The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-05
W oman Lecturer Asserts
1t Provides Salvation
Mrs. Blanche X. Corby, c. S. B., Speaks Twice
at the Masonic Temple


camc death and revealed the way of
for all mankind.
SALVATION
salvation IL gained through rigkt
thinking, Many theories OF salvation
have been presented to tho world.
bat only one has proved satisfactory
and unfailiug, Christ Jesus came az
the Way.showcr; he declared and
demonstrated full and complete
Jcsus did not teach that
a man must die In order to DO saved
or reach God: nowhere In tho scrip;
lures Is found any authority for say,
ing that he considered evil and death
at all necessary or Ia accord with dl
vine law; but he did say, III a man
keep my saying, he shall never SEQ
death"
When the beginner IN Christian Sci,
ence reads in the Scriptures that
God pronounced His creation good,
that He was satisfied with Il. that
lilo WAS entirely satisfied with man
made in His own Image and Iikenesa;
that this man Was given dominion
over all the earth: the question Is
sure to arise. What has taken place
that man Is not expressing his God.
given-dominion today Christian
Science reveals 70 this aga the fact
that nothing Inns happened 10 weaken
or 10 destroy mans Gcd.given do.
minion. II Is Impossible that man.
made In the image and likeness OF
God, could fan lnso evil and sin. yet
the belief that he did so fail has
caused ali the sorrow and suffering
on earth. The beginner further asks.
IF God Is Infinite good. whore did
evil come from. what i It's cause and
origin" When we learn 10 think in
accord with divine Mind. we find that
evil in individual consciousness dis.
appears and that. therefore. the only
cause for evil or sin Is false he.
lief wrong thought. and not o
spiritual fact. In The degree that
man ceases TO think evil. evil and sin
disappear; and proportlonn,cly as
that disappearance takes place. gees
an the mystery OF eyii. all It's prs.
encc and power
HEALING
The first step toward freedom
from evil Is generally taken through
the desire for physical hcallngs. The
healing method OF Christian Science.
the healing method used By Jesus
Is unique. out there Is no mystery.
nothing supernatural about Il. Il IL
the simple teaching OF Jesus. the
spontaneous and natural result OF
batter thinking. The physical heal.
ing In Christian Science Is not for
the purpose OF making n man more
comfortable in materially. OF enahi.
ing him TO eat more food without
discomfort. or To indulge more freely
IN appctites and passions without
evil effect. but tho whole purpose OF
physical healing Is TO reveal the
truth about life Christian Science
heals the sick to establish the fact
OF the reality OF God or good. and Il
heals the sinner TO prove the nn-
reality OF sin or evil. Christian Sci
efice does NOT teach that sickness and
evil do not seem real 70 the human
consciousness: but Il does teach thnt
the human consciousness Is a false
consciousness that Expresses Itself
according to It's false beliefs In oil
the phenomena OF evil and sickness
and that healing through correction
or uncoyering Is accomplished only
through the understanding OF God
and His law.
Throughout human history man
has deified himself: he has created
God in the image and likeness OF
man. Because God has been believed
70 be a mighty being manifestlng
Jealousy, anger. revenge. visiting
His wrath upon His people: the be.
lief that might IL right has grown
to the utmost. As the result OF this
growth human history is n record
OF the cruelty Of tho human will.
Because OF the dedication OF the NOR.
tai or material mind and It's beliefs.
the statement Is sometimes ignorant.
" made that the healing Of Christian
Science Ia wrought through surres.
tion. or the action OF tho human
mind.-one mind controlling another
human mind in some mysterious
way. In order to correct this nc.
cusation made against his healing
works. Jesus sald, III by Beclze.
bub cast out devils, by whom do
your children cast them out?" and
showed that evil cannot correct evil.
The human mind. unillumlned. and
uninstructod in spiritual law. cannot
possibly understand spiritual healing
nor the means by which il Il nc.
complished; so It insists that e must
be after It's own mcthod-that IA. the
operation Of the human win through
hypnotism or what Is popularity call.
ed modern psychology. Nothing can
be farther from the truth.
The teacher Of mathematics does
not subject his pupil to a state OF
hypnosis in order TO teach the sci.
snee Of numbers. but reveals 10 him
tho principle OF mathematics. the
truth about numbers. II each step
in the solution OF n problem were
mentally imposed upon tho more
yielding thought Of the child, he
would not be trained 10 think for
himself: on the contrary. he would
be schooled In the habit Of respond.
ing 70 suggestion from without. The
pupil. to be alert and progressive.
must be taught 20 think correctly.
ne must be free from the personal
domination and control OF tho teach.
er In like manner. the Christian
Science practitioner knows that the
human viii must be divorced from
every Christian Science treatment;
indeed. the human will cannot give
Christian Science treatment. The
practitioners part IN the healing
work Is to reveal 70 the patient the
Science. or truth. Of being. This
truth, at work In the consciousuoqs
OF the sufferer. heals and saves. The
human mind believes fundamentally
in both good and evil. and that which