Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-10-17
A Lecture
Christian Science

Wyoming Street, Thursday eve
ming, Oct. 10th, to hear a lee
ture on Christian Science by
Richard j. Davis, C. S. B., of
San Jose, Calf, who spoke on
the subject: Christian Science:
Gods Law Revealed in Spiritual
Healing. Mr.. Davis remarks
were substantially as follows:
Christian Science teaches us
that in order to be every whit
whole we must be just and fair
and, above all, compassionate. Is
not righteous judgment that
merciful estimate Of man and all
humanity which recognizes the
fraility of human nature and it's
weaknesses +? Is it not a recog-
milton of the unseen struggles of
the human heart, it's wrestlings,
it's perplexity and despair? And
does not righteous judgment
separate all evil and sin from
man and see evils impersonal
nature and absolute nothing
less? Jesus's great love did not
permit him to ignore evil and
sin, but it did enable him to i'm
personalize it, separate it from
man, and thereby to Judge
righteously. This same method
of thinking enables US, parti-
cularly when we have been mis-
judged, misused, or vilified, to
lift our thought above the dis
turbing elements of personality,
and maintain a spiritual poise
and peace that passeth human
understanding. Prejudgment is
only the judgment of ignorance
and therefore does not harm, un-
less we permit it to do so. 1t
cannot disturb the serenity of
him who knows that Principle
governs all men.
The understanding and love
which looks for the good and
denies the evil in ones fellow
man, leads US eventually to the
place where, like Christ Jesus,
we are conscious of perfection
instead of imperfection. A man
may be quite exemplary in con-
duct, and yet if sin or evil in
his neighbor appears as very
real, if his neighbor be regard
ed as unworthy, as wicked and
damned, can it be said that he
himself is blameless? A mote,
yes, beam, has lodged in his
own eye, an imperfect point of
view about his neighbor. Often,
as we go about, the mesmerism
of mortal mind tries to force it's
evil pictures upon us. Yet
think, my friends, what heal
ing privilege is ours, when the
lame, the sick, the sorrowful
and the SHINING come to us for
help, to silently and prayerfully
declare, Hail, son of God! Hail,
the perfect child of a perfect
Father!"
Love Knows No Enemies
1t is possible that there may
be someone in this audience who
believes that he is suffering or
has suffered because of enemies.
One of the blessed things which
Christian Science does is to free
US from our enemies, or correct
ly speaking, to heal US of our be-
lief in enemies. We have usu-
ally thought of enemies as per-
sons, external or apart from
ourselves. But Jesus said that
a mans foes were those of his
own household, meaning his
mental household or conscious
ness. Is it not true that YOU
have to think of an enemy and
mentally visualize him before
you can have one? In order to
have enemies one must necessar-
lily entertain a belief in haters.
One must accept hate and malice
as reality into his own con-
sciousness. Mrs, Eddy, in her
inspired article, "Love Your En-
emies" miscellaneous Writings,
p. 81, asks: "Who is thine enemy
that thou shouldst love him? Is
it a creature or a thing outside
thine own creation? Simply
count your enemy to be that
which defiles, defaces, and de-
thrones the Christ-image that
you should reflect"
At the very time when mortal
thinking was declaring that
Christ Jesus was the victim of
hate and malice we find him
saying, Father, forgive them;
for they know not what they do"
This was the conscious refusal
on his part to believe in the
reality of enemies. Detaching
and separating evil from his
concept of God and man, Jesus
held without wavering to the
perfection of Being. His illum-
ined spiritual sense saw no en-
emies and knew none. Then
may not we, in like manner,
refuse to entertain enemy con-
cepts, hostile contending mental
pictures, pictures of men cap
able of hating or injuring, of
men endowed with the motive or
power to do wrong?
If there remains in thought
the mental picture of an evil
man, our vision Of perfection is
marred. Since Jesus saw per-
fection, so must we. Enemies
and the fear of enemies disap-
pear in the face of that con-
sciousness which knows only the
infinity of Love.
Truth No Respecter of Persons
A question that frequently
arises and is often voiced by
young students or beginners is