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by
l Ralph E. Wagers, C. S. B.
ef Chicago, Illinois
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The lecturer was Introduced by
Mrs. John Randall Dunn who said,
It Is my happy privilege to wel-
come you to the first lecture In
our new Church home. We are to
listen to a lecture the title of
which IB "Christian Science Its
Revelation of Divine Son-ship."
Our lecturer is a member of The
Board of Lectureship of The
Mother Church, The FlrBt Church
of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass-
achusetts. He brings to us a mes-
sage which IB the fruitage of many
years of consecrated service to the
cause of Christian Science as well
as to the service of his brother-
man: as a lecturer, a teacher and
a practitioner. If with open hearts
and minds we listen to this mes-
sage I am Bure we will all leave
this edifice with a clearer and
fuller realization of our divine aon-
ship than we had when we en-
tered it.
Mr. Ralph E. Wagers of Chicago,
Illinois, is our lecturer. It gives me
great pleasure to welcome Mr.
Wagers and to introduce him to
you.
The lecturer spoke substantially
u follows:
Have you any idea what per-
centage of the world's population Is
, Christian? We are told that the fig-
ure is hardly twenty-five per cent,
and that less than half this number
support the church , attend church
services, or earnestly try to prac-
tice the teachings ot tha Master
in terms of daily living. We who
are accustomed to think of Chris-
tianity as a world-wide force may
well pause before such figures
Christian nations have, ot course,
made great progress socially, po-
litically, and economically. Yet,
what has been accomplished thus
far is small indeed compared with
the potentialities of this way of
life. Why have we not better
fulfilled the Master's requirements
for true Christian living?
Perhaps this illustration will
serve as a partial answer to the
question. When an object (s ob-
served through binoculars, the ob-
ject appears nearer than it is. But
if the binoculars are reversed, that
which is right at hand seems sud-
denly to- have been removed far
from the observer. Su If the teach-
ings and demonstrations of Christ
Jesus seem far removed from pres-
ent experience, it is certain that
we are wrongly regarding the
Master's precepts and practice. We
are looking through the wrong end
tof nut binoculars Surely as long
as we relegate Christian healing to
a distant past and Christian salva-
_ tion to a doubtful future, we are
' removing ourselves from the un-
derstanding of the Master's spirit-
ual teachings, and then we cannot
practically apply them to meet our
present needs.
The Proof of Divine Sonshlp
John the Baptist announced the
appearing of lesus as "the Lamb
of God, which taketh away the
ain of the world" (John 1:29) and
later he commissioned two ot his
friends to go to Jesus and ask him
if he really was the one "that
ahould come," or, as John put it,
"do we look for another? You
will notice that Jesus answered
John's questions, not by citing doc-
trines and theories, but by enu-
merating the practical works and
¦ healings which were being accom-
plished by the Christ, Truth. Mat-
thew records his words thus: "Go
and shew John again those things
which ye do hear and see: the
blind receive their sight, and the
lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear, the dead are
' raised up, and the poor have the
fospel preached to them" (Matt.
1:3-6).
h This power to remove the evl-
' dences of sin and suffering was the
direct result of 'esus' awareness of
his sonship with God, which made
him forevei conscious of his su-
periority to all that was corruptive,
afflictive, and destructive Through
the Master's teaching that man is
the son of God, Christian Scien-
tists today are gaining such a spir-
itual concept of man that it is al-
ready transforming their lives; it
is making them healthier ..nd hap-
fiier; it Is making them conscious
hat such demonstrations as Jesus
made are possible to them in this
present time; and it is convincing
them that divine sonship is some-
thing which 'hey may rightly
claim foi themselves, with all oi
the prnctlcal benefits such an ac-
knowledgment involves Surely II
is not surprising that we whr have
been dissatisfied with the distant
or merely theoretica l view ol
Christianity should be grateful tc
' have found 'in Christian Scienc
the teachings "1 Christ Jesus made
available and demonstrable ir
meeting our problems today
Two Unfortunate Tendencies
In this connection, let us take
note of two unfortunate tendencies
i of human thought which tend to
» obscui e the heal Ing powei of Chris-
tianity One is thi tendency to
consider Christianity as a mode ot
salvation designed primarily to
prepare tor life hereafter. The
"•then" and the "there" may be In-
triguing subjects for theological
speculation, but they should not
deny the practical benefits of
Christianity to those who may be
is need of healing "now" and
"here." To believe that Jesus
¦ought to save men from a dreaded
future, while lea /ing them vulner-
able to all sorts ot suffering,
wretchedness, disappointment, and
catastrophe In the present, cer-
tainly does not do Justice to the
Master's mission. Did he not say
(John 10:10), "I am come that they
might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantl y"?
