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The lecturer was introduced by
william Il Patten. who said
Friends. we have gathered hero for
the purpose OF bearing a lecture on
us subject OF Christian Science. This
subject is h substance OF lie. It is
Christianity made practical Christian
Science is r-e-estahiishing the words
and works OF Christ Jesus and IS prov
ing them practical and d~emonstrahle
+, today. beyond any question Of a doubt
This Science is hassd or Truth II
eliminates all mystery and is found
cd upon understanding 1t Is as simple
as Truth itself and as d~enonstrable
as mathematics The students OF
Christian Science havo learped from
h study OF h inspired word Of
fhs Scriptures that God never made
sin. sickness nor death. They also
1earn that the man OF Gods creation
z Il not a miserable Snnes. but a bless
Cd child of God who always been
perfect and always will DO perfect:
Q Gbat Heaven Is not a location but a
divine state Of consciousness. whore
m all sin, sickness. and sorroF have
been eliminated and the Golden Isnle
! 81 n reality.
! Tho speaker OF the evening is Paul
: StArK Seeley. C S. b < Portland.
Ore, n member OF the board OF lee
tureship Of the Mother Church. the
I First Church OF Christ Scientist in
: Boston. Mass who will speak to US
! this evening on the subject OF Christ
/, IAN Science I now present MT. SEQ
y Icy.
! Mr. soeicy spoke as follows.
, 1922-03-29
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
WHAT 1T Is AND HOW
IT WORKS

Cnristian Science brines a healing
message 1t condemns nothing but
oRll II exalts nothing but good 1t is
not the dogma of n denomination. 1t
Is the Word OF truth in which sciencs
and religion are seen as one, and in
This n is found true medicine, even
the healing power - God. 1t matters
not where one E1ay DO on life's road,
Christian Science brings TO the listen
fnE "a n message of helptulness and
love To the sick IL shows the certain
way to health. to tho ono entanEled in
Cho esh Of sin II adds moral our
Ese to right resolve. and points the
ruad to freedom and deliverence To
those weighed down by burden and
distress 1t opens the highway OF peace
and happiness through a fuller under
standing Of the goodness and of the
love OF God To all who seek for bet
Ter things 1t IL the dawn OF n new
light, that suppiants mystery with
rsason, ignorance with intelligence.
doubt with confidence. and unkindlI-
mss with love.
F'or their brothers Of differing re-
ngtous beliefs Christian Scientists
have nothing but goodwill. They be
f@ AAACaH Fix tAlAI lNELtu
Thought of Christian peoples the world
Will be led ever forward. They rejoice
In good wherever manifest and ioin
with their whole hearts in the com
mon prayer of Christendom to our
common Father God, Thy kingdom
como Thy Will DO done in earth, as
Il Is in heaven In her Message to
Tho Mother Church in Boston in 1902,
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and
Founder Of Christian Science, express
Cd that loving regard for the church
Of her youth which is so frequently
6ov-a in her writings. She said. TT
ia an inherent characteristic of my
DIture. a kind OF birthmark to love
h Church, and the Church once low
sd me. Then why not remain friends.
or at least agree to disagree. in love;
part fair foes 1 never left the
Church. either In heart or in doctrine;
] but began where tho Church left
ID"
Thoreau writes. 1T Is never too late
30 give up our prejudices- No way of
thinking or doing. however ancient,
a be trusted without proof" The
teachings OF Christian Science rest on
reason. and they are supported by
proof. So in a spirit OF right rea-
Suning anc honest consideration let
MS approach the subject before ms,
with our thought open to all that IS
true and good
, 1922-03-29
sEIF.wnL AN NEMY

