Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-02-20
oHRENsTEIN LECTURES ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

day evening by ChaS. |. Ohrenstein
at the old Masonic hall:
The preparedness, safety, effici-
ency of Jesus were the result of his
demonstrable knowledge, the Sci
ence of being which constituted his
Christianity. This Christianity was
no mere ceremonialism or belief. 1t
was the science of living and of low
ing more abundantly; the science of
health, of peace, of blessedness; the
science that made Jesus the Saviour,
deliverer. redeemer; the science
which he came to teach mankind. In
word, it was the understanding of
God, the supreme power that is all
good and always with us
God
Must not we then in order to be
Christians, TO benefit by this Chris
tianity, gain this understanding of
God? Must not we ask who or what
is this God of whom Jesus had such
intimate, exact knowledge or sci
ence?
Going to this master Jew, this
master Christian, what do we learn
God is? Something different from
what was in the beginning? Not at
all
1t should be remembered that
Jesus did not write he spoke He
spoke to his own people, the com
mon people, who heard him gladly;
and he spoke in their tongue The
only instance preserved to us of
what he said in that tongue is in the
words which preceded his giving up
the ghost" the mere semblance of
life, which he said he could lay
down and could take up again, as
he later proved. These words, all
will remember. were "Eloi, Eloi,
lama sabachthani?" which are
translated, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me?" The word
Eloi, which Jesus used, is the Old
Testament Chaldean word for what
in English is called God 1t means
strength, or power, meaning which
is entirely devoid OF anthropomor-
phism or corporeality According to
Jesus, then, God was his power, the
power upon which he always relied,
with which he accomplished every
thing. Nor did he leave us in the
dark as to just what this power is.
In speaking to his disciples he said,
Call no man your father upon the
earth: for one is your father, which
is in heaven" In other words, there
is only one creator or cause, and the
universe including man is its pro-
duct, the product of Eloi, the one
and only power
Again, speaking to the woman At
the well, Jesus said, God is Spirit,
which would certainly mean that his
power the only power he ever used,
the true cause of all, and consequent
ly the cause of only that which is
true was Spirit or Mind, not matter
OF any kind or physique And look
ing at the teachings OF Jesus look
ing at his words and at his works
words and works due TO, impelIed
by, emanating from this Eloi or pow
er. Spirit, Mind, or intelligence.
are we not bound to conclude that
this power Spirit, Mind. was infinite
Love. and that this divine Love was
the very life of Jesus which nothing
could destroy and which was able to
raise him up at the last day? This
one power then, this one Spirit. Soul.
or Mind, this one existence or Life.
this one reality or Truth, this one
infinite Love, this divine principle,
was all that constituted the Saviour
who is the same yesterday, TODAY.
and forever, with whom is no yari
ableness, neither shadow of turning
who is with us always This is Just
what Christian Science defines God
to be, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing passage; God is incorpo-
real divine, supreme, infinite Mind.
Spirit Soul, Principle. Life. Truth.
Love (Science and Health, p. 1859.
Man
Not only did Jesus illustrate. not
only does Christian Science teach
what God is, but in doing this Jesus
illustrated and Christian Science
teaches what man is.
Does not the father want the son
10 be like himself. and does not
son want to be like his father? So
true is this, that right in the begin
ming we read that God created man
in his own image male and
female created he them In other
words, He created them just like
Himself. Now, how do we know