The other unfortunate tendency
is to look upon the works of Christ
Jesus as what are commonly called
miracles rather than as natural and
normal demonstrations of divine
power. To think of them as
miracles, in the generally accepted
theological sense of this term,
would be to consign the works he
did and taught others to dc to the
realm of mysticism or transcen-
dentalism. This also would be a
misinterpretation of his mission.
Perhaps these two tendencies ex-
plain why men are tempted to set
God aside and try to take the
Sresent into their own hands, leav-
lg the future to fit in with some
•ort of a pattern that will concern
them only when they catch up with
it. But what if they never catch
up with It? Suppose the "now" is
found to be continuous? We may
speak of a thousand years from
now aa being "then." But then It
would be "now," and each moment
of the intervening years would be
"now" to the one experiencing it.
Divine Sonship: fours and Mine
As Christianity :s seen as Sci-
ence, as it is recognized that ev-
' erything a devo'tt person hopes to
experience in the future is avail-
able to him today. Christianity be-
comes more than a hope; it is
found to be the satisfying fulfill-
ment of hope, here and now.
When the Master spoke of him-
self as the human Jesus, he re-
ferred to himself as the Son of
man. But when he spoke of him-
self as Christ, ie referred to his
sonship with God. This is the
spiritual significance of the term
Christ Jesus. A correct under-
standing of his life shows how a
son of man—you and I—may be-
come progressively aware of our
sonship with God and yield to this
sonship in the complete overcom-
ing of sin and mortality.
What Divine SonshiD Means
Now, just what is meant by di-
vine sonship? The popular belief
that a mortal, In some way, even-
tually evolves into an immortal
being must be given up in favor
of the fact that if you and I are
ever to be sons of God, we must
in reality be sons of God now. Our
very existence is justification for
this acknowledgment, since some-
thing must be responsible for our
existence, something above our-
selves, greater than ourselves. Like
produces like. It should not be
difficult to accept the fact that
God's likeness must be Godlike.
Whatever is true about God must
be true about man. Whatever is
not true about God is not true
about man. As If to establish for
all time the fact of man's divine
sonship, John declared, "Behold,
what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God"
(I John 3:1).
Man is one with God as effect is
one with cause. This sonship un-
folds to human consciousness
through divine revelation. We
need not wait until it is fully
manifested before we acknowledge
it. Through spiritual unfoldment
we can perceive a spiritual fact
before it is humanly apparent, and
the very acknowledgment of the
spiritual fact has a transforming
effect upon oui thinking and so
upon our lives. In the presence of
man's spiritual identity under-
stood and demonstrated, human
experience is improved until it
eventually disappears—not through
death, but through overcoming
death.
You will find that as you work
from the standpoint of divine son-
ship you will approach problems
and difficulties with a new sense
of dominion and authority . You
will not seek to avoid moral and
ethical responsibilities, but to ful-
fill them. You will learn to enjoy
the battle between Truth and error
because you know you are on the
winning side. You will not seek
to avoid contact with the world,
but to determine fur yourself, in
Science, the conditions of this
contact.
Healing Possible Today
Jesus spoke with authority. To
those who were suffering with var-
ious afflictions, his words were
with such power that all manner
of disease and discord wens quickly
healed. Have you believed that
such healing is not possible today?
