The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-10-21
A Lecture ON
Christian Science
BY Virgil @. Styackley, C.S. D
a Member Of the Board OF Lectnreship
of The Mother Church, The First
Church OF Christ, Scientist, in BOs-

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AS It becomes more generally under
stood that through the ministry Of
Christian Science people are being
healed OF sickness, sin. unhappiness,
worry, fear, and other %discordant con-
dltions, there is an ever-increasing de-
sire upon the part of the general public
to learn how these results are ac-
complished.
In approaching the investigation of
this subject one should do so with
an open mind. Christian Science is
producing certain cry definite and
very beneficial results, and it be-
hooves every thinking person to try
to understand how they are accom-
plished. No progress will be made by
closing ones eyes to the facts and
bllndly denying their existence. Meth
er will it serve any useful purpose
to attempt to minimize what Christian
Science has already accomplished. The
honest investigator who desires to
know the truth about the matter will
take the case as it stands. He will
waste no time in fruitless pickering
over established facts, but will strive
to understand how the healing and
regeneration are brought about.
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among the clergy there are many such
Open-minded students, with the result
that some eminent physicians are now
sending to Christian Science practi-
TONERS those of their patients who do
not recover under medical treatment;
while many clergymen are openly de-
c1aring from their pulpits that the
fruits of Christian Science are good,
and not a few of them have left their
pulpits to become Christian Science
practitioners. These facts are worthy
of serious consideration.
Many Different Religious Beliefs
Another fact that should be taken
into account by every earnest investi-
gator of Christian Science is that there
are many different kinds of religions
in existence at the present time. 1t
is said that there are more than two
hundred different kinds of the Chris
tan religion alone, not to mention
the hundreds of other forms of relig-
ions that are not Christian. 1t is a
fact that people do entertain widely
differing religious beliefs. In many
Instances the differences are %irrecon-
and yet every one believes
with all of the sincerity of which he is
that his own particular be-
Iiefs are true. 1t must be conceded /
that, in the main. all people are equal
y honest and equally sincere in their l
religious beliefs. The only reason i
why they are grouped together in t
different forms of religions is be- s
they honestly believe that S
through their own particular form of {
they VIII find the good which t
hey so earnestly desire. |
AS one considers the subject of re-
from this broad viewpoint it c
,ecomes entirely plain that most of j
he people in the world are believ- t
as their religion many things that h
not true. e
True religion consists of spiritual a
ruth, inc not of beliefs. c
it follows that ones religion is Il
to the amount of spiritual ii
he knows, and that erroneous f;
eligious beliefs are only so many "
illusions that serve no other purpose p
han to obstruct spiritual growth. NJ
That Christian Science Seeks TO Ac-
cOnplish
Christian Science aims to destroy d
religious beliefs by sub S,
a knowledge of truth in is
lace thereof, and to destroy of it
Re human mind all evil qualities by til
good qualities in their stead. T.
wages relentless warfare against
l wrong mental qualities. 1t seeks
substitute love In place of hate, 81
,selfishness in place of selfishness, di
,nesty in place of dishonesty, and tn
nth in place Of error. It '"ys trem- ST