Evening journal., 1915-05-24
COLONEL FELL LECTURES
ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
TO ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE

tnrough the UNDERSTANDING or truth,
and through the recognition Of the
eternal nature of Life.
NOW if material existence is in
the nature of a dream, We are not
going TO gain anything by placing i'm
plicit reliance on the testimony Of
the physical senses, which are they
that testify to the existence OF the
dream. How often has it been said
do you mean 10 tell me | am not to
believe in the evidence of my senses p
Has it ever occurred to you that by far
the greater part of your education is
employed in the correction OF the evil
dence OF the senses. Let US investi-
gate them for a moment, and see how
much credence must be permitted
them. supposing we stand on a rail-
road crossing where the railroad
runs straight, physical sense declares
that at a certain point the lines meet.
Your education corrects this, and as
sures you that there Is as much
space between the lines out yonder,
as there is where you stand. The ris-
ing harvest moon as we call it in
England, appears to be about four
times as large as usual, whereas edu-
cation informs you that the size of the
moon is constant. You can multiply
such instances for yourself quite i'm
definitely. No, we do not trust our
physical senses quite as much as we
may think we do.
'rhe most conclusive proof Of the
unreliability of the physical senses,
that is seeing. hearing, tasting, touch
ing, smelling, lies in The fact that
these senses can tell us nothing what
ever concerning that which is great
est and best.
I'VE cannot see, hear taste, touch
or smell Spirit, the senses can take no
cognizance of the spiritual whatever,
and so long as we are being guided
and governed solely by physical sense
we have the door completely closed
upon Spirit and spiritual sense per-
ception. The day will come and has
falready come when education of the
right kind will teach the people how
to correct every testimony of physi-
cal sense, this sense that tells us
that the sun leaps across the heavens
every twenty-four hours and that
parallel lines meet. with the right ap-
prehension of spiritual reality.
1t must not be supposed that be-
cause Christian Science healing is
purely mental that ii has anything
whatever in common with hypnotism,
mesmerism, of mentally suggestive
therapeutics of any sort or kind. II
should be understood that Christian
Science and hypnotism. with its
many aliases, are at the opposite
poles. Il will be sufficient for oui
purpose merely TO state that Chris
tian Science turns mans thought I'M
reservedly to God, to divine Mind fo
healing, whereas all other menta
systems are the exercise Of human
VIII power. Is II safe to trust hu
man nature with such a weapon
Christian Science on the other han,
is incapable Of evil. and can onl,
be used to bless, to heal and TO re
form.
Healing.
The healing of disease in Christian
Science, naturally enough, is what il
the first instance attracts the atten
ton OF those becoming interested II
the subject. Primarily, however. tn
Christian Science objective is tn
healing Of sin. All people arc read,
enough to get rid of suffering, or sick
ness, but all are not quite so ready L
part from their sins. There is n
pleasure in pain, but there arc thos
who fancy there is pleasure in sir
Never was there a greater mistake
for sin claims its full reward bot
here and hereafter. The healing O
Christian Science is the healing O
Truth and Love. The most pregnan
sentence that perhaps Jesus ever nj
tered was the words, 'ye shall kno,
the truth and the truth shall max
you free In that short sentence ou
Saviour epitomized the whole scienc
OF healing, not only of sickness an
disease, but OF sin. poverty and ever
conceivable discordant condition.
Now what is the truth to b
known? You will find numbers {
people quite prepared to declare tina
disease and sin are real. that Is. tru,
How then is Truth going 10 heal. I
destroy, that which is true? by 'th
truth our Saviour meant the absC
lutte, the eternal. the immutable. !
other words the spiritual. We hay
indeed TO know what he knew, il "
would cast out the devils OF sicknes
sin and lust as he cast them out. I
know the spiritual fact concernir
God and man, that God is spiritu,
perfection. and that man is His in
/ q and -
tion, is the Truth TO be known
order to cast out any and every col
dition that is not Of the Father.
81 The generality Of people belize
that God sends sickness in some nj
explained way 10 do us good That
is sent as a punishment, OF 10 tea,
! US a lesson or TO draw us nearer
, Himself. II this be the case VIII
: then ia the attitude OF the Christii
. world at large? II sickness Is sc
? as a punishment, why do Christia
; promptly try TO evade the punishme
by sending for the doctor or takii
0 drugs. If sent to teach a lesson a
: people justified In refusing to lea
= the lesson by getting rid of the sic
q ness as soon as possible? If to drs
. us nearer to Himself. what is I
l. Christian about when he sets up
J active resistance 10 that which is
e draw him nearer to God? Surely.
q sickness is good thing. the sick
we are the better But although n
= may be the teaching Of some today.
is not the teaching OF Christ Jesl
8 who called sickness and disease dc
4 IL or evil and cast them out.
". never said they were sent by G
y, to do good TO humanity, but he {
q say Of the woman who was boxV