Evening star., 1922-02-07
CHRISTIAN science
LECTURE Subject

Paul Stark Seeley. c. S. b., member
of the board of lectureship or tine
Mother Church, the First. Church Oh
Christ, Scientist, in Boston. Mass, de-
livered the following lecture at the
Christian Science Church, Columbia
road and Euclid street last night:
1T is sometimes said that one must
give up so much to become Lhrls
tian Scientist, but this IS IL" 50.
Christian Science separates us from
nothing but evil 1t but asks us TO
surrender the fools gold of false ma :
terial sense for the enduring rlches
of spiritual l-mindedness. 1t lessons oul
affection for no one but eXaits On anu
purifies our love for every one. Inc
Christian Scientist recognizing that
the more evil conditions of thought
we abondon the more we gam OF
true manliness. says in the words OF
the great sculptor. Michelangelo,
The more the marble wastes
The more the image grows
THE world today. torn with dissen-
sion, strife and ill-will, is hungry in
its heart of hearts for love, for the
love that is genuine, good and pure.
the love that destroys hate. uniteS men
and expresses God. The idea of CO.
operation is being born. Among states,
nations, churches, employers, employees,
farmers and individuals we see this
right idea of human brotherhood slow
| ly but surely emerging, not without a
conflict, but with a definiteness that is
cause for encouragement. Slowly men
are coming to see that in the final
analysis self-intereSt is to be found
only in the common interest, and that
We cannot have any enduring Selfhood
apart from our brother. SO momen-
| tous is the step forward which man
kind is now taking that the breaking
up of old beliefs of pride. selfishness,
] Jealousy, hate, and so on seems at
! times to cause an icejam in the stream
of progress. but under the moral force
] OF love the stream moves on.
And SO to every one interested in
human betterment let me say that
! the world needs your co-operation
! and mine. 1t needs brotherly con-
! sideration one for another. liberation
and kindness. We need to be ever
; ready to recognize and to rejoice in
| the good in those about us and to
| minimize the evil. We need to guard
| against going to the mat over QueS-
| tfons secondary in Importance, thus
! retarding our own and others prog
ress heavenward. In the transition
! through which we are passing we see
| too often good men condemn good
! men. Those striving for the same
I ideals politically and religiously are
| wedge of controversy and dissension
and their purposes thwarted by un-
| avaiiing conflict
! 'My friends. we are br6thers. God
has made us SO. Only as brothers car
| we find true life, only as brothers car
we possess true happiness. only as
brothers can We fulfil our Fathers
! purpose and fill our places in love:
| harmonious plan. The efforts of the
; adversary are to divide Christian:
and christ ndon. to bring among u:
| controversy. dissension. strife anc
| war. But we are brothers. brother!
/; now. brothers forever and forever
| Only in brotherhood is heaven, onl!
; in brotherhood is truth. and the on'
road to brotherhood is love. love tina
| is deep, genuine, pure and Godlike
| Said John. He that. loveth not hi
brother who he hath seen, how cal
he love God, whom he hath no
seem"