Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23

The lecturer was introduced by
Judge R. H Crossman who spoke as
follows:
Tn these times of world war re-
adjustment and social unrest. when
the whole eastern hemisphere seems
rocked with fear for the future, and
when that same deadly malady, fear,
is stalking to fasten itself upon the
people of this fair land. it is we'll for us
to seek out and find that principle of
truth and love, which today, of
yore, can and does destroy fear. 1t is
we'll for US to know and understand, as
and declared for us: Because thou
hast made the Lord, which is my
refuge. even the most High. thy habi-
tation; there shall no evil befall thee,
neither shall any plague come nigh
thy dwelling And 1t is well for US to
know and understand that there is a
God of truth and love who is able and
willing to stand before us and save
ua now as of old.
"A Christian Scientist knows and
understands that principle which does
control the destinies of nations; that
Christ principle. seemingly lost to the
world for ages, but rediscovered by
Mary Baker Eddy in the depths Of
her researches of the Holy Bible, pro-
claimed by her in 1866, and in the
beginning of this year 1921. we find
it bringing peace, and joy, and COM
fort, and healing, both of sin and of
disease, to thousands and tens of
thousands in this and other lands,
until this love and truth, this law of
Isaac and of Jacob, of Samuel and of
David, of Elijah. and of Christ Jesus,
has, thru the labors of Mrs. Eddy,
reached out into all lands, bringing
this saving and healing power unto all
peoples and into all climes.
Christ Jesus said: John 14:12, He
that beleveth on Me- the works that l
do shall he do also; and greater works
than these shall he do; because 1 go
INTO my Father There was no quail
Tying clause to signify that such say
ing was for any special time, of rof any
Particular people, and standing with
out a qualifying clause it means
nothing more, and nothing less. than
for all time, and for all of Gods peo-
pie. To deny or doubt 1t, means to de-
ny or doubt Christ
The world is seeking this principle,
this Christ truth
THE LECTURE IN FULL
An ex-mayor OF New York declared
not long ago that "a person who wants
to be honest nowadays must be
crank on honesty" That is Just a
forcSble way of describing the present
conflict between good and evil, and the
extent to which one must so to main
tain his standard of right Nations
and Individuals have been aroused as
never before to combat movement
commonly known rs BolshevisIIi; and
while armed forces have gathered to
mental forces of decentralization in
business and society operate apparent
ly unhfndercd- But there is remedy
for such hidden evils in the promised
Comforter which Jesus described. not
as a person, but as the Spirit of
truth" which win guide you into all
truth" When Christian Science
brought . return of primitive Chris
tian healing, 1t raised that standard
Of Truth which makes US free in mind
and IN body.
remember, when a child. with what
people do not always speak the truth:
and remember my perple1ity as I
begged to be told how to detect false
hood in ordinary conversation. My
difficulty gradually disappeared as l
began to learn in Christian Science
upon Principle, is a keen detective OF
dishonest motives. We sometimes
speak of that natural disccrnment as
intuition! for intuition is the expressed
Intelligence of spiritual qualities. This
may explain why so many spiritually
minded women often go directly and
mDerrinsfy to the very heart of a
problem which seems to bafflc the
reasonfng process of others. That
vWy dfrectness 4. sometimes called "a
vO017nS 3 reason
e.estssnabIe Standards.
Those who are willing to obey an
absolute standard OF right, generally
have a flexible standard which is
sometimes called "the law of neccs-
stty.- This phrase. Tho law of neccs-
city, applies to those who are honest
IN appearance, but who arc quite ready
to act dishonesty whenever the re-
ward seems to shift about. Such n
variable standard must be policy or
deception. and not Principle. In the
hook of Job, in the Bible, you may re-
member how Satan once challenged
the purity Of Jobs goodness possibly
hScAusc the Deceivcr is always the
most deceived. So he insisted that
Iob's goodness was nothing but sub
terfuge to gain some reward in heaven,
that Is to say, n form OF solfishness.
Those who make sefffshness instead of
Principle the standard OF their actions
must agree with Satan in upholdinS
-'thc law of necessity" But the franz
Independence recognized an eternal
Truth when they wrote that men arc
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalicnable rights; that among these
are life. liberty, and the pursuit OF
happiness" The God of Christendom,
therefore, is the divine Principle or
Creator of those life-givlng and lib
Grating fruits OF the Spirit which are
oppressed unselfishly in right minded
men and women everywhere.
An intelligent pagan of education
and refinement may be found obeying
tho ordinary canons of honesty. be-
Cause he has learned that honesty win
scrve his best interests. therefore he
win be found acting az honestly as he
can. But his standard of honesty is
not the Christian God, or the divine
Principle of honesty: for he worships
n rod fashioned by the hand OF man.
SO long as he has no Principle. he can
have no real qualities derived from
Principle, and therefore no real sense
of honesty. Thus n mans standard of
right depends entirely upon the nature
Of the God he worships.
Principle
According to tho Century Dictionary.