Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-18

Church of Christ, Scientist.
81 in Boston, Mass.
Mr.. Bell. In hts lecture. said Chritian
Science had been called the science o,
2 right thinking. because practice OF
? Christian Science is the activity ny
which wrong thoughts give place 20
thinking may appear instead OF the
fruits of wrong thinking.
Control of Thought.
"AlI there is to living Is
said the lecturer. and he gave nlustra-
lions of how conditions of living are
primarily conditions Of rms
he said. would not be pleasant 70 con-
template were IL true that thinking is
more or less beyond control. Christian
Science" he added. shows the Will
ing student not only how to ~distfnguis
how to hold to the one and reject the
other. and thus to have dominion over
1 the shaping of his career" 81,
The essentially mental nature OF eSli
was explained attention beiug called
to the fact that successful resistance
of evil requires a knowledge OF what
evil is and how it can be met and mas
tered at its source. The speaker re-
ferred to the increasing recognition. OF
the fact that the evil called disease Is
the outward expression or effect OF a
mental state" He said the rowin
practice of Christian Science. in
which all manner of disease Is healed
! by treatment applied solely to mentaI
conditions, Is helping to see
that disease in all It's aspects is the
WORKING out OF wrong thinking" This.
he added. was not necessarily conscious
trations were given of the extent to
which the common daily experiences OF
living express years and years OF
thinking" on the part OF others, 20
we ride on trains. walk the streets.
live In houses, etc. Therefore, the
mental causes of disease are not neees-
' sarily confined to influences OF which
the victim of disease may be aware;
Christian Science. he said, proves d.
sease to be mental by healing it by a
The Authentic Textbook.
The book, Science and Health. with
Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker
Eddy, was described as the textbook
OF Christian Science, in which are set
forth the rule and method OF the
science of right thinking, what II Is
and how It may wb be s leaTned tS and book aGI
In the hope of learning. how to practice
hypnotism or mesmerism, to conquei
pain with mental suggestion or VII
power, to heal disease by calling II
names, to overcome evil by Ignoring ~
or to do anything else absurd or uh-
natural. declared the speaker, Were
bound to be disappointed. He SAID the
title of the book showed that It's pur-
pose was to prove not only that health
is a matter of science or knowledge
that is to say mental, but that tine
!, knowledge that is synonymous with
health is religious knowledge. to be
found In the Bible. and that the men,
man mind. but the Infinite intelligence
God" Tho book. he aid, sets Iorth
l not a theory to be argued, U .
method. to be tried and judged by re-
suits, the keynote OF Christian Sclehct
being demonstration.
The method of Christian Science
treatment was illustrated In a descrip.
ton of how 1t is applied In the case OF
the disease called intemperance. False
: appetites. the speaker said. were trace
able to wrong mental concepts which
yielded readily to the right mental ac-
} tivity of Scientific religion"
Helpful In Business.
Business men find the solution oil
y their. business troubles In Christian
Science. the speaker declared; that is
provided they are willing to give uI
trying to gain seemingly worth wnlle
ends by means OF wrong acts, w In
reputation for business success as say
ing: My experience has taught mt
that the effort to make a. man blu,
something he does not need. In the lonl
run defeats its own purpose" This
: was cited as illustrating the fact that
the modern business man us catching
law in business" Christian Schemes
helps the business man to see this mort
clearly. according to the lecturer. "ant
TO avail himself of the operation Of
divine law in business in constantly in
:! creasing degree" Christian Sciences
1 teaches him that a right result never
Is due TO CnanCe, Indt inc pTcScHCe %
= such qualities as justice. truth and
love. in a business transaction: are Ger.
] tain signs of the presence OF the true
ri God. a presence necessarily active and
ultimate success" h christian
Scientist In business was described as
"a trained observer of mental condi-
tions," possessing all the attendant
legitimate advantages of being able to
4 think rightly.
M - A. CL.a. CT
ence Church were described by ths
speaker. r. has seventeen hundred
| branches in all parts of the world, and
i, rage rate Of one per week. There ars
!. of Christian Science, devotlpg all theil
! : time to the work; The seizures last
= hundred thousand persons.
The church gives literally in public
a emergencies, and Its members do theil
: A steady stream of money and sup
: plies has gone through this church I.
war sufferers in all lands since thu
war began. This church makes ne
demands on the community" 1t build.
handsome church edffices without soil,
= citation of funds from outsiders. AND
: to-date publishing house employs si'
I hundred persons. issues Mrs. Eddy!
z works, also quarterly. monthly ant
weekly periodicals. and a daily news,
70 " AAA
languages.
. Thirty American legislatures have
. recognized the practice of Christian
v Science by providing that 1t shall no
: be subject to medical interference o.
regulation. and this recognition ha.
\ good" nor ~"stupefy his spiritual sens
Is no lack of legal right to practic'
Christina Science in the other States.
Religion and War.
Good citizenship Is a natural pro
j duct Of right thinking" said tn
{ speaker. "One would search the teach
: ings of Christian Science in vain TO
Justification for the slightest default Il
: ones support of a righteous govern
, ment In a just cause" He then ex
planned that Christian Scientists ar
Q doing their full share in the great wal
Q but chat they had been spared much O
s the mental burden of the times b,
n reason Of the effect of their religion Il
4 dissolving doubt and allaying fear
= When war came. the Christian Scien
: list did not have to Flower his con
%ception OF Deity by asserting to tn
wicked theory that a righteous Go
must needs use evile to accomplis
: good" nor "~stupefy his spiritual sens
I with that discreditable substitute TO
Straightforward thinking, the familia
2 theological narcotic, that the ways o
II providence are in~scrutable." Christian
o Science. the speaker said. gave its ad
herents a rational explanation of al
things. He added hat when eth
NJ rtstfapt tv that "A Christian ScieOca