Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-01
TEL EPH0NE RATES INCREASED IN CITY
FREEDOM AND
HAPPINESS is
GOALOF RACE
After Ages of Cropping for
Truth, the World Is Still
Distressed.
SCIENCE GIVES REMEDY

Under auspices of the Third Church of
Christ Scientist, John J. Finn, c. S, Of
Evanston, H.. delivered lecture on
Spiritual Regeneration" at Ke.th's The
alter at noon today Mr. Finn is mem
Der Of the board of lectureship of the
First Church Of Christ, in Boston, Mass.
The lecturer was introduced by Clark L.
Mallory.
Mr.. Films lecture in full was as
follows:
In that illustrIous and immortal docu-
ment the American Declaration Of lude-
pendeuce. one Of the truths which the
trainers and sigHers held to be self evil
dent was that all men are entitled TO
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happl-
ness Countless multitudes in practical
~ all nations Of the earth have since
subscribed to this assertion OF elemental
human privilege. n recent years out
side as we'll as inside or the United
States, more than ever before he inalien-
able right of mankind to life, liberty and
the unhampered pursuit Of happiness
has been affirmed
Eighteen centuries before the Declara-
tiou Of Independence became he Magma
Charta Of the American colonies, however,
mans right to life In all its fullness was
proclaimed hy Christ Jesus in the pres
euce OF the prosecuting Pharisees, in that
beautiful figure OF speech wherein he de-
scTiDes himself shepherd who IS
willing to lay down his life, If necessary
for Mig sheep. Il am come" he said
that they might have life. aud that they
might have Il more abundantly Again,
he told the Jews. who were striving 20
harass and embarrass him how they
might secure real freedom. In almost
first utterance ia The presence Of the
r bb!s. he read from Isaiah the marvel
GUS passage predicting the coming Of the
Messiah: The Spirit Of the Lord God Is
upon me; because the Lord hath anoint-
ed me TO preach good tidlngs unto the
meek; he hath sent NE TO bind up the
broken hearted, TO proclaim liberty to
the captlVes, and the opening of the
prison to them who are bound" In the
First Psalm IS laid down the basis upon
which man NAV obtain happiness He
"waiketh not in the counsel Of the Un-
cody, nor standeth in the way Of sin
uerB. nor sitteth in the seat OF the scOrn-
ful, but his delight IS In the law Of the
Lord: In his law doth he mediate day
and night" And Mary Baker Eddy. the
Dlscoyerer and Founder II Christian
Science, ever alert to perceive, and ever
Jealous TO conserve. every privilege Of
the childres- OF God, declares IN the
Christian Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key 10 the Scriptures:
Discerning the rights Of man. we can
not fail ~ fOresen the doom OF all OPP
preston. Slavery is not the legitimate
state OF man. God made man free Paul
said 1 was free born All men should
be free. Where the spirit OF the Lord
81, there Is liberty. Love and Truth make
free, but evil and error lead into cap
tivfty."
FRUITLESs PURSUIT
OF HAPPINESS.
For ages men have been engaged In an
effort 10 get more out Of life. TO obtain
larger measure of liberty. and to
find in the possession Of both that ease.
comfort, contentment and peace which
are supposed 10 make up the sum Of
human happiness But the prizes sought
have been elusive; they have lost their
value even with seeming attainment, for
the struggle to capture them has. in the
main. been carried along on the theory
that happiness ia something material and
therefore, to be pursued by indulglng he
material senses and turning loose upon
the chase the sensual desires
To Judge by appearances, the world as
a whole today f. unhappy: never more
so In all its history. II one were disposed
to indulge in It, here would be an eI-
ceptionally tempting oppoTt unity to satir-
TIE material prosperity. Prosperity and
happiness. happiness and prosperity, as
we all know, are almost invariably
coupled in human thought and converse
ton. Humanity IN general thinks OF hap
piness a 5 something largely II not Who'll
ly dependent upon. or certainly as a com
panion Of prosperity. In the opinion Of
the world. to be prosperous means to be
happy.
In all the ages, so far rs known, there
was never before such widespread pros
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