The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-02
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
The Science of Right Lioi7g
A LECTURE BY
PROF. HERMANN S. Herring, c. S. B.


The Mother Church. The First Church
OF Christ. Scientist, in Boston, Massa
cnusetts. delivered lecture on
Cnrtstian Science: The Science OF
Eight Living" Sunday afternoon,
May LIST, under the auspices OF First
Church of Christ, Scientist. Topeka,
Kansas, at the Grand Opera House.
me lecturer was introduced by o.
T. Chopper. First Reader OF First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in To-
peka.
Professor Herring said:
When We consider the unsettled condi-
tous and turmoil prevalent in the world
To-Day, thought naturally reaches out for
Dotl their cause and their solution The
world is ar aggregation Of individuals,
henee It's condition, the quality Of its think
ing, the character Of its activities. are
composite or these factors IN its constltu-
ents- In other words, world conditions
are the product OF the lives and mentait-
Ies OF its people, their habits Of thought
their ethics, their ambitions, and their re-
sultant conduct. II the members Of a
community live rightly, that community
Will be measurabIy harmonious, healthy,
hi Ppy, peaceable; II they live wrongly. are
selfish. immoral and vicious the commun-
ity can but be correspondingIy discordant,
unhealthy, unhappy.
Right Desire Essential.
Let US then inquire into the Science OF
right liyinG-what IS the Principle and
rightly and TO do right. but many do not
Know what right Is. and therefore cannot
grasp the advantages Of righteous living.
They really do not choose TO do wrong but
mistakfngly think there is some advantage
in it. The aiiaremeat of sin and fll-gotten
gain is seen only from & selfish viewpoint.
People often do wrong because they do uot
believe in life after death and do not recOg
ni7e that their thoughts and acts here and
how make or mar their individual char
acter, which outlasts the so-ealled pleas
pres OF evil Indulgence and determines
their environment in life, wherever that
may be.
The influence of belief in heredity.
environment and education IS responsible
for our habits of thought as well as our
desires, but it Is generally admitted that
what is wrong In all these can be cor
reeted through right moral education and
that indulgence in evil is a distinct dlsad-
vantage TO them and that IL results in in
see that the practice Of good. right, and
justice results in real benefit, they will
lie more careful Of their thoughts and acts
The so-called pleasure OF sin and the SUI
fering OF disease enter experience because
they present themselves to thought IN q
way which appeals to human belief
Recipe in the Bible.
St Paul writes: For the law OF the
Spirit Of life in Christ Jesus hath made
Inc free from the law OF sin and death
The Bible contains many clear and
definite statements of the healing law OF
the gospel and its relation TO every form
Of evil thinking and living. and II shows
that God heals not only sin but also sick-
ness. thru the application OF the Principe
embodied IN this law. Christ Jesus demoa-
Strated this conclustvely, and vet there
have always been many who disoeneFed
in the practical application OF his teach,
iues because they never really understood
tEem From the inception of Christianity,
however, some have strtven 70 OBEY ms
teachings and to manifest the Christ spirit
which brings salvation from both sickness
and sin This spirit WIS strongly IN evil
dencc in the healing works which eharac-
when Christianity was engulfed in formal
ism and its vital spirit quencAeu-
Today many thinking people are begin
tboT the healing work OF the early church,
IS vet possible. altho this healing WORK re-
Dukes the generally accepted supremacy Of
such a thing as spiritual law, law aparS
from physics that this divine law IS anu
should be sovereign over so-caIled pIysleG a.
law. that it has dominion over WhsC i
termed matter: and all this in spite OF the
HAS Of matCrialistic thought Wnlch ue-
clares that any existence apart from tne
material cannot be conceived. 1t Is en-
Couraging that Christian peoples are De=
ming 10 awake out Of their sleep ana 70
assert their right to the freedom anu mar
mony OF the children OF God
Healing Principle Available
When men realize that there is Prin-
clple underlying all existence whlSh o.
f-gte4s according TO divine law, and quite
regardless Of time and place, they Will see
maj The physical changes accom- panylnG
spiritual healing are due % me Or, Is11
Of This Principle. in ACCORDANCE Win la~
and that such Principle, law anu operation
constitute Science -. ,5
II is ertlent that Christ Jesus consldeEeo
tbis healfns. work Il very essential FACTOR
~ his ministry; indeed ne mace IL d ~
If Christian discipleship, for ne Salt' re
ti,at belIeveth on me. the works that l 90
si,ai1 he do also: which means that ne
S-be is Christian will be able to hear
spiritnaIiy. Surely every Christian must
desire 10 believe in and 70 praG1uiGSe mat
rnIrftuai healing. which acconlpllsileS 81
much more than can drugs, suFssay an
mn fmnOteut faith. Recognition OF the hesii-
ING mower OF divine Truth heals men with,
out involving the fear, pain and risk or
.7cstf which so often attend surgical opera
items and the use OF noStrEIns
Most right minded persons. ZOO WVult
like to overcome EVIL WITH eoou II me- ne
only knew how: most of them would Ike
10 overcome fheir failinEs. and TO do rlgat
f,v their nefghbor. but. because OF tHe4r
faulty religious sdueat!on tne5 10 ~.
things naturally follows the knoW-e.iEe
that good has more power than evil now
few in all the world today realize that the
io~f,ai and Inevitable sequence of IN UNI
Outstanding Of the Masters teachings. to-
Eether with strict obedience thereto, Wound
be a cessation OF all sorrow, sickness and
THOSE who admit that Christian healing
Is even desirable in the attainment Of right
II Involves and what it depends upon
We need then 10 consider first the nature
OF human existence in order that we can
clearly understand what constitutes CON
seriousness and appreheud what is involved
in demonstrating the Science OF right Nv
Nature of Human Sense.
Ii is very evident that our existence Is
our consciousness To each one OF Us
there is no existence except that Of which
We are conscious. Acquired knowledge
simply eni1rges human consciousness. The
objects cognlzed by the physical senses
s-s tbe effects OF materially mental activ-
ity. These effects in turn impress one
become q part Of human consciousness
rho their nature and relations remain
hidden For example. when we believe w
see an object, we really become conscious
Of mental impression which we accept
a. the objects existence
Further. it is evident that the character
Of human existence depends largely upor
the character Of human sense. We cannot
avoid this conclusion when we consider
existing differences in personal characters
tics. in educational bias, ENVIRONMENT as
alton and experience and see what
Irfielv VARYING sense Of existence thes'
differences produce in different individuals
In every day experience we learn that u
two nersnns of any group Of persons. i
SOD their fmpression of any incident ap