The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
ANGELS ARE BUT
cod 6 THOUGHTS
"THE INSPIRATION or GOODNESS
AND lMMoRTALiTYa
CHAS. |. OHRENSTElN c. S. B.
Lecture by Member of the Board of
Lectureship of the Mother Church
the First Church Of Christ
Scientist, In Boston, Mass.

bership of the Board of Lecturcship
iof the Mother Church, the First
Church of Christ. Scientist. of Boston,
Mass, lectured at the Christian Sci
ence Church on High avenue east on
Tuesday evening. He was introduced
Ito a representative audience by Mrs.
A. p. Spencer.
| Mr.. Ohrenstein was very deliber-
ate and concise speaker and he seem
ed to feel that he was dealing with
! important truths and that they were
well calculated to help and benefit
mankind. In his opening remarks he
referred to the great needs of the HUI
man race and the almost universal
physical need of the individual.
/ Throughout the entire address he was
given the. closest attention by the fine
audience present.
Mrs. Spencer's Introduction.
Introducing Mr.. Ohrenstein, Mrs.
Anna K Spencer said:
| Friends: In behalf of First Church
of Christ, Scientist, of Oskaloosa,
welcome you.
On page $40 of our textbook, Science
and Health, with Key TO the Script
ures by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discov'
erer and Founder of Christian Science,
we read:
Millions of unprejudiced minds,
simple seekers for Truth. weary
wanderers athirst in the desert,
are waiting and watching for drink.
Give them a cup of cold water in
| Christ's name and never fear the
! consequences"
+, Tonight, dear friends, we bring to
you the cup of cold water. Freely we
have received freely we give. In the
ninth chapter of Isaiah are these
words:
| The people who sat in dark
ness have seen a great light, they
that dwell in the land of the
shadow of death, upon them hath
this light shined"
To-day we who had lived for many
years in the darkened sense of ma.
terial belief, blind to the true concept
OF life and in bondage to sorrow. sick.
ness, sin and death, have gained
! through Christian Science, better
i knowledge of our birthright, and man S
i relationship to God. Truth our beacon
| light, the guiding star of our exist
once lis sending it's gentle rays into
our consciousness, destroying our
fears, Frightening our pathway, puri-
| flying our thought,-giying us higher
ideals of life and its Joys, a better
UNDERSTANDING of God, aud of the
science of our being.
Christian Science is a revelation
of the Christ Truth, and is applicable
| to our very human need. and thou
sasds today are rejoicing in the eff
ticacy of its healing power and are
bearing witness to the fact, that
Christian Science is the same religion
that Jesus taught and demonstrated,
and that Mr.. Eddy has presented to
this age.
Jesus said I'VE shall know the
Truth and the Truth shall make you
free and Mrs. Eddy confirms this
statement in the following words,
found in Science and Health, Page 81.
christianity is again demonstrating
the Life that is Truth, and the Truth
that is Life" by the apostolic works
of casting out error and healing the
sick
have the pleasure this evening Of
introducing to you Mr.. Charles I. Oh
renstein, c. S. B., of Syracuse, ~ Y,
Member of the Board of .Lectureship
of the Mother Church, the First Church
of Christ. Scientist, in Boston, Mass,
who will now address you on the sub
ject, Christian Science.
Mr.. ohrenstein's Address.
Mr.. Ohrenstein in part said:
IF God is the all-enabling power, and
God is Mind. the operation of this
power must primarily be by way of
ideas. thoughts. Who can straighten
out his finger or bend it without
thought debating the action? Who can
bend ii when thought dictates to hold
it straight? Try It. VIII the hand not
do kind things under the impulsion of
loving thoughts; will II not do cruel
things under the impulsion OF contrary
beliefs? Will IL not do brave. power
full, steady. skillful, efficient things
under the direction of confident in.
telligent guidance, and trembling,
weak, inefficient things under the
impulsion of fear? All have exper
fenced this. Is 1t not a common say
ing that one is paralyzed with fear?
Do not people die of fear? Does any
part Of the body not reached by
thought do anything or feel any way?
If It does. how do you know II without
thought?
Gods Thoughts.
And the angel Of his Gods pres
ence saved them" we read in Isaiah,
We are also told that after Jesus had
withstood being tempted by the devil,
-and all should be able to see that
the devil was Just what Jesus called
bim,''a murderer" that which is de-
structiye. and "a liar that in which
there Is no truth-angels came and