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PAGES. THE HERALD. Be Devoted t the UpbalMiag of the West Side of the River. "A very live and creditable weekly newspaper.."-MANIUACTMRBI ' RECORD. .villI NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1921. rr, .R- 11 t VC K.ý "4 " . ", S. *11 r~a~ ~. *t 1~d1 ·'I. aD 4, 4 ;p* ~1 *, , A LECTURE ON Christian Science Entitled Christian' Science; The True Standard of Right By Bliss Knapp, C. S. B. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist. in Boston, Massachusetts. ,An ex-mayor of New York declared not long ago, that "a person who wants to be honest nowadays must be a crank on honesty." That is just a forcible Hay of describing the present contlict between good and evil, and the extent to which one must go to main tali his standard of right. Nations I and individuals have been aroused as never before to combat a movement commonly known as Bolshevism; and while armed forces have gathered to oppose its military encroachments, its mental forces of demoralization in business add society operate apparently unhindered. But there is a remedy for such hidden evils in the promised Comforter which Jesus described, not as a person, but as the "Spirit of truth," which "will guide you into all truth." When Christian Science brought a return of primitive Chris tian healing, it raised that standard wa ft Truth which makes us free in mind no and in body. su I remember when a child, with what ga amazement I first discovered that some th people do not always speak the truth; ea and I remember my perplexity as I se begged to be told how to detect false- to hood in ordinary conversation. My p1 difficulty gradually disappeared as I pl began to learn in Christian Science at that a right sense of honesty, based Fi upon Principle, is a keen detective of dishonest motives. We sometimes Si speak of that natural discernment as tiu Intuition; for intuition is the ex- Si pressed intelligence of spiritual qual- C1 ities. This may explain why so many is spiritually minded women often go di- tI rectly and uperringly to the very heart is of i problem which seems to baffle the L reasoning. process of others. That de very directness is sometimes called "a woman's reason." Questionable Standards. of Those who are unwilling to obey pi tl absolute standard of right, generally have a flexible standard which Is C sometimes called "the law of neces: b sity." This phrase, "the law of neceuJ d sity," applies to those who are honest * in appearance, but who are quite ready d to act dishonestly whenever the re- f ward seems to shift about. Bach a 0 variable standard must be policy or a dedception, and not Principle. In the ti book of Job, in the Bible, you may re- to member how Satan once challenged ti the purity of Job's goofness, possibly tl because the Deceiver is always the o most deceived. So he insisted that t Job's goodness wps nothing but a sub- 11 terfuge to gain some reward in heaven, c -that is to say, a torm of selfishness. t Those who make selfishness instead of P Principle the standard of their actions 1i must agree with Satan in upholding t "the law of necessity." Bat the tram- t er of 'the American Decltratioa of t Independence reClognled an eternal t Truth when they wrote that men "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among C these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happliness." The God of Christen- c dom, therefore, is the divine Principle or Creator of those life-giving and lib- I erkting fruits- of the 8pirit, which are expressed nsaelflshly in right-minded I men and wora everywhere. An intelligent pagan of education and renaement may be found obeylng the ordinary canons of honesty, be cause he has learned that honesty will serve his best interests, therefore he will be found acting uas honestly as he can. But his standard of honesty Is not the Christian God, or the divine Principle of honesty; for he worships a tod fashioned.by the hand of man. So long as he has no Prlnciple, he can have no real qualities derived from Principle, and therefore no real msnse of honesty. Thus a man's standard of right depends entfitely upon the nature of the God he worships. According to the Century Dtitleoury, "There are ho two wards in the E~g ish language eewe eaotfasedly one for the ether as the words rule' and p-facpl&e... .... You em make a ri.e; you canot make a priuciie; you esan lay down a riae; yea cannot, rOperly speakling, lay down a prlscp ....... Yoseannolydeclarel t . . hisa pr tcilIe that 'tlhe abath was made ft;r man'.. The tact that the fourth Commandment is an ma o ot m P neiple rns the lessen Mmes learned from-his e crrtee ithe wirldernss witlh-the mmmm. A h u ~L ~~· S *j1. * .* , r'5 As time rolls on the world still sins, SBut there on Calvay Christ died! Christ lives! Redemption brings A hope eternally. was enough for their daily supply and wil nothing more; but on the sixth day, a dit supply of bread for two clays could be set gathered. The same God who supplied kin the Children of Israel with food to I eat for forty years. also set apar: the bet seventh day for a sabbath rest from Ch toil. This same God or Principle sup- api plies every need, and because tie sup- of plies our every need, He is not cold the and austere. He is indeed the loving tw Father who blesses all mankind. cia In her. book "Rudimental Divine So Science," Mrs. Eddy answers the ques- hi tion, "What isthe Principle of Christian Tr Science?" in these words:-"It is mi God, 'i~ S"ipreme Being, Infinite and immortal Mind, the Soul of man and the universe. It is our Father which is in heaven. It is substance, Spirit, fel Life, Truth. and Love,-these are t1e th dcudc Principle.' po Idolatry. at Contrast, it you will, the guidance ap of divine Principle through law, with ef the'praetice of