The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-08
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LECTURE LAST NIGHT
WslI.Attendcd Discourse by Paul
Stark seeley, C. S. B., of Portland,
Ore, at High School Hall.


A we attended lecture OIL Chris.
tian Science was held Monday evening
III high School hall by the Christian
Science society OF Bennington. Rob
ert Parmelee Of Old Bennington in
Introducing the lecturer sa d Friends
the Christian Science society OF Ben.
nington has invited you to listen 10
a lecture on Christian Science, a sub.
ject ever pressing more forcibly upon
the minds Of men, for ii bears mes.
sage to weary suffering Humanity
VIII ch has healed and blessed thous.
ands already, and is healing and bes
sing thousands more. This healing
message, this draught OF living water,
ior whosoeyer viii. is borne to you
by the lecturer so now present to
you Paul Stark Seeley. G. 6. b.. OF
Portland. Oregon, a member OF the
board OF lectureship OF the Mother
Church, The Firat Church of Christ
Scientist of Bosto.l, Mass Mr.. See
lev said In part:
For their brothers of differing re-
ligious beliefs Christian Scientists
nave nothing but goodwill. They be-
,ieve that through the enlightened
.hought Of Christian people the world
will be led ever forward. They re.
joice in good wherever manifest and
Join with their whole hearts in the
common prayer of Christendom to
iur common Father God, THY king.
dom come. Thy will be done in earth,
as 1t is in heaven" In her Message
to The Mother Church in Boston in
q02 Mary Baker Eddy, the Discover.
er and Founder Of Christian Science.
sp, esseu tnat loving regard for the
hurch Of her youth which is so fre-
luenty found in her writings. size
said 1T was an inherent character.
site Of my nature. kind of birth.
mark to love the Church; and the
Church once loved me. Then why
not remain friends, or at least agree
to disagree, in love;--part fair foes
I never lcit the Churc1, either in
heat or in doctrine; | but began
where the Church left OFF.
Thoreau writes, 1T is never too
ate to give up our prejudiCes. No
way Of thinking or deing, however an
,ient, can be trusted without proof. :"
The teachings Of Christian Science
rest on reason, and they are support
ed by proof. So in a spirit of right
reasoning and honest consideration
let US approacl the subject before us
with our thought open to all that is
true and good
The teachings Of Christian Science
are inseparable from the Bible, They
are founded upon the eternal truth
OF being which that book Of the age
contains "The Bible was my only
text book writes Mrs. Eddy in
Science and Health, page 10, where
she outlines the footsteps which led
up to her discovery of Christian
Science But Christian Scientists do
not accept the Bible blindly, nor in
the narrowness of its letter Their
acceptance is based on the fact
proved in their lives, that within It's
pages is to be found the highest IN
spiration that came to men concern
ing Gods law of life ana health dur
ing a period of some 1900 years.
If you are a sceptic and have doubt
GU tuS dhtutlltiNANl VI tiAN b'''N go
may prove for yourself, through Chris
tian Science, that the teachings OF
Christ Jesus We're absolutely accurate
aud scientific statements Of the laws
of life and health, and that there was
nothing IN them that was superna-
tural supremacy of good oyer evil. OF
God over the devil, and specific di-
rectlons as to how you and may
utilize the might of good to over
throw the conditions OF evil, sin,
disease and finally death
How ignorant most of us have been
Of this great storehouse of spiritual,
healthgiving Truth so near at hand
Stevenson has spoken Of the treas
ures of the Bible as those truths
which we are all courteously suppos-
ed to know, and all modesty refrain
from applying" There is more truth
than there should be in his statement.
Christian Science shows evil to be
nothing but a negative state of
thought. 1t Is like ignorance. We
can all see that there Is no such
thing IN reality as ignorance. Ignor-
anee is but negative state OF
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