Well, it is, and many are the wit-
nesses. Here is one example. A
man who introduced me at a lec-
ture in a Canadian city told me
that he owed his life to the Chris-
tian Science textbook , "Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip-
tures" by Mary Baker Eddy Ovei
twenty-five years ago a doctor was
called to examine him because he
had been coughint considerably
and seemed 'o be getting worse
He was told hat his lungs were
tubercular and was advised to go
to a sanatorium at once.
The hoped-for Improvement did
not come about. His condition
grew steadily worse. At a par-
ticularly discouraging time a copy
of Science and Health was brought
Into the sanatorium by a new pa-
tient and was loaned to him. He
began with the Preface and con-
tinued through he chapter on
Prayer. He '
.old me that he will
never forget his feelings as he read
that chapter. Vith a conviction
that nothing has since shaken, he
read statements which confirmed
some of the things that aad al-
ready begun to unfold in his
thought as he had reached out to
God In prayer during his illness
Thoughts which had dimly passed
through his consciousness be now
saw printed in black and white,
and he accepted them without
hesitation
Healing Through Reading
He read on and on, pausing oc-
casionally to read a passage aloud
to his fellow patients He finished
the book and reread it again and
again . Within two weeks despair
and gloom had yielded to new hope
and spiritual enlightenment This
brought physical rejuvenation, and
when his wife made her next visit,
he felt able to walk with her for
more than a mile, talking earnestly
of what he had read and scarcely
conscicjs of any physical effort.
Within three months he was
back at work and has nevet had
any recurrence of the difficulty.
He is now an oarnest worker in
the Christian Science movement
and realizes that his physical
healing was only a step in the un-
foldment ot a completely new
sense of his being, in the recogni-
tion of what sonship with God
really means.
Mary Baker Eddy'" Leadership
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discov-
erer and Founder of Christian
Science, which presents and ex-
plains this divine sonship, was a
devout student of the Bible and a
sincere follower of Christ, and
Christian Scientists strive to fol-
low their Leader's example in both
of these respects. In so doing they
are assured that the Christ, rather
than a human person, is leading
every step of their way in spiritual
progress. This gives them great
appreciation of their Leader and
a deep love for her, without In the
least tempting them to deify her,
Mrs. Eddy gave unmistakable
evidence of her capacity foi lead-
ership when she recognized the
need for and founded the Christian
Science movement. Those who ap-
preciate the significance of this
step recognize the necessity , as
well as the difficulties, of the or-
ganization she established.
The plan for this organization
centers in the Manual of The
Mother Church This Instrument
of government requires and de-
velops on the part of its members
a degree of spiritual growth
through the unfoldment ot spirit-
ual Truth or divine low in human
consciousness. Membership In this
organization implies a sacred obli-
gation to understand and fulfill the
underlying moral and spiritual de-
mands which constitute the sub-
stance of this Manual. Under
such voluntary discipline, human
thought changes foi the better, but
the rules by which this improve-
ment is brought .bout are so fun-
damental as to be changeless.
Mrs. Eddy knew that by its very
nature mortal mine, would attempt
to stir up conflict from within and
without; that it would seek to con-
fuse and deceive, weaken and dis-
courage. She realized that she was
being directed to take a step that
would test the consecration of her
followers to the utmost. But she
had great confidence that the prob-
lems of organization would be met
and disposed of through obedience
to the Manual, by the very power
of the divine intelligence that
brought forth the discovery itself.
As Discoverer of Christian Sci-
ence and Founder of this move-
ment, Mary Baker Eddy will al-
ways be recognized as its beloved
Leader. In her book "The First
Church ot Christ, Scientist, and
Miscellany" (pp. 119, 120) she
writes: "St. John found Christ,
Truth, in the Word which u God.
We look for the sainted Revelator
in his writings, and there we find
him. Those who look for me In
person, or elsewhere than In my
writings, lose me instead of find
me."
