The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-03-26
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
Delivered by William D. kilpat-
rick, of Detroit, Mich.

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A number of people from Pleas
antVille and vicinity attended a
| free lecture on Christian Science
given under the auspices of Sec
ond Church of Christ Scientist of
Atlantic City at the Globe Thea
ire, Sunday afternoon. The lee
turer was William d. Fitzpatrick
C. S. B. of Detroit, Mich, mem
Der of the board of lectureship OF
The Mother Church, The First
Church Of Christ Scientist in Bos-
ton, Mass. Mr.. Kilpatrick's lee
ture was entitled Science and
Religion" and he said in part
Christian Science is revolu-
tionary. 1t is revolutionary to
Just the extent, in the same way,
and for the same purpose, that
the teachings of Jesus were reVo-
lutionary. Christian Science, in
line with the purpose of the teach
ings of Jesus, is turning the
thought of mankind away from
material basis and directing it to
the spiritual AS Jesus lifted the
human concept of God from the
material to the spiritual SO does
Christian Science. AS Jesus lift
ed the human concept of man and
the universe from the material to
the spiritual so does Christian
Science. Hence, the first step in
gaining a pure understanding OF
Jesus works and teachings and in
gaining a demonstrable under
standing of God, man, and the uni
verse - the light of Jesus teach
ings is to dematerialize our sense
of God and His law in our think
ing.
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"Now just what is God and how
is He to be made vital in our in
dividual lives-in our homes, in
our business, in the sick room,
and so forth? One of the terms
used by Mrs. Eddy in her defini-
ton of God is "Love." Christian
Science teaches that God is Love.
ooh, yes!" some one may say.
That's not new, that's old We
have always known that" Let us
see. Have we always known
that? In John we read, GOD is
love: and he that dwelleth in love
dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Now. how do we dwell in love, or
God? Why, obviously, by loving,
not by hating or faultfnding or
fearing. St Johns explanation
that God is love" is plain and I'M
equivocal. He does not say that
God is a loving God. He says that
God is Love itself and that to
know God-that is, to express
God as His image and likeness
is to reflect Love. To think is
purely a function of the mind, is
it not? Hence, to love mankind is
to know or reflect God as His i'm
age and likeness, and is wholly
an exercise of right thinking, and
is not a product of the five physl-
cal senses. Love, in the sense in
which it is used in the Bible and
in Christian Science to define God,
does not involve a personal, sentl-
mental type of affection. 1t mas
to do with that sense only which
sees man as the image and like
ness of God,-pure, upright, and
undefiled by sin and mortality.
And it is only as we see our broth
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CARELESS of what the outward evil
dences may bear witness, that we
establish ourselves as His chill
dren and thereby come into our
God-given heritage of freedom
from the ills and woes of the
worlds giving.
eff the fact that God is love"
is an abiding conviction with us
we can never for one instant har-
Dor any sense of hatred towards
our brother man; we can never
for a moment look with envy upon
the good fortune of our neighbor;
we can never be conscious of any
sense of resentment or indigna-
ton at a seeming affront or insult
at the hands of another: we can
never be guilty of criticizing our
brother man or of finding fault
with him regardless of the nature
of his offense against us. We
most assuredly win not be found
speaking i'll of any one If we
watch our thinking. We govern
our health, our happiness, and our
prosperity by our own thinking,
and while it may not be of great
concern to our neighbor what we