heathen rites and cere- of malies. Fh one of the great cities of ya (hl , for example, there stands a t, brve little Christian Science church, pe dedicated to the healing ministry of re our great Master. Surrounding this TI church, there are heathen temples L, illed frith idols fashioned by the hand st of man. Not long ago a severe drought cc afflicted the city, and for many days st the pagan priests implored their gods .fa to send rain. When the drought con tinued unabated, the priests in one of a, the temples took matters ipto their h4 owp hands, and proceeded to punish TI the gods. The idols of their own mak- ej ing were removed from the cool, spa- hi clous temple and placed out of doors in al the full heat of the sun. Then the fr priests began to mock and chide them it like so many children, even taunting a them with such remarks as, "Stay tl there and see Jow you like to bake in T the sun." And there they sat until ,S the rain came. About the same time tl an accident, which was immediately a charged to the anger of the gods, oc- a curred in one of the mines of Korea. I o80 the mines were closed until exor- is cist priests were brought from long r, distances to perform rites and cere- c monies intended to appease the wrath t, of the gods. It seems, therefore, that g the hqathen diety which is liable to L wrath, is very much like the Satan of F the Bible. h Christ Dethrones Satan. ' The Founder of Christianity repu- d diated the notion- that Satan could cast out Satan, and gave as a reason that t a kingdom divided against itself can not stand. He once spoke of a certain woman who had been bowed together eighteen years "and could in no wise lift up herself," as "a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years." He healed her immediately by the power of God, and it was on the Sabbath day. The Christian God therefore does not send disease, but He heals disease. He is, in other words, the divine prlnciple of our ealth sand holiness. To the Christian Sedenti$, the Christ ide bears the same IdLan to the divine Principle as the smta rays bear to the sun itself Christ Jesus de clared himself to be the light of the wprld,-the same light that appeared in the beginning when God said, "Let 1 there be light: sad there wis light" t That light was the saving Christ: but i God, the divine Principls, was the i Creator of it. , In d4e course, the com rltag of that lt es a s.tig power. Swa1 hoek -o[ as "Iu gsael, or God with us." which is the appearing of th divine intelligence in human con- th sciousness, healing and saving man- (1 kind. I) SE Bible scholars make a distinction S between Christ and Jesus, which Christian Science explains; for God tl appointed the man Jesus to the office oa of Christ. Christ Jesus therefore was the promised Messiah, or Mediator be- la tween God and men. He rightly de- hi clared himself to be, not God, but the Son of God, bearing witness through di his healing ministry unto the Christ. a Truth, that 1tdeems and saves all mankind. Healing By Faith. fl For A long time professed Christians fell into such idolatrous methods that M they utterly lost sight of the healing il power of Christ. All they beheld was h the visitation of evil, and they prayed } after the manner of the heathen tp t appease the wrath of their god. In d effect, they really became worshippers t of Satan. and that continued until a 3 young priest of the church started a n movement which made it possible for 1 people of every rank and station to a read the Bible in their own language. 1 This was the great reformer, Martin r Luther. As a result of this Bible a study, the people began to gain a more r correct view of God, and occasional in- I stances of healing rewarded their .faith. A very significant and important re sult of Luther's Bible study was the I healing of his disciple, Melanchthon. 1 The man had lost consciousness, his e eyes were set, and the c6urt physician e had pronounced him, beyond human I aid. When Luther saw his dearest friend in that condition, he was vis ibly frightened. Then, rousing him self, he exclaimed: "0 God, how has the devil injured this thy instrument!" There was the evidence of his Bible study; for he refused to attribute that sickness to God. Rather did he appeal to the Giver of all good to save his friend. To use his own words, I "wearied His ears with all His prom ises of hearing prayers, which I could repeat out of Holy Writ; so that He could ot but hear me, if ever I were to trust in His promises." Then grasping Melanchthon by the hand, Luther exclaimed, "Be of good courage, Philip; thou shalt not die. . . He has pleasure in life, not in death ... Therefore give no place to the spirit of sorrow, and be not thine own mur derer." In response to that right sense of God's loving care, Melanch thon's breath revived, but he acted very much like a drowning man who begs to be let alone that he may die In peace. "By no means, .Philip," cried Luther; "thou must serve our Lord God yet longer." When food was brought, Luther burst Out with all the threat, "Thou must eat, or I will, ex comanunidate thee." It is interesting S to know that Melanchthon responded to that true sense of God and lived twenty years longer. Mrs. Eddy's Early Preparateo. t It is not at all uncommon for devout * Christians to be healed because their r study of the ble opens to them a Smore correct w of God. Calvin e Knox, Wesley and otheq Christian i worthles have maifuested wondertful e bealing power, as their prayers lifted " thought tb mgauls God's'true nature. It Such ehild4ike qualitis as humility, 1al receptivity and teachableness e- communicate thse heavenly blessings r. to humam nsaele usm. BSo it Is ree d ognisel as a Christian duty to histtact the receptive thought of the child in the saving grace of God. It was this bli ('hristian