The Washington times., 1928-06-09
v. BOOTH GIVES
SCIENCE"
TALK

A lecture on christian Science;
It's Practical Appeal" was delivered
last night in First Church OF
Christ, Scientist, by w. Stuart
Booth, c. S. B., of Denver, Colo, to
a large audience.
He is a member of the Board of
Lectureship of the Mother Church,
the First Church of Christ, Scien-
fist, in Boston, Mass. He was in.
troduced by William G.. Biederman,
first reader of First Curch, under
whose auspices the lecture was
given.
In commencing his lecture, Mr..
Booth briefly sketched the EXPERT
ence of Mary Baker Eddy in con.
nection with her discovery of Chris.
ton Science, pointing out it's scrip
tural basis and authority. He then
explained somewhat the Bible teach.
ing. emphasized by Christian Science,
that the Christ is the expression of
Gods spiritual nature which was so
fully understood by Jesus and so
perfectly demonstrated by him as
to earn for him the divine title of
Christ Jesus.
He then said:
Divine Principle
1.-THE Christ as expressed TO-DAY in
Christian Science is revealing the
divine principle, love" and is leading
men into the demonstrable under
standing OF all truth. In thus lead
ing men into all truth. Christian
Science reasons logically, following
the deductive method of reasoning
instead of the inductive, as is EN-.
ployed by others. The inductive
method, reasoning from effect, or as
sumed effect, to cause, begins with
the material concept OF man and
things. which it claims is Gods crea-
ton and thus argues that God must
be humanity manlil5e. The Bible
teachings are explicit and unmistak.
able in renouncing and denouncing
such materialisttc teaching.
For instance. we read: ''It Is the
spirit that quickeneth; the flesh prof
lteth nothing" John, $685. And,
They which are children of the
flesh, these are not the children OF
God" Rom, 9:8.l Mrs. Eddy's "a.
tional and religious sense led her to
adopt the deductive line of reasoning
In presenting the science of Chris
t1anity to the world in her book
Science and Health, With Key to
the Scriptures.
In so doing she but followed the
example OF Christ Jesus, whose con
slant purpose and practice were
consistent with his prayer that
COOS Will be done on earth as it is
In heaven. Christ Jesus put God
first in his logical thinking and
speaking and in his daily living
Christian Science being the re
statement of primitive Christian
| preaching and the reinstatement OF
| primitive Christian practice, like
wise bases it's arguments Of words
| and works upon the Scriptural
teaching about God, and reasons
deductively therefrom.
Real and True
f. Christ Jesus, in referring con.
stantiy to God as his Father and
our Father, evidently desired to EN-
| phasize the prominently important
| fact that God, divine Mind, is the
sole creator and governor of men
and of all that is real and true
Judging by his words and works il
is evident that his spiritual sense
| OF Gods fatherhood also conveyed
to- Jesus the conscious, confident
| assurance that Gods love is shown
to men in ample providence to
| meet our every need and insure
| protection from all evil.
You recall that Christ Jesus said
that he came to do the will of his
Father. Therefore 1t is obviously
Gods will that. by means Of applied
spiritual understanding, the sick
shall be healed. the sinner shall be
reformed and thus saved from sin
the sorrowing shall be truly com
fOrted. the hungry shall be fed. and
the last enemy. death, shall be