Evening journal., 1915-11-13


pirate remarks as follows:
"The words, Christian Science, are
being uttered all over the world;
sometimes in doubt, sometimes in
wonder: and often with Joy and graft
tude. What is this new-old religion
which is being preached to US today2
Whence does II come? What can IL do
for us? Nineteen centuries ago the
same questions were asked of the
teaching of one who walked among
the hills of Galilee, Jesus of Nazar-
eth. One wise man said: Let him
alone; if this teaching be not of God
L will come to naught, if IL be of God
xho can overthrow it?
There is no power that can pre-
vent the ice and snow from melting
under the warm rays of the sun; there
Is no power that can hinder the burst
ing forth of bud and blossom in the
spring time of the year; so there is
no power that can prevent our turn
Ing with simple trust to God, to listen
'or His word.
I'VE have with us tonight one. who
because of his acceptance of Chris
tian Science, because of his Joy and
gratitude for what it has done for him.
is able to answer these questions, and
20 tell us what Christian Science will
DO for us.
"I have the pleasure of presenting
10 you Frank Bell, C. s., of Harris
burg. Pa"
- Mr.. Bell il. the course of his lee
.ture said:
1T is the mission of Christian Sci
ence to bring to light the fact that
mans true selfhcod is not separated
from the intelligence that makes and
governs all.
christian Science makes it clear
that there is a God, and that the Scrip
tural statements with regard to Him
are correct, namely that He is the one
and only creator, having made all
that was made: that His creation
was and is spiritual and perfect and
good, as He is spiritual and perfect
and good; and that infinite Spirit is
necessarily omnipotent. omnipresent,
omniscient that is, the only power
everywhere present. supreme intelli.
gence. In / John il is stated that
God is love-" and Mrs. Eddy, on page
lao. of Science and Health, says, The
Christian Science God is universal.
eternal, divine love, which changeth
not and caIseth no evil. disease. nor
ieath.'
Christian Scientists learn to oues-
tioa the accuracy of any description Of
God that does not conform to the
highest standards of Justice. mercy,
and love, to say nothing OF intelligence.
Therefore they are not expected to be-
lieve that God created evil or uses
evil to accomplish good. or that He
could put into the heart of man the
'nur no fr. rrfQII IN. cfnfn1 fQpnnf "a I Inn
and then eternally torture man for
succumbing to a God-bestowed ten
-dcncy, or that an infinitely good God
ever did or could destroy any of His
children o. even make them sick.
Surely evil must he accounted for
In a manner entirely in accord with
mans natural desire TO acq1it infin-
lte intelligence of having committed a
.blunder that would scarcely be ex-
pected even of the so-called human
mind, namely. of having established a
universe and ther deliberately put
ting into that universe the elements
of self-destruction.
sickness Not to BE Ignored.
sickness is a phase Of evil which
needs to be considered from the stand
point of evils essential negatiyer ess,
r it is to be handled intelligently
This of course, does not mean that
the practice of Christian Science con-
sists of reiterating in the patient'e
car that there Is nothing the matteI
and he should just forget it. as we yet
occasionally hear. even in this en-
gghtened period What It means is
that If the sick man has been think
in- disease TO be something that 1t in
fact is not, his difficulty doubtless lies
very much in that direction, and h,
will be helped, not harmed. by learn
ing to see disease for what It is. H'
needs not to shut his eyes but to oper
them. For instance, it woul1 be diff
cult to conceive Of anything more de
pressing than for the victim of suf
'fering to believe that in some unac
countable way the divine purpose Is
being accomplished by means of his
painful experience. Therefore, one
of the things the sick man needs L
know is that his Maker is not part,
o his rndoing, not in the remotes, de
gree. He needs tC know that since
Infinite intelligence in its very nature
could not be the author of sickness
and siLce there is no other power tina
could be its author, the basis of sick
ness, like ignorance and other form
Qf evil, must be nonentity. or mega
ZION, not something, but the absenc
)r lack of something.
"In this way the sick man ma,
earn that disease is not the result o
any real law, but is the expression
manifestation, or effect of certain er
roneous modes or habits of human be
lief, which though they may have bee
for ages formulating and fastenin
themselves upon an apparently help
less humanity. are found on examin
alton to be utterly unlawful and ah
normal, and without justification othe
that that mankind for a long time
has been asserting and submitting {
them.
Clean Thoughts and Good Health.
"In view of what has been her
said, it should be evident that Chris
tian Scientists have no fanatical oh
lection to drugs, medicines, or othe
material curatiyes, as such. TIL
Christian Scientist dispenses wit
material medicines under no specie
OF compllsion, but as matter of vo
untary choice, based upon observatio
and experience. If material remedie
were capable of doing all that
claimed for them by their most enthl
siastic advocates. they would yet ia
20 meet he requirements of the Chris