Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-19
MANY HEAR
SCIENTIST TALK
Large Audience Listens to
Paul Stark Seeley, of
Portland, Ore.

Paul Stark Seeley, of Portland,
Ore. member of the Board of Lee
tureship of the Mother Church, the
First Church of Christ. Scientist, ir
Boston, lectured on the subject of
Christian Science to u large audi
ence last evening In the Technical
High School Auditorium. Mr..
Seeley was introduced by A. Carson
Stamm, First Reader of the local
Christian Science Church. Mr..
Seeley said in part
Mortal Man Repudiated
Perhaps some of you were taught
as children that man was first made
from the dust of the ground. others
may believe In the theory of ma
ter.al evolution, man evolved from
molecule and monkey up to his pres
ent estate. If you have accepted
either of these theories have you
stopped to consider where wisdom,
intelligence, kindness. charity and
love come from? Though you may
be satisfied with the theory of evo-
luton as an explanation of this mass
of matter termed body, that ex-
planation gives no satisfaction as to
the origin of the things which even
to-day the world honors the most,
namely the mental and spiritual
qualities of man.
Isaiah sought to turn the thought
of his people away from this erron-
eous mortal concept OF man with the
admonition, Cease ye from man,
whose breath is in his nostrils: for
wherein is he to be accounted Off
Osaiah 2:22). In other words, stop
thinking of the mortal, material
seEse of man as the true man, for
there is absolutely no way to ac-
count for him as a creature of God.
Reality and Unreality
"Only that is regarded as real in
Christian Science which can be at
tributed to God, for since He is the
only real cause there can be no real
effect from any other cause. Judged
from this standard one can see why
1t is that all evil, discord, sin, and
disease are regarded by Christian
Science to be unreal. They have no
relation with God or His perfect
creation. The effort of all mankind
to be rid of evil shows that we in
stinctively repudiate it In our
thought as being unnatural and so
in the last analysis unreal. Chris
tian Science does not say that Sin,
sickness and discord are not very
does say that judged in the light of
the spiritual sense of being which
overrules and transcend5 material
sense they are seen us false claims
about true life and existence.
Evil Is a False Belief
eff, then, evil is not real, what is
it you may ask? 1t Is false belief.
AS for every fact you may suppose
it's opposite, the lie about it, SO the
sun of evil is the lie about God, uni
versal good. It is bastard lie and
ceases to have any recognition or
place when the truth is realized.
Jesus made this plain when he spoke
of evil as a liar in which there is no
truth and pointed the way to mans
liberation from it in the well-known
statement, 'Ye shall know the truth,
ard the truth shall make you Free
This brief statement summarizes the
whole process of Christian Science
practice and is the law that defines
the line of march for all human
progress.
Consider If you will the concept
of autocracy as old as the human
species. There is not much ques-
ton about that having been cast on
the mental scrap heap, at least so
far as its aggressive political phases
are concerned.
1--WE have awakened to its un-
reality. So every one of us must
mentally awaken to the unreality OF
every evil concept, all sin and dis
ease, and cast it out of our con-
sciousness, and all for the very best
of reasons. Not one of these con-
cepts is of God. Do you suppose
that God is any more on the side
of a cancer or influenza or sinful
appetite than He is on the side Of
the liquor traffic or the rule of au-
tocracy? Men have discerned in
some measure their right and ability
to resist and overthrow the false
claims of evil to rule them politi-
cally. They are beginning to see
their greater right and ability 10 re-
sist and overthrow the attempts of
evil to rule them bodily and
mentally.
"Clara Barton, founder of the
American Red Cross, wrote of Mary
Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and
Founder of Christian Science, with
profound admiration. Love- she
says, 'permeates all the teachings of
this great woman-so great, l be-
lieve, that at this perspective we can
scarcely realize how great-and
looking into her life history we see
nothing bat self-sacrifice and selfish
ness. Mrs. Eddy should have the
respect, admiration and love of the
whole Nation, for she is lis greatest
woman.