New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-30
christian SCIENCE
lecture At LYCEUM
I'm. S. Porter Of Boston Speaks
on Democracy Of Mind-GOd"

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William w Porter, c. S. B., a mem
Ter of the board of lacturcship OF the
Nother Church, the First Church of
christ. Scientist, in Boston, delivered
lecture yesterday afternoon at the
sceum theater on christian Science,
Democracy of Mind-God."
he lecture was under the auspices
the First Church Of Christ, Scientist
r this city. Isaac Black, first reader
Nj the New Britain church. introduced
A.. Porter in the following words:
If I had attended a lecture on
christian Science four years ago, I
IN sure that 1 would have been ask
hg myself: Does this Science or Re-
Rgion really heal sickness and dis
base? am able to answer that ques-
Non NOW without fear of contradiction
Through healing which occurred in
by immediate family, that settled this
phase of the new old religion for me
for all time.
Thousands upon thousands Of
Earnest seekers for Truth can furnish
rrefutable evidence and proof OF It's
bower to heal all manner Of disease.
Christian Science is not new re-
igion, but is the acceptance Of the re-
8igion that Christ taught in its entirety
hnd not in part. The same bible used
by your father and mine Is the word
that conveys this healing truth to all
christian Scientists, and makes 1t pos
Ssible for them to obey the command
TO heal the sick; cleanse the lepers,
and cast out devils.
1.-The discovery, or rather re-dis-
covery, of this power to heal, as In
Rthe time Of Jesus, was made by q
christian woman, Mary Baker Eddy,
and it came to her when apparently
on her death bed. Her textbook,
science and health, with key to the
scriptures, was given to us as a key
with which to unlock the buried
treasures of the many truths and
healing works of the Bible, making
them available in all OF their power
and beauty for use today as in ages
past.
Mrs. Eddy has also, provided for
those desiring to know more of this
wonderful truth, a board OF lecture
ship; and it gives me great pleasure to
Introduce Mr.. William W. Portr
C. S. B., a member of that board"
Nr. Porter's Address.
Mr.. Porter spoke in part as fol-
lows:
when Mrs. Eddy, many years ago,
wrote these significant yords in the
Preface to Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures, The time for
thinkers has come, she pointed to
the advent or dawn in human con-
seriousness of universal brotherhood
the Democracy Of Mind, or God.
The religion OF Christian Science is
Is ~ I. II
and clear indeed as to be readily I'M
derstood and just as readily assini-
lated by every man, woman and child.
The teachings of the great Galilean
Prophet were rejected by many Of the
leaders Of his day because they did
not understand the simplicity OF those
teachings; because their material
sense of worship rs well as their ma
terial sense of healing hid from their
view the simplicity, and therefore the
substance. of those teachings The
religion of Truth, or the language of
Truth, is always simple and clear
1t is Right To &c Here.
''It is the undoubted right and
privilege of every person to know the
truth; therefore we may be assured
at the outset that it is we'll for us to
be here seeking to know the, truth
seeking to know something Of the
heaing truth involved in Christian
Science.
Christian Science is meeting the
warm approval and comm endation of
humanity wherever it's influence is
felt or known throughout the world
today, because it is meeting the needs
of a humanity sick of its sufferings
and wearied with its superstitions;
because ii IS bringing to this human
ity the cheering nessag e-and proof
that there is rest, peace, JOY
health, strength, and an inexhausti-
BILE supply OF the heavenly Fathers
loving kindness and care where only
the ashes of unanswered prayers
seemed to be.
Autocratic Methods Opposed.
''It is not the purpose of this lee
ture Trudely to challenge or compel
the REIMBURSEMENT of any cherished
religious 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
if 1t vera possible to compel ell the
people of the world at once to adopt
the religion and the healing methods
Of Christian Science Christian Scien-
lists themselves would be the first to
oppose and nullify any such proceed
ure, because the Christian Scientist
knows better than most people that
it would be just as impossible to leg
islate a man into the acceptance of
q certain form OF religion as 1t would
be to legislate him into the accept
ance Of n certain form of healing
treatment.
Religion and Healing Defined.
Here it may be stated that ii man
is to attain TO the full benefit OF
either religion or healing, they must
be to him So simple and necessary, as
universally available and certain, as
that two and two make four.
Religion properly defined is that
which clarifies and makes available
the simple fundam entail facts con-