The Washington herald., 1915-12-27
SAYS MENTALITY
CAUSES DISEASE
'Strickler Talks on Christian
Science to Capacity Audi
ence at Polls.
BELIEF HEALS DISEASE
Asserts Material Man Isn't Likeness of
Col W.iI --.. Til. -.
BELIEF HEALS DISEASE
Asserts Material Man Isn't Likeness Of
Cod-Will Lecture Tonight at
First Church.

I
! Virgil o. StrickIer. c. S.. delivered
the second in the series OF lectures on
Christian Science which is being
given under the auspices of the First
and Second Churches OF Christ Scien-
list, OF this city. at Polls Theater yes
,erday afternoon. The theater was
completely filled and the lecture was
listened to with the closest attention.
The lecturer. who is a member of
the Board of Lectureship of the
mother Church in Boston. was intro
duced by Senator Clapp. of Minnesota,
He stated at the beginning of his lee
ture that IL was an undeniable fact
that many cases OF sickness and sin
had been healed by Christian Science.
He 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 suEges-
ton. drugs or any material means,
and entirely through the application
OF the spiritual and metaphysical
teachings of Christian Science.
The healing of the sick. however. IL
not the primary purpose of Christian
science. According to the teachings
OF this Science. all sickness and dis
ease result from error and false belief.
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 pro-
cess. namely. by the substitution OF
spiritual truth in place of error and
false belief in the human conscious
ness.
The Truth Cure.
1T Is recorded in the eighth Chapter of
the Gospel OF John that upon one occa
sio- Jesus turned to group of his foINi
towers, who were standing near. and said |
10 them. 'Ye shall know the truth and |
the truth shall make you free. In all |
OF the Bible there Is no statement OF
greater importance to mankind than this |
utterance of the Master. IL prescribes the !
remedy for every human i'll. knowledge |
OF thing must come through the mental |
and not through the physical hence. |
according To the words of Jesus mankind !
Will he delivered from sin. disease and |
death not by doctorinC the physical. I:
but by filling the mental with truth. |
Christian Science shows that IL is the !
effect produced by truth operating in the |
human mentality. destroying supersti- !
ton; false and vicious beliefs that must
and Will some day emancipate mankind
from bondage to sin disease and death 4
There must be ultimate truth some
where. and when ii is apprehended by
the human mind IL will ema anicpate those
who apprehend IL from bondage to evil
Christian Science asserts that ultimate
truth concerning God and man and their
relationship Is revealed by the Scriptures
ard may he gained by every person when
the Scriptures are rightly interpreted.
Mrs. Eddy's Work.
Some day. all mankind will recor-
niZe the unreasonable service tina;
Mrs. Eddy has rendered to humanity
by her discovery of Christian Science
a nd the establishment of the Christian
Science movement. Through her
she has elevated religious
from a theoretical to a
practical basis. She has taught the
world that II is the mission of re-
liGion to heal people of sickness sor-
row. unhappiness and fear. as well a.
10 destroy sin. and has so clearly de- !
fined the process by means OF which
these results may be accomplished as
TO make il possible for every one to
prove IL for himself and thereby to
heal himself and others. Christian
Science is applied Christianity just as
truly as engineering is applied mathe-
matics. There is no mystery about it.
and when one does his work cor
rectly. according to its rule. healing
and regeneration must follow.
In the Bibt John xx:lID. we read
hat Jesus said to Mary: Go to my
brethren. and say unto them. ! as
END unto my Father and your Father:
and to my God and your God Also
N | John. iii:2. Beloved, now are we
he sons Of God. and ii doth not yet
appear what We shall be: but we
<now that. when he shall appear, we
hall be like Him: for We shall see Him
rs He is st. Paul also wrote
Romans S:ls. 10. The Spirit itself
witness with our spirit. that
We are the children of God: and IL
children then heirs: heirs of God, and
oint heirs with Christ
Christian Science Proof.
Christian Science demonstrates the
ruth Of these inspired statements I'll
iakes available as present right and
disability mans inheritance as the son
nd heir Of God by showing that the
aal man created by God is spiritual and
OF material: that his life. continuity. in
diligence and harmony are in spirit and
OF in matter: that all OF his qualities
nd attributes are derived from spirit. |
nd that every function of the real man