Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-05
SCIENCE;
IMPORT OF THE WORD
Subject Discussed by Willis F.
Gross, c. S. B., in Majestic
Theatre Lecture.

port OF the Word" was discussed by
Willis r. Gross, G. s. b., in lecture
ut the Majestic Theatre yesterday
afternoon. DIR, Gross is "a member of
tho Board of Lectureshlp of the
Christian Science Church, and he
spoke here yesterday under the aus
pices of the local congregation He
said:
The advent of Christianity was the |
greatest spiritual awakening the
world has ever known and the In. |
fluence of this ideal religion is seen
In every step of human progress. IT
has ever been the source of strength
and courage TO the faithful pioneers
of Truth. exalting the 'loftiest ideals
and inspiring the greatest sacrifices
1t was thing of vital Importance TO
the primitive Christians and they
esteemed all else of little value I'm
comparison.
Christianity. as taught and demon
| started by it's Founder, Christ Jesus.
is purely spiritual religion. for true
worship is expressed I'm spiritual liy-
ing and not in the observance of rites
aud ceremonies. So long as the fol-
their faith in healing sickness and de-
stroNing sin, Christianity was MAIN
tanned in its purity, hut when these
works were no'longer in evidence the
spiritual import of the gospel was lost.
The greatest spiritual awakening of
recent centuries began with the dis
covcry of Christian Science In 1866.
This awakening has increased in
strength and momentum with every
passing year. The light has never
waned and there has never been n
time when there was the slightest evi-
denCe of decreasing interest in this
| new-old teaching of the Christ. Mary
Baker Eddy. Discoverer and Founder
of Christian Science and author ol
, Science and Health with Key TO the
Scriptures. was one OF the world q
. greatest henefaCtors and we study hen
life and her works with ever increas-
Ing love and gratitude Her discovery
of the divine Principle of Christian
, healing marked the beginning OF a
= new era IN religious teaching and
practice. Christian Science. as taught
by her, is the spiritual import of tn,
. inspired Word. The material interprc.
tation of Jesus teachings has render
ed thcm impractical and impossibl,
= of demonstration. while the spiritua
- Interpretation makes them readily un
= dcrstood and possible of application.
Jesus declared that such healins
), works as he did would ever be tn,
, proof that his teachings were under
,, stood. He was opposed by the re
lgionists of his day, not because h,
taught the law and the prophets. bu
d, because he proved that the Truth re
Il VCaled in law and prophecy could hca
. the sick and reform tn, sinner. 7,
10 ! those materially minded persons i
q e,med impossible that the healing
n OF sickness could result from the OK
II crCisc OF reasonable faith In Go'
- and they declared that he cast ou
Is devils through Belzebub.
IL is sometimes said by ignorant o
malicious opponents OF a lraCtiCa
Christianity that the healing work
accomplished in Christian Science ar
merely the result of mcsmerism. TIL
accusations OF the pharisccs agains
the Master were false. and the assor
- tion that Christian Science healing !
l the work of hypnotism - suggcstio,
J is utterly void of intelligence or truth
spiritual understanding reveals III
great difference between Christia
Science and hypnotic control. Tn