Two things are needed in order that
the individual progress in his under
standing OF Christian Science. first a
correct understanding of the nature of
God and man. and second a correct
sense concerning the nature of evil.
and how to combat and overthrow It.
We have considered the basic truths
about God and man. also something
of the nature of evil and how to de
stroy it Let us now SEQ what are
same OF the most persistent forms of
evil argument that must be eradicated
from human thought. One of the
most common Is self-will. This leach
like mental encumbrance is defined by
Mrs. Eddy on page 597 of Science and
Health to be. 1.-THE motive power OF
error The evil in the human will is
that it is blind TO aught but its own
purpose int desire. 1t a no rela'
ton TO the Father Mind. but sets in
place of the will of wisdom and love
the driving compulsion OF the ignorant
selfish, and criminal mortal mind u-;.
ruled by Principle. This enemy Of the
Individual and the common good APP
pears early in human life. and is ever
seeking to control us. binding us to
the government of God. 1t is often
manifest in the early acts of the in
FAINT insisting upon its own desires,
The youth is frequently obsessed by
this unseen evil influence and goes
his erring way, his thought shut to
any counsel but his own selfish, viii.
full purpose. The adult often mistakes
his mental usurper for true manli.
ness. believes he must gain success
by it. dominate those about him with
1t. and in general be a little god boss
ing his own little kingdom and his
subjects with his unholy power. The
human will is the autocrat ruler, the
tyrant. and h criminal of the men
tai realm.
A friend once owned a parrot which
would say day after day, IT want what
I want I want what 1 want" This
is ever the cry of the human will. II
wants its way. no other. Blind, self
ish, unreasoning it drives its victims
headlong into the pitfalls of destruc
ton and furnishes the impetus for the
basest of human passions. malice and
lust Christian Science binds with
everlasting chains this conspirator
against happiness. goodness, and
brotherhood. 1t dethrones any BELLE
in or submission to a mortal or evi,
mind and establishes in our thought
the will of God to be the one deter
mining poWer.
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HUMILITY NEEDED.

There is but one antfdote for self
will. II is humility. Humility is no
sign OF weakness, no surrender OF
real initiative. individuality or power.
It Is h finding. in the fullest sense,
of all these and more, for its brings
man into a fuller sense OF his true
manhood than he n known before.
We must all pass through the valley
of humility, md leave theirs the heavy
baggage of self-will. before we can
reach the heights OF holiness. Mrs.
Eddy has said that humility is the
first step . in Christian Science"
Misc- Writings 354-23). Humbleness
of mind Is based on the recognition
that there IS but ono win. Gods. but
one determining Mind or intelligence
to which all men are naturally obedi-
ent, each having his place and his
part in the one infinite plan. What
error terms my wiz or ''your wiz
must be put down and kept down If
our prayer, "Thy kingdom como, Thy
viii be done is ever to avail. The
Masters prayer must become ours,
mot. my will but Thine be done"
Solomon puts 1t thus. TN all thy
ways acknowledge Him and He shall
direct thy paths"
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HIS n purpose was to give to men
a truer OF Love. TO prove by his
life and resurrection Loves dominion
over hate He I'D his work for you
and me- He showed us the way. Are
we faithful7 Are we. to tho best OF
our ability. thinking the thoughts he
taught US to think. living the lives
no taught US to live. and doing all VIC
can to establish the Father rule
among men. the rule OF universal int
impartial Lover Let US hear the Mas
ter's own words. "a new command
ment l give unto YOU tnas We love n
another: as I have owed you. that ye
also love one another. By this shall
all men know thit ye are my disciples
II ye have low one 70 another"
, 1922-03-29
APPLICATION OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE.

Let US now consider some specific
application of Christian Science. Sup
pose an upright business man is con
frunted with a temptation to profit
through a dishonest transaction. He
thinks to himself. no, I will not do
that dishonest act for it is not right.
IL is not according to my standard OF
manhood" What has he done here?
He has mentally ~repudiated an evil
suggestion that whispered to him, be.
cause his higher sense of life knows
that 1t is wrong, is and un.
worthy Of a place in his thought or
life. Gle takes his stand mentally for
what is right and true Now his is
just exactly what a Christian Scent.
list does only he goes further and
mentally repudisrtes the suggestions of
eva no matter what their nature may
be- If tho mental method is disable to
get nd Of The sinful suggestion to be
dishonest it is equally disable to get
rid of the evil suggestion to be sick,
for h latter has no more Legitimate
place in the life and thought of man
than h former. Both are the ex,
preston OF the evil mind while man is
made to express God. the divine Mind.
So when evil whispers. I'm catch
ing cold. Ny feet are wet and I'm
afraid I win soon have a cold in my
head" The Christian Scientist a in
substance, God. good. is my Life. the
source and support of my being. Sick
ness is not of God and has no relation.
ship to Him or to His expression man.
Mortal mind IND its evil manifesto.
tons have no rea existence and can
not for an instant deprive man of
his God-appointed condition or destiny.
My true selfhood as determined by
God. is harmonious. healthy and free.
I therefore refuse to be dominated or
controlled by any argument of cold
or sickness which has no authority
, 1922-03-29
ANIMATE ERROR UNREAL.

