The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
Ornnipotence Of
 God, Stressed
London Lecturer, Ralph B. SchoieId Discusses Phase
 of Christian Science

we leave it at that. No, not at all. We take the side of humanity in the effort to overcome evil and disease. But for centuries human- ity has fought evil and disease as if they were a stubborn and almost an eternal reality, ana certainly a very powerful force. And what we are doing in Christian Science Is gradually depriving evil and dis ease of origin, cause, or power, by understanding the assertion in the Lords Prayer, Thine is the king dom, and the power. and the glory" Our God is that divine Mind which is absolute good. and therefore cannot produce evil.
 JESUS PROOF OF GOD
 If we were to take out of the Gospels all the works of the Mas ter there would indeed be no evil dence left that he proved what he taught, or that his teaching would really save from sin, disease, and death. As Christian Scientists we are convinced that his great works were no mere spectacular or super natural exhibitions, but that they were done to illustrate the fact that God, Spirit, or Love, can be subject to no material conditions whatsoever; that is. that God is omnipotent and absolute.
 CHRIST
 The manifestation by Jesus of |, the power and nature of God brings us to Mrs Eddy's definition of Christ as Science and Health, D. 583), "The divine manifestation of God, which comes to the flesh to destroy incarnate error" The one infinite God, Mind, or Life, must eternally be expressed or mani- Tested, hence the Christ or divine , manifestation of God must also be eternal. And the Christ will come to the flesh or human belief so long as that false belief lasts. That Is what Jesus meant when he said, "Lo, l am with you always, even unto the end of the world"
 Though the Master passed from human sight the Christ, or divine manifestation of God, which he embodied, is with US still The Christ, or the divine manifestation
 
 Science the power of good and of Love which heals, by the simple process Of manifesting or showing forth Emanuel, or God with us.
 THE DJsCOvERER AND
 FOUNDER
 In her textbook CD. 5G0), Mrs Eddy says: "AbuSe of the motives and religiou Of St Paul hid from view the apostles character, which made Jhim equal to his great mis- sion. {. To misunderstood Paul, was to be ignorant of the divine idea he taught" And we can say about our beloved Leader that no one can grasp the great import of her teachings If he either misun- derstands her or abuses her mo- lives and religion.
 would ask you to observe jus, two events in her career, which may illustrate to you tho purpose of her life. The first is in the year 1866, when she was suffering from an injury caused by an accident Whilst in this condition she read in her Bible from the ninth chap. ter of Matthew, the story of tho man healed of palsy by Jesus. A, she read, to use her own word, Miscellaneous Writings, D. 24) sthe healing Truth dawned upor my sense; and the result was that rose, dressed myself, and evei after was in better health than had before enjoyed" Feeling that there was a law or Principle behind her healing. just as there was be- hind the healing of the case of palsy. from that day forward she devoted her whole life to discov- ering and revealing this Principle for the beneflet of sick and tired humanity.
 The other event to which re- fer In Mrs Eddy's career happened some thirteen years later, after thirteen years of toll. discourage ment, endless difficulty, and tri- umph. At meeting of small band of Christian Scientists. known then as the Christian Scientist as. sociation. Mrs Eddy moved reso- lution as follows (Manuel of the Mother Church D. 24), pro organize church designed to commence. rate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and It's lost element of healing" That was her life purpose made clear once again :: and a careful study of her writings will reveal the fact that the cen tral strain throughout her life work is her teaching of the omnipotencc and absolutencss of God. She has said Science and Health. D 340). "The First Commandment Is my favorite text"
 HEALING
 Let us take several illustrations of the working of Christian Science in our daily llfe-illustrations Of how to meet and to overcome trouble.
 THE HEALING OF DISEASE
 Many people still believe that God either sends or permits dis case for the benefit or discipline of mankind. If you had charge of the world. would you, even. with q human sense of compassion, do siIch a thinRp if vOu had innnit