Evening star., 1923-12-01
DR.. GREENE TALKS
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Louisville Exponent Of Doc
trine Discusses 1t as IRE
Iigion. of Joy::' ...

"one OF the most satisfying results
OF ones, spiritual understanding OF
God as taught In Christian Science Is
the equally important knowledge, OF
what man is" said Judge Samusi W.
Greene Of Louisville. KY, In lecture
on Christian Science, the Religion OF
Joy." last night at FIRST. Church OF
Christ, Scientist. He. was introduced
by Elmer I. Baldwin first reader OF
that church. under whose auspices
the lecture was given.
I'm our generally accepted human
concept of man he has been regaroed
as material, therefore as temporal,
and subject TO sickness, sin ana
death he said. "In.the spiritual in
depreciation of the Bible. one learns
that man is spiritual and partakes OF
the spiritual qualities of God. who is
Spirit.
Based on FIRST Genesis Chapter.
This teaching any Bible student
will recognize as, being based on the
first chapter of Genesis. where II rs
said And God said, Let US make man
in our image and likeness; ana let
them have dominion over the nsh OF
the sea- and over the fowl OF the air.
and over the cattle. and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thins
God created man in His own iamge'
in the image of God created He him;
male and female created He them.
The hostile critic OF Christian
Science may vehemently protest that
one cannot so conStrue the quoted
massage of Genesis while there re-
mains the so-called material crea-
ton of man in the second chapter or
Genesis A complete answer to that
one will find in the text book, in the
t. \ t..lN n
part of the Key to the Scriptures. For
the purposes of this lecture 1T can
be briefly saiu that on the undi"put ted
authority of Jesus, God Is Spfrit TO
he logical and sensible. in determln- :
ing what man would resemble II
made in Gods image 1t would seem
necessary to say he must be IKE
spirit or spiritual and not material.
This teaching is fortified by PAU S
apparent effort in his writings TO
bring to mans .~understa nding MS
spiritual nature, as. is lnstanced IN
the following quotations.:
Scripture Quotations.
For the things. which are seen
are temporal. but the things which
are not seen are eternal tIi Cor; 4:lS).
There is therefore now no condemna-
tion to them which are in Christ
Jesus who walk not after the .neSn
but after the spirit For the law or
the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath
made me- free from the law OF SIN
and death (Rom. ST., -.
so, Christian Science teaches that
creation is not the moldinS of forms
out of matter. but is the unfolding OF
spiritual ideas.
The first step in Christian: Science
healing Is to awaken confidence IN
the pat lent that God-can and does
heal. This confidence is aroused
usually by ones gaining a new View :
point of creation or of what man is
in his right relation to God.
Mans Spiritual BEING.
"Once a man begins to understand
his spiritual being-his God-like kene IS
he can more hopefully dispute the
claims f-matter as evidence in. pain,
disease or physical imperfectton.. He
can see that healing is largely a
process of overcoming false beliefs
and becoming imbued with the true
knowledge of Gods aliness, and OF
man in His keness-partaking OF
the spiritual qualities. He begins to
see that his concern need not De
with the body and it's complaints, but
rather that his task is with thoughts.
"In the study of Christian Science
one learns It bat: God is love, life,
truth, soul, mind, spirit, divine prin-
ciple, 1t teaches that these truths
concerning what God is must. be. dis
cerned spiritually before one can
demonstrate them IN his everyday
life"