The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-13
Lecture on Christian
Science Is Delivered

liksnsss of God. true likeness 10
that which psrnsctiy expresses its
original n, therefore. man IL oreae
81 in the likeness OF God. he must
be exactly like his creator. IN God
is Spirit. man, ira His likeness. must
be spiritual. n God f. Truth. man.
as the image Of God, must be truth
FOL. honest, sincere IL God is Low.
man. In his true nature. must b low
ing, gentle, kind. compassionate. II
God Is Life, man must be and In the
living image OF life. This man. ths
true man, tho only real man. IL not
subject 20 chance nor changs. Hs
In as chang.less M his eternal pnn,
oipla lie is not thu victim Of lack
nor Of limitation He reflects the In
finite abundanos Of Spirit or God. lie
II not doomed 10 dscrspituds and as
solution He EXISTS forever At hs
eternal noontide Of being. He is 81.
ways at the standpoint of uuitls@
opportunity. activity. and suDpiy.
MISCONCEPTIONS OF
MATERIAL VIEWS
Prom the material point OF vfsvv.
man seems 20 be nothing but an or
ganism. with a mind inside Of u, .
nero machine controlled by q sup
possd intelligence. which 10 invis
iDls and which hss never been sat
isfactoriiy explained by human
philosophy. someone may BE- think
ing, why. the explanation In very
simple. The brain In the seat Of
mans intslligenoe. and II. thru tbs
nervous system. controls and reg.
uiate~ the functions and faouitiea
tho movements and action OF rhs
human body" But what made The
brain intelligentf What gave It
the power 20 think and 20 direct
activity Who has ever seen thu
intelligence that 10 supposed 20 be
In the brain. and how DO we know
that Il is thsreT Many people in
the Orient believe the seat OF In
telliEencs 70 be In the stomach;
and II might Just AZ well be there
as in the brain. for there In no es-
sential difference between the hnd
OF stuff that constitutes the storn-
ach and that which constitutes the
they would both yield exactly ths
same product Tho difference.
then. IL one OF belief only: and the
fact Ia that neither the brain nor
the stomach can originate tbs
least bit Of intelligence
Even the slight recognition Of ne
unrealify OF matter IL OF grea; prac-
teal value in everyday. human ex.
perience. Take. for instance, the
question OF no many people so much
OF tho time. In the treatment OF
disease. knowiedgs OF the unreal
nature Of matter helps one 10 see
that pain and suffering are not
conditions OF matter. but OF thought.
To know this In 10 take the FIRST
step in the direction OF the perrna>
nent eradication OF disease. II. as
Mrs. Eddy says. there IL no sensa~
ton or intelligence in matter. n g.
obvious that matter cannot be sick
or in pain. and that II there seems
10 be sense Of pain or illness. ~
must be in thought. and not in the
body. This fact having been dts
earned. the futility Of treating
thought conditions. or mental
states. with material remedies be-
comes evident. How impossible II
would be 70 remove an erroneous
mental condition by the use of
drugs. mineral water. mud baths.
or sven by means OF q surgical cp-
Grafton. Yet every day adds 10 the
list ~ mental causes for disease
admitted by physicians. Among the
mental causes for sickness that
have been recognized by physicians
arc fear. worry. hatred and anger
To these Christian Scientists would
add envy. jealousy. greed. dishon-
csty. and all fragrant and subtle
phases Of sin.