The Washington herald., 1918-04-22
TRUTH
CORNER STONE.
OF SCIENTISTS
Lecturer Declares Religion
Founded Upon Theories
Known to Theologists.

NiiOWu W AIiCoioSioto'
Christian Science 10 not discovery
of a new truth, but a new dIncovery OF
an old truth. Or. Francis J. Fluno.
c. s. D.. member OF the board %
OF the Mother Church. tho
First Church OF Christ Scientist. In
Boston, declared IN q lecture on Chris
tian Science delivered yesterday at
Polls Theater.
Explains Origin.
The average man. the lecturer said.
until awakened by truth I'm divine
science, is mainly In his swaddling
clothes and his horizon Is marked By
the age in which he lives. II any
thing new comes to him he is apt 10
deem II some instance of foolish in
some infringement upon
the Scripture. or some new attempt
Of the evil one to win him from his
God"
Christian Science II not q discovery
Of q new truth. but q new discovery Of
an old truth. It In as new - the in
FAINT thought. and as old a. the An
cient Of days 1t was before Jesus
was born in Bethlehem. Before Abra-
ham was. was Christian Science.
Christian Science is the law of d.
vine principle, and is therefore the
science OF sciences, the religion OF re-
Iigions and the church OF all churches.
1t Is not the gleanings from .very
other region. 1t includes and COM
prehends the whole OF being; hence,
every other religion will be found to
be gleanings from divine Science. and
must eventually gravitate back to the
one scientific fact OF . perfect God
and a perfect creation as the basis OF
every conclusion. What primarily was
true. will always be true; is all that
is true. or even will be true.
Christian Science makes no unreas-
enable claims upon the modern world;
its claims are based upon the spirit
OF love, and this 10 reflected In health.
charity. and good will to
all. 1t takes nothing from the world,
but gives all to the world.
christian Science not only heals
of sickness. but Il corrects
the world of such a thing as sick
ness. II only heals individuals Of sin
and iniquity. but II corrects the world
Of such thing as sin and iniquity.
Christian Science takes the world
where It finds II, and raises the lower
to the higher, and the higher still
higher. II raises the unreliable to
and the reliable and trust
worthy to a state of reliance and
that is born OF prin-
ciple and permanency.
Aids Mentality.
christian Science lifts the mem
tally unbalanced and insane to san
ity and mental balance; and the
and sane IL lifts to a
standard Of sanity and equilibrium
OF mind that can no more fail and
be lost than God Himself could be
lost; for God in Christian Science is
found TO be Mind. the only true
Mind.
Christian Science. unlike every
other religion, admits OF no error
either In premise or conclusion.
God and His creation always were
perfect, are now. and forever will
be. Christian Science comes to this
age and throws the X-ray
OF spiritual and scientific under
standing upon all material things.
revealing them TO be merely mortal
thoughts which have no more exis-
tence or reality than the horizon
that is seen over the mountain. And
with the elimination of all these
things necessarily vanish all their
concomitants, sickness. disease and
sin, mortality and deeti; and every
thing that in any way limits or
seems TO limit everlas sting Life, or
is opposed to God and His perfect
spiritual creation.
Christian Science is not essentially
1t does not break images.
tear down affairs, and break up
clans and societies: neither
does 1t use the old as a foundation
upon which 10 construct the new. II
out of the old into the new;
out OF the lower into the higher; out
of the false into the true. The
Science OF Truth. like the garment of
Christ Is a seamless robe, woven
from top to bottom, COM
plete in itself. Nothing can be added
to it and nothing taken from IL: and
can be true that Is not in
cluded in II. It does all for mankind.
because it is all and includes all: in
it mankind and the world will fnd
all their needs supplied and all their
real desires fulfilled.
Points Out Errors.
christian Science shows that the
error Of the ages Is in having two
powers. one of good and the other of
evil; and this belief beclouds the eve
OF reason, shuts out the true sense OF
being, and robs man of his Iiod-given
inheritance.
when man begins to see himself
as q child Of God, a child of spirit
rather than a child OF the dust. then
he begins to take possession OF himself
in the name of Almighty God, and to
claim his birthright OF health. happi-
ness, harmony. and Immortality.
christian Science. ever loving. ever
gentle, and ever kind. will never take
away one single thing that you hold
dear without returning more than l.
took away. and that which you love
better. While 1t repudiates and dc
stroys altogether that heavenly place
which is not a place but only a mortal
belief, yet 1t gives YOU a heaven, a
heaven that is near at hand.
Christian Science shows that the err
ror Of the ages is in having two pow
ers. one of good and the other evil.
and this belief beclouds the eye of
reason. shuts out the true understand
ing Of life. and seemingly robs man
of his God-given Inheritance.
As time goes on and the great facts
of eternal life as taught in Christian
Science. the Science of Life, are bet
ter understood and demonstrated, the
name of Mary Baker Eddy. the dis
coverer and founder Of Christian Sci
ence. and the author of Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
Will stand out in the worlds great