The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-02-21
A LECTURE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Entitled, Christian Science: The True
Standard of Right" by Bliss
Knapp, c. S. B..
Member of the Board of Lectureship
of The Mother Church, The First
Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston, Massachusetts,,
Delivered Sunday, Feb.
goth. at the Temple
Theater

An ex-mayor of New York declared
not long ago that "a person who wants
to be honest nowadays must be a
crank on honesty" That is just a
forcible way of describing the present
conflict between good and evil, and the
extent to which one must go to main
tain his standard of right. Nations
and individuals have been aroused as
I ever before to combat a movement
commonly known as Bolshevism; and
while armed forces have gathered to
oppose its military encroachments, its
mental forces of decentralization in
business and society operate apparent
ly unhindered. But there is a remedy
i for such hidden evils in the promised
Comforter which Jesus described, not
as person, but as the spirit of
TRUTH" which "will guide you into all
truth" When Christian Science
brought a return of primitive Chris
tian healing, it raised that standard
of Truth which makes us free in mind
and in body.
/ remember, when a child, with what
amazement / first discovered that
some people do not always speak the
truth; and / remember my perplexity
as I begged to be told how to detect
lfalsehoed in ordinary conversation
My difficulty gradually disappeared as
began to learn in Christian Science
that right sense of honesty, baseC
!upon Principle, is keen detective OF
dishonest motives. We sometime:
speak of that natural discernment as
Intuition; for intuition is the express
led intelligence of spiritual qualities.
i An intelligent pagan of education
and refinement may be found obeyins
the ordinary canons of honesty, be
icause he has learned that honesty will
serve his best interests, therefore n
will be found acting as honestly as h
lean. But his standard of honesty il
not the Christian God, or the divin'
Principle of honesty; for he worship
a god fashioned by the hand of man
So long as he has no Principle. he cal
have no real qualities derived from
. Principle, and therefore no real sens
j.. of honesty. Thus mans standard o
/ right depends entirely upon the natur
: of the God he worships.
: In her book. "Rudimental Divin
: IScience," Mrs. Eddy answers the ques
ticn, "What is the Principle of Chris
2 tian Science?" in these words:-1t
e God, the Supreme Being, infinite an
: immortal Mind, the Soul of man an
\ the universe. 1t is our Father whic
r is in heaven. 1t is substance, Spirit
Life, Truth, and Lave,-these are tn
r deifc Principle"
The Founder of Christianity repu
: dated the notion that Satan could cas-
Y out Satan, and gave as reason tha
: a kingdom divided against itself car
not stand. He once spoke of a certai
woman who had been bowed togethe
Ieighteen years "and could in no wis
lift up herself" as "a daughter {
Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, Il
:, these eighteen years" He healed he
Immediately by the power of God, ar
it was on the Sabbath day. Tt
Christian God therefore does not sen
disease, but He heals disease. He
in other words, the divine Princip
of our health and holiness.
1t is not at all uncommon for devol
h Christians to be healed because the
It study of the Bible opens to them
more correct view of God. Calvi
Knox, Wesley and other Christis
Iworthies have manifested wonderf
healing power. as their prayers lift'
thought to glimpse Gods true natur
4 Such child-like qualities as humilit
s. spiritual receptivity and teachablene
* lecmmunicate those heavenly blessin,
rs to human consciousness. So it is re
to ognized as Christian duty to instru
n the receptive thought of the child
the saving grace of God. 1t was th
Christian culture that Mrs. Eddy, &
Discoverer and Founder of Christii
e. Science, received from her mother; {
If Mrs. Eddy was taught from her you