A Practical , Healing Science
The movement ot Christian Sci-
ence consists not so much of edi-
fices as of consecrated lives. Two
important aspects of this move-
ment are the Sunday services and
the Wednesday testimony meet-
ings. Here not routine, but con-
secration and inspiration make the
healing power of the Christ, Truth,
available to receptive thought. In
these church services the activity
of the spiritual idea in the hearts
of the congregation brings healing
and regeneration to those in need
of help. And is there anyone who
does not need help In one form or
another today?
During the last war, an American
woman whom 1 know incurred se-
vere back and leg injuries in the
course of an air raid on Singapore,
escaping on the last boat to leave
that port. In the depth of despair,
her husband left to an unknown
fate, she herself unable to
straighten up because of her in-
juries, with no money and no place
to go when she reached Java , she
was sitting dejectedly on the boat
when a lady came up to ner ana
asked if she might be of help to
her. Upon their arrival in Batavia,
Java , this woman took her to her
hotel room and cared for her The
next day, which was a Sunday, my
friend limped to the first Christian
Science church service s>he had
ever attended , the guest ot the
woman who had befriended her.
The first thing she observed , as
she stated in my visit with her,
was this sentence painted on the
wall: "Divine Love always has met
and always will meet every human
need" (Science and Health , p
494) It arrested her thought Whal
divine Love was, she had no idea ,
but even the word "love" seemed
to be from another world in which
there must be peace and quiet.
Suddenly the air raid sirens
sounded She was bail on her feet,
looking for P place to hide , when
the voice of the First Readei come
quietly and confidently: "There is
a shelter back of this church
Should anyone wish to leave , we
will pause for a few moments,
then continue with the service If,
however , you are sincere students
of Christian Science, ynu will know
that God is everywhere and that
there is no place where God is
not." This woman looked about
and saw that no one moved. In-
stead of terror, she suddenly fell
a great sense of peace. It was al-
most beyond her grasp to see peo-
ple who really trusted God in such
an emergency
Out if the Mist
It was generally accepted that
the Japanese would soon take
Java, but with renewed courage
from what she had seen and felt
at that service, she wired to hei
bank In Singapore for money to be
cabled to hei at Batavia. The
money arrived the very day Singa-
pore fell She iBter found that it
was the last cable sent by the
bank She was already realizing
that divine Love Is ever operative
in her behalf.
Aftei she reached her home. In
the United States, a medical diag-
nosis doomed her to an inactive
life in a steel brace. A friend
urged her to see a Christian Sci-
ence practitioner , which she did at
a time when it seemed •she would
mentally snap from worrying
about her husband and from her
own physical suffering.
Gradually truth dawned upon
her consciousness, and slowly but
surely she came out of the mist
where suffering had seemed so
real. In time the steel brace was
laid aside.
Christian Science Heals
That Christian Science heals the
sick is a proven fact. But how does
it heal?
The oft-repeated statement by
those who are unfamiliar with
Christian Science that It Is merely
a personal or human mind over
matter leaves the grand point of
spiritual healing untouched. Heal-
ing in Christian Science is mental,
but it is more than merely trying
to convince yourself that you are
not ill when there is evidence that
you are. Nor is it what might be
termed mere faith-healing. The
right approach is this: that as hu-
man thought grasps something of
spiritual Truth and gains thereby
some sense of the divincu >ss of all
true being, the spiritual Idea has
a transforming and redeeming ef-
fect upon human experience.
In Science and Health we read
(Pref., p. xi): "The physical heal-
ing of Christian Science results
now, as in Jesus' time, from the
operation of divine Principle , be-
fore which sin and disease lose
their reality in human conscious-
ness and disappear as naturally
and as necessarily as darkness
gives place to light and sin to
reformation. Now , as then, these
mighty works are not supernat-
ural , but supremely natural. They
are the sign of Immanuel , or 'God
with us,'—a divine influence ever
present in human consciousness
and repeating Itself , coming now as
was promised aforetime,
"To preach delivera nce to the cap-
tives lof sense],
And recovering of sight to the
blind,
To set at liberty them that are
bruised."
