The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-15


reasoned 1t out, have instinctive1y
felt and said that God is eternal,
and the materialists. driven to the
last ditch by heir own investfga-
lions, declare also what ehey call
force or energy taken to the first
great Gauss cannot be conceived OF
as beginning o. ending.
The eternality of Gid. is therefore
universally admitted. No religion
list will deny it nor think OF doing
so, and no scientist can. although
his nomenclature may differ from
that of h religionist. Now eter-
nality declares certain character
istics which we can here consider
and be great yi~nstructed. In this
connection let me speak of the fact
that Christian Science has been cri-
ticisd, and hat Christian Scientists
have been the object OF attemped
r~idicule, because OF their conviction
that God is not tn author of disease
or sin, and that consequently dis
ease and sin. which have no divine
origin, are devoi of true existence.
nevertheless this contention rests
upon logic that is irr~efutabIe. for
IL God be eternal. as all people adj
init, then God is not the author Of
any destructive thing, neither does
he include within Himself the pos
sibility or knowledge of any des-
tructive or self-destructive element.
To think otherwise is not only il
logical and ~unscientific. but %irreli-
gious. and in the last analysis even
sa~crilegious.
have asked you to follow along
In this ourse of reasoning for a
certain purpose. and that /
believe now begins to appear. 1t
is that you may learn the natur-
alness of health and life and the I'M
naturalness of disease and death.
Perceiving as I believe you must
have done. as we have gone on here
thinking this out together. that God
does not and cannot include or con-
ceie of a single destructive element
or quality. you can see that a bet
ter understanding of God will mean
more of the presence OF God, and
will tend to remove destructive
elements and incidents from our
lives. Thereby health and life will
not only be more general. but more
permanent. We nav taken a step
in the Science of Life within these
few minutes. and | wish to call your
attention to the fact that II has
been a pleasant step. and none OF US
has suffered in taking it. I have not
urged you to believe in Christian
Science. and 1 promise you that I
| will mt urge NnIN In ha11aVA y - "
thing. The most that I SAX OF you.
anywhere, at any time. in consider
ing this subject, is TO think. 1t
goes without saying that thinking
requires logic. for without consis-
tency. without Principle or basis for
thinking. and conclusions drawn by
eason there is no real thinking
going on. Just here. however. some
who have turned their faces toward
the light OF Christian Science find
thmseIves assailed by questions as
to the reason for the existence. or
seeming existence. Of disease and
sin and the rest OF the train of des-
trnctive and affective human ex-
periences. They accept the newt
able logic OF Christian Science.
" 4 atd
inadequately touched upon here.
but they naturally wonder about
human experiences that. according
to Christian Science, could not be
either God ordained or God sustain
ed. 1t is not strange that they
should do so. but let Ii be said that
Christian Science is like other
sciences in 1t Least one pee II
1t is to be demonstrated its rules
must be followed. It's Principle
must be perceived and maintained
under all circumstances. Even in
the study of art and music. we find
that progress depends upon ailegi-
ance to certain ideals which have
sprung from standards established
by the most cultured men and wo-
men of the world. TIE mistakes
that we make in the study of art
do not, or should not, engage our
attention any longer than is re-
quired to correct them. Let us
then take that same attitude toward
he affective experiences of human
existence. They are not of God,
consequently they are not scienti-
fc, and not true in the highest
sense. They are only true to our
limited power OF observation and
because of our inadequate educa-
tiou. For example. certain me-
chanical improvements which TO-DAY
are commonly understood and used
could not have ben conceived of by
our ~forefathers. II enlightenment
has enabled us to discover them. anc
thereby to avail ourselves OF sucf
improvements. and thereby also t.
do away with some devices which
5 were crude and perhaps un-scienti
fc. may not greater enlightenment
E enable us to do away with the ex.
| priences of sin and disease. ant
when they are abolished shall W,
T have any interest IN asking how i
: was that they came about? An az
. fictive experience. giving way t
L health and peace or a crude in
= vntion. giving way to an intelligen
discovery, need not be inquired into
: Its day is past, and as ii had n
h permanent value. 1t had not real be
T ing. The best and only explanatio,
e of error is to show it's ~unrealitS
Y and I ask you to consider this SUM
S Client and final explanation. Perma
S nent value must be the criterion b
which we Judge. With this criterio
in view, greater improvements tina
are yet dreamed OF will come
n light and by the same token thing
I that are now accepted as naturs
= will vanish under the revelation c
the true naturalness of an existenc
that has it's being, function and La
in the God or creator who is who'll
good.
: Consider also that an eterna