The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-15
Christian Science
Lecture Last Night
DR.. Henrik J. de LANCE C. s. B. Heard By Large Audi
ence at the WOman's Club

been in far-off San.aria, centuries
ago. II may be just as much In any
part OF our lind at the present time.
Perhaps you have sometimes felt
like the woman--a great desire for
beauty, love, the Joy Of exquisite
things, the warmth Of refined
home, the satisfaction Of worthwhile
employment.
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Christ Jesus method Of Identify
ing himself with the divine-"I am
the way, the truth, and the life
glorified his experience, He over
came that which he humanity
seemed to be with his highest idea
of perfect, eternal, infinite, COM
plete existence. He called this heav-
en-,
The Christian Scientist affirms
divine completeness by recognizing
himself as the full expression Of
God Disease is seen to he an utter
lie, a baseless suggetion void OF all
reality. This lie is confronted With
the truth Of divine Wilderness OF
true health, The darkness OF the lia
cannot maintain itself II. the blazing
light OF Truth. The lie, the disease,
fades out.
True Liberty
True liberty Is the understanding
and progressive experience OF inf
mite, divine completeness. Liberty Is
divine and not human. Liberty, as
mankind thinks OF 1t, Is more or
less negative, that Is freedom from
certain restrictions.
Wherever mans divine origin Is
not acknowledged, liberty Is not
understood and cannot prosper. The
Christian Science textbook (p. 94)
points out that tyranny, intoler-
ance, and bloodshed, wherever
found, arise from the belief that the
infinite is formed after the pattern
OF mortal personality, passion, and
impulse" Consider man merely az
cog in the machine OF material
production, and you have slavery.
No theology, however clewrly and
mesmerically advocated. can change
that! In relationships, attempting
TO usurp the place OF imperative
Principle, there Is no liberating
revolution; there Is enslaving re-
action.
Safety Explained
Thousands upon thousands OF
soldiers are nowadays In danger OF
death, according to human stand
ards. IL Is the outcome OF the gen.
orally accepted theory that the
universe Is material and man de-
structible. 1t Is scientifically correct
to say, and II has been proved. that
by not admitting the material pic
turc OF existence, and simultaneous
ly recognizing mans all-inclusive
divine completeness, protection from
danger OF bombing has been realized
In many instances.
True safety Is not to be found In
digging into the earth. II you really
wish TO help your loved ones scrv-
Ing In the armed forces, you should
not contlnuc thinking about them
merely as good as brave human
boys. 1t Is not sufficient TO try to
surround 5aem as human persons
with good thoughts. AS long as YOU
think In terms OF persons there
persists the danger OF destruction.
Parents, think OF your boy as tho
son OF God, as the divine manifesto
ton, forever existing full, free,
dwelling securely within "thc city
consciousness OF the living God"
Mans true selfhood abides In this
clty-llnassailable never invaded,
never bombed Explosions are only
possible In q world of three dimcn-
sions, In realm Of limitation.
Whatever you love OF your human
son, whatever you admire as his
goodness, bravery, Joy, indicates d.
vine Ideas, spiritual qualities, though
misintcrpreted and objected In q
mortal person. Really, these ideas
exist forever In divine completeness
your true status. Your knowledge
Of this, being divine and not human.
reveals the operate ! OF Gods law
and succoring whatever
seems normal, right, and
concerning you and your
boy. Here Is "thc peace Of God,
which passeth all Ihumanl UNDER
Truths Realization Dynamic
In the sacred clarity Of your
spiritual being, In that crystal sense
that all existence Is Truth manifest
ing itself in all Its majesty and
glory, things really happen. That is
TO say, IN this mighty inner TN
Outstanding, all Is we'll and even the
that something Is wrong
has not any more to be silenced--
because 1t simply does not exist.
Gods law operates In all-encom-
passing dircctness and unfailing ef-
ficiency. This Is Loves reign and
realm.
Your understanding OF Love, re-
vealing that you are Its manifesto
lion, Is the most precious prize. Love.
as nothing else can. shows the indi-
visible oneness OF Being Here Is no
fear, no friction, no strife, no de-
struction. Only Love makes 1t pos
sible TO encompass existence as ono
glorious whole.
Our experience here Is exemph-
flying this very Love In manifes-
tation. Let us view 1t as 1t really
Is, from the standpoint OF Truth
Itself. In so doing. the active and
releasing power OF the message VIII
be felt far beyond the short span OF
q mortal hour, far beyond the limit
ed scope of an audience.
BY realizing that the divine ideas
expressed here are the fuller expert
ence OF our own being, liberated from
the evil suggestions exposed as I'M
real, we, in The sacred assurance OF
divine completeness. are fulfilling
our life-purpose, and are thereby
the blessing bountiful for all man
kind.