Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-01

The irresistible advance of divine
Truth and Love is stirring human
thought to its depths, assuring the
triumph of right in the current
world struggle, and healing sickness
with growing efficacy as the religion
of Christ Jesus becomes better un-
derstood, Paul A. Harsch, C. S. B.,
of Toledo, Ohio told a large audi
ence here Sunday night.
Mr.. Harsch, a member of the
Board of Lectureship of The Mother
Church, The First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts,,
spoke in Ell Centre under the
auspices of the First Church. The
subject of his lecture was, Chris
tian Science: The Religion of
Reality"
THE months that are Immediately
behind us are ones that We shall not
be likely to forget" Mr. Harsch
said. History will record them as
among the NEST momentous of all
time. There is every reason to be-
live that the period upon which we
are now entering will be even more
memorable. 1t will in all probability
bring to everyone unusual expert
ences, unexpected changes, radical
readiuStmentS.
WORLD TRANSFORMED
The interval between the year
1866, when the healing Christ, Truth,
appeared to Mary Baker Eddy, Dis
coverer, Founder, and Leader CT
Christian Science, and this present
year of grace, 194c, constitutes a
lapse of only a trifle over three
quarters of a century. Yet during
that extraordinarily brief period the
thinking of the world has expert
enced a transformation SC profound
and SO radical that few as yet per-
ceive its significance and still fewer
recognize its source.
This altered thinking cuts deep
into the very heart of accepted the
ory and practice along almost all
material lines. We are convinced
that this change in thinking has
stemmed from an improved concept
Ct mans responsibility to his fellow
man. This in turn is the result OF
bettered understanding of Deity, and
a realization, at least in part, that
in their true spiritual nature all
men are sons of God, endowed with
the dignity, rights, and privileges OF
such sonship. In other words, NOR
tails are beginning to glimpse the
underlying reality of all things.
The pace of human advancement
has been accelerated tremendously
in recent times, the lecturer con-
tinued, especially since the discovery
Of Christian Science.
Again truth, irresistible in its ad-
vance, has brought mankind to this
new crisis" he said, with reference
to the world upheaval. Again we
are deep in the throes of mighty
contest, the great battle of mortal
mind to retain its hold on human
itv, It is the battle of wrong against
right. of error against Truth, OF
human hate against divine Love, the
battle which can have but one ultl-
mate result, namely, the complete
destruction of the so-called forces OF
evil. This battle will only be ccn-
cluded when the reality of all things
is brought to light and it is found
that man does stand as GODS own
child, the image of His love- as a
beloved hymn in the Christian SCI
ence Hymnal puts it,
EXPLAINS TERMS
Mr.. Harsch explained that the
words Truth and Love- wien
capitalized, are two of seven syno-
nyms for God in the teaching OF
Christian Science. The other syno-
nyms are Life, ind, Soul, Spirit,
and Principle.
Responding to the power of these
life-giving aspects of the Supreme
Being, human consciousness is ask
ink with new clarity and new ur-
gency whether this human expert
ence is the ultimate. increasingly
men are turning frcm erroneous de-
fective thinking to ask: Am 1 not
man in the fullest, truest sense now,
and may l not become conscious OF
that fact by refusing to entertain
any longer, believe, or be governed
by. the falsities to which l seem to
have been in bondage for so long a
time?"
To these STRINGS OF conscious
ness. these deep and vital queries,