The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-16
FORMER ASSOCIATE Of MRS. EDDY
DELIVERS SCIENCE LECTURE HERE

the sinr-r and the prayer that limits
TO destroy all kinds OF error. MOS
people believe that prayer 70 Hou -
good thinking. why not extend the
good thinking. instead OF limiting II
or stopping Il altogether: EAtehu'hs
II Is exactly what Christian science
does Extend II To the point Vl "e-
Gliding that your thoughts shai! no
longer be governed by the false belief
that life. substance and intelligence are
in matter. with its sickness and death
Extend il to decide that your thoughts
shall be governed by the one mind that
Was in Christ Jesus. by Lille. truth ana
, love the divine principle Of mans be-
Ing, and when your thoughts are mus
governed you find that then You are
really praying, for right thoughts gov
erned thus will reflect the truth tha'
, heals the sick. Your thoughts are your
own to manage them or allow them 10
manage you. Which shall II be?
Association with Mrs. EDDY.
became acquainted with Mrs. Eddy
twenty-five years ago. and for iiiteeh
years al frequent intervals IL was my
great privilege TO be personal wit
ness of her rare virtues. AS former
member Of her household. | can give
first-hand testimony upon the beauty
and consistency Of her life. ! believe
no person ever lived. except Christ
Jesus, who has loved humanity and
sacrificed for humanity as Mrs. Eddy
, has done. Night and day Tor ility
years. without holiday or tutermissloh
she labored necessarily for mankind
! Her absolute reliance upon God was
her most conspicuous trait. NhollE
fearless Of criticism. above reFilemeht'
forgiving her enemies. with the true
Christ spirit she pressed on "Herc"n-
Ing evil after evil.
Human knowledge comprises the
things within the limits Of the five
material senses. Christian Science re-
veals mans true sense To be con-
sciousness Of infinite spirit and Its In
finite ideas.--a consciousness or the
unrcality Of evil and the material
senses This consciousness Is spiritual
understanding which casts out error
and heals the sick Thus Christian
! Science has opened the way 10 eternal
harmony aud happiness Icy supplying
mankind with spiritual understanding,
and therein lies Its supreme and prac-
teal excellence rs the comforter lead
Ing into all truth.
Lacked Spiritual Understanding.
w men jesus Ssltu u us NISSlpICS,
have yet many things 10 say unto you
/; but yc cannot bear them now" John
XVI: l2). undoubtedly he meant that
they lacked spiritual understanding.
The many things" he referred TO were
many things about God. and many
things about evil and sin. II has taken
centuries OF human trial and expert
ence TO lift faith above n personal and
blind trust in God understand Him as
life. truth and love, as the one and only
mind. az the divine principle OF being.
rs omnipotent and umniprcsent. In
fact. in no other way can God be
known as omnipresent and omnipotent.
II has taken centuries 10 understand
God as the one infinite spirit, and TO
realize the sequence Of this fact, that
man must be spiritual and not ma
terial.
spiritual understanding uncovers ali
tho insidious workings OF evil and SIN.
II does not belittle or ignore SIN, as
some have imagined. Far from this.
Only spiritual understanding VIII un-
mask the subtle ways of evil. While re-
vealing evils complete nothingncss. II
exposes its false claims. forms. meth
DDS and subtilety.
Most mortals are limited in all their
ways They have n limited sense Of
health. IL strength, OF rfc. Of supply
and Of love. Their happiness and JOY
arc limited. and they hold limited
sense of Cod. Of Christ, of man and or
heavy Fear accompanies this limited
sense. for Limitation and fear are COM
paniUuS. and are the logical effects OF
4 limited material consciousness De
nylng the reality Of matter. dropping the
material personal sense Of Cod and
claiming the allncsS Of Sairit the spirit
ual sense of Him as infinite Life. Truth
and Love gradually d1wns upon the
thought. and new outlook, new eN-
istcncc unfolds /" the awakening
thought.
knowledge Dnwning.
\ Christian Scientist is learning how
10 work. how 10 lose himself from "tn,
how to awaken from mcsmrrism. how TO
Danish fear to conquer disease and to
destroy death In shorJ he Is learrine
how to live. and Is getting ready To live
and is not getting ready TO die. Death
TO him Is an enemy as Paul called II. a
false belief to DC died tn daily. that is.
to he destroyed daily. Therefore death
il nothing to be afraid OF. II is merely
the wages of sin. whose sting is abolish
81 in human consciousness by the christ.
Truth. until there shall be no more
death. neither sorrow. nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain: for
m, former things are passed away
(Rev. xxi: -
You. yourself. can obtain this same
start in Christian Science by reading
Science and Health. Get copy. and II
wiz mean more to you II YOU own
COPY. The little sacrifice may open
your thought more I" the Truth. Or go
TO Christian Science reading room
where YOU can read one. Read the book
slowly. humbly. without prejudice. and
with hungering desire to know the
Truth; then your thought Will be rtcep-
tive, and then the truth about God and
man will he clear and will heal you.
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