The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-16
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS JOHN G.
LATHROP SPEAK AT COURT
THEATRE
says Many Are Blinded by Flase Sense
OF God ana Msn-Awafentng
Necessary.

. Az audience OF between five and SIX
, hundred people of the Wheeling terri
tory listened 10 a lecture Yesterday ar
ternoun in tho Court thcatr. on Chris
tian Science: Its Practical Excellence.
10y Mr.. John G. Latnrop. G. $. b. Of
Eruoilne. Mass. member Of the Board
Of Lec,ureship of the Mother church.
the First Church OF Christ. Scientist.
in Boston. Mass.
Mr.. Lathrop was introduced by Mrs,
Laura B. Sau:ers Of Martins Ferry.
first reader OF the local Wheeling
church. Mr.. Lathrup was for sometime
4 member Of the houSehuld Of Mary
Baker Eddy. the d!Scovcrer and r"unde"
OF Christian Science. and ha" been n
teacher anil practitioner OF Christian
Science FOR over - years. all OF which
made his address more than interesting
to those who were fortunate enough
TO rcar him Ec spoke in part as fol-
lows:
All Dosire Harmony.
Al persons desire harmony ot mind
ard body. All desire to escape here and
now the seemingly endless trials and
snrrows the sickness and suffering, the
fear. sin and dea IN OF mortal life. All
want salvation and desire = present sal
walton fro m;hc ills and tormrntS OF the
rI"sh. Christian Science IS III" guide
, cost: u Is also the conveyance. II
po!rts and provides the way out of dis
! 81 'er. aud proves itself 10 be what
Jesus forciu'd must come when he said
II wiz pray the Father. and he shall
give you, another Comforter that he
may abide with YOU forever. (John
Wv: l6l
Tho nroahe, Isaiah cried. Awake.
thyself from IA" dust" Put on
Thy beautiful "armcuts captive
daughter Of 2'"r' lisa. lii; I, 81 The
>ltna,inr with rnrrta! belief is just he
same today Material dust" blinded
by an inhc-',cd. ignorant or educated
ra.s" sense Of 'iod and man. captive
mortal. your eyes and ears arc still 1llled
with dust" namely. the Anticipated be-
lief that l,re. Intelligence and substance
are in matter. Shake myself from
III. dust" Loose thysell. captive
Moral IF today. Loose myself 10 sc
what Christian Science reveals 10 the
world. and II reveals just what the
Bible reveals. namely. that God - ALI
mall. therefore that He Is nmnipresent
AMI omnipo;cn;: hat He is Spirit. hence
Mind is AI-in-ali: that Ills one Mind
10y virtue o. its oneness must Of neces-
s',y he Principle or Truth
Evil and Error False.
Evil and error and matter. fear. sick.
res and dea'h are outgruwn hN waking
up from false sense that We believed
was true. and his false sense Is chang
ed bv discovering the true sense OF Cod.
81 man and the univc~sc. Isn't It only
Ly discovering the trnt! in mathematics
that YOU get rid If the error?
w. I'LL Oh nDtira1v
changes your point OF View. Christian
Science calls matter error Of material
belief, because mater Is the very op-
poslte Of Spirit. which Is all-in-all,
and God never made anything unlike
Himself. Spirit
4 lie Is defined a. Il deception. Jesus
healed the sick by knowing they were
deceived by false beliefs. that they
wre Captives Of darkened thought or
false sense. ana he set the captivcs
free physirally by his single thinking.
that is. his right thinking about God
and man. Jesus spiritual right thoughts
reflected the Christ. truth. which the
captive felt mentally. and thus was
freed from the influence Of the evil
and sick helicts which were affecting
him physically.
Jesus Knew But One Mind.
Jesus could do nothing but think
and reflect the thoughts which came
from God. He knew OF but one mind,
which to him was the principle Of man.
The divine mind being all-in-all was
his mind, ~ Paul says, the mind that
was IN Christ Jesus"
II was thus that Jesus expressed the
Christ. truth. or the true idea OF God.
This explains his dual nature. Jesus
the physical. temporal man. horn Of
Mary. ami Christ. the spiritual eternal
man. born Of God. The Christ was
thoughts Of Jesus. and this Christ.
truth. was the Eight and power that
destroyed the sickiy and sinful
thoughts of mortals.
Thomas 4. Edison says. TO start
though, going. Is the highest mission
ot mankind" starr thought going. lib
crates mans true Individuality. and the
rules Of right thinking will soon Ice re-
vs1l"d to him. These rules. and the
divine principle Of these rules have
been discovered in Christian Science,
and are available for all mankind TO
understand and to utilize.
ptsclosos -ruo Meaning OF Prayer.
Tn. ret nr using this divine princi-
pie and these rules disclose the true
meaning "f prayer. In fact, thinking
10y divine principle apd rule, and think
ing bliudiy according 10 material be-
lief. constitutes the exact difference
between right prayer and wrong pray
rr. "a" difference between the prayer
that avails and the prayer that gropes
In the dark and falls. between the
PRAYER that heals the sick as well as
Gods power and doubts His willingness