New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-30


with mental suggestion. hypnotism,
spiritualism, mental hygiene, or any
circle, church, cult, or society which
ba SEES it's teachings and practice upon
the use of the human mind, the HUI
man will, or the human personality as
q religious or healing factor or con-
troll On the contrary, Christian
Science has to do with the being, gov
eminent. and operation of the divine
Mind, or God, as we'll as the perfect,
harmonious continuity OF creation,
man and the universe.
The Christian Science Church.
Further it Is not the purpose of
this lecture to ask you to become
members of the Christian Science
church. 1t Is important that this
should be clearly understood, since
Christian Science Is not engaged in a
work Of PROSECUTING, and whether or
not a person becomes a member of the
Christian Science church will depend
upon something more on his part than
mere inclination or passive assent to
become such member. That this be
more clearly understood, it may be
well for me to read few lines from
the Christian Science textbook.
Science and Health With Key to
the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
who is the discoverer and founder of
Christian Science. The reference is
! found on page 35 and reads as fol-
lows: Our church is built on the di-
vine Principle, Love. We can unite
with this church only as we are new
; born of Spirit, as we reach the Life
which is Truth and the Truth which
is Life by bringing forth the fruits Of
Love-casting out error and healing
the sick It will be observed that
these simple words are in full accord
with those defining words of the
Master, by their fruits We shall know
F.; them
Purpose of This Lecture.
This lecture, however, has quite a
definite purpose, and If, as result OF
! our being together in this brief inter-
wal there shall come to any one of
you q brighter outlook upon q dreary
existence; if there shall come some
+ freedom from pain, sickness and suf-
/ fering, some alienation Of sorrow,
sadness and grief; If evil shall be to
you less of g. reality, less Of an inevi-
| table necessity, therefore capable Of
being escaped from, because God is
| good, then, my friends, the complete
| attained, and Gods will, which GER
| tainly must contemplate the lessening
! of sim sickness, sorrow, death and dis
| aster, is done.
! t'Whatever mankind has known or
believed concerning God in all ages
has determined it's happiness, har-
nony, health, peace, prosperity, pro-
gress, and development. For when a
| stone or a stick was worshiped as
| Deity, the rocks and forests formed
! the dwe1lin g. places of men; when a.
| tribal god was worshiped as Deity the
might and prowess Of warriors deter.
| mined tribal security and progress;
| when agnosticism reared an altar to
| the unknown God mere intel1ectu-
! atty measured the faith and accom-
p1ishment of men; and when in the
| fullness Of time, Christ Jesus de-
| c1ared, God is a Spirit Cor as stated
| in another translation, God is SpiritD:
| and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth
| then began the decline Of that priest
| hood of matter, the material sense of
God and man, which had SO long
withheld from humanity its rightful
! progress and development. Right
here is encountered a fact the sig
gotten or lost sight of; namely, that
with this true idea Of God which
I Christ Jesus inculcated, came his
! many mighty works of healing and
regeneration, as well as those of his
! students and followers, which con-
| tinued upward of three centuries
thereafter. In fact it was concerning
/ these very works of healing and re-
generation that Christ Jesus sent
word to John the Baptist, indicating
that they were the evidence or witness
of the Messianic or Christ way.
To-day this true idea of God
which is declaring the Science of
Christianity has reappeared in Chris
ton Science, bringing the same heal
! ing and regenerative message which
| characterized it's advent two thousand
years ago..
| Misconceptions Concerning God.
1T must be apparent to an I'M
prejudiced consideration that there
! has been some misconception, or at
| least Inadequate understanding, con-
corning God, and one such popular
misconception has been that which
assumes and depicts God as being
more or less humanity personal, of
magnif1ed proportions, patriarchal,
and kindly in aspect. This seems to
be concept which has found
favor among artists quite generally,
and may we'll be said to represent
concept toward which the human
mind quite naturally turns.
"a short time ago there was ex-
hibited in an eastern city a collec-
ton Of paintings of the Cubist school,
among which was one that attracted
a great deal of attention and COM
nlent. Upon g. blue background were
depicted a group Of spheres or globes,
from which, extending downward,
were numerous crystals or rays in
bright red and gold. Nothing more!
To this painting the artist had ap
pended the title, or name, God.