The Washington times., 1915-12-26
STR|CKLER
ON CHRIST Tan SCIENCE.
Speaker Declares That Faith
Has Healed lntemperance.
Truth to End Ills.

Virgil o. strickler. c. s., member oi
the board of lectureship OF the First
Church of Christ Scientist. Boston. dc
livered lecture on the subject OF
Christian Science at Polls Theater this
afternoon. The lecture. which was de
livered under the auspices Of the loca
Christian Science churches. attracted ar
audience which completely filled the
theater and was received with the
greatest interest. The speaker was in
troduced by Senator Moses f.. Clapp oil
Minnesota.
In opening his lecture Mr.. Stricklc,
asserted that it was undeniable that
Crristian Science had healed many sick
people. and had brought about the re-
generation of many who were the vic.
Tins Of sin. Among its membershir
arc those who have been healed Of in.
temperance. of so-called chronic and or.
Sanic diseases, AS we'll as OF mala dies
Shat were acute or functional. 1t hat
Sealed others OF sorrow. fear. unhap.
Slness. and similar diseased mental con.
ditions that often cause more suffering
and distress than physical disorders.
Cured Through Teachings.
Continuing. he said: In every case
or Christian Science healing. whether
the disease was chronic or acute, phy.
sical or mental, the cure was brough,
about without the use OF 'hypnotism
mental suggestion. Grugs. or .anv ma.
terial means. and entirely through the
application Of the spiritual and meta
physical teachings Of Christian Science
me healing of the sick. however. is
not the primary purpose of Christian
Science. According to the teachings of
This science all sickness and disease re-
suit from error and false belief. which
are summarized as sin. ana when the
error OF belief is destroyed by the truth
which Christian Science imparts, the
disease disappears. Christian Science,
therefore. teaches that the cause Of ali
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
Truth Basis of Cure.
1T is recorded in the eighth cha pter
or the Gospel of John that upon one
occasion when Jesus was being harassed
ny the lawyers and theologfans, who
were plying him with questions and
seeking to entrap him by his answers.
ne turned to a group OF his followers,
who were standing near, ana said to
tNcn: 'ic shall know the truth and the
ruth shall make YOU free In all OF
freater Importance to mankind than
thls utterancc of the Master. 1t pre-
Scribes the remedy for every human Ill,
hnowledec OF thing must come
through the mental and not through
inc physical; hence. according to the
words of Jesus, mankind will be de-
llN'red from sin. disease and death. not
ny doctorinG the physical, but by filling
Inc mental with truth. II this state
mont or Jesus was true. it follows by
irresistible logic that the enslaving con-
d1tions from which humanity suffers
must ne due to the belief ot something
which is not true. In other words. If
the time is ever TO come. as Jesus ha 9
declared that it will come. when the
knoWledge OF the truth shall emanci-
pate humanity from its bondage to sick
ness. sin. unhappness. poverty, old age
and death. such results can ONLY be
hrouSht about when the knowledge OF
the truth shall have displaced and de.
Stro%ed tout Of human conscousne as
INC hclief of that which is not true
rhere Is no escape from this conclusion
What Church Does.
"Christian Science shows that it is the
effect produced by truth operating in tn,
human mentality. destroying supersti
ton. false and vicious beliefs that mus
ana Will some day emanciDate mankinC
from bondage to sin. disease. and deat n
th1istian Science. therefore, plead.
Tor rational and demonstrable unde r.
standing of God in place of Theoretical
ana speculative beliefs about Him"
The lecture will be repeated at
O'Clock Monday evening at First Church
OF Christ. Scientist. Columbia road anc
Euclid street.