Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-01-17
A Lecture on
Christian Science
Entitled
Christian Science: The
Religion of Courage
by
Judge Samuel w. Greene, C.S.B.
of Chicago, Illinois

of Chicago, Illinois
Member Of the Board Of LectuReship Of
The Mother Church. The First Church Of
Christ, Scientist. In Boston, Massachusetts,
The lecturer introduced his subject
by pointing out how, in many ways,
fear is the greatest obstacle to health,
happiness, and human welfare. He
then proceeded to show how Christian
Science, by bringing to human under
standing the truth concerning God, is
revealing that quality Of thought
which will ever be perfect antidote
for fear among human beings.
He showed how Christian Science,
through the use of seven synonyms,
namely: Life, Truth, Love, Mind, Soul,
Spirit, Principle, makes practical, use
full, and disable the omnipotence, omni-
science, and omnipresense Of God.
"Could any sense of Deity be more
comforting, more encouraging, more
sustaining in its assurance than the
truth that God is infinite Love?" the
lecturer asked.
"What rich blessings of peace, and
courage, and confidence are poured
into our experience in the understand
ing that God is Life! How truly and
how certainly are we lifted out Of the
finite realm Of matter and materiality
in the consciousness and understand
ing that God is Mind!"
Then was brought out how natural,
how important, and how necessary is
the concept Of God as Spirit, this point
being emphasized by the Masters
statement, "God is a Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship him
in spirit and in truth"
The speaker said, "The realm of
accident, luck, chance, mishap, in
security, and discord disappears in our
quickened sense Of Gods unfailing law
and government as divine Principle.
"Thus does Christian Science reveal
the nature and character Of God as
understandable, as available to make
certain and practical the realization Of
every good gift and every perfect
gift the realization Of health, happi-
ness, harmony, and every desirable
condition of being"
Creation
"Christian Science, through the
teaching of the Christian Science text
book, Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
the Discoverer and Founder of Chris
tan Science" the speaker said, "is
leading it's students and followers into
a new world, new universe that is
truly compatible with the account of
creation as given in the first chapter
of Genesis, and of which creation it is
written, 'And God saw every thing
that he had made, and, behold, it was
very good and of which the textbook
says on page 504, Was not this a
revelation instead of a creation? p"
Man
The speaker brought out that the
creation of man, as described in the
first chapter of Genesis as being in
Gods image and likeness, would
naturally reveal man to be idea, to
be spiritual, to be whole, to be perfect
to be Godlike." All of this teaching
he said, is in accord with the state
ment of what man is, as given in the
Christian Science text book (p. 475)
MAN is spiritual and perfect. :. Mar
is idea. :. He is the compound idea
of God, including all right ideas; Y.
that which has not single quality
underived from Deity"
Healing
Healing as practiced in Christian
Science, the speaker explained, il
based upon the teaching concerning
God, man, and creation as had beef
outlined in his address. He said: 9Th
actual process of healing in Christian
Science does not involve dealing witt
matter or the material body. 1t doe
not depend upon symptoms, diagnosis
and material conditions. Healing
then, is purely mental, spiritual, no
material.
"The sufferer or invalid may believ
that his difficulty is caused by infame
or infected matter, but the truth
that his difficulty comes from wron
concept of what man is, and what ma
is, and of what God is. In that reall
where Mind, Spirit, Principle, Lii
) governs, there can be no room fo
f pain, imperfection, disease, disaste
.eath."> Then he quoted from tn