The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-15

entitled christian Science: The
Science of Divine Completeness, "
was delivered at the Womens Club
Auditorium last night under the
auspices of First Church OF Christ,
Scientist Cor Christian Science So
ciety) In this city. DR.. Hendrix j.
de Lange, CS.B., OF New York City,
was the lecturer. DR.. dc Lange is n
member Of the Board Of Lectureship
Of The Mother Church, The First
Church OF Christ, Scientist, il Bos-
ton, Massachusetts.
Here follows a summary OF the
lecture:
Existence is irrcpressible! Man.
kinds struggles may be fierce, its
prospects appalling; nevertheless
the will to live cannot be ex-
tinguished,
How is this explained? BY point
Ing TO mankind's innate conviction
that, In the last analysis, the human
picture OF existence Is not final, is
not true. The conviction that util-
mately life must be worth while
living; that existence, instead of
being dreary and discordant, must
be sparkling and spontaneous. The
conviction that existence, instead OF
being deficient and filled with frus-
tration, must be complete and salts
flying. The conviction that this COM
| pleteness OF eXiStencc-and thereby
Its goodness--must be within ones
reach; must be the substance OF
ones own real and everlasting self
hood We're this not so. ven the
faintost longing for life, peace, salts
faction could not have stirred the
heart OF humanity.
The purpose OF this lecture Is to
explain that Christian Science Is
the Science OF Divine Completeness,
and that this completeness Is the
true and original status OF man as
he really Is. We are here TO expert
ence the enlightenment, the health,
the strength, the satisfaction, and
serene happiness Of divine complete
ness which Is the very opposite OF
the human.
The Divergence Between the Divine
and the Human
Christ JesuS' message Is q constant
admonition TO leave the human for
the divine, with the assurance that
1t cannot be loss but must be q
gain.
Explaining the primal cause and
thereby the true nature OF existence,
he told the woman OF Samaria, God
Is Spirit" (Revised Version, land
they that worship him must wor-
ship him In the spirit and In truth"
Herein he recognized that God Is
Truth. He also disccrned that God
Is Life eternal. He taught John that
God Is love"
The Nazarcne showed the marked
difference between the divine and
the human: the divine understood
as Infinite, perfect, eternal, self
existent, all-incluslYe hence COM
plete; the human appearing as
finite imperfect, temporal, destruc-
tIbl , exclusive OF almost everything.
hence incomplete. The allness OF
the divine includes Its universe. The
smallness Of the human excludes It's
universe, Here Is the divergence, ac-
cording 10 human reckoning, Just rs
forbidding as the great gulf fixed"
between Lazarus In heaven and
Dives In hell,
How TO do away with this gulf?
How TO experience the divine? TO
provide al enlightening and salts
flying answer TO these questions has
been the purpose OF true religion
and philosophy.
Mary Baker Eddy's Discovery
In the year 1866, devout and
spiritually-mnded American wom-
an, known TO the world today as
Mary Baker Eddy, found the answer.
Her previous forty odd years OF
human existence had been OF man
fold yicissituacs. She discovered the
nature OF her real being In her true
understanding OF God.
The unselfish grandeur and depth
OF her discernment enabled her to
explain this discovery to others. She
named 1t Christian Science. She
perceived that she was not dealing
with personal opinions objcctified In
visionary ideals. She was dealing
with scientific facts, the divine law,
immutable, eternal, and universal In
application.
The impulse to give her discovery
10 mankind was Irresistible. Hence
Mrs. Eddy published book IN the
year 1875, called Science and
Health"
Christian Science Organization
Mrs. Eddy was divinely inspired
10 start an organization. Its purpose
was and Is to help the receptive
thought, through II. ,tual aid and
cooperation, In showing forth what
Christian Science Is, and how TO
live IL.
The Mother Church, The First
Church OF Christ. Scientist, was
founded In Boston. Massachusetts,.
Under the provision Of the Manual
Of The Mother Church, branch
Churches OF Christ, Scientist, sprang
I'D. They are now existent In many
parts OF the civilized world. These
churches maintain Reading Rooms
where you can study and ponder the
divine facts Of your being in
quietude and under harmonious
conditions.
Mrs. Eddy is the Founder OF
Christian Science and the Leader OF
the Christian Science movement.
She lovingly undertook the pioneer
work with the manifold pains and
scant compensations attached to 1t.
Right Recognition
Christian Science reveals the d.
vine as the real, the only. This
means that you have to reject the
human, limited sense about yourself
and what appears as your universe,
as unreal and illegitimate. You have
70 idar,tifr uoIlrenlf with the divine