The Washington herald., 1921-02-21
HEALING EFFECTED
BY DIVINE THOUGHT
SPEAKER EXPLAINS
Christian Scientist Tells
Of the Expression of
Gods Ideas.

tant thing about us but 1t has had
no science to govern or exalt II and
has been based upon and fostered
by education which assumed and
inculcated the erroneous theory that
matter governs man, said BickneIl
Young. c. S. B.. in a lecture on
Christian Science yesterday after
noon at the First Church OF Christ
Scientist. Christian Science. he ad
ded, reveals the fact that thought
governs or misgoverns mankind, as
the case may be. including the body,
and that as we approach and attain
divine standard. the health and
safety of the body are proportion
ally secure.
IF we are living at all (and we
are), continued the lecturer, "if
there be any action, energy, oppor-
tunity. availability, originality or
volition; II men and women exist at
all. and can think or do anything at
all. then there is a science for all
this. and 1t is commensurate with
all that may be required of It,
Science of True Living.
I'VE arc living and thinking, and
we have got to go 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.
Does not its declaration that God
Is Infinite cause, intelligence. spirit,
mind. life. love. immutable, immor-
tai principle. the source and sub
stance OF all being. tally with our
Ideals OF what constitutes the om-
nipotent. omnipresent and omnis-
cient God of the Bible and of all
Christendom? II IL does, then your
ideals may. through Christian Sci
ence, take on practical value;
they may be brought out of the
realm of speculation into that of
actual experiment and demonstra-
tion. These definitions of God,
virtually accepted by the whole
Christian world, constitute the fun
damental facts of the science of
true living as revealed in Chris
tian Science.
But they must be more and more
clearly apprehended by the students
of this Science. and consequently
Christian Scientists are involved in
the same research which Mrs. Eddy
carried on. She says that she found
the ideas of true science in the
spiritual teachings contained in the
Bible. They may be found by any
body who. in the light of Christian
Science, looks for them in that same
place.
A Real Science.
Such work is not less scientific
than that of sciences which have to
do with materia phenomena. In
fact. to investigate and understand
thoughts and their nature and law
is the highest kind of scientific re-
search, and is the most interesting
and instructive of all studies. Be
sides this. there are immediate re-
suits. visible and practical, to be
attained by such a course. They
are often acknowledged by the gen
eral public, who DO not hesitate to
say that Christian Scientists are
generally a happy and healthy class
of people. In mentioning this
am not claiming that all that can
be desired in these directions has
been accomplished. but at any rate.
thousands Of people. who are alive
and we'll today testify that they
were saved from death and their
health restored through Christian
Science.
Now to the average person, ac-
TO
speak of ideas as remedies for dis
ease may sound like mystery. and
yet all religion consists of thoughts
or ideas. all science consists of
thoughts or ideas, all the great
things of the world have their ori-
gin in education, which is attained
bv study and consists wholly of
ideas. But beyond this and above
it there is something still greater
to be observed. and that is that the
Infinite Mind, God, which spake AMI
all things were. expresses Himself
there anything extraordinarily
mysterious, or at all mysterious, in
the fact that Christian Science heals
the sick through revealing. b.
means of thoughts or ideas. the ma
OF God?
Divine Thoughts Expressed.
IF the ordinary human being is
expressed in his character, that is.
in his thoughts and education.
should 1t be considered incredible
that the divine Mind could reveal
itself through its own ideas. and IL
these ideas come from God. who is
Mind, is it eXtravagant or unrea-
sonable to expect enlightenment.
and even improved health, through
their presence and law"
The lecturer. who is a member of
the board of lectureship of tn
Mother Church, the First Church ~
Christ Scientist. of Boston, Mass.
was formerly first reader of tn
Mother Church. He was introduced