It Is plain hat tho way of thinking
in Christian Science runs counter to
our past habits of thought, and at
Science is asking US to deny testi-
mony that is very real. This is be-
cause we have blindly believed that
tho testimony which the physical
senses offer, which is the expression
of mortal thought, IS not open to
question But wait a minute Let us
see about this IN the light of the true
understanding of God and Gods Gre
alton. This understanding shows a
perfect God, absolute Intelligence, as
the one rational cause. a perfect and
harmonious universe including man
as the only logical effect. Now. is
tho testimony of discoraant material
sense a part of this perfect creation7
Let US take the homefy illustration Of
one man robbing another. Is that n
part OF Gods plan3 What does Il
stand for. what does It represent?
Either It rs appointed of God or it
isn't Il st is of God II is eternaIly
true and good, II not IL is a mistaken
sense of life negative and temporal.
Mrs. Eddy has used a phrase on page
400 of Science and Health which apt
iy describes such evidence of the
senses. The phrase Is ~aninate e-
ror." It seems TO be NE but IS not
the God-appointed order Of life. It is
but the action and reaction OF errinS
mortal thought
A very largo part. of what goes on
on the stage OF earth is but animate
error. True existence expresses God.
good, and Is no more to be found in
the strife of mortals than It is in a
dog fight. The play and counter play
of s~elfishness, jealousy. hatred, con-
tent.op. and sinful intrigue, acting
through mortals. is like the play Of
many manikins operated and control
led by one common ventriloquist and
the yentriioquist maaipulator OF
, 1922-03-29

discovery and demonstration Ct thu
spiritual seifhood OF man. Right lty.
ms brings tho only lasting pleasure.
right endeavor alone satisfies tru
ambition In = large measure man.
kind is depending on you OF the rising
generation TO r and to deliver Il
from b bondage OF mortality. May
your wisdom and your fairhfuiness
30 pruportionate to your unparalleled
opportunity Ear better # - TO be
small n shine than to be great and
cast n shadow.
II is sometimes said that one must
give UP so much to become 4 Chris.
tan Scientist. but this is not SO.
Christian Science separates US from
nothing but evil. It but asks Us 10
surrender the FOOLS gold of false ma.
tertal sense for the enduring riches Of
spiritual mindedness. 1t lessons our
affection for no one but exaits and
purifies our love for everyone. The
Christian Scientist recognizing that
the moro evil conditions OF thought
we abandon tho more wo gain OF true
m~anlines5. says in tho OF the
great sculptor. Michael Angelo.
The moro tho marble wastes
The more the image Rrowzs
, 1922-03-29
RSGRATTTUDE AN EVIL.

Another stumbling block in the way
heavenward is ingratitude. This is a
frozen, frigid, mental state which is a
phase of ~seifishnesS. 1t would cut us
eff from the presence and love of God.
To the extent that we are grateful for
The coed we have we do recognize the
presence o. God, who is good. How
can we hope to see more OF good un-
, 1922-03-29
NEW WEST SIDE MISSION
WELL ATTENDED SUNDAY

Tho first services to be held In tn.
West Side Mission, 725 West Eleventh
street, by the Rev. C. NJ. THOMPSON
Jr.' We're well attended and showed
a great interest in the work.
me Sunday school services were
heid at 2:So o'clock with IS pupils in
attendance. The work was orranized
with e. A. Finn az superintendent
and next Sunday complete equipment
VIII be installed for the Sunday
school.
The Sunday sermon followed the
Sunday school services at BIS o'clock
inc the auditorium of the church edi-
flee was well filled.
Services will be held next Sunday
at the same hour.
Our four statesmen: quality. nrica
mt and style. Reliable Tailors, 3.9S.st
Transo CiraH-YT,Ior Ma
, 1922-03-29
EVIL FROM CARNAL MIND.

