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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1920 11 A LECTURE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE "The Science of Right Living" ; by Prof. Hermann S. Hering, C.S.B- Frof. Hermann S. Hering, C. S. B. of Concord, N. H.,, member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., delivered a lecture on Christian Science, under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wilmette, on Sun- day afternoon, December 5, in the Winnetka Woman's club, corner Maple avenue and Oak street, Win- netka, Ill. . The lecturer was introduced by Mr. Hugh S. Campbell. A synopsis of the lecture follows: Today many thinking people are beginning to see as they have not seen before, that the healing work of the early church is yet possible, although this healing work rebukes the generally accepted supremacy of material law. They perceive that there is such a thing as spiritual law, a law apart from physics; that this divine law is and should be sovereign over so-called physical law; that it has dominion over what is termed matter; and all this in spite of the bias of materialistic though which declares that any existence apart from the material cannot be con- ceived. It is encouraging that Chris- tian peoples are beginning to awake out of their sleep and to assert their right to the freedom and harmony of the children of God. According to the Scriptural ac- counts, the healing wrought by the Master and his disciples, was ac- complished through mental or spirit- ual means alone, that is through some action of thought. Christian Science healing is brought about in the same wav. In both, the healing Principle and law are mental, »- knowing this, we are led to examine into the nature of Mind and mind action. Mind is evidently much more than mere human thought or limited consciousness since it includes the cause and phenomena of all exist- ence. Christian Science teaches that Mind is the infinite consciousness which expresses itself as ideas and constitutes all being; the intelligence and creative Principle and substance of the universe; the basis of all mani- festation and right thought, the ab- solute Truth. We can thus distinguish between the real Mind, the infinite, spiritual, immortal consciousness which ex- presses itself in perfect, indestruct- ible harmonious ideas, and the mind which includes the belief in matter, evil, limitation, disease and death. This latter therefore is not real Mind, but a false concept of mind, the Adam dream which St. Paul terms "the carnal mind which is enmity against God," in other words, God's unlike- ness or opposite. Paul also writes, "To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." This carnal mind Christian Science further defines as "mortal mind," since it includes all that is sick, sinning, discordant and mortal. It is the inversion or counterfeit of the immortal divine Mind, and its betraying characteristic is finity as opposed to infinity; therefore, since all that is real is infinite, all that is finite is unreal, and these unreal be- liefs of the carnal mind have neither place, presence, nor power; any 'more than has the schoolboy's erroneous belief that two times two make five. It is simply a false concept. It has no existence. Mrs. Eddy's supreme declaration is this, that there is one infinite Mind which is wholly good, perfect, in- destructible, immortal. This infinite, absolute, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent Being is the incorporeal Father-Mother God whose true nature is revealed through Christian Science. This divine actuality is the scientific basis on which all Christian Science healing is demonstrated, the divine Principle whose everpresence is utilized in the overcoming of sin and sickness, through the available transforming power of the Christ, coming to the human consciousness. Christian Science explains the true nature of the divinely created man, as not the man created of the dust of the ground but as the image and TREN IE UNIQUE STYLE SHOP | B. COPLAN, Proprietor SPECIALTY Ladies' Sanitary Goods ALSO 3} Silk and Serge Dresses FALL & WINTER COATS 1126 CENTRAL AVENUE WILMETTE Phone Wilmette 2403 em---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eee likeness of God, the man whom God pronounced good and to whom He gave dominion over the earth. The perfect nature of God and the real man was revealed to Mrs. Eddy. The Scriptures spiritually understood reveal this truth, and Mrs. Eddy first stated it in scientific and metaphysic- al terms which, when understood, make it possible for anyone to begin to demonstrate it. The creative Principle operates positively through divine law, it embraces and supports all real existence,--perfect God, per- fect man, and perfect universe. But if all reality is spiritual and perfect, there arises the question "What of evil, material, discordant conditions?" Here Christian Science explains that because Spirit, the ab- solute good, is infinite, everywhere, there can be no place for either evil or matter, and it therefore classifies all phenomena and all experiences which are unlike perfect God and perfect man as unreal, as false con- cepts projected by erroneous human sense, as untrue beliefs; and it sus- tains this contention by destroying these conditions, thus proving them nutrue, for Truth is indestructible. It should be clearly seen that al- though Christian Science denies matter by revealing its unreality, it does not destroy the sense of exist- ence. The denial of matter does not produce a blank, for matter cannot be effectually denied until the sub- stance of Spirit has been clearly ap- prehended. The metaphysical process involves a realization of Truth and a corresponding denial of error, a rec- ognition of what is real and actual, and a resulting perception of the illusion of material appearance. This brings about a change in the human consciousness, and this improved quality of thought produces a more harmonious sense of existence. Christian Science healing brings about not merely a physical change, but improves the patient morally, mentally, and spiritually. It brings a man nearer to God and changes his standpoint from a material to a spir- itual basis. It uplifts thought, gives him power over evil, and improves his whole being in the degree that he can grasp its truth. Mrs. Eddy's one objective through many years was to know God, to | the infinite source of good, to under- stand the true nature of being, that healing might came to burden-bear- ing humanity. Her single-minded- ness, untempted by the world, un- dismayed by the weakness of the flesh, undaunted by the enmity of evil, held her true to her ideal and brought her to the longed-for goal, the demonstrable working under- standing of the Christ method, with unmistakable signs following. At the fourteenth motor exhibition recently held at the Olympia, in Lon- don, more than eighty types of auto- mobiles were listed by the British. The United States was second with forty-one cars. France has twenty- six exhibits, the Italians ten and the Belgians, Dutch and Swiss one each. America had the distinction of show- ing the lowest priced automobile. Ancient Egyptians venerated the sacred ibis and preserved its remains in mummies. 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