The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
MIR. STRlCKLER ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Tuesday evening.
AS it becomes more generally
understood that through the minis
try of Christian Science people are
being healed of sickness, sin, un-
happiness, worry, fear, and other
discordant conditions, there is an
ever.increasing desire upon the
part of the general public to learn
how to heal sickness and to destroy
1t is the purpose of this lecture to
explain how Christian Science does
these things. There is no mystery
about Christian Science healing,
nor is it difficult to understand. 1t
can be stated without any reserva-
ton whatever that every person
who is willing to do so may lear.l
how toheal sickness and to destroy
the desire to sin for himself and
others through Christian Science.
1t is said that there are more
than two hundred different kinds
Of the Christian religion alone, not
to mention the hundreds of other
forms Of religions that are not
Christian. 1t is fact that people
do entertain widely differing reli-
gious beliefs. In many instances
the differences are irreconcilable,
and yet every one believes with ali
of the sincerity of which he is cap
able that his own particular BE-
liefs are true. 1t must be conced-
ed that, in the main, all people arc
equally honest and equally sincere
in their religious beliefs. The
only reason why they are group
ed together in different forms OF
religions is because they honestly
believe that through their own part
icular form of religion they will
find the good which they so earn
estly desire.
AS one considers the subject Of
religion from this board viewpoint
it becomes entirley plain that most
OF the people in the world are be-
lieving as their religion many
things that are not true.
There is only one truth about
any subject, although there may be
many erroneous beliefs about it.
This is as true of religious subjects
as of others. If one believes er
roneously as to what is the law he
will not be safe lawer, nor will he
be all efficient engineer if his be-
liefs concerning the rules of math-
ematics are faulty. In each case
erroneous beliefs must be displac-
ed by positive knowledge before
correct results can be attained.
Every one will recognize not OH
ly the desirability, but the neccs.
sity, Of exchanging false and en-.
roneous beliefs about religious mat
ters for positive truth. In no other
way can he grow spiritually. Spir-
ltual truth is the truth about spir.
tiual things, but as long as one be-
lleves enormously about spiritual
things he is on false track and his
erroneous beliefs will deprive him
of the benefits that would otherwise
come to him through correct un
derstanding of the truth. HI
should remember that Jesus proved
that there is enough spiritual
truth in existence that can be
taught to and understood by hu-
man beings to enable them to heal
the sick and raise the dead, and no
one should be satisfied until he has
attained to this understanding and
demonstration.
True religion consist of spiritual
truth, and not of erroneous beliefs
hence it follows that one s religion
is limited to the amount of spirit
ual truth he knows, and that er
roneous religious beliefs are only
so many delusions that serve no
other purpose than to obstruct spir.
itual growth.
AZ CAOuOiC W1tl luOSC VI us mas
been that we have believed errone-
ously without knowing it. In my
own case it was not until Christian
Science came to me and taught me
the difference between spiritual
truth and erroneuos human belief
that l learned how to dissect my
own beliefs. No one could be more
certain of the correctness of his re-
ligious beliefs than l was of mine
at that time. had been believing
honestly and sincerely many things
that I found could not possibly be
true. Many scales began to fall
from my eyes. and then commenc.
ed to learn and experience for the
first time the real significance Of
the words used by Jesus in the
eighth chapter of John, when he
said, Z" Ye shall know the truth.
and the truth shall make YOU free. ~
Christian Science aims to destroy