The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-12
Gavin W. Allan. c. B. S., Is
Heard at Jason Lee School
Christidn Science: The Truth About God
And Mon Which Produces Peace" Topic

eldltoflum MONDAY evening e
hear a free public lecture or
Christian Science. delivered BY
Gavin w Allan. c. 5. b. Of
Toronto. Canada. The visitor
spoke under auspices Of the Fourth
Church Of Christ. Scientist. Ia
coma. He L. a member Of the
Board Of Lectureship Of The
Mother Church. The First Church
Of Christ Scientist. in Boston.
Mass. Adams topic vas. Chris
tan Science: the Truth About God
and Man Which Produces Peace. %
He spoke substantially as follows:
Peace is subject IN which
everyone is interested II is one Of
those subjects about which many
people say much. but, unfortunate
y, do little. Most persons think
Of peace as cessation of HOSTILE
ties between nations as an absence
Of war. Peace may have. however.
more intimate Specification.
Peace. like charity, begins at
home. There may be. for example,
individual peace. peace of mind.
In this connection Hastings Bible
Dictionary tells us that the word
peace in the New Testament
refers in nearly every instance TO
heart-peace. Is not this what our
Master meant when he said. as re-
corded in john 1927. Peace !
leave with you. my peace l give
unto you. 4. Let not your heart
he troubled neither let it be
afraid Heart-peace. Also was
not this what Eliphaz had in mind
when he said to Job, "Acquaint
now thyself with him God, and
be at peace?
Is such a peace a human need
today? Ask anyone. You will be
told that, because discord in some
form seems to have come into the
experience of everyone. peace is
unquestionably human need
Every human being has a problem,
and the person with a problem on
his hands is the one to whom
Christian Science makes its ap-
peal. The person with problem
is looking for something which
will help him to solve il. and the
more pressing the need, the great
er his effort to find a remedy.
II, as have said, we all have
problems, and if We admit our
helplessness to solve our problems
by human methods alone. then
there is a place in human affairs
for an understanding that shall be
equal to the human need.
The student Of Christian Science
Is convinced that the Principle by
which any human problem can be
solved has been revealed through
Christian Science. So. whatever
the discord may be, he devotes
himself to the gaining of better
understanding of God through
diligent study of the Bible and the
Christian Science textbook. Sci
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
and so doing he finds his way out
of the tsngle of his troubles Just
as fast and as far as he obeys the
truth he sees.
The omnipotence and omnipres-
ence Of God. understood, is the
remedy for every human discord:
and to the one who is struggling
with any phase of error Christian
Science offers relief, and healing,
and peace.
But let US go back a bit. We
were speaking of the evils which
seem TO invade human experience.
Where do they come from? What
is their source? Where do they
originate?
Origin Of Evil
Let me illustrate. Suppose. for
example, that a friend rushed into
your house some night and be-
sought your protection and help. /.
You saw that he was flushed and
trembling and evidently fearing
some pursuer who was not in
sight; and upon inquiry as TO what +
was his trouble. he told you that +
he had been chased by ghost up
~ the r.zRL Natrr s.Hh t-
trouble, and what will set it right? .
II you know there is no such .
thing as ghost, you will be in a
position not only to detect his f
trouble but to help him. You will /
zee mat his plight arose from T
supposition. True, he may have
seen some reflected moonlight or
newspaper, but he is not afraid
of either Of these. He supposed il
10 be something else. Then he
believed that that something had /
life to chase him, intelligence TO 1
follow him, and power to harm /
him, or ne would not have run. I
Then he became afraid and ran,
and at the time you saw him he
was msnifesting some Of fears ef-
fects, which might have resulted in
sickness, or even death.
In this story We have an illus
trslon Of the whole process Of
evils supposed inception and de-
velopment- First. a supposition: a
supposition that there is something
beside God and His good creation.
Second, a belief: a belief that that
something has life and intelligence.
Third, a fear: fear that Il can
harm US. Fourth. the effects Of
that fear
Vow. before we 90 any farther I