The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-28
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
 PROVES ENLICHTENlh|C TO A
 LARGE AUDIENCE LAST NIGHT

man, and it's own misstatements of Spirit or Substance, as real.
 Thus mankind have found them selves the innocent victims of mis- conceived existence, expressing itself in sin, sickness, and death. It is the mission and province of Christian Sci ence to clear away and to destroy these misconceptions, misinterpreta- tions, and misstatements, together with the sin, sickness, and destruction that follow in their wake, and to re- store to mankind the true reflection or image and likeness of God, and the true understanding of the nature or character of Causation.
 On page 465 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" which is the textbook of Christian Science written by Mary Baker Eddy, the fol- lowing definition of God appears: God is incorporeal divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love-" This definition of God is exact, and is in accord with the definitions of God found throughout the Scriptures.
 RESTORATIVE DEFINITIONS
 Christian Science unfolds certain fundamental and primary ideas. One such primary idea is this: Mankind is conscious at least of existence. This consciousness of existence i'm plies Mind. In fact, without Mind, there could be no consciousness, hence no consciousness of existence. When speaking of Mind in Christian Science let it be understood that it is not the limited human sense of mind which is referred to, but is that Mind which is infinite in it's being, wisdom, and identity. This Mind, then, without which there can be no consciousness of existence, must be the creator of all that exists. At it would be impossi- ble to think of any place where Mind is not, it follows that God, who is infinite Mind, is incorporeal and everywhere present as Mind.
 In this realization of the nature of character of God, one becomes con- scious of a peace which the world, or which a material sense of God, can never give.
 EVIL SUGGESTION DESTROYED
 The human mind, uninstructed by divine Science, is controlled by it's own suggestive fears of evil, disease, and death. Thus controlled, this mind these evils On the other hand, that person whose thought is fundamental ly fortified by Christian Science is able to discriminate intelligently be- tween the impressions and suggestions which present themselves, excluding those which later produce these evils, and admits into his consciousness only those ideas of truth and good which he desires later to see reproduced in his active experience.
 The universe of the Christian Sci enlist is filled with Gods ideas-with ideas of Life, Mind, Love-instead of diseased thought-germs of the moral mind He knows, in a degree, that the omnipotence of God, good, is not divided omnipotence in which sin, disease, and death also are factors.
 GRATITUDE TO MRS. EDDY
 Christian Scientists have a tender regard, love, and gratitude for their revered Leader. It would not be right to assume that there is anything in the nature of personal worship in this attitude On the contrary, this feel ing of regard and gratitude is in ac- knowledgment and recognition of the broad, universal service which char acterized Mrs. Eddy's life.
 From the time of her healing on that memorable Sunday mornig in the year 1866, Mrs. Eddy's life was spent con- sistently and exclusively in unfolding the facts connected with her healing in such terms and manner as would best be understood by the human mind It was necessary that these facts should be rightly correlated, and the science which governed them made clear, in order that mankind al- ways shall have at hand the means to alleviate and heal sin, sickness, and sorrow.