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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE.
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real man, is not subject to chance nor
change. He Is as changelesS as his
eternal Principle. He is not the vic
tim of lack nor of limitation He re-
fleets the infinite abundance of Spirit or
God. He is not doomed to decrepitude
and dissolution. He exists forever at
the eternal noontide of being. He is al
ways at the standpoint of limitless on
portunity, activity, and supply.
Material Misconceptions.
From the material point of view man
seems to be nothing but an organism.
with mind inside of it. mere machine
controlled by n supposed Intelligence,
which is invisible and which has never
been satisfactorily explained by human
philosophy Someone may be thinking,
why, the explanation is very simple.
The brain is the seat of the mans intel
ligence and il. through the nervous sys-
tenn, controls and regulates the functions
and faculties, the movements and ac-
lions of the human body" But what
made the brain intelligent? What gave
IT the power TO think and to direct ac-
tiyity? Who has ever seen the intelli-
gence that is supposed to be in the
brain, and how do we know that ii is
there? Many people in the Orient be-
licye the seat of intelligence to be in the
stomach; and it might just as we'll be
there as i'm the BRAIN for there is no es-
stuff that constitutes the stomach and
that which constitutes the bfain. I'm
der chemical analysis they would both
yield exactly the same product. The
difference, then. is one of belief only
and the fact Is that neither the brain
nor the stomach can originate the least
bit of real intelligence.
Even slight recognition of the UNI
reality of matter is of great practical
value in everyday, human experience
! Take, for example, the question of dis
| ease which occupies the attention of SO
many people so much of the time In
| the treatment of disease knowledge OF
| the unreal nature Of matter helps one
| to see that pain and suffering are not
| conditions of matter, but of thought. Tt
/ know this is to taKe the first step in tht
| direction of the permanent eradication
/ of disease. If, as Mrs. Eddy says thert
| is no sensation nor intelligence in mat
4 ter, il is obvious that matter cannot b'
| sick or in pain, and that If there seems
| TO be a sense of pain or illness. il mus
/ be in thought, and not in the body. Thu
| fact having been discerned, the futihN
| of treating thought conditions, or men
i tai states. with material remedies be
comes evident. How impossible it woul'
| be to remove an erroneous mental con
| dition by the use of drugs minera
| water, mud baths, or even by means o
| a surgical operation Yet every da!
adds to the list of mental causes for dis
/ ease admitted By physicians. Among TIN
| mental causes for sickness that hav'
| been recognized by physicians are fear
| worry hatred and anger. To Ties
| Christian Scientists would add envy
| jealousy. greed. dishonesty, and all fla
| grant and subtle phases of sin.
Mrs. Eddys Leadership.
After Mrs Eddy discovered this Sci
ence of Christian healing, she demon
strated its truth in many wonderful In
| stances of healing through spirltua
| power alone She then wrote and pub
| iished the great textbook of Christian
Science. Science and Health with Ike.
! TO the Scriptures, and other books OF
the same subject. She later establishes
| the system of spiritual teaching ant
healing which Is rapidly extending int
! all parts of the world. She founded th
| Mother church. the First Church o
/ Christ. Scientist in Boston, which IN
| Cludes all the activities of this world
/ wide movement. and of which all othe
Christian Science churches arc branches
| She provided this church with Man
ual of bylaws, which. she SAYS. If tol
| lowed in letter and spirit. will prov
adequate TO guide this great movement
throughout all time. The wisdom, coul
age. faithfulnesS, conservation, and II
SEPARATION of Mrs Eddy's leadership ar
daily becoming more apparent and be
ter appreciated