Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
J. v. DOORLY ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Noted Lecturer From Leeds.
England. Spoke in Church
Here Last Night.

John II Doorley. G. H. s.. of leeds,
| Eng. lCcturcd ri the Christian Sciencp
| Churh here, last night. being introduced
| by Joseph II Meudlnhall. first reader of
| the Wilmington church
| Following IS a synopsis of his address
| Nhnt IS the salvation which Christian
| Science offers Christian Science offers
| To men slavation from sin of every kind
| from dlsease, from hate. from poverty,
| from death. and indeed from every Ill
TO which flesh is heir This salvation
moreover is not something to he attained
at some future time and in some incNpliC-
able wny, hut IL IS something that can
he experienced and enjoyed here and now
Are YOU IN bondage 10 sin. tn hate, to
sorrow, to disease 30 disaster of any kind
I hrlstian Science SAYS that IT IS possible
for vou to he rid of these things at once
Are Won overwhelmed hv some so-calod
incurahIc disease that Is destroying Your
happiucss or thehappincss of some member
oi vour family hrlstian Science dc
clarcS that God never made that disease
and that vou tlo not therefore have to
submit 70 1t any longer. Arc you laEor
ing under deep sorrpw2 Christian Science
SAYS that there l. infinite comfort Tor
you IN the understanding of love 5 ever
presence and lat this understanding will
entirely nbhterato from your thought
that sense If SORROW In fact Christian
Scieurc insists that every condition that
IS Unlike Cod and that claims 10 blnd man
through sin disease. or death. IS wholly
abnormal and can and should he destroyed
through the correct understanding If God
and God law
How then arc We gong 90 start 80 prove
these things When ono teglns e. 10
yltally Interested N christian Science the
first thing hc does II he really wants 10
understand il 50 that he can prove II
for himself ~ his daily life, Is tn study
Tho lhhle and tho Christian Science
textbook Science and Health with Key
u HE Scriptures As he s.ldtos these
books lntelllgpntl, he finds that they teach
ono God or power divine Mind or Spirit
the onlv creator and one true existence,
spiritual being
The man who IS percelving these facts
about cod and IS using them constantly
IN his daily HE is then praying without
ceaslng lie Is coming out of the mortal
telief IN power opposed to God. or. out
of hell and he IS coming into at0neinent or
at-one-ment that a into true com
muniou with the one Mind, God, and he
ls doing tbls through right mental
attitude lie Will soon begin to prove
in hls dail, life tha es'ause God u divine
Nui and i infinite power therefore hs
right mental attitude eXprrsse7 and reflects
Gods power
let lis "a slider the present catastrophe
which i affecting mankind and which we
call he war. Well someone saws how
IS the war going 10 be affected by PRAYER
lct lis look at Il You will agree with
me-. am sure that the cause II this war
Ill Nm
are mad ambition aud human will mental
or material They are mental. of course.
and are both etfect4 Of tho one evil the
so-called carual mind They are also
closely allied to THAT other pern'ctoua
effect IF the carnal mud called mes
merlsm OF hypnotjan
How. then, are We going to deal with
these effects of the carnal mind, mad
ambition, human will, and mesmer ism
and thus with their result, the war;
We can only deal with them hy under
standing. and living In daily lfe. the
divine fact that there is and can he hut
one infinite Mind God, who IS ail-prcs
enco and al power We must also
realize that the understanding OF this
divine fact. that there is but one Mind
God. has infinite power to annul and to
revorse any lie of "A so-caled carnal mind
whether that lie be mad ambition, human
will. and mcemcrisn which form an evil
Furthermore. had humanity really under |
stood and lived the fact that God. or
good is the only Mind, these evils. mad |
ambition human will and meFnerIsm, |
which from human standpoint have !
caused the war and which from the same /
standpoint are still perpetuatIng It, |
would never have had either the influence |
or the power to have manifested them
selves IN a war. for they would have |
been controlled and overcome 10y spiritual
before they had developed |
into this material catastrophe.