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g g A LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE g g

centuries. qhus has she eAabled her
followers TO acknowledge and adore
one supreme and infinite God; 80,
acknowledge His Son. one Christ,
understand what is meant by the Ho.
Ghost or divine Comforter; TO reoN
nize the real Man as Gods inag -
likeness, and to subscribe. understf-i-a-
.ngly and whele-heartedly. to those
tenets which fix Christ Jesus indsAny
in the thought of Christian scienusls
as the Wayshower. the Redeemers
the Savior of humanity.
Whether we seek understanding or
healing in Christian Science, and It =
should be remembered that UNDER
standing is possible only through the !
healing of ignorance. seif-opinion and
prejudice. we must come in simplicity
trustfulness and confidence. We must
| have arrived at a decision TO go
the full length of the way. There must
\ be no shifting, no hesitancy. Nothing
! short of an unconditional surrender
| will open the door that leads from
/ captivity TO freedom. The wavering,
undecided and unready should blame
themselves only if these procliyities
obtstruct the work of the practitioner
or the teacher, defer healing or en-
tirely prevent it.
A BLESSED ASSURANCE
! Christian Science is rich i'm blessed
assurances for the struggling heart,
! and generous in the granting of thenii
and one of the most beneficient and
benevolent of these is the certainty
that where there is an honest desire
for understanding and healing, and
genuine willingness to be taught and
lifted out of trouble. succor is close at
hand. Those who seek understanding
and help in Christian Science honest
ly, earnestly and confidently, do not
! fail to find it. Nobody need pause
haltingly at the gate, fearing lest he
is beneath consideration or beyond
} hope or help. Since God is Love and
, God is omnipotent, nothing that is
| good can be impossible.
, Never has there been a time in all
: history when men were in greater
need than now of that 'learness of
sight, that steadiness of purpose, that
: strength of character-that probity,
, perspicacity and unshakabe moral
? stamina-which are impaired through
spiritual discernment and spiritual un-
} derstanding. 1t is the mission and.
4 purpose of Christian Science to bring
: the kingdom of God to earth, by dis
Y pelling the illusion that materialism,
J. sensuality, money -grubbing. money
d getting, money-spending, can satisfy
the human desire for contentment.
peace and happiness. The wreckage
: all about us of hopes, aspirations, am
:, bitions based upon the attainment Of
. mere worldly success, should consti-
: tute an impressive warning to the
IS business and professional man as well
! as to the social striver of our day.
e Wrong thinking is at the bottom
If not only of individual troubles and
t. sorrows and sufferings, but 1t is the
If cause of all the narrowing evils that
It beset the family, the community, the
If nation and the world at large. Chris
re tian Science offers right thinking as
W a corrective--as an obtainable, foas-
ible, and, in fact, as the only possible
TO cure for this stupendous evil. If the
& thoughts of humanity were in har-
is mony with the divine Mind. with the
ic Commandments, with the Beatitudes.
to of Christ Jesus and his disciples, with
b. the Principle of Christian Science, as
ht revealed through and expounded and
OF taught by Mary Baker Eddy, the world
a. would be freed from ferment, confu-
ce sion and tumult. Christian Science
sp corrects, exalts and strengthens the
a thought of the Individual, and the
in thought of the community, the nation
lg and the world will be Strengthened,
er elevated and strengthened proper
ny tionately with'the increase in the num-
lg Der of individuals who shall claim; and
n, win, their natural inheritance of light
OF and who engage in the work Of
H. spreading 1t among their fellows.
he FIRST GLIMPSE OF SALVATION I
in Christian Science has helped many
st hundreds of thousands of sick and sin
he ming, sorrowing and suffering, disap
". pointed, discouraged and despairing
d. men and women to obtain their first
u glimpse of salvation, to get their first
ny experience of heaven on earth; to
I'll realize fully for the first tinie that
an God is ail-in-all, that He is Life
OF Truth and Love, that He is an ever
is present help in trouble, their strong
ne deliverer, their sure salvation. In
n Christian Science they learn more cer-
mt tainly than in any other way, because
a. they learn 1t through their own DEM
at onstration, that while God is right
eous judge, He is also kind, gentle.
N tender, compassionate, loving, merci-
TO ful Father; that He is ever ready, has
ry ever been ready, to hear the sigh and
ed to dry the tear of the repentent, to
d. soothe the hearts of those who cong
ly to Him in humility, with longing for
a. forgiveness born of genuine regret for
at past shortcomings and backslidings.
IN The Christian Scientist, if he be
st faithful, prays without ceasing, but he
n prays to God who is infinite intelli-
v gence, who does not need to be in
ut structed, who lacks nothing in wis
Up dom, who knows, without being told,
ed what is best for His children and who
nj has provided for them out of the am
ne plitude of His love everything they
ne need. He prays for light, for wisdom
er and for understanding: he prays that
VS. the mind may be in him which was
as also in Christ Jesus; he prays that he
s. may be honest, upright and true, that
Id he may be good man, good friend,
al good citizen that he may not think
III or say or do anything contrary to
se Gods commandments, and with all his
Is praying, (which is honest and pure de-
lc sire, uttered or unexpressed, he yearns
ie for righteousness, harmony and peace.