The Psalmist declared, "He sent
his word, and healed them, and
delivered them from their destruc-
tions" (Ps. 101:20). Christian Sci-
ence practitioners have had ample
proof that heeling results from di-
vine unfoldment rather than from
mere human 'effort. Mrs. Eddy
gives a helpfu l explanation of this
healing action of the divine Word
in her illuminating definition of
Christ as "the true idea voicing
good, the divine message from God
to men speaking to the human con-
sciousness" (Science and Health ,
p. 332).
The word "divine" means "of
or pertaining to God," the word
"human" means "of or pertaining
to mankind," while the word
"mortal" means "of or pertaining
to death," or "subject to death."
Now is not the first mission of
Christianity to save humanity
from sin, sickness, and mortality—
to save the human, or mankind ,
from the mortal—from that which
pertains to death and Is subject
thereto? Paul suid (I Cor. 15:26),
"The last enemy that shall be de-
stroyed is death." So death is to
be overcome, not submitted to;
and the present fruitage of this
overcoming is healing. To think
of the human and the mortal as
one and the same thing subjects
human experience to all the vary-
ing degrees of restriction, impair-
ment, failure , and destruction,
which mortal or deathlike con-
cepts include.
Coincidence of the Divine with
the Human
Suppose we consider the human
in relation to the divine. On page
100 of "Miscellaneous Writings"
Mrs. Eddy states, "The spiritual
monitor understood is coincidence
of the divine with the human, the
acme of Christian Science." The |
coincidence of the divine with the
human does noi mean that these
terms are identical any more than
are the terms human and nortal.
It does mean, however, that
through Christ — "the spiritual
, , _ _ , . it, .
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monitor unuursioou — inu uivine
reaches the human a" every point
of receptivity, elevating and im-
proving it until every human con-
cept finally yields to tha spiritual
Idea to which it points.
Thus the ord "mortal" has to
do with all evil , without a vestige
of good The word "divine " has to
do wjtb all good, without a vestige
of evil The word "human" has to
do with the seeming mingling ol
good and evil , typified by Jesus in
his parable ol the field In which
tares and wheat grow side by side,
but nevei really mingle ( see Matt.
13:24-30) In this, parable the gopd
man slept; the enemy planted
tares These two are related The
enemy who plants the tares puts
the good man to sleep Mortal
mind is the enemy, evil in tend-
ency, mesmeric in nature It Is
only under the mesmeric influence
of mortal mind that evil seems real
and powerful. When evil appears
natural , when It seems more
pleasant to do wrorjg than to do
right , when sickness Beems more
real than health , the enemy is sow-
ing tares ,
Detecting the Counterfeit
A helpful llustration compares
the divine, oi absolutely true, with
gold oi its equivalent In the treas-
ury; the human , nt relatively true
with a ten-dollar bill ; and the
mortal, or utterly false, with a
counterfeit ten-dollar bill The
genuine ten-dollar bill has no in-
trinsic value Its value is not in
the paper on which it is printed
but in the ten dollars In gold or Its
equivalent with which the bill co-
incides. The bill has a redemptive
value, and, when redeemed, Is put
out of circulation. The counterfeit
bill , on the contrary , coincides
with nothing in the treasury It
has no redemptive value Though
resembling the genuine which It
counterfeits, it is a deception, and
Is put out of circulation when de-
tected. The good bill is redeemed,
the countcrfeftis destroyed.
Those whose business it Is to
preserve the Integrity of our
monetary system are so familiar
with the various issues of currency
and their identifying characteris-
tics that they become expert In
their ability to detect a counterfeit
bill. Likewise, a Christian Scien-
tist, becoming increasingly aware
of the nature of spiritual ideas, is
able to detect the spurious nature
of mortal beliefs when they fraud-
ulently present themselves ai
phases of human experience Thus
a Christian Scientist finds it es-
sential to distinguish between a
spiritual idea, a human concept,
and a mortal belief.
