The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-20
Man Delivers Public Lecture On Christian Science Jason Lee Sch0o

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which he is trying 10 trace Is the
absence Of something. and not the
presence Of something. At that mo.
ment should his quest cease. You
cannot find the origin Of an
absence. Can you trace the his
tory OF Jack and the Beanstalk.
for Instance Certainly not, for
you are dealing with a myth, that
which has not truth or reality.
Mrs. Eddy calmly and brsvely
sticks 10 her text. that all that
seems to oppose God, good. Is the
myth of mortal material sense !:
that IL is unreal, not happening.
not taking place in Truth and
therefore II belongs not TO God $
kingdom and must disappear.
Does not the mAster-Christian con-
firm this when, first. he calls the
devil levin a liar and the father
of lies, and secondly, when in the
Lords Prayer he sscribes all
power or reality 10 God. Spirit, in
the immortal words. For thine IS
the kingdom, and the power. and
the glory, for ever"
Does the Scientist Ignore Evil:
Does this mean that the Chris
tian Scientist ignores evil? The
flippsnt charge has been made
that students OF Science airily as
sert that there Is no reality In evil.
and therefore they can indulge in
II without evil effect. Nothing can
+ be farther from the truth than
this. Insisting on evils powerless
ness and the allness OF God, good,
Mrs. Eddy has shown humanity
how everything unlike good may
be wiped out of consciousness -
may be utterly annihilated. The
student therefore loses first his
fear of or belief in the power of
evil. then his love for il and the
suffering which results from belief
in 1t: and II this does not happen.
he may know that ne must gain a
lear er understanding of this
tuTlSlI Teaching.
Judging Righteous Judgment
Here this question may be
raised: Suppose someone Is sick
really SICK he says. He does not
just imagine t. He feels the sick
ness; those around him see it, Does
Christian Science teach that the
sick man does not feel 1t nor his
friends see It? BY no means
The Christian Scientist agrees that
the picture of sickness or discord
may seem very real 10 the sick
man and his friends: but to use
the Masters phrase, one must
Judge not according to the APP
pearance, but judge righteous
judgment" In other words. just
because thing or a situation ap-
pears to be real and true, it does
not necessarily follow that II is
true have stood on the deck
of ship and watched the sun
apparently disappear in the sea.
and yet ! knew this really was not
happening. Astronomical science
had taught me truth which was
not borne out by ense-testimony. +
Just so, does the Science of Chris
tianity bid us TO rest not on the
objects and pictures drawn purely I
by material sense, but TO Judge
righteous Jud ment in other
words, TO strive to lift thought TO /
the reality of being, TO creation AS
God sees II. And the reward of
such righteous judging is evil
denced in the healing of sickness
and the banishing of sin.
Let II be said here that this
teaching about the unreality of f
evil does not keep the Christian
Scientist from being a law-abiding
citizen. When the law requires the
reporting 10 the local health
authorities of what the world calls
a communica disease, Mrs
Eddy counsels her followers to con-
form thereto. II municipal or
state ordinances require medical or
surgical attention, Christian Sci
entists are enjoined to be law
abiding, reserving for themselves
the right to look to God, omnipo-
tent Truth, for the healing in
other words, to render TO Caesar
the things that are Caesars. and
TO God the things that are Gods"
An Instance Of Healing Prayer
An instance of Christian Science
healing which came under my
observation some time ago illus
trates the value OF Judging
righteous judgment"-that is. re-
lying on changeless spiritual law
instead of material methods. In
time of need A woman, student
of Christian Science. was suddenly
stricken with the distressing and
alarming symptoms of what had
been medically diagnosed. in a
previous attack. as ptomaine poi
collapse, she managed to make
known TO her husband the SEEM
ingly desperate situation, and
begged him to give her help in
Christian Science. As he started
TO her side, his eye fell on Bible
on the table. How natural II is for
the Christian Scientist to turn TO
this sacred Book in moments of
stress. Opening II at random. for
a message OF courage and light, he
turned 10 q glorious statement
about Gods omnipotent care. Not
word passed between the two.
but armed with the consciousness
of the nearness and goodness Of
God. and the powerlessness. the
unreality OF anything opposed 10
Him, he sat by the sufferer judg-
ing righteous judgment-be bearing
witness TO the spiritual truth Of
being. for possibly five minutes
Suddenly the silence was broken
by the wife, who said simply. "oh.
thank God. II has lifted Within
few more minutes. she reported