Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-14
SAYS PROBLEMS
SIMPLIFIED BY
CHRIST SCIENCE
Bliss Knapp of Mother
Church Lecture Board
Talks at Murat.
ELEVATES STANDARDS

Bliss Knapp, c. S. b., member Of
the Board of Lectureship Of the
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston. Mass, in
lecture at the Murat theater Sun
day afternoon, applied the teachings
OF Christian Science to the solution
OF present day world problems.
Citing particularly the menace OF Boil
shevism, whose military encroachments,
in the words Of the speaker, are being
opposed by armed hosts. while it's mental
forces work decentralization IN business
and society apparently unhindered, Mr..
Knapp pointed "a remedy for such hid
den evils in the promised Comforter
which Jesus described not as a person,
but as the Spirit of truth which will
guide you into all truth
when Christian Science brought a re
turn Of primitive Christian healing. II
raised that Standard Of Truth, which
makes us free in mind and body" the
speaker declared.
Mr. Knapp spoke on Christian Sci
ence: the True Standard OF Right after
an Introduction by Frederick r. Francke,
His lecture in full was as follows:
An 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 forClble way OF
describing the present conflict between
good and evil and the extent to which
one must 20 to maintain his standard Of
right. Nations aud individuals have been
aroused as never before to combat q
movement commonly known as BOlshev-
ism; and while armed forces have gath
cred to oppose It's military encroachmeuts
It's mental forces of decentralization I'm
business and society operate apparently
unhindered. But there is a remedy for
such hidden evils I'm the promised Com
forter which Jesus described. not as
person. but as the Spirit Of truth" which
will guide you into all truth" When
Christian Science brought return Of
primitive Christian healing, II raised that
standard Of Truth which makes US free
In mind and I'm body.
l remember. when a child. with what
amaZemeut ! first discovered that some
people do not always speak the truth /;
and | remember my perpleXity as
begged to be told how to detect falsehOod
In ordinary conversation. My difficulty
gradually disappeared a 5 | began to learn
In Christian Science that right sense Of
honesty, based upon Principle, is a keen
detective Of dishonest motives. We some
times speak of that natural discernment
intuition for intuition Is the ex-
pressed Intelligence Of spiritual qualities
This may explain why so many spiritually
minded women often 20 directly and un-
errinGly to the very heart Of a problem
which seems to battle the reasoning
process Of others. That very directness is
sometimes called "A WOman's reason"
Those who are unwilling to obey an alb
solute standard of right, generally have
a flexible standard which is sometimes
called the law of necessity" applies to
those who are honest in appearance. but
who are quite ready to act dishonesty
whenever the reward seems to shift about
Such a variable standard must be policy
or deception. and not Principle, In the
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