culture that Mrs. Eddy, the of )iscoverer and Founder of Christian its Science, received from her mother; for brl Mrs. Eddy was taught from her youth the to look to God for deliverance in every ns time of trouble. When Mary Baker was once taken with a fever, her mother Al reminded the little girl of God's by loving care and protection, and assured he her of His healing grace, if only she s would turn to Him in prayer. Mary *t did pray fervently to God for deliver- *h ance from the fever, and she was bh quickly healed. Naturally her mother was glad; for the healing had con flrmed her loving trust in God's care. Many proofs of healing attended M Mrs. Eddy's walk through life, attest- is ing God's ever presence and confirming tb her faith in His goodness and power. a Her faith was put to the severest ha test in 1866, when she was facing be death itself. Turning for consolation to to her Bible, she began to read from Matthew the healing of the palsied r1 man. The account of the healing hI held her attention as never before, d and she must have glimpsed the great W Truth that the divine power which had restored that man in Jesus' time was it still operative; for God's power can never change. The result was as im- 0 mediate; for she arose from her bed h prefectly well, dressed herself and I startled her family by her sudden ap pearance. This was a most wonder ful proof to her that God is the great Physician, whose healing power is changeless; and then and there she determined to search for the scientific Law which must underlie such in stances of healing. Personal Ienbs. a Mrs. Eddy is known to thousands of grateful men and women throughout the worM to be the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and be cause of that, she commands our pro foundest reverence and gratitude. It was my privilege to know some thing of her as a loving, unsetfed wo man,-the kindest friend I ever had. My father was a deep student of the Bible, and when Christian Science healed two members of our family, he began the study of this Sclence and became an earnest Christian Scientist. ,For many years my parents were close ly.associated with Mrs. Eddy, who was their pastor, teacher and friend. At one time Mrs. Eddy spebt a week at our home, and I then had the oppor tunity of seeing her to be a gentle, af fectionate woman, interested in our pets and problems, laughing with us and sympathizing with us, yet always mindful of her great mission to suffer ing humanity. An incident that occurred during her isit with us has always stood out vividly in my memory. One morning before breakfast, my sister sat down at the organ and began to play and sing the good' old gospel hymn taken from the pealms, "Weeping may en dure for a night, but Joy cometh in the morning." My father Joined in the song, and when it was finished, Mrs. Eddy's door opened and she ap peared, her face radiant. Then she told us that she had continued all night in prayer over some problem, and the answer had come when she felt the sptrlit expressed in that song. This Incident evidently impressed her; s for several years later, she referred to Sit in a letter to ly father. S (Continued on next page.) FAITH AND HOPE, EASTER MESSAGE Promise of Immortality Most Glorious to the World of Humanity Sorrow and lnne liners and bleak winter come to the entrance of the cold, dark tomb. And, lo! the tomb is bright with light super natural I The all glorious Angel of the Resurrection stands within It! They thought it the grave of life. It Is really the womb of the morning, 1l a glitter with the sun-rising of a new and better (day. The tradition of Easter is a holy one. The Feast lacks the merri ment we have learned to assocl ate with the Na tivity, but the Resurrection is to the full as essential to the Christian faith. Christmas is a season of joy, of blithesome cheerfulness at the advent of the Savior. To a world sobered by I its Gethsemane and Calvary, Easter brings a message of Faith and Hope, the essence of the religion mankind Sneeds. s Mankind has passed through the r Agony culminating in and symbolised s by the little white cross. Heavy d hearted we are still inclined to seek e solace at the tomb. To us the mes Ssagep comes again: "Why seek ye the . living amog the desd He is not , here; He is risen." Therein lies the message of Easter: - the promise of immortality beyond the tomb. Nor is it a mere ceincidence that d Easter falls at this season. Spring - Is simply Nature's way of reiterating g the Baster message. Through the long r. winter months the world of Nature , has seemed asleep In death. Trees g bare, fields destitute, death appared n to reign supreme. J Then, just as we are almost web I tied enough to give up hope, the amp ig begins to run, little green thing to e, shoot, birds to chirp a cheerily a t eer ,d It Is Nature's message of Immortal I Ity to the world of humanity. L There is another and a wider aspect . of the Easter message. We seem to d e standing by the tomb of much t d holy. Belgion, belie in pfl idealism, how dead they seem to 'tI Seeking only material things, nelect tfl of things of the spirit, the world i tIn a parlous state. The few who e have held their beliefs look about in perplety and dilay. Has the very body of the faith been removed? Ab no. In the midst of our anxious grie comes the reviving, heartening assur ance: "He is not dead; He is risen." of Ever the Easter festival come ut around---fter the inevitable Agony ad and every spring the magic words are e spoken and we go forth clad In Invul nerable armor for the frays for "He is not dead; He is risen." o shall we other men also rlse ! he * Easter Blossoms Sfor the AflBiiced or av iwn asimn, a purhse at the pemla e, e mmsemt ld as tie monrort ta gap Sm el tir nlea $rtpem Nr, vents. Ff ti &" r I '4 *6* 6'i e.I s. : 'j we % **