Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-30
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
Member of Board of Lectureship of
Mothers Church Talks at
Auditorium.
MUST LEARN OF GOD HIMSELF

William d. McCrackan. NJ. A, c. s. B.,
member of the Board OF Lectureship of
the mother church. the First Church OF
night at the Auditorium on Christian
Science. He said:
There Is much evidence to show that
the uncertainties of human life largely
contribute to its mistakes. TO its sin,
sickness and sorrow. Uncertainty causes
humanity to waver in judgment. to hest
tate at critical moments. and to be ap-
prehensive OF the future. II embitters
many an otherwise noble character. II
sows broadcast the seeds of fear and
doubt. and renders human beings vacil-
lattng and distrustful at the very times
when they ought to speak to evil with
authority and dominion. Hampered by
the shaekles Of uncertainty. human be-
ings dare not advance against the mental
enemies that spell disaster to their hap
piness. health and wholesomeness, but
either permit themselves to be overrid-
den by these enemies or else withdraw
into a condition of hopeless inactivity.
Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder
OF Christian Science. and the author Of
its textbook. Science and Health With
Key to the Scriptures" offers the follow
ing explanation of the real and eternal
on page n OF that book: Nothing Is
real and eternal-nothing Is Spirit-but
God and His idea. II follows that tho
sick and SHINING need only apply this
test to their own case In order to find
out what pertains to truth, what Is neces-
sary. lawful, and abiding. and on the
other hand what IL false. hence unneces-
saryi illegitimate. and transitory in their
experiences.
In other words. their help and cure
will arise from the spiritual understand
ing Of the fact that nothing is real except
that which Is Of divine origin. That
which Is mere human belief. supposition.
or superstition. is unreal, untrue. and
non-essential. BY means of this test It
Is possible TO separate the chaff from the
wheat simply by asking ones self OF any
given condition. thought. or act, is It like
God and His idea.' OF is it unlike Him
and His ereationH The answer will de-
termine whether the particular condition.
thought. or act Is real or unreal, true
or untrue. essential or non-essential.
Therefore Christian Science provides .
way Of estimating the facts in every hu-
man problem and IL thus a means of es-
cape from every untoward situation. Is
the sufferer one who feels aggrieved be-
cause he has been obliged to stand aside
and see tn worlds activities pass him
by, perhaps by reason of invalidism OF
through lack OF what are called natural
opportunities? Then let him take the
line OF demarcation Offered by Christian
Science and measure off that In his
thought which IL godlike from that
which Is unlike God. Let him harvest
the first and discard the second. and he
win rise out OF his lonelines and isolation
and become a useful member Of society.
rs the seeker for help one who has
spent his all In the futile pursuit of
pleasure only 70 find that pain IL his
reward7 Let him. too, measure out the
immutAble and true from the changeabls
and false by means OF this spiritual un-
derstanding offered by Christian Science.
and he will find genuine happiness, real
bliss ana Joy. 70 be spiritual and not ma
teFiAl. This same help Il available for
the sick and SHINING. the down trodden,
the fearful. the ignorant. the seeming
victims and martyrs Of evil belief. or Of