Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-22
A Lecture as Christian Science
Entitled God Is Good"
By George Shaw Cook, C.SB.
eoturcshp Mother
BY George Shaw Cook, C.S.B.

'fif VI INV Il'FA tilAil'HAitk i'Ni'i'f ~
ever delivered in this city was that
Of George Warren COOK ut the high
school auditorium yesterday after
noon.
Capt w, c. Reid, introducing the
lecturer. said:
Science is knowledge gained by
| observation, or verified by demon
stration. | presume Christian Scien-
lists, In so naming themselves, have
used the word science advisedly, that
Is. they, at least to themselves, have
studied closely and verified by DEM
onstration their conception of the re-
latiOn Of man to God. My limited in
formation on the subject is to the eff
feet that they maintain that there is
no such thing as faith or belief with
out understanding, and that they do
not ask that we have faith, but that
we study and learn. This, 1t seems t.
me is exactly opposite to the demands
! Of the orthodox church. to-wit, that
we have faith and that understanding
will follow.
"lf | were to prove a case in court
and the qualification OF the jury
should be that each and every one of
them should have faith in my side OF
the case that could not be shaken, be-
fore the evidence was introduced, |
think the court would have some diff
ficulty in filling the yenirc. In this
day and age people must prove or
demonstrate things to their own sat
isfaction. and I believe that this, In a
measure, accounts for the almost
phenomenal interest people are show
ing in Christian Science. We have
with us this afternoon Mr.. George
I 4 l,, g.f ..f
Lectureship of The Mother Church,
The First Church Of Christ, Scientist,
Of Boston, Massachusetts, who will
speak to rs and whom ! take pleasure
I in introducing.
| Mr.. Cooks lecture in full follows
Upon first hearing Of Christian Sci
ence ono viii very naturally inquire
| "What does II promise to do for me?''
Does 1t promise to heal me of dis
ease, and to save me from sin ." 'Will
/ IL give surcease to my sorrow and
! lift from me the burden Of care r.
Can it break for me the spell of pov-
! crty, limitation, and fear?" rs It
able to say to the seething waves of
mortal tumult, BE still
Promises and Their FulfiiIment.
Those who have become acquainted
with Christian Science in its applica-
tion to human needs are able TO as
sure the inquirer that il does all of
this, ana more. Unnumbercd thous-
ands are bearing grateful witness to
the fact that they have felt the benef-
icent touch OF Christian Science in
their lives and because of 1t they are
being redeemed from the Ills to which
flesh is heir. Weekly in the
~
tian Science churches testimony is be-
lug given to the healing and redemp-
tive power OF Christian Science.
Month after month, and year after
year, a never ending, uninterrupted
stream of reliable evidence of the
healing power of truth IS going out to
the world through the Christian Sci
ence periodicals, In these ways, and
in other ways, the suffering the sin
ming ana the sorrowing are coming to
know that there is balm in Gllead."
tnmistakable and irrefutabe proof
Is to be found on every hand of the
power of spiritual truth TO destroy hui
man error Any earnest seeker may
with comparatively little effort learn
that through Christian Science his fell
low men have been thoroughly and
permanently healed of chronic
ana acute disease by spiritual means
without the use of material remedies.
He viii learn as the result of inVesti-
cation that these cases of healing by
scientific, mental treatment include
many diseases ordinarily considered
incurable. He will find that those
numbered among the heneficiarles Of
Christian Science have been healed
not merely of so-callcd functional
ana nervous troubles, but in many in
stances of those considered organic
lie will ascertain that frequently these
cases have been pronounced organic
and ineurable by reputable physicians,
but that Notwithstanding such pro-
nouncement they have. been healed
perfectly and often quickly by Chris
tian Science treatment He viii find
that sometimes physicians are quite
willing to give Christian Science credit
for these marvellous cures
The investigator will also learn that
through Christian Science many have
been rescued from lives of sin and
vice, and that some have been lifted
from the very depths of degradation
and depravity. lie will find that these
persons have been restored to their
rightful heritage of freedom from
evil and have thus become useful
members of society. The seeker for
facts concerning the effect of Chris
tian Science in human experience will
find that many who We're not able to
succeed in the struggle for existence,
believing themselves to be the VIC
Tins Of environment and circum-
stances resulting in poverty and dis
trcss. are now finding their condition
greatly improved because Christian
Science has given them a new outlook
on the world and new insight into
spiritual truth. He win find those
who are glad TO acknowledge that
Christian Science has shown them how
to be moro honest, Just. humble low
ing. considerate--in a word, less sell
fish-~than formerly He will be told
that the depressing atmosphere of
discouragemcnt and doubt has for
many been transformed into an invig-
Grating sense of courage and confi-
dence.
Means of pcllNcrancc.
III the Investigator were to inquire
how all this had come to pass, and
could have a concrete answer from
all the Christian Scientists on earth,
that answer would he, 1T is because
We have come TO know that God is
good simple answer, is it not >
And yet no more simple, and scarcely
less profound, than the declaration of
is infinite Love, surely we shall agree
O John ~. 50 II as John says, God
is love then God must also be inf
nitely good. for II We agree that God
! Is infinite love. surely we shall agree
that infinite. universal divine Love
Is identical with all that is good.
Christian Science teaches that God
is not both good and evil, but that He
Is good only. Therefore God. as I'M