposals which cast doubt on estab'
lished beliefs or opinions, are even like
ly to be characterized as evil by the
conservative thought, because they dis
turb settled convictions, and in many
instances their presentation is consid
cred disagreeable and positively OBJ
noxious. Thus It is conceivable that
extreme mental conservatism may be
largely responsible for the prevalence
Of belief in the presence and power OF
evil.
Christian Science declares that false
belief rather than natural causes is pri'
marily responsible for all the disagree.
able things, including sin. sickness and
death. which have entered the world Z
experience. Christian Science makes .
sharp distinction between believing and
knowing as causation, and by its teach
ing inspires and quickens consciousness
70 the employment Of right ideas TO the
exclusion Of false beliefs. It's accom-
phshments are notably twofold, since il
not only correets errors Of thought
. through the application Of truth, but
by the same process successfully re-
moves the effects which they have pro
dueed.
"dod With Us"
In its teaching and practice Christian
Science demonstrates that truth re-
Elected or expressed is Immanuel, or
"Goa with ns.p And this means the
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