But. someone may say. there is
much about man tina is not tho OK
preston of real Intelligence, or God.
There Is much selfishness, hate. sin
and disease. Yes. that surely seems to
be sc. How then arc we TO account
for the ungodIy conditions with which
We are confronted? This is the ex-
plantation Good thoughts arc the ex.
preston of God. Evil thoughts, fear.
sin, disease. discord. and so ON arc
the expression of a so-called evil mind,
the negative and opposite OF God, i'm.
mortal Mind. Paul thought about
this same question hat is before us,
and stated that The carnal mind is
enmity with Cod" which Of course
means that the evil mind is hostile
and opposed to all that is of God, And
he said further ITO be arnaIly mind.
ed is death, but to be spiritually mind.
ed is life and peace" There is the
whole thing in a nutshell. The moral.
the good, the righteous thoughts are
the expression of God and bring true
life and peace. Evil thoughts bring
with them sin, sickness and death.
There is such a thing, too, as being
dead above ground. for so long as our
minds are filled with carnal thoughts
we are dead TO spiritual life. But how
are we to stop evil thoughts from pos
sessing us. and keep our consciousness
always filled with Gods thoughts.
that's the question we want answered,
isn't it? Christian Science answers IL
fully. and as we 60 on you will see
what that answer is.
1t should be said sometimes, and
perhaps this is a good place. that
thinking good thoughts is the only
way by which we can attain a normal
and truly happy state OF existence.
Sooner or later we all have to discover
that genuine goodness is true being
and nothing else is The one who is
more or less willingly deceived into
believing that Righteousness beyond a
certain point is unmaniy and that a
kt-bag of sin is essential to his hap
piness is storing up for himself untold
suffering. Christian Scientists, let ii
be understood, do not claim to be bet,
ter than their brothers, but they know
that they themselves are better thar
they have been. They rejoice because
they have found that the only Iegiti.
mate state of being is thinking and
living in accord with God. This they
are learning to do in increasing meas
are. But do not judge Christian
Science by the immature efforts OF
Christian Scientists. for they have
only begun to demonstrate this abso
lutte science of being.
, 1922-03-29
Science--By Paul Stark SeeAey, C.S.B.

on poured In no matter how much
that combination was extended and
dressed up to make an imposing ap-
pearance-
These ideas, let us note. are not ar
feeted by time or space They are the
same in cssence today as they were
1000 years ago. and III same in South
Africa as in the United States. They
arc always here. and everywhere, and
no M has TO do anything but think
them in order to have them. Yet
no lunar being IS their source or
cause. 1t Is evident that these ideas
spring from n common source with
which each n OF us has a funda-
mental mental relationship. Christian
Science explains that this fountain
source Of all right ideas IS Mind. in
teIiErnoe. always here and every
where. but never IN matter. This al
ways-present Mind Is God. and Is the
sourcs OF all good thoughts Man is
the agency through which this Mind
expresses ifaeif. Let us remember
then. that God Is Mind. our inteIii-
gence. our life. and That in reality man
is the individual expression % God.
Tho only reason for man TO exist is to
express God, good
Sincs true individuality man IS
the expression Of God God must be
where man is. and man must be where
God IS. We cannot see God with the
physical senses any more than we can
see Mind but we can know Him. even
as We know good, which Is His being.
The physical senses only sec what is
temporary and destructfble. God.
Nil l. -- -
little child nee expressed the Sunda-
mental relationship between God and
man thus. '-rhere is one Mind and we
all use IT, Christian Science says.
There is ono Mind and VIC all express,
ciple. Spirit, Life. and controlling ami
mus of every living thing.
Let us consider something more Of
the nature OF God How old is God7
Wen. what could precede intelligence7
Could intelligence evolve from non.in-
t~eIllgence7 Reason says no. You can
never reason back OF intelligence.
Then Mind must be seiferistent.
without any precedent cause, and must
be eternal For as there is nothing to
make intelligence SO there is nothing
to unmako It Surely ignorance can
not take to itself power and over
whelm wisdom and intelligence.
Let us DO ddubiy sure we are not
harboring any sense of God as apart
from creation He is q with His
creation, as h sun anu its rays are
one. God is not tho cause OF life
outside of life. God is Life. God In
not only h source of truth. God Is
Truth. God has not merely n loving
nature. God Is Love. And these
names. Life Truth, Love. are, in their
true sense. synonymous with Mind.
, 1922-03-29
FOUNDED ON THE BIBLE.

