Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-11
TUTT CAVE GOOD
! ADDRESS SUNDAY
AUTHORIZED LECTURE GIVEN
ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BY
LECTURER IN ALMA.

On Sunday May DR.. John Nj. Tut
{. S. b., delivered an authorized lee
ture on Crstian Science entitled,
Christian Science: The Leaven of
Spirit, to a good sized audience at the
l. o. o. Il. hall. DR.. Tut is a mem
Der of the board of lectureship OF
The Mother Church, The First Church
of Christ Scientist, in Boston. His
address in part follows;
(Pick up address,
The world today is experiencing a
revival of interest in the things of the
Spirit. Public expression abounds
with references to the spiritual
needs of humanity. Materialism,
even in its refinements, has failed to
satisfy human aspiration. Every
where men are turning from matter
to Spirit, instinctively confident that,
under divine direction, spiritualiza-
ton Of life will meet human need to-
day and will justify the longing and
the hope for a spiritual tomorrow.
This capitalization Of thought and
life is the peculiar work of Christian
! am sure that those of you who
have observed Christian Science enter
the life of friend or acquaintance,
and there can be few, if any, who
have not been witness TO such mira
Gle, will testify to deep, funda-
mental change which has come over
that individual; you will testify,
hnf hn oh &
ly for the better Whereas, per-
chance, he was i'll, he has become
well; wherein he was bad citizen he
has become a better one; for want, he
has acquired supply abundant for his
needs; instead of COON, he has come
to radiate cheer; once dependent and
fearful, he has become sufficient for
his responsibilities and bold to meet
them. What has happened to that
man? He is being leaycned! lis
thought, and hence his life, are becom-
ing spiritualized He is beginning TO
behold the vision Of man untrammel-
ed by matter and is coming into his
rightful sense of dominion over all.
He continues in the world, though no
longer of it, yet tcnderly responsive
to its needs, and just - ne himself
is being leavcned he communicates the
ferment to his environment to the
betterment Of all with whom and
with which he comes in contact.
The purified state Of consciousness
is the kingdom of heaven on earth for
which Jesus prayed and taught all
Christians to pray How much of
this kingdom of harmony can one OK
pericnce here and now? Just the
degree of his leavening, just the mea-
sure of his lcavening, just the mea-
sure of his spiritualized thought. Be
fore one can go TO heaven, heaven
must some to him on earth. That
is the import of Mrs. Eddy's great
discovery. Christian Science was
Gods response to her uplifted heart,
the reward of her unsettled devotion.
1t came freeing her from the limi-
tations Of frail body, opening the
way to long delayed life work, and
setting her eager feet upon the path
of nearly q half-century of loving
service. To her the spiritual leaven
came, as through her selfless minis
try it has come to countless others:
"a divine influence, ever present in
human consciousness coming now IS
was promised aforetime, to preach de-
liverance to the captives (of sense)
and recovering of sight TO the blind
to set at liberty them shat are bruis-
ed" Science and Health, proface.)
Whenever l see life besmirched,
degraded, besotted with sense grail
fication, try to th!nl. &C the swee'.
ness and cleanness and wholesome
ress of that life wien Christian
Science shall have done its work
therein when the leaven Of Love shall
have destroyed lust and hate and fear
when the leaven of Truth shall have
eradicated the mass Of error when
the lcaven of Spirit shall have crang-
cd the belief of material consciousness
to the spiritual understanding Of life
in God, when the leaven Of Principle
shall have taught lawless human
sense that obedience to divine law is
true liberty.
People generally are aware that
christian Science mas tOucncu the
lives Of individuals and has worked
in such persons profound changes for
the better in mind, in morals, in body.
Have you ever considered the chang
es in general thought and life
since Christian Science began it's re-
formatory mission? Not only have
individuals been affected directly, but
the transformation influence has ex-
tended to the universal thought, so
that those who have not yet come to
know Chrstian Science have never
theless conformed to much Of its
basic teaching. Surely, though
slowly, and oft-timcs by devious by
paths, thought has come into agree
ment with the great spiritual facts
revealed in Christian Science Coin
cidently basic changes have occurred
in human affairs, touching the acade-
my the pulpit, and the medical forum
to higher, even to more spiritual is
sues. Science. theology and medi-