The Washington herald., 1920-01-05
ILLS NOT SENT
by GOD, HE SAYS
John W. Doorly Lectures on
Christian Science at
Polls Theater.

Mother Church, The First Church of
Christ. Scientist. in Boston, Mass,
delivered a lecture entitled 1.-THE
Science of Mind and Its Ideas" at
Polls Theater yesterday afternoon.
He said in part:
''As humanity. or the aggregation
Of mortals, thinks. so is human ex-
istence. The existence which was
composed Of stage-coaches and boats
that crossed the. Atlantic In thirty
days or more has changed into our
present day existence simply because
of a change In the thinking Of
mortals. =.
What is called space is being an
initiated rapidly by the aeroplane and
wireless telegraph. In fact, the whole
trend of human experience Is being
rapidly changed. 4
THE more consideration one gives to
this subject OF human existence, the
more it will be recognized that what
we call human existence Is but the
manifestation Of the thinking Of NOR
tails. When a man recognizes this
fact and likewise recognizes the i'm
mense amount of fear. Of false think
ing and talking about disease, also
the mountains of malice, hate, and
envy that occupy so large a part of
the thinking of mortals. he will not
be surprised at the many calamities
that seem to beset mortal existence.
He will also cease believing that God
Is responsible for these calamities, but
he will appreciate that they are sim
ply the effects of wrong mortal
thought.
False Sense of Existence.
Christian Science deals with mortal
existence as a wholly false sense of
existence. and this false sense OF being
il declares arose in the mist. in the
mystfcation. or mythology, of East
ern thinking. as described in the sec
ond chapter of Genesis: But there
went up a mist from the earth. and
watered the whole face of the ground
IF. then. mortal existence is based
on the wisdom of this world.-that is.
on wrong sense of God and OF exist
ence.-will not right thinking about
Tod and about the existence, or spirit
uai idealism. enable US to come out of
this mythology of mortal existence,
and TO find our lives hid with
Christ in God" or to recognize true
existence as perfect, immortal, and in
deStTuctible?
The fact is that the world has
not yet fully recognized the only
standard from which IL can Judge
all things rightly. and it will never
have a solid basis or bedrock foun-
dation for its science. its theology.
or its medicine, and consequently
for existence, until il gets back to
the one and only cause or princi-
pie, God. In our day we have seen
so-called science change its yer,
basis of reason many times. The
atomic theory no longer bears
weight. and even the latest theory
of ions is now giving place to other
theories. Theology has arrived at
the place where IL no longer at
tempts to explain logically it's myr-
lad Inconsistencies. but it requires
humanity to- accept them blind
folded.
'The advocates of medicine them
selves, in many cases. admit that
drugs do not and cannot heal. Is 1t
any wonder. then, that this materials
world of ours. which is based on
thinking according to these sys-
TENS. seems to have no stability,
but is in a constant turmoil of the
cries, each struggling against the
other? What, then, is the remedy
which we term mortal existence?
Truth Only Medicine.
christian Science declares en-
phatically that the only remedy is the
science of Christ. the medicine OF
truth. and the theory of spirit. ell
expressing and explaining Gods true
nature, and true existence. In fact,
the only remedy for mortal existence
and its ills is to know God Alright.
Christian Science declares that
God is divine Principle and uses this
word Principle to express the fact
that God is interchangeable, that God
Is the one and only cause. also that
God exists in and of Himself, and
is dependent on no other being. Mrs.
Eddy has written: When the term
divine Principle is used to signify
Deity it may seem distant or cold,
until better apprehended. This Prin-
ciple is Mind. substance. Life. Truth,
Love. When understood. Principle il
found to be the only term that fully
conveys the ideas of God-one Mind
perfect man. and divine Science
mo and Yes, p. 2OI. If We start.
then, with one perfect. uncha ngea BILE
Principle or cause. named God. we
must consequently admit a creation
or effect that always has been and
always will be axactly like that cause
Christian Science therefore de-
clares that the eternal facts of be-
ing. from which alone n man can
logically reason. are perfect cause or
principle and perfect effect or exist
ence. Surely this eternal perfection
of being is what the Book of Common
praNRr AaNlaraS whom OF
ii was in the beginning, is now and
ever shall be-. To ascertain. then.
the nature of true existence or the
effect of the one cause. God, We must
not reason from mortal existence but
We must start by understanding God
or principle, the only cause.
Christian Science also teaches that
God. divine principle, is life. truth
and love, and because God is infinite
therefore He must be infinite life
truth and love. Consequently exist
ence. or true being. must express ex-
press infinite life, infinite truth. and
infinite love. But does this existence
which We know as mortal existence
express infinite life, infinite truth,
and infinite love? Not at all. What
we call mortal existence, which we
have already seen to be a false sense
of existence based on wrong think
ing or mythology. frequently ex-
presses death. the opposite of infinite
life; it expresses much OF error the
opposite of infinite truth. and 1t ex-
presses a great deal of hate and fear.
the opposites of infinite love
Consequently Christian Science,
still adhering to its foundational basis
of perfect principle or cause and per-
feet effect M. existence shows that