Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1940-05-24
A Lecture on
Christian Science
Entitled
Christian Science: The Law of
God Demonstrating Sub.
stance and Supply
by
Judge Frederick c. Hill, C.S.B.
Of Los Angeles, California
Member Of the Board Of Lectureship OF the
Neither Church, The First Church OF Christ
Scientist. In Boston, Massachusetts


an unfolding record Of .nankind's en-
deavor to grasp the meaning OF SUD-
stance and supply and thereby acquire
n sufficient amount of something 10
meet his needs and demands. The re-
sults of this endeavor have been the
establishment of laws regulating the
acquiring of property; the ownership
and the possession thereof; and the
universal belief that substance is
material thing needing an owner. Ihe
supplv is regarded as limited. Some
have abundance; and some have MOTH
ing. Between these extremes is
vast throng ceaselessly engaged IN Ia
borious efforts to get something ana
to hold it in possession, upon the as
sumption that "life, substance, and
intelligence" (Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures, p. 43) reside IN
matter.
Religion has been an important fac
tor in the affairs Of mankind, and
from canonical writings the fact Is
disclosed that substance and supply
are to be found in the mental realms
and not in the material world. The
Bibles injunction is, "Get wisdom: and
with all thy getting get understand
ing" Honour the Lord with thy SUBJ
stance" and in so doing there is sure
reward. $50 shall thy barns be filled
with plenty, and thy presses shall
burst out with new wine."
No doubt the masses were just as
confused then as they are now. In
stead Of knowing and understanding
what substance is, mankind has be-
lieved and accepted something,-that
life, substance, and intelligence are
IN matter,-and this believing has
separated him from God; hence, the
need for salvation, the need for a
redeemer.
The greatest event in human his
tory occurred nineteen centuries ago,
when a child was born in Bethlehem
of Judea. About thirty years later,
that child, now grown to manhood,
appeared as a prophet, preaching the
gospel, healing the sick, and laying
the basis for the redemption Of man.
kind. AS a result, the Christian re-
ligion has come down to us to use
in the life which we Give in the
flesh" The Christ, Truth, is Destroy
ing that ancient belief of a big God
ND in the skies and a little man down
on the earth, and is establishing mans
at-one-ment with God.
Enter Christian Science
About the middle of the nineteenth
century, Mary Baker Eddy, through
her clear, spiritual insight, caught
the import Of Christ jesus profound
saying, "I am come that they might
have life, and that they might have
it more abundantly," and through
proof and demonstration there came
to her the revelation, "All is infinite
Mind and it's infinite manifestation,
for God is All-in-all" (Science and
Health, p. 1857. Her revelation con-
stitutes challenge to the idea Of the
big God and the little man. It brought
about a religious revolution through
out the world, and it furnishes work.
ing basis for the establishment of un-
derstanding in place of belief.
Some Objections
The objection is sometimes raised
that Christian Science is difficult and
hard to understand. You are not
asked to believe anything that you
do not understand. You are asked
to accept the fact that, "All is infinite
Mind and it's infinite manifestation"
The knowing of that divine fact de-
stroys belief and places you well on
the way toward it's demonstration.
For many centuries the earth was
believed to be a flat surface. The
material senses confirmed that be-
lief. It was almost universally ac-
cepted. How many thinking individ-
uals now accept that belief? DEM
onstration has presented the proof OF
its falsity, and the belief has almost
disappeared. No one ever knew that
the earth was fiat. No one can ever
know that which is untrue. Hence,
in Mrs. Eddy's revelation of the all
ness of Mind and it's manifestation
we have the basis of perfect God and
perfect man from which to demon
strate the all-inclusiveness of that
which is good and the nothingness OF
everything that is unlike and opposed
to good.
The divine fact is: that which is
good is real; and that which is not
good is unreal. Then in this life
which we Give in the fesh," we are
continually making decisions; striving
to separate the good from the evil;
holding to the good and casting out
evil. This is a perpetual unfoldment.
Is it difficult? It is natural and nor
NAL. It is Christian Science-"the
law Of God, the law of good" operat-
ing in your human experience. AS the
law of God operates in human con-
sciousness, the nature and character
Of God unfolds. This unfoldment is
going on and will continue to redeem
human consciousness. "The objects
of time and sense disappear in the
illumination of spiritual understand