Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-11-10
Christian Science
The Perfect Law OF
Liberty

q member OF the Board OF Lecture
ship of The Mother Church, The First
Church Of Christ, Scientist, in Bos-
ton, Massachusetts,, the declarations
Of the early inspired thinkers and
workers in the great cause Of true
freedom, certainly visualize q condi-
ton Of full and complete liberty here
and now. Through the clear light
thrown upon the Scriptures by Chris
tian Science, Mr.. Harsch affirmed, the
words of these inspired thinkers are
not mere figures of speech, but are
to be taken at their face value. They
mean exactly what they say and the
pursuit Of genuine freedom is not
hopeless quest.
Mr.. Harsch, who was speaking un-
der the auspices Of Third Church of
Christ, Scientist, Baltimore, based his
lecture upon the promises of Jesus
eff We abide in me, and my words
abide in you, We shall ask what We
will, and it shall be done unto you;"
and eff We continue in my word, then
are We my disciples indeed; and We
shall know the truth and the truth
shall make you free;" and the state
ment of st. Paul "Where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is liberty" to-
gether with that of st. James, "Whoso
looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein = shall be
blessed in his deed"
The whole ministry Of Jesus, the
lecturer declared, was based on the
fact that man has, in reality, never
been deprived Of his God-endowed
freedom; that he has possessed the
privilege of exercising that birthright
from the beginning. He held that
the statements Of Jesus quoted above,
contain the simple and complete
methed whereby the seeming enslave-
ment of man to the myriad tyrannies
Of mortal experience may be quickly
and completely cast off.
True freedom, Mr.. Harsch declared
to be spiritual condition, knowing
neither limitation nor restraint, and
he maintained that recognition of
this great spiritual truth breaks the
chains of physical limitation of every
sort, including the beliefs Of disease,
discord and lack.
In assuring his listeners that free
dom is mans God-given birthright,
Mr.. Harsch pointed out that Christion
Science furnishes a sure and depend
able means of establishing this fact
now. This lies in uncovering the
carefully hidden methods of the en-
closing material senses, in exposing
them to the sunlight of Truth, which
brings about their destruction, since
exposure in this case means large
part Of the destruction Of evil.
Emancipation from the illusions of
material sense, the lecturer explained,
includes the roofing out by the action
of the Mind that is God-Life, Truth
and Love-of all that is included in
the term "sillusory;" and he reminded
his listeners that the word "illusion"
means only that which seems to be,
that which is never true. He made
clear that the enslaver is always only
an illusion, that to which the physical
senses Of seeing, hearing, touching,
tasting, smelling, falsely testify, and
he pointed out that st. Paul called it
the carnal mind. Christian Science,
he maintained, shows precisely how
freedom from this tyrant with all it's
forms Of mental bondage may be
attained.
Mr.. Harsch emphasized the neces-
sity Of taking a definite stand for
Truth, the truth about man-that he
is free, no matter what the seeming
may be; that man made in the image
and likeness of Spirit is always and
forever enjoying that freedom, that
only the illusion Of the senses, the
false belief that man is material, pre-
vents him from eternally expressing
that natural and real state Of being;
that all-intellioent Mind, revealed by