Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-25
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SCIENCE OF BEING
osorg. Shaw Cook Discussed
subjsct at Local Church
Last Night.

p.,ns,s was clscueAcd last night by
r,ectse Shaw Cook. G. b. B., IN lee
,ure n, the Virt Church OF Christ
Scientist. Afr, Cook ~ y member OF
,he Hoard OF Iee,urcah!p CT the Moth
., Church In poeton, He spoke as
feilewe
rhreilsn Nclencs has come to re-
,,aai that Cpd is divine principle. love,
and IA sh w mankind that knowledge
al God IL nens,rablo. Thus Chris
tIan Science Ia rsins,ating primitive
Christianity, and rc-cStabl.shing the
4enchiurs cf tho Master-Christian as
demonstrated by IEm and by HIS early
followers In tho healing OF sickness
and AIN.
spiritual Causation.
Caueailon, %. understood by jesus,
aud Ma taught by Christian Science,
~ srlrituu,. This spiritual cause is
the one infinite. heavenly Father whom
men call God, Tho scriptures not only
declare God tn bo Father. but TO be the
Almlahty, the Everlasting. AM
Spirit, Life, Truth. Love. Christian
Hsiensisia accept these scriptura def
nilluhs Of God without reservation
but they also think OF God as be!ng
inlnl,e aood. ns supreme Intelligence,
or mind, the one self-existent and
eternal lie, OF Consciousness. God Is
thus soon as the only source. origin
cause, or crent!ve principle.
These ~crlptural and ChrisiianlS
eclentitlc synonyms FOR Deity give ue
q better understanding OF the omnlpo-
tence, omn!Sc!ence. and omnipresence
os God.
Man IL Spiritual
Tho Scriptures toll us IN the hrs'
chapter uf GcnCr.e that man was ere
ated In the Image and after the like
nesw of 0od. y true likeness ~ that
which perfectly expresses is Original
N, therefore. man Is created IN the
llkencsr ot God. he must be exactly
like hls creator. IL Uod IS spirit. man
In iI.s likeness. must be spiritual. IL
Gpd IL truth, man, as an image oi
God, must be truthful, honest. sincere
lf God In love, man, IN his true nature
mu~t bo loving, gentle. kind. com
passionate. IL God is life, man must
be and .s tho living image of life. This
man, tho true man. the only real man
IL not subject 20 chance nor change
lie Ia hs changolese IA his eterna
principle. Ie is not the victim Of lack
her of limitation. lie reflects the inf
nlte abundance Of spirit or God. He
Is not doomed 10 deorep!iude and dlsso'
tuition. lie EXISTS forever a. the eter'
nal n0ontide OF being. lie Is always a.
the standpoint of lim!,loas opportun'
ity. activity. and supply.
Material Misconceptions.
From the material po!nt of view
man secms l. be nothing but an or
gansnn. with mind inside OF Il. q
mere machine controlled by a sup
posed intelligence. which IS invisible
and which has never been satisfac-
,orily explained by human philosophy
Someone may be thinking. why. tho
explanation IS very simple. The bratr
- the seat of mans intelligence, and
&, through the nervous system, con
trolls and regulates tho functions ant
faculties, the movements and actions
of the human body. But wha
made the brain Intelligent. What gave
a the power 20 think and 20 direc
activity Who has ever eeen the IN
tei.!gence that Is supposed 20 be s.
the brain. and how do we know tha
q IL thcre? Many people in the Orien
heliove the seat OF intelligence 70 y
.n the stomach: and u might Jus, a
well be there as in the brain. for ther
- no essential difference between IN
kind of stun that constitutes the stom
ach and that which constitutes IN
brain. Under chemical analysis the
would both yield exactly the sam
product. The difference. then. is on
o, belle. only; and the fact Is TIA
,fs h. rms - - hr ~ "a
originate the least bi; Of real INTEL.
Eoncc.
Even slight recognition ot the un
reality ot matter is of great pract!cs
value IN everyday. human experience
Take, :or example. the question Of dis
ease which occupies the attention OF q
many people so much cf the time.
the treatmen; OF disease, knowledg
of the unreal nature OF matter help
ono 20 see that pain and surerin
are not conditions OF matter. but {
thought. To know this is 10 take III
frs. e.ep IN the direction OF the per
Fnnnent eradication OF disease. II, q
Mrs. Eddy says. there IS no sensatlo
nor Intelligence !n matter, A. Is OF
vioas that matter cannot be sick or
pain, and that II there seems 10 h
"a eenee OF pain e Illness. Il must h
.n thought. and not IN the body. Tn
fact having been discerned. the fu-i
;iy Of treating thought conditions, q
taontG states. with material rened!e
becomes evident How impossible
would be 70 remove an erroneous rner
tai condition by the use OF drugs. mir
era, water, mud lnthe. or even 4
means % q surgical operation. y,
every day adds 20 the lis. of rnenti
causes for disease admitted by phys
clans. Among the mental causes 2,
sickness that have been recognized !
physicians are fear. worry. hatred. ar
anger. To these Christian Sclentls
would add envy. jealousy. greed al,
honesty, and all fragrant and subj
phnees OF sin.
After Mrs. Eddy discovered N
science OF Christian healing. ehe don
onstrated It's truth in many wondorf
Instances OF healing through eDlritu
power alone. She then wrote and pul
l3hed the great text book OF Chr,
tan Science. Science and Health vi,
Key % the criptures." and 9TH.
books on the same subject. She LAT,
ssta bliehed the system of eplrl+n
teaching and healing which Is rapld
extending into all parts Of the worl
She founded The Mother Church III
First Church OF Christ. Scientist
Boston. which includes all the activ
tios OF this world wide movement O.,