The teachings OF Christian Science
&re i~nseparable from the Bible. They
are DUNDEE upon the eternal truth
Of being which that book Of the ages
contains. THE Bible was my only
textbook" writes Mrs. Eddy in
Science and Health. page 10. where
she outlines the footsteps which led
Up TO her discovery Of Christian
Science. But Christian Scientists do
not accept The Bible blindIy, nor in
the narrowness of its letter. Their
acceptance is based on the fact. prov
ed in their lives, that within its e
IS to be found the highest inspiration
that came to men concerning Gods
law of life and health during a period
Of some 1000 years.
II you are a sceptic and have doubt
cd the authenticity of the Bible you
may proye for yourself, through
Christian Science, that the teachings
of Christ Jesus were absolutely accur-
ate and scientific statements of the
laSs of life and health. and that there
was nothing in them that was super
natural Rather were they the explain
gf1on OF the natural supremacy of
good over evil. of God over the devil,
end specific directions as to how you
and 1 may utilize the might of good
to overthrow the conditions of evil,
Sin. disease and finally death.
How ignorant most OF US have been
Of this great storehouse of spiritual.
h~ealthgfving Truth so near at hand.
stevenson has spoken of the treasures
Of the Bible as ''those truths which
we arc all courteously supposed to
know. and all modestly refrain from
applying" There is more truth than
there should be in his statement
MRS. EDDYs TwOFoLD WORK.
From childhood Mrs. Eddy, under
Che guidance of her spiritually minded
mother, had learned to turn to God
for relief from sickness. Her Puritan
parents saw to II that she received
a thorough training in the Bible
teachings and early in gir1hood she
became a member of tho Congrega-
t1onal church. AS a young girl she
enjoyed h friendship and confidence
OF her pastor who commented on Ger
tain Of her carly literary efforts thus,
~AsE, your poetry goes beyond my
Gheo4oC. why should I preach to
you" But theTe came n time, rs per
zEvs then hs= came in yOut cxYer-
, 1922-03-29
APATHY IS A DEvILPIr.

Apathy or mental stagnation Is IN.
other OF the devil-pits we need TO look
out for. We cannot stand still. And
to keep going forward We have to be
ever awake, alert and on guard. To
stop u efforts to progress because
h grade seems a bit steep is to
stall our mental engine. as il were,
and before lorg we begin 10 deterior
ate. Better far TO 30 into second or
low speed for a little space, than to
stop and stagnate. Too often it seems
as though we are lullsd by tho silent
arguments OF evil inro a state OF men.
tai Indifference III complacency.
Often evil suggests hat we are too
busy to study. too busy to pray, too
busy to express u true manhood at
all. Or sometimes social interests
crowd in and before we know II God
Is in nearly the last place when He
must be first IL we wish to mako any
progress heavenward. Apathy to spir-
itual things quickly follows when we
make too much OF human things.
You will remember the parable
Jesus told of the feast and tho invited
guests and their for not com.
ing. Ono had a business, another rel.
atives. another some cyen.--today 1t
is the nivver or automobile. You
see evil hasn't changed one bit Look
out then for the arguments of hu.
mar responsibility, human ease,
worldly pleasure and position. These
arc just the allurins sideshows Of evil
arranged along tho road heavenward
and we do not belong in any of them.
II there we soon stagnate and become
dead to spiritual things.
CLANS live their lives in quiet con
tentment along the ocean shore, NOV.
ing only as some overwhelming cur
rent or wave moves them. Who wanta
tn ha n maptaI cia-f