The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-05
A Lecture on
Christian Science
What II Is and How II Works
by Paul Stark Seeley. {. :. u.


tlun u the lae aud ms,hod 10 uhl,l
Christ Jesus and The early Chfis
tlans had healed no slca. and shu
uas Instantly healed from lhc %.
salis II ehai bad heen pronounced
fatal iniufy, liul u Fcgnlfri n.ae
yraia ~ further study ahi arpilra,
lion q thls Lac before The chfit
tian feianrn textbook. tlrlraca ani
Heslth Wllh Key 10 ase kfFlpsafps
aas completed and given u ihr
world. Thls book cnfrobofatut nad
explains the teachings n 'ht lilhl1
Il plcFces With the faye " snlfillni
Truth every human nfal lrm ani
+ omlla nothing that needs ~ be-
known IN order u accomplish ihe
full drlIsofancr ~ men from tit
landaFe ta evil Hai mortality writ,
ten IN Lynn. Mas schussiti. n q
lonely attic chamber. under q sifEi1
shyliEhi NitdUw. tho rays cf i,s
healing message have lightsncd the
hearts ~ mnlt.tadcs. AID ~ woFk
II only begun.
Tho discovery of Christian Sci.
rrcr was. however. hnt one part ~
Mrs. Eddy'a lto work. After her dis.
coYciy there remained tho work ~
funding this nes yet old idea ~
Gods healing power IN the though,
of TIC world. scupiical. condemns.
tory. aud unbcflovlng She haw that
this saving idea must bc presented
10 men. protected from adultrfatlDn
nnd misrt presentation. and that or.
DERBY methods and means must b.
fulnd t. carry out these purposes
How well tho Wnrt ans dnne' A
half century ago Christian Science
WAS believed IN only by the me whl
discovered ia lono woman. lack.
inF friends. Influence or human
means. Her only possessions Wcrs
rn idea and nnbuunded trust IN
God. Today this idea has found Joy.
iul acceptance In The thought ~ mil
lions.
The fame wisdom which guided
ell sac footsteps of this Cod.intp tpircd
goman enaled her 10 establish under
the Manual of The Mother Church
IN BOstoa q system of church GOV.
cFnmouts. wholly unique and dif.
fefent from any other and adequate
IN every detail 10 the demands 81
this and future generations. In this
Manual Is set forth the way" IN
which the cooperative and collective
activities of the Christian Science
movement must be carried ON. aud
The processes and forms Of action
through which Gods healing plr.
pose OF universal salvation Is to be
accomplished
EVER PRESENT MIND IS GOD
The consideration OF religion and
science properly begins with the
cause OF all things. Men may differ
as 20 what this cause Is but they
are practically united In their be.
lief that there Is a cause. This CON.
mon conviction was recently express.
ed by Thomas Edison thus. Il can
no more doubt the existence of an |
Intelligence that Is running things I
than do the existence OF myself"
But what is this cause. where Is II, |
what Is It's relation to man? These /
are some Of the questions we are
hero to consider.
wonder II at some time you haya |
not looked through a certain kind of l
glass lens which has made objects |
that were very near seem as though |
they were remote. Remove the lens
and the normal relationship Is at
Gnee apparent. Our past religious
teachings have often made us feel
that God Is far away. They have
acted as the glass lens and have
made what Is very near. "the Lord
is at my right hand,' says the Psal.
distant and remote. Let
us begin by dropping any sense Of
God as one mile, two miles or any
miles off, and let us look for the
cause of all things right where its
creation is, right here among us.
In the world today we observe
many good ideas that are command
ing increased consideration. These
IDEAS pertain to the welfare and bet
.erment of men, individually and col
ectively. We note the idea of indus.
rial justice as between employers
md employees being given fuller
than ever before. In.
lustral leaders are realizing that
he time is near when the great
masses of mankind must be freed
rom the overburden of physical toll
md the consuming fear of poverty.
rhrou.h the clouds of confused
opinions we see the idea of inter
arbitration and co-opera-
ion among the nations of the earth
more fully established in
hOught. We see such events as the
Associated Advertising Clubs OF
America taking for their organiza-
ions motto, Truth" The Rotary
Jlub, an International organization
# business men, makes Service
bove Self the keynote of its ac-
ivities.
Now my friends, where do these I
light ideas come from? All that
We know anything about is what is |
allied matter and mind, so it is {
rom one of the other that these {
deas must come. Matter can be d. /
ided into some ninety chemical ele J
nents, about twenty of which make '
p the human body, though it's chief Y
onstituents are water, SALT carbon /
nd oil. The brain, often regarded
s the source of thought, is said (
. be from 70 percent to 80 percent |
later, about the same percentage h
f water that is in tomato or a Il
cry soggy potato, / presume. So a
e must decide whether these ideas t
industrial justice honesty, kind h
ess, and so on originate in matter
r in mind Who would say that an p
lea of international arbitration i
ime from pint of water mixed C
18th tablespoonful of salt with il