Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-27
Christian SCience--The Science of Lite
A Lectur BICKNELL YOUNG, c. s. B.
Mother Church. The fst chac
n Massachusetts,

Yesterday afternoon the Wilson
School auditorium on West Main Street
was well filled by an audience which
gathered to hear the message of Biek-
nell Young, C. s. b., member Of the
Board of Lecturcship Of the Mother
Church, The First Church of Christ.
Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts,.
The subject of the lecture was
"Christian Science, the Science of
Life ''and the following is a partial re-
port of what Mr.. Young said:
Christian Scientists do not fail to
take cognizance of the difficulties
which beset the race as well as the in
dividual. They are not engaged in any
superficial, altruistic theory. They
claim to have common sense; and the
history of this movement shows clear
ly that, as a class, Christian Scientists
are eminently practical. The advan-
tage which they have over other people
is to be found solely in what they have
gained Of the true Science of Life and
living, through the study of "Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures,' and other works written by
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and
Founder of Christian Science.
What Is This Science
What is this Science? Do the theor
les of prevailing educational systems
indicate or reveal it2 All theories OF
general education are predicated upon
the certainty and necessity of sin, dis
ease, and death. Such theories are self
contradictory. They have been ac-
cepted and tried for centuries utterly
in vain. With circumstances all in
their favor, and supported by the ov-
erwhelming consensus of human faith
aud education, they have utterly failed.
Under such beliefs, and uninstrueted
by Christian Science, living is tanta
mount to mere physical endurance and
final chaos. Christian Science takes
issue with all such theories and con
clusions. 1t appeals to the higher
nature, to reason and logic, and odu-
Gates us in the Science of Life, the
Science of real thinking, which is the
greatest need of the age.
We are living and thinking, and
we ha'E got to go on living and think
ing in order to accomplish anything
Whatsoever. The evidence of our senses
gives us no hint of what Life really
is, and when, from this standpoint, we
consider life, we indulge in mere spec
ulation, unless Christian Science comes
to our rescue and gives us the right
idea.
The Divine Facts
The Science Of true living and true
thinking is thus drawn from higher
of pplinn ~
human experiences. To investigate II
required research of the most unself.
ish, painstaking, and persistent nature
Such was the research that Mary Baker
Eddy entered upon and carried on foi
wears. It eliminated in the discovery
of that Science which she named Chris
tian Science. She saw the vast i'm
portance of Distinguishing between the
true and the false, between the real
and the unreal. She observed the per
manent nature of divine facts, and this
led her to the conclusion that such
facts constitute immortality.
All the preiudices of sectarianism
were instinctively arrayed against
such proposition, and yet it promised
nothing less than complete redemption
for the human race. Even now, after
al of Mrs. Eddy's great work, Chris
tian Science is not universally accept
ed; but the signs of the times are por-
tentious and inspiring. Why should
they be otherwise, when Christian Sci
encc fulfills the hopes of the Christian
world2
God Is Infinite
Does not its declaration that God isl
il, finite cause, intelligence, Spirit,
Mind, Life, Love, imnlutable, immor-
tai Principle, the source and substance