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LL AN v NF ' WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1923 | Bel CALLS THOUGHT 'BASIS OF ILLS Hear Lecture on Christian Science Editor's Note: Following is a brief summary of an address delivered at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Wilmette, on the subject "Christian Science, The Science of Being." BY GEORGE SHAW COOK C. S. B. Christian Science has come to re- veal that God is divine Principle, Love, and to show mankind that knowledge. of God is demonstrable. Thus Christian Science is reinstating primitive Christianity, and re-estab- lishing the teachings of the Master- Christian as demonstrated by him and by his early followers in the 'healing of sickness and sin. Spiritual Causation Causation, as understood by Jesus, and as taught by Christian Science, is spiritual: This spiritual cause is the one infinite, heavenly Father whom men call God. The scriptures not only declared God to be Father, but to be the Almighty, the Everlast: ing, I AM, Spirit, Life, Truth, Love. Christian Scientists accept these scriptural definitions of God without reservation, but they also think of God as being infinite good, as sup- mere intelligence, or Mind, the one self-existent and eternal Life, or Con- God is thus seen as the sciousness. enly source, orgin, cause, Or crea- tive Principle. ; The scriptural and Christianly scientific synonyms for Deity give us a better understanding of the omnipo- tence, omniscience, and omnipresence of God. Man is Spiritual The Scriptures tell us in the first chapter of Genesis that man was cre- ated in the image and after the like- ness of God. A true likeness is that which perfectly expresses its original. If, therefore, man is created in the likeness of God, he must be exactly like his creator. If God is Spirit, man in His likeness, must be spiritual. If God is Truth, man, as the image of God, must be truthful, honest, sincere. If God is Love, man, in his true na- ture, must be loving, gentle, kind, compassionate. If God is Life, man must be and is the living image of life. This man, the true man, the only real man, is not subject to chance nor change. He is as changeless as his eternal Principle. He is not the victim of lack nor of limitation. He reflects the infinite abundance of Spirit or God. He is not doomed to decrepitude and dissolution. He exists forever at the eternal noontide of be- ing. He is always at the standpoint of limitless opportunity, activity, and supply. Material Misconceptions From the material point of view man seems to be nothing but an or- ganism, with a mind inside of it, a mere machine controlled by a sup- posed intelligence, which is invisible and which has never been satisfac- torily explained by human philosophy. Someone may be thinking, "Why, the explanation is very simple. The brain is the seat of man's intelligence, and it, through the nervous system, con- trols and regulates the functions and faculties, the movements and actions of the human body." But what made the brain intelligent, What gave it the power to think and to direct activity? Who has ever seen the in- telligence that is supposed to be in the brain, and how do we know that it is there? Many people in the Orient believe the seat of intelligence to be in the stomach; and it might just as well be there as in the brain, for there is no essential difference between the kind of stuff that constitutes the stomach and that which constitutes the brain. Under chemical analysis they would both yield exactly the LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLELL LLL ddd 2d 207707 Ll. Every Car We Sell Carries Our Good Name Wersted Motor Company WINNETKA Wills Sainte Claire and Dodge Brothers Motor Cars 77777 77 7 7 7 277 7777 F772 72 277 2 rr 77777: QIAT LSS LSSSSSS SSS LSS LS SSS SLLLSS LSS SLA SLI LSI S SLL SSS SSS SSI SSS SASS SSS LSS SSS LIS SS LS SSS LS ASSIS SSS SSS SS same product. The different, then, is one of belief only; and the fact is that neither the brain nor the stomach can originate the least bit of real in- telligence. Disease Mental Even slight recognition of the un- reality of matter is of great practical value in everyday, human experience. Take, for example, the question of dis- ease which occupies the attention of so many people so much of the time. In the treatment of disease, knowl- edge of the unreal nature of matter helps one to see that pain and suffer- ing are not conditions of matter, but of thought. To know this is to take the first step in the direction of the permanent eradication of disease. If, as Mrs. Eddy says, there is no sensa- tion nor intelligence in matter, it is obvious that matter cannot be sick or in pain, and that if there seems to be a sense of pain or illness, it must be in thought, and not in the body. This fact having been discerned, the futii- ity of treating thought conditions, or mental states, with material remedies. becomes evident. How impossible it would be to remove an erroneous mental condition by the use of drugs, mineral water, mud baths, or even by means of a surgical operation. Yet every day adds to the list of mental causes for disease admitted by physi- cians. Among the mental causes for sickness that h ave been recognized by physicians are fear, worry, hatred, and anger. To these Christian Scien- tists would add envy, jealousy, greed, dishonesty, and all flagrant and subtle phases of sin. Mrs. Eddy's Leadership After Mrs. Eddy discovered this Science of Christian healing she dem- onstrated its truth in many wonderful instances of healing through spiritual power alone. She then wrote and published the great text-book of Christian ~~ Science. "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and other books on the same subject. 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