South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-13


Z OF the board OF lectureship of the
mother church. The First Church OF
Christ Scientist, Boston. Mass, de-
lNered lecture on Christian SCI
cnce ~ the church edifice. Main and
Madison SITS, Sunday afternoon. The
speaker, whose subject was Chris
tan Science, the Science OF the Liv-
inS was introduced By Harvey
I Book. first reader. a large audience
I heard the lecture. Mr.. Young said
I'm part:
OF come here tonight 90 speak 20
YOU on a science which rests upon
the fundamental facts Of being and
which i'm measure that il is under
stood is capable OF improving, and
even Of transforming. the life Of
every man, woman and child. Be
cause IL can do this il follows that Il
can also reform the world. and 1 am
prepared 20 show that Il Will do so.
just as fast as YOU and the rest of
mankind understand and adopt IL.
In saying this I do rot mean to i'm
ply that Christian Science is a kind
of magic, or that il is a system
which viii work for the benefit Of
/ the race without any effort on their
part 20 conform their lives 10 rs
principle and rule. But 1 do say
/ that 10 promises and provides health
and peace 10 those who earnestly
study and abide by its teaching.
Christian Scientists do not fail to
take cogniZance of the difficulties
which beset the race as well as the
individual We are not engaged i'm
any superficial. altruistic theory We
claim to have common sense, and
the history of this movement shows
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Scientists are eminently practical.
The advantage which they have
over other people is TO be found
solely in what they have gained Of
the true science of life and living.
through the stuly of Science and
Health with Key TO the Scriptures"
and other works written by Mary
Baker Eddy the discoverer and the
! founder of Christian Science.
What is this science Do the
| theories of prevailing educational
systems indicate or reveal it? All
| theories Of general education Of life
and its possibilities are predicted
upon the certainty and necessity of
sin. disease and death Such the
| cries are observation-disclosures! They
have been accepted and tried for
centuries utterly in vain. With cir
l
supported by the overwhelming con-
sensus Of human faith and educa-
ton, they have utterly failed IN
der such beliefs. and uninstruted by
Christian Science. living is tanta-
mount 20 mere physical endurance
and final chaos Christian Science
takes issue with all such theories
and conclusions. 1t appeals to the
| higher nature, to reason and logic.
| and educates US in the science OF
| life, the greatest need OF the race.
Right Ideas.
eve are living and thinking. and
we have got to so on living and
thinking in order TO accomplish any
thing whatsoever. The evidence Of
our senses gives us no hint Of what
/ life really is. and when from this
standpoint we think anything about
life we indulge in mere speculation.
unless Christian Science comes TO
| our rescue and gives US the right
| idea
THE science Of true living and
true thinking is thus drawn from a
higher source than mere ordinary
human experiences. To investigate
IL requires research of the most un-
selfish. painstaking and persistent
nature. such was the research that
Mary Baker Eddy entered upon and
carried on for years. 1t eliminated
in the discovery of that science
which she named, Christian Science.
She saw the vast importance Of dis
tinguishing between the true and
the false between the real and the
unreal. She observed the permanent
nature OF divine facts and this led
her 10 the conclusion that such
facts constitute immortality.
All the prejudices OF sectarian-
ism were instinCtively arrayed
against such n proposition, and yet
il promised nothing less than COM
plete redemption for the human
race Even now. after all OF Mrs
Eddy's great work, Christian Sci
ence IS not universally accepted, but
the signs of the times are porten
tous and hoEeful. Why should they
be otherwise. for Christian Science
fulfins the hopes of the Christian
world.
Does not its declaration that
God is infinite cause intelligence,
spirit mind, life. loves. immutable.
immortal principle. the source and
substance of all being. tally with our
ideals of what constitutes the ON
nipotent. omnipresent and omniscent
God OF the Bible and OF all Chris
tendon? If it does, then your ideals
may through Christian Science take
on a practical value; they may be
brought out OF the realm of speCu-
ladOn into that of actual expert
ment and demonstration. These
definitions Of God, virtually accept
ed by the whole Christian world
constitute the fundamental facts Of
the science of~true living as revealed
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