The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-29
Crowds Pack NeW Fourth
Church on TWO Occasions
Charles L. Ohrenstein Speaks on "The Way
to the True Kingdom"

ton. Mass. delivered two free Ice
lures on Christian Science: The
Way 20 the True Kingdom" az the
new Fourth Church Of Christ Scien-
list, Eighth ave and Seneca St.
Thursday and Friday evenings at
o'clock.
The auditorium was packed and
many stood both nights The lee
ture in full follows;
great many people may now be
said 60 know something about Chris
tan Science. They know that many
Ahave been healed by Il: that many
ave been made more useful men and
Nomen since becoming Christian Sci
entists; better husbands. wives Ia
theirs. mothers children. neighborS
friends citizens Many reputable
doctors now acknowledge that Chris
tan Science heals. and recommend
Il 90 patients whom they cannot cure,
Many clcrHymen acknowledge that Il
Is reforming great many people,
and that II Is accomplishing a great
deal OF good In tho world But be-
cause most people are stiil un-
acquainted with the method by which
these good works are brought about,
with the teachings and application OF
Christian Science. is good works are
still quite frequently attributed 20
other causes than that Of which they
are tho demonstration and result
70 other causes than 20 the power OF
God and Of His Christ The reason.
Il Is but fair 90 assume r. not always
the desire 20 be unjust TO Christian
Science. For generations upon gem
erations people have become so used
20 trusting only material means 20
overcome troubles and 10 restore and
maintain health. and so dlsused 10
trusting God TO help them that they
find Il difficult. 10 not impossible. 20
believe the Bible promises and assur-
Rnces that God Is "a very present
help In trouhle;" that He ''healeth
all thy diseases" and that In reality
II Il God who does so whether He Is
credited with doing Il or not. Nor
can the prevalent dlstrust IN God be
looked upon as strange when the
training and customs OF mankind
thru centuries upon centuries are
Haken into account; for. as Shakes.
peare said. Use almost can change
the stamp OF nature. and the true
nature OF man Is 20 trust God.
KNOWLEDGE or GOD
NECESSARY
How is Il then. II the true nature OF
man IL 10 trust God. that men have
straycd so far from mans real ma
ture7 How is II that men have
strayed from relying fully and lmplc-
lily upon Him whom 20 know
Alright Is Life eternal (Scicnce and
Health. Pref. .. yiD: upon Him
whom the great Master called "our
FatheF77 Because, 20 quote that great
Master. "thc world hath not known 4
thees--C;od- Because the Tld has
had a mere belief about..-Iii instead |
OF knowledge OF Hiu a belief that
has made Ii and r.iiSt continue TO
make Il most dlfficuIt-Indeed Inn
possible--to trust in God In times OF
trial and distress; for to trust I'M
phcitly in God. knowledge Of Him
is necessary. Jesus had this knowl-
edrs. His own words, Tho world
hath not known thee: but have
:. known thee" plainly show this fact.
Il was because he knew God that he
was not only able 10 trust Him. but
10 demonstrate His all-beneficcnt
power.
The word science is derived from
the Latin scirntia. knowledge. II
Jesus the Christ knew God. as no
said that he did. and as all OF us adj
NIT, does II not follow that his knowl
edge OF God constituted his Science.
the Christ Science, or Christian Sci
ence? And IL It was necessary for
Jesus TO know God in order 10 DEM
onstrate Gods power. Is II not neces-
sary that his followers have the
Christ Science, or Christian Science,
in order to be able to do likewise?
But some may say, Was that all
that Jesus Knew Yes, that was all
that Jesus knew; and II was because
God. who is infinite good. was all
that Jesus knew. that he was able TO
demonstrate all that Is good: TO feed
the hungry. TO comfort the sorrow
ing. TO reform the sinful. to heal the
sick. to still the storm. to raise the
dead.
Tennyson said:--
Flower in the crannied wall
pluck you out OF the crannles.
I hold you here, root and all. in
my hand.
Little fIower-but " could I'M
derstand.
What you are, root and all. and
all in all.
I should know what God and
man IL.
When II becomes known what the
least living thing really Is, all reality
Mil be known and known to be like
.od-good Knowing Tod as Jesus
knew Him, the true nature, the true
essence Of everything was known to
him, and II was this knowledge or
Science which enabled Jesus TO re-
deern--that is, to rejudge everything
and thus save the otherwise hope.
Iessly lost, restore the incurably sick.
the seemingly dead.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
trust, my dear friends, that what
has been said has prepared you to
recognize. to some extent at least, the
nature and the magnitude Of the Sci
ef1ce discovered and founded by Mrs
Eddy. / trust that II has prepared
n you 10 appreciate the fact that Chris
tian Science Is the knowledge which
constituted the Christianity Of Jesus;
that It Is nothing less than the Sci
ence Of God, and that for this reason
II is Christian Science and does the
works Of God as Jesus did them.
WHAT rs GOD7
What then. according TO this Sci
ence, Ia God2 What is the nature Of
the God known OF Jesus the Christ,
and for this reason. the God whom
Christian Science teaches us to know
and TO worshIp-to know and 10 wor-
l4itr In a way that leads 10 tho DEM