The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-14

4 of Portland. ore, member of
the Board ~ Leriurcship ~ The
Mother Church, Tho First Church N
Christ. Scientist. IN Boston. Ma-Hn,
rhuaets, delivered lecture FOR
Second Church ~ Christ, Scientist
Seattle, In their church edifiee 22nd
ave. ana 67th A., ~ " a. sp. m.
said
Christ Jesus began his opoohmhk.
ing ministry with the imperative
command. Repent for the king
dom Of heaven n a. hand
Let us note that Jesus statement
concerning the presence ~ God and
Ills kingdom could not have been
made " he had had no other evidence
% existence than that which his
eyes saw and his carr heard These
senses saw an order wherein hiH
countrymen were under the Roman
yoke. the pnrrisecs were ln Moses
scat. and the human race was In Buils
lection 10 hin. disease. and death.
Jesus gave no weight 90 this order,
but with his thought fixed on high.
or order Of existence he confidently
said. Repent. for the Kingdom Of
heaven Is NJ hand Jesus well knew
the truth later declared by Paul.
Eye hath not seen. nor ear heard
the things which God hath pre-
pared, H. then, we cannot perceive
God and His kingdom with our eyes
and ears how arc We 10 find Him
and His creation? Thru spiritual
sense,
Perhaps we have never thought of
having spiritual sense. Neycrihc'
lcra We have. and Il n the most re-
liable sense We pohneaa. This sense
pcrcelges tho things that endure.
The practice OF Kindness, honesty, or
Justice. n without selfish motive. j.
the activity Of spiritual sense. 10 We
sec that every RICH, thinking person
n using spiritual sense 10 some meas
ure every day None Of these God
qualities can he seen. heard. tasted.
or felt with tho material senses, The
physical senses discern only our lem
porary material surroundings where
as spiritual sense heauhinis NJ with
tho IDEAS OF Mind There iHhwithln
IN this sense which diHcerns good
Ard clinsn 10 a. and there " nothing
about the operation that - physical
in any way ny this spiritual, or
right mental. sense, God. Spirit. Is
discernsd and His laws understood,
And u was because Of what he DIS
cerncd thru spiritual sense that
Jesus could say without pualifiea'
ton. in the face Of material world.
The Kingdom 81 heaven n at hand
one Of the happy things about
Christian Science Is that u explains
how near GpA II Aimply by showing
that God ia Kind. ihc author Of sF.
ory good thought our bodies do not
have To moyo an inch, But We DO
have 70 make move In our thought
Tho move IN from the wrong 10 tho
right point Of view o. existence. from
the material To the spiritual basis Of
though, one mentally rmiEraisa
from the Land 81 Had. where the
giants Of Poverty, Fear. Hate. and
sickness. seem 10 rilr. 10 the Land
OF Good. where tho only lBwgiver s
the ALLOWING and nii.wiso God.
a Christian science treatment 10.
eludes dental Of the claims OF cyil
and affirmation Of the facts OF being
an known to God. a he when an
swered by truth becomes silent.
whether tho Hn be n Islander or a
sickness. In Revelation John saw
that the dragon. IMPLYING all evil
and sickness was cast out not By
drug. nor by "A surgeons knife. but
by the word Of their testimony"
This f. tho method Of Christian Sci.
cnc.. the hearing Of true testimony
ir thought and word. tsHiifylng
arigh, Of God aud His man
Christian Science ia applicable 20
every human need Poverty and lack
may be overcome the same az stick.
meas. When confronted with tho
false arguments Of limitation. II NC
would turn our thought TO the God.
appointed order 81 existence Instead
OF looking into tho botiomless pit Of
crror-,be unfoundcd beliefs OF evil
VIC would find that Love has nj.
ready provided fully for mans ev.
cry need. This provision becomes
cl-dcnt in the proportion that Love
rtisns within us. Limitation denies
wisdom and impugns love. Limita.
ton ia tho essence Of matter and
OWL. Evil argues limited supply.
limited happiness, limited life. limit.
ed everything II is the firm Of Evil
and Company. Limited! This evil
partnership has been ndjudlcated by