The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-02
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
VITAL TO MANKIND
Lecturer So Declares In Talk to
Large Audience-GIves Mrs.
Eddy's Definition.

Christian Science as something that W
vital to all mankind. was tho subject
or a lecture delivered this afternoon at
Polls Theatert by Frank Bell. G. s..
member OF the board Of lectureship OF
tho First Church OF Christ Scientist, IN
IIBostop. Mass.
The lecture was given Under the au-
spices of the local Christian Science
Churches. and was heard by an audience
which completely filled the theater.
Mr.. Bell Ia one OF the recent appointees
80 the lecture field, and this was MS
first lecture before a Washington audi-
ence. He held his listeners from the
seE;nninE to the ysry ,C END n re w %as 1t"
Christian Science" said Mr.: Hell: IN
opening his address. rs defined by Mrs.
Eddy on page 47l Of her book. science
and. Health. With Key s to the seriO:
reduced to human apprehension.
"'rhe definition Is OF value IN two
sreclal respects. In the first place, if 70
any OF us the term Christian Science
gated teachings Of a particular renglons
scot or denomination, the term olVlne
Y Sc .cnCc' may assist lis toward con,
sficrai on Of the subject in its broad
| for - christian Science we shall be UNI
dcrStoCd as having In Thought NOT
morcly the words Of book or the doc
trircn Of n church or the professions or
pre- t,ccS Of a body OF persons, put
r-thcr tho Science OF knowledge OF be-
NJ. Of Life. Of Truth. OF God; in other
word divine Science.
Nc, Beyond Human Apprehension.
Vito second important phase OF this
SGcruition Of Christian Science as divine
science reduced to human apprehen-
eicn. is that the broadened scope Of the
subject does not lead It beyond the
range Of our view or obscure It's direct
and practical relation to our AFFAIRS.
divine science. or the correct knowl-
edge Of absolute reality and the i'm
mutable law thereof. is according to the
definition capable OF being apprehended
by man and applied to human needs.
1T Is the mission OF Christian Science
10 bring to light the fact that man 5
trio seifhood is not separated from the
Intelligence that makes and governs alt,
and II Is the purpose OF this lecture to
Indicate in a simple and elemental man
ner some of the ways In which that sur
passing fact may be demonstrated In in
divldual experience, and Is being thus
demonstrated.
"Manifestly a working knowledge of
divine law involves and requires a cor
rect understanding of the nature and
qualities OF the caurse or source OF all
things. the infinite intelligence or divine
Mind, which is God
I'm the light of Christian Science man
begins to acauaint himself with his
Maker by processes aa satisfying to rea-
Bon as those by which the mathemati-
1c1sin is assured of the basic elements of
theescience OF numbers.
What God Ia.
'Schristtan Science makes It clear that
khsre Is a God. and that the scriptural
y III n as1 nh g.
rect. namely. that He IL the one and
only creator. having made all that was
Inade: that Ills creation was and Is
spiritual and perfect and Eood, as He
is spiritual and perfect and good; and
that INFINITE Spirit Is necessarily ON
nipotent, omnlpresent, omniscient: that
-, tho only power, everywhere present,
supreme Intelligence.
christian Science discloses TO its
Students that the accumulated beliefs
/; of the human mind commonly known
as laws of health. but which might
nefermed more appropriately laws NJ
;, disease. are not really laws, being di-
reotly at variance with the divine and
true law, and therefore in their final
eraly utterly impotent and void.
! AThe Christian Scientist knows that
has a right to resist. but he knows
hat hshting In the street with the
policeman. fsuratively speaking. is
not the way to make resistance effec-
tive. In becoming a Christian Scisn :
list, therefore. II iS not necessary
f9r one to assume an attitude of strut
ftnS about with a chip on ones shout
der, challenging cold drafts. germs. ac-
ofdents, neighborhood opinion, and
othnr unpleasant things, to do their
worst.
Not Spectacular Person.
yThe genuine Christian Scientist is
1otn queer or spectacular person. lie
koes not even seek trouble, though
when trouble arrives he usually finds
~he can meet II with less fear than
~ fore. and with a better demonstra-
ton OF the dominion over evil that is
a natural attribute of his real self.
The method he employs for annul-
ling unjust enactments relating to the
health of mankind is an orderly
m ethod. in which the beginning is not
mistaken for the ending, nothing is
assumed or taken for granted. nor is
step number two attempted until step
number one has been mastered.
The factors which cause the human
body to respond with a percentage of
similar symptoms under similar cir
cumstances. and which because of rhis
tendency have been mistakenly SUD-
posed TO be the result OF physical law.
hut which Christian Science shows 10
be primarily mental factors, the fruit of
perhaps centuries centuries OF wrong thinking;
as with a wave OF the hand There
must he q systematic and thorough un-
doing Of the false mental processes h;.
Which these conditions have come about.
Christian Science in Business.
I'm the business world Christian
Science has been found to he notably
helpful. A sound body and clear head
aye important assets to one upon whom
EVOLVES the direction or execution of
affairs of trade and industry.
But Christian Science does something
. for business itself as we'll as for the
Jus iness man. For one thing. II takes
var out OF business, thereby removing a
prime factor OF failure.
The Christian Scientist in business
VIII tell you that he has reason to he
every day less afraid. because he ID
learning how to think, how to discern
hetween the right impulse and the
WrCrR. how 10 hold in check the agrees
sive suggestions of ruthless human will
and pride and greed that would lead 10
mistakes of Judgment: likewise how Ia
put down the enervatinR arguments OF
tlmidity and self-depreciation. amid
whose mists opportunity might pass by
unobserved." -.
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