South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-25
Lecture on Christian Science Is
GiUen Here Sunday by Prof. Herring
The Science of Right Liv
ing is Topic of Address
at Local Edifice.

A lecture on Christian Science
was given at 3:15 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon at the church ed!fice O.;
the First Church Of Christ Scientist
10y Prof. Hermann S. Herring, g. s
f., q member Of tho board lecture
ship or the mother church. The
teN- Of Prof Hering's lecture was
The Scierce of Right Living as
/ follows:
From the inception of Christian
lily, however, only a few have ac-
ccpted fully our Masters teachings.
caught their spirit ard manifested
this Christ spirit in healing works,
notably the early Christians who,
during the first three centuries of
The Christian era, did such marvel
Gus healing. and led such self-sacri.
ficing and consecrated lives.
1T is evident that Christ jesus
considered this healing work an m
dispensable factor Of his ministry;
indeed he made il a test Of Chris
tian discipleship, for he said. he
that beheVeuh on me, the works that
l do shall ne do ALSO" a statement
which clearly means that he, who
Is a Christian Will be able TO heal
spiritually. Moreover he made 10
distinction between the healing of
sin ana OF disease. He said. for el-
ample to he impotent mar wnom
ne had healed OF a serious physical
condition. Go and sin no more. lest
worse thing come upon YOU" IN
,uistakably implying that the disease
had been due to sin, and definitely
stating that continued indulgence in
SIN viii result in a worse form Of
disease
when a man seems to he down
ana out" ne IS as though he were
I'm deep. dark hole. If we sO6ak
10 him and tell him how beautiful
it is above we may catch his ear but
unless we appeal TO him in "A way
that reaches his human sense he
is likely 90 remain i'm a hopeless
state of mind, not believing that he
can ever &c. out. What that man
needs is a ladder which vii, reach
Gown to his grasp that is. some
thing which ne can get hold OF and
by means of which ne car climb
cut This saving power Is the
Christ. the devine Truth coming to
The human consciousness through
Christian Science. with which any
enc can begin 20 work out his sal
vation his deliverance from evil
Mrs. Eddy writes:
sin am disease lose their
reality in human consciousness and
disappear as naturally and as neces-
sarily as darkness gives place to light
and sin 20 reformation. Now as then
these mighty works are not super
natural, but supremacy natural They
are the sign OF Emmanuel or God
with us,'-a divine influence ever
present in human consciousness -
Science and Health, page XII.
Think OF il! A divine influence
always present. which makes it pos
sible 10 be healed and saved. by the
appearing of Christ Truth, in CON
sciousness. there developing spiritual
understanding through right know
ing and right living Thus IL is the
Christ which awakens us from the
AutlIi- uFedil lu ltllo present ntdtc Va
existence
Christian Scientists recognize
Mrs. Eddy as the discoverer and
founder OF Christian Science be-
cause of her preparedness and be-
cause they have been able TO demons
trate the truth Of her teachings.
This latter fact is a very important
point. because anyone can prove its
truth for himself When a school
boy proves that ten times ten is one
hundred ne virtually proves that q
thousand times a thousand is a mill
lion although this latter quantity
may be beyond his mental grasp.
So Christian Scientists in demons
-rating simple fundamentals prove
the truth or Mrs Eddys entire re-
vc.auOn. In what an unfortunate
position then is person who de-
c'aros that the teachings Of Christian
Science are not true, when ne him
self could prove that they are true.
iC ne only would"