The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
ctrNDAY, MARCH 16, 1947

1,doe Samuel W. Greene, c. S
NJ Chicago, H., a member OF
b. christian Science Board OF
~I'v ot,Ireship. delivered a lecture
t;t1ed Christian Science: The
enn,e Truth a about God and
os1 nnp" Monday under the auspices
M'E first Church Of Christ, Scien-
o. in the church at 18th and
CHESTNUT streets.
me lecturer was introduced by
Marian Lander, First Reader
~ the local church.
III u called attention 10 the vague
confused views that are en-
s artaiped by many people concern
:sa God: and he spoke of the i'm
las of a clear and under
s..dab,e knowledge OF God, such
is taught in Christian Science.
told how Mary Baker Eddy,
Discoverer and Founder of
easr;stian Science, labored to at
VI, = true and provable concept
cod and how that truth could
". used practically. He said:
like the great Master, the Dis
,overer and Founder of Christian
sSience offers to the world proof
" ifs truth and its power in the
v4orks that are done in Christian
e@c;.nce. First came her own heal
;ns through adhering to Jesus
nrsctical teaching in the acknowl-
sdpment of Gods presence and
rower. then helping and inspiring
pthers to a like adherence and ac-
snowledgment, she found them
healed. Thus began, simple and
little hearlded. the Christian
science movement, which, by the
torce Of its astounding success
through the decades, has spread
itself effectively throughout the
Christian world.
Mrs. Eddy will undoubtedly go
down in history as having rees-
tablished the practice of spiritual
healing in the church, and as an
essential accompaniment of re.
lisious activity, such az ii was in
The church of the early Christian
era"
The Christian Science Textbook
The speaker said that the text
hook of Christian Science is a
hook that appeals to thinkers; and
that it is not a Bible, but is to
he studied with the Bible.
THE textbook of Christian Sci
ence," he explained, 'is not only
readable from a literary and in
teIlectual standpoint, but the in
teIigent reader quickly realizes
that it is dealing constantly with
questions, subjects, conditions,
and prospects in a way that ap-
peals to the thinker as well as
10 the sincere religionist.
christian Scientists find it diff
ticult to write or speak of the text
book in ordinary or conservative
estimates, because the volume is
50 much more to them than a
mere book. Hosts OF people have
been healed and are daily being
healed of all types of disease and
difficulty by reading and studying
the textbook. This book is not a
Christian Science Bible as some
critics have said nor does it in
any way take the place of the
use and study by them of the Holy
Scriptures.
THE Bible and the textbook are
read and studied together. The
Bible is the great book of authori-
ty from on high and the textbook
is the key to the Scriptures max
ing plain in many instances the
lost or hidden spiritual truths of
the Bible by its logical i%nsistence
that God must be interpreted ac-
CUI uIlS ~ his Tue { a.
not in accord with material as
SYMPTOMS concerning Deity
God
The lecturer spoke at length
about how Christian Science is
helping men and women to a cor
rect knowledge of God. He said:
When the reader is first made
acquainted with the S of seven
synonyms for God Love, Life
Truth, Soul, Mind, Spirit, Prlncl-
ple-it may be startling to his ac-
customed manner of thought, and
he may have to do considerable
thinking or reading in the Bible
to be able 10 be reconciled to this
torcible statement of what God IS.
The averag student of the bible,
however, will have little or no diff
ficulty upon reflection to adjust
his thinking to this modern state
nent of what God is in the use