El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
GIVEN At FL PASO THEAIER
Virgil o. Stricken of the Board of Lecturesp OF the
Mother Church. Makes Extended Talk on Doc
trines and Principles of the Church
of Christ Scientist.

truth shall make you free IN a. q IN
Bible there is no statement OF greater hlPII
lance 10 mankind than this utterance OF m
Master Il prescribes the remedy Tor every
human III. knowledge Of a thing must com
through the mental and not through n,
pIvsicaI hence. according 10 the WORDS OF
-resrls mankind will he delivered rom SIN
disease and death not by coctortng the I'hs
icsT hut bv filling the mental with truth
~ This statement Of Jesus was true i toi-
lows BIZ irresistible logic that the ensiaKihe
conditions from which humanity suffers
must he due 10 the belief Of something
which is not true. In other words II N
time is ever to come, as Jesus has declared
thar il will come when the knoWleuee 81
the truth shall emancipate humanity rum
ifz bordage TO sickness. sin. unhappiness-
poverty old age and death such rehultS -
only be brought about when the hhoWielsc
81 the truth shall have displaced ana dsS-
troyed tout Of human consclo l - -,
belief Of that which is not true Ihere is no
escape from this conclusion
Christian Science shows that II IS tte
arfart 7l-aduced by Truth operating in the
human mentality, destroyiug superstitloll,;
false and vicious beliefs that must ana VIII
some day emaneipste MANKIND from o'iiU3e
10 sin disease and death
Ultimate Truth
There must be ultimate truth soneWnere-
and when il IS apprehended by the human
mind II will emancipate those who appre-
bend Il from bondage and evil CHRISTIAN
science asserts that ultimate truth concern
INK God and man and their RELATIONSHIP
Is revealed by the Scriptures and may De
aimed By everr person when the scriptures
are rightly interpreted
difference Between Belief and Under
standing
II is sometimes difficult for people 10
understand how religion can heal sickness
snd destrov sin but the words Of Jesus
make IL plain. Since il Is through a knowl-
edge OF the truth that these results are &C
,onlr,lished the important thing for each one
is TO gain an understanding OF truth instese
- being satisfied with mere BELIEF ABOUT H.
In other words. in order 70 find out now
religion can destroy sim sickness ana an
so-fs Of evil condition It IS first necessary
10 gain an understanding as 10 what Is re
Ti~io1 To gain the benefits promised N
.ba Pib.e TO true believers II Is necessary
10 get I'D OF that which is erroneous N re
iigicus heller and practice and 10 ascertain
what constitutes true religion
There are many who honestly think me
- ruales no difference what religious Delieis
thsv entertain SO long as they are slnceLs
IN them moments reflection now
will show that such theory IS peFnlclYus
and destructive. for it is perfectly plain that
Z a thing is not. in fact. true no amount q
sincerity on the part4of the believer car,
ever make Il true 70 engineer ever arrived
A. "A correct result. no matter how sincerely
he NAV have believed that his processes
were correct II they were not so IN fact
With respect 20 many tninss II ~ a a.
,,nir1portsut whether the thing believed Il
r-us OF not but with respect 10 the thines
mar people believe about God and apout
themselves and about their relatlon Mons ~
10 cod they are vital. because II VIII De
shown that the things believed with r. r.
-rlact - these matter f'.0~-ne laws lnal
are binding upon the believer.
God.
In trying To ascei am WAT col-S'i'1'e