El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16
GIVES CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE TALK
William w. Porter Ad.
dresses Large Audience
at the High School.

William ". Porter. C. S B.. men,
Der OF the board OF lectureshlp OF the
Mother church. the First Church Of
Christ. Scientist. in Boston. Mass.
lectured to & large and appreciative
audience at the High School Friday
evening. and spoke In part. as fol-
lows; using as his subject: Chris
tian Science. the Democracy Of Mind
God"
when Mrs. Eddy. many years ago,
wrote these significant words in the
preface to Science and Health with
Key 70 the Scriptures the time for
thinkers has come she pointed to the
advent or dawn in human con scious-
ness OF universal brOtherhood-the
democracy OF mind or God. The re-
ligion OF Christian Science is simple,
indeed as to De readily understood
and just as readily assimilated By
every man. woman and child The
teachings OF the great Galilean pro-
phet were rejected by many OF the
leaders Of his day because they did
not understand the simplicity of those
eachings-because their material
sense of worship as well as their ma
terial sense OF healing hid from their
view the simplicity and therefore the
OF LNOSE ACdCMAuA6 AE
religion OF truth. or the language of
truth. is always simple and clear.
II Is Right to Be Here
1T is the undoubted right and
privilege Of every person to know the
truth: therefore we may be assured
at the outset that II Is well for US to
be here seeking TO know the truth:
seeking to know something Of the
healing truth Involved in Christian
Science.
AutOeratie Methods Opposed.
1T is not the purpose Of this lee
ture rudely to challenge or compel the
REIMBURSEMENT OF any cherished re-
ligious belief. or the abandonment OF
any sustaining or unfolding IDEAL
opinion or thought which may have
heretofore been a source Of comfort
and help to any one In fact even
II Il were possible to compel all the
people Of the world at once TO adopt
the religion and healing methods Of
Christian Science, Christian Scientists
themselves would be the first to op-
pose and nullify any such procedure.
because the Christian Scientist knows
better than most people that II would
be just as impossible 10 legislate
man into the acceptance Of certain
form OF religion as it would be 70
legislate him into the acceptance OF a
certain form OF healing treatment It
is quite important that this should be
clearly understood. since Christian
Science Is not engaged in q work OF
PROSECUTING. and whether or not a
person ever 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.
Law Involved In Christian Science
Healing.
The healing and redemptive works
OF Christian Science afford proof to
thoughtful persons that the results In
question are not fragmentary or hap
hazard IN their nature and occurrence
but by reason Of their MAGNITUDE.
multiplicity and permanence they
belong to and are rightfully classified
as the effect of law.
Scientific Reductions.
las early as the year 1866 the de-
NAL OF the substantially OF matter
was made by Mrs Eddy and today. so
years thereafter. physical science has
announced the practical disappear
ance OF any ultimate form or primal
state OF matter cognizable TO the
physical senses. Therefore. turning
away from that which has proved its
insufficiency and instabllity-in the
language and spirit Of the great
apostle to the Gentiles-'forgettin
those things which are behind'-We
look elsewhere When The sick are
healed in Christian Science. some-
thing has taken place It cannot be