The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
Christian Science Is Termed
The Religion of Courage

comes from a wrong nee OIL
what man is, and of what God is.
In that realm where Mind, Spirit,
Principle, Life governs, there can
be no room for pain, perfection,
disease, disaster, DEATH" Then he
quoted from the Christian Science
textbook %. 468):- There is no
life, truth, intelligence, nor SUBJ
stance in matter. ALI is infinite
Mind and it's infinite manifesto
ton, for God is All-in-All." This
fact of CREATION he said, ''pre-
cludes the possibility of a material
condition known as sickness, dis
ease, suffering. AS we understand
the impossibility of matter being in
the realm of divine Mind, we ar
rive at a state of consciousness
that prevents our acceptance of
any thought of sin, disease, or
death. When the human mind no
longer entertains the thought Of
sin, disease, and death, such con
ditions will cease to make de-
mands, and we shall find ourselves
free to accept and claim the per-
lection voiced by Christ Jesus when
he said, BE ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which is in
heaven is perfect The healing
activity or procedure in Christian
Science becomes, then, the prayer
of realization or affirmation, or
demonstration. The type Of prayer
as used in Christian Science is
typified approximately in the twen-
ty-third Psalm and in the Lords
Prayer. Prayer, then, in Christian
Science is the expression of re-
joicing, of gratitude, of confidence,
of courage, of absolute faith in
God" Then followed a quotation
from the textbook (p. y: 1.-The
prayer that reforms the sinner and
heals the sick is an absolute faith
that all things are possible to God
"a spiritual understanding of Him,
an unsettled love-"
Discoverer and Founder
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discov-
erer and Founder of Christian Sci
ence, the lecturer declared, was
first able to prove in her own ex-
perience that Gods law and Gods
power are available to solve hu-
I an problems. After this she en-
larged and increased her study of
the Bible, perceiving in her study
the need of spiritual inter
probation and understanding of the
Bible as directed even by the Mas
ter in the statement that God must
be w%orshiped lin spirit and in
truth" He further stated that by
great faith, patience, unselfishness,
and persistence Mrs. Eddy made
such progress that she achieved
worldwide recognition as a spir-
itual leader and that as a result
OF her discovery great good had
come to many people.
The Textbook
The Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" the lecturer said,
was the %outgrowth of Hrs. Eddy's
effort to properly interpret the BIZ
BILE, and to correctly define mans
true relationship to God, and the
procedure required to prove this
relationship in health and happi-
ness.
The opinion was expressed that
a careful reading md study of the
textbook would amply reward the
reader in spiritual growth and in
better health.
Salvation
The speaker concluded his lecture
by calling attention to the hope of
the Christian Scientist for better
conditions in the world as a result
OF the knowledge of Gods infinite
plan for His children. particularly
as voiced by Mrs. Eddy in her
book miscellaneous Writings %.
82): This Mind, then, is not sub
ject to growth, change or diminu-
ton, but is the divine intelligence.
or Principle, of all real being;
holding man forever in the rhyth-
mic round Of unfolding bliss, as a
living witness to n d perpetual
idea of inexhauStib1e pood" I