The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-24
lECT i RE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

A Lecture Entitled Christ an Sci
ence> The Religion OF Fulnllment
was delivered IN the Cnrisulan Sc.
enee Church, South Holman street
at e'eseek last evening. to a large
and appreeiative audience.
By Judge Samuel w. Greene, c. S.
Of Louisville, Kentucky, member oil
The Board OF Lectureship of The
Mother Church, The First Church OF
Christ. Scientist, In Boston, Mass
4 familiar hymn has been para
phrased as followsi
Il love to tell the story Of Lafe and
Truth and Love,
1t stills the voice of error and turns
my thoughts above.
love to tell the story and prove
that IT Is true,
BY healing sin and sickness as moth
Ing else can do.
love to tell the story, twill be my
theme In glory.
To tell the new-old story of Life
and Truth and Love-"
CHRISTIAN science IS lnuecQ tAN
new-old story of Life and Truth and
Love. 1t is the simple. sweet story
as II was taught and proved and
practiced by Jesus of Nazareth nine
teen hundred years ago. 1t en-
braces just the same thought, that
through the understanding OF the
ever-present love and power of God,
humanity Is healed not only Of sin
but OF all the results of sin-sick-
ness. sorrow, unhappiness. death.
The Dtsc0verer and Founder
Mary Baker Eddy. the Discoverer
and Founder OF Christian Science.
like many 70 us. suffered. and found
no relief from material means; so
turned to Gods word with the hope
and desire to be healed OF sickness.
SORROW, lack and loneliness. AS
she contemplated this wonderful IN
foldment OF divine Love and power
as they were taught by Jesus OF
Nazareth. al she read OF the heal
ings OF sick men and women, there
came to her peace, freedom. healing
just as Jesus had promised; e
shall know the truth. and the truth
shall made you free" She realized
that what had come TO her was not
supernatural. not an unnatural de-
velopment or result but the perfect
ly natural result OF the operation OF
Gods law. Her great desire after
that was to lay hold upon the un-
Outstanding OF this spiritual law
that she might be able to help
others to gain this freedom which
had come to her.
Devoting herself for several years
almost exclusively to the study OF
Gods word. there came to her
more perfect vision Of the ever
present. omnipotent power of God
dwelling among men and available
for human need. She discerned,
and points out to US in her writ
ings. that always when men have
understood God. they have been
able 10 accomplish the so-cai!ed i'm
possible or unusual things. To
verify this. we have only to study
the history Of Moses. Therein we
see that through the right under
standing of God. Moses was able
not only to heal people through
spiritual means but he was able TO
accomplish other wonderful things.
He negotiated the freedom of a ma
ton unlawfulIy enslaved. without
the expenditure of money and with
out an exhibition OF the power OF
arms. He equipped and maintained
this people when newly freed. gov
erned and led them wisely for
long period of years. finding their
lAd n
from God Is all good.
In the lives of Elijah and Elisha
we see not only that ability to heal
all manner Of sickness. to even raise
the dead, but that those prophets
sare consulted frequently by the
ings and rulers OF their time upon
questions Of state and government
because Of their better understand
ing OF God. In the lives OF Daniel
and his three associates we see
through their right understanding
OF God not only the power to with !
stand the lions den and the fiery |
furnace. but that which attracted |
the attention of a heather king. |
causing him to recognize in these |
men. who were virtually slaves in |
his wise men or advisers possessed. |
JESUS the Christ
In Jesus life Mrs. Eddy saw, as |
we can see. fuller and more COM |
plete understanding of God and |
Gods power than any other one |
had possessed. 1t seemed a per-
fectIy natural thing to the Master |
that he should speak and disease be |
healed, devils cast out. and the dead |
raised. He did not claim, however, |
that 1T was through any great power |
Of his own. He did not claim that |
he lived and moved in a so-called |
miraculous period of the worlds |
history, as some so-called orthodox |
thinkers would have US believe. He |
said. very simply and modestly: |
THE Son can do nothing Of him
self. but what he seeth the Father |
do. for what things soever He doeth,
these also doeth the Son likewise"
Also he said: Il seek not mine own
will, but the will of the Father
which hath sent me- giving US q
rule of conduct which if followed
will work wonders in our develop
ment. If we think. see. and do al
ways the thing that is in accord
with the will of the heavenly
Father. how splendid will be our
work. 1t will then be a perfectly
natural development in our lives
to see all these things coming TO
pass of which Jesus spoke when he
said: He that believeth on me,
the works that I do shall he do
also"