The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-15

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thur"h "f Chrts., scienust. In
Eoston. Mass.
l come here tonight 70 speak to
GU Oh "a Science which rests upon
NE fundamental facts of being and
md which in the measure that it is
Understood is capable of improving,
ma even of transforming, the life o.
very man. woman and child. Be-
aus 1t can do this it follows tina
can also reform the world, and 1
am prepared to show that it will do
SO just as fast as you and the rest
d understand and adopt
t. In saying this I do not mean to
IMPLY that Christian Science is a
kind OF magic, or that it is a system
which will work for the benefit of
fhe race without any effort on their
Fpart to conform their lives to its
Principle and rule. But 1 do say
that it promises and provides health
and peace to those who earnestly
study and abide by its teaching.
To any one who thinks clearly, or
~endeavors to do SO, it does not seem
reasonable to suppose hat the err
rors which produced trouble could
be expected TO remove il. Ask a
stricken race If disease is less pre-
valent, less insistent. less fatal be-
cause of the centuries of education
in the use OF material remedies, and
the answer. If truthful. Will be a
universal No. Disease are as mys-
terious and battling as ever TO ma
terial systems of healing. Indus
trial unrest prevails, greed is ram
pant, and in may parts Of the
world unparalleled conditions OF
crime are unchecked and unresist-
ed. From a material outlook what
hope is there Humanity seems to
be sailing a boisterous sea without
chart. compass or pilot.
Christian Scientists do not fail TO
take co~gnizance of the difficulties
which beset the rase as well as the
individual. We arc not engaged in
any superficial. a~ltruistic theory. We
claim TO have common sense. and
the history of this movement shows
clearly that. as a class. Christian
Scientists are eminently practical.
The advantage which they have
over other people is to be found
solely in what they have gained
of the tru Science of life and liv-
ing. through the study OF Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures" and other works written by
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer
and Founder of Christian Science.
What is this Science? Do the
theories OF prevailing educational
systems indicate or reveal it? All
theories of general education are
predicted upon the certainty and
necessity of sin. disease and death.
Such theories are self-contradictory.
They have been accepted and tried
for centuries utterly in vain. With
circumstances all in their favor. and
supported by the overwhelming
consensus of human faith and edu-
cation. they have utterly failed.
Under such beliefs. and uninstruct-
I'd by Christian Science, living is
tantamount to mere physical endur-
| ance and final chaos. Christian
Science takes issue with all sue
theories and conclusions 1t ap-
peals to the higher nature, to rea-
son and logic. and educates US in
the Science of Life. the Science OF
real thinking. which is the greatest
need of the age.
If we are living at all (and we
are). If there be any action. energy.
opportunity. availability. originate
ty or volition; if men and women
exist at all. and can think or do
anything at all. then there is a
science for all this, and 1t is com
-n-v-~afo ~rifh all that NAV he
required OF il We are living and
thinking, and w have got to go on
y living n thinking in order to ac-
complish anything whatsoever. The
evidence of our senses gives US no
hint of what Lii really is, and when
from this standpoint we think any
thing about life we indulge in mere
speculation, unless Christian Science
CONS to our rescue and gives US
the right idea. Ordinarily. human
life is considered to DE mere chance,
manifsting tn within and caprice OF
instinct or desire. We have been
taught to look out for our material
needs, and we have been instructed
in some Of the sciences which are
supposed to aid us in administering
to those needs. but our thinking
which is the most important thing
we aver do, has had no science to
govern or exhalt it. but has beer
based upon and fostered by educa
tfon which ssum and inculcateC
the theory that matter governs man
Christian Science reveals the fac
that thought governs or misgovern:
mankind. as the case may be, in,
Guiding the body. and hat as W
pproach and attain a divine stan
I'D. the health and safety of TIL
are proportionately ecure
scince OF true living and tru'
Ing Is thus drawn from a high
surca than that of mere ordin
human experiences. To investi
lie it requires research of tn
most unselfsh. painstaking and per
sistent nature. Such was the re
search that Mary Baker Eddy en-
tered upon and carried on for years
1t eliminated in the discovery o
that science which she name
Christian Science. She saw the vas
importance OF distinguishing be
tween the true and the false. be
tween the real and the unreal. Sh
observed the permanent nature o
divine facts and this led her to tn
conclusion hat such facts consti
tute Immortality How to under
stand these facts was not so diff
cult for her as was the problem o
teaching others to understand then
We who are the benefcaries Of thi
Science. in common with the Who'll
of mankind, can scarcely realiz
what 1t must have meant, fifty year
nrn "a awaken the world to th