The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-02
ABLE LECTURE IS GIVEN HERE
 BY SCIENTIST
Virgil StrickIer' of the First Church of Boston Speaks at Palace
 Theatre.

Virgil Q. Strickler C. 5. E., mem- Der of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ Scientist. of Bos- ton, last night at the Palace deliver ed a most interesting address. The lecturer was introduced by Royal A. GunnisOn.
 MT. Strickler in his lecture saId
 AS it becomes more generally un- derstood that through the ministry of Christian Science people are be- ing healed of sickness, sin, unhappi- ness, worry, fear and other discord ant conditions, there is an ever-in. creasing desire upon the part of the general public to learn how these results are accomplished. It is the purpose of this lecture to explain how Christian Science does these things. There is no mystery about Christian Science healing. It can be stated without any reservation whatever that every person who is heal sickness and to destroy the de sire to sin for himself and others through Christian Science.
 It 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 Chris tion. It is a fact that people do not entertain widely differing religious believe. In many instances the diff ferences are irreconcilable, and yet every one believes with all. of the that his own particular beliefs are true. It must be conceded that, in the main. all people are equally hon. est, and equally sincere in their re- liglous beliefs. The only reason why they are grouped together in differ honestly believe that through their own particular form of religion they will find the good which they so earnestly desire.
 As one considers the subject of religion from this broad viewpoint IL UCCOhiCo CutiiOiy Piuih tidA iioob of the people in the world are believ ing as their religion many things that are not true.
 True religion consists or spiritual truth and not of erroneous beliefs; hence it follows that ones religion is limited to the amount of spiritual truth he knows, and that erroneous religious beliefs are only so many delusions that serve no other pur- pose than to obstruct spiritual growth
 Christian Science aims to destroy erroneous religious beliefs by sub stituting knowledge of truth in place thereof. and to destroy out of the human mind all evil qualities by planting good qualities in their stead It wages relentless warfare against all wrong mental qualities. It seeks to substitute love in place of hate, unselfishness in place of selfishness. honesty in place of dis honesty. and truth in place of error It lays tremendous emphasis upon the necessity for bringing into cap tivity every thought to the obedience of Christ" Q1 Cor X, 5)) as the Bible commands. It shows that the cause of all disease and sin is men tai. and not physical. and that both sickness and sin are destroyed by ] the evangelization of the human men tality with truth and love. It teaches without any reservation whatever that the truth taught and practiced by Jesus. when understood and ap piled. is sufficient without drugs or any material means to heal the sick and regenerate the sinner, and Chris tian Scientists everywhere are en gagged daily in demonstrating any proving this to be true.
 Mrs. Eddy is acknowledged to be the discoverer and founder of Chris tian Science. and many people ask what it is that she has dicoyered. IT reply it can ge said that she has discovered the law of Spirit which is spiritual truth.
 Mrs. Eddy discovered the law ol Spirit as truly as Sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravitatiOn and this fact should be thoroughly