Human Experience Improved
Unaware of anything unlike It-
self , because nothing unlike itself
exists, the divine Mind is aware
only of the spiritual identity of all
that exists. The divine Mind ex-
presses itself in spiritual ideas, and
these ideas exist forever In the
Mind expressing them. Nothing
exists, then, apart from the divine
Mind and its ideas. From this ab-
solute standpoint, the standpoint
from which healing occurs in
Christian Science, there is no such
thing as a human concept or a
mortal belief. I
it would appear, however, that
the consciousness of mankind —
human consciousness — must by
degrees be made aware of this
absolute fact. That through which
this awareness appears is the
Christ. And , again , human expe-
rience Is improved as human con-
sciousness yields to divine reality.
Heart Condition Healed
One evening a desperately ill
and discouraged woman , suffering
with a serious heart condition , at-
tended her first Wednesday testi-
mony meeting. Her husband was
an alcoholic , and (he responsibility
for maintaining tho home seemed
too much for her. She hud been
told by physicians that she could
not live. She had three children
and wanted to live for them, but I
was sinking fast because of her
fear.
After a difficult night she had a
talk with her eldest daughter , ex-
plaining the situation, and they
began to make plans for the in-
evitable adjustment which this
mother's passing would seem to
necessitate.
The daughter went to work the
next morning very much upset. A
girl with whom she worked asked
her what she was crying about.
She sobbed (and 1 am quoting
her): "My momma is going to die,
and I just can't think of it. She
is all I have, and I can 't let her
go." Her friend said confidently,
"If your mamma will go where
my mamma goes, she will not die."
She asked where that was, and
was told "to the Christian Science
church." She made an appoint-
ment for herself and her mother
to meet her Mend and Iter mother
the following Wednesday evening
and went home radiantly happy,
saying, "Mamma , you ore not go-
ing to die." When told about the
conversation and tho arrangements,
the mother said , "Oh, no! I'll
never be caught there." The
daughter said, ^'But , Mamma , If
you can get well— " Her mother
sold: "No, door, that con never be
All the doctors could not help me,
and whut can the others do?'' But
she finally consented to go once
for her daughter's sake, deter-
mining never to go again.
The Mind of Christ
Upon entering the auditorium,
she saw on the wall this quota-
tion from the Bible: "Let this mind
be in you , which was also in
Christ Jesus" (Phil. 2:5). She said
to herself, "Just listen to that—
as though anyone like me could
havo the Mind of Christ!"
She looked again and found that
it said "you" and realized that it
referred to her. Then a sense of
self-condemnation argued, "No,
you could never have the Mind of
Christ!" She said to herself , "But
If I could have only a little of it.
I would givo up everything for it. '
She had always had a great desire
to give of herself and what she
had , but felt she never had had
much to give. She thought to her-
self , "If I had just a little of that
Mind , see the good 1 could shore."
Suddenly, she felt as though a
great load had lifted , and a sense
of peace came. She became aware
of what she described as "a beauti-
ful light" that seemed to flood the
whole church. She wondered what
it could bo and lutcr realized that
it was nut something taking place
outside of her; It wus the awaken-
ing of her consciousness to 'he foci
of her sonship with God She wenl
home buoyant with new hope, unc
for several weeks she did nol ever
remember that she had been ill,
Tho woman hod been complete!)
healed that night ot the Wednes-
day testimony meeting of what hat
been pronounced Incurable heart
trouble , and several oilier ailments
That was over thirty years ago Foi
at least twenty of those thirty
years she has been engaged In th(
public practice of Christian Science
Her husband has Deep hcoled o;
drinking and gamblin g, and , us she
stated , "Wo have found much o
that 'peace . . . which passeth al
understanding. '"
i
'rayer Heals
Prayer is a subject frequcntlj
discussed In privote conversation:
and in the press By reading am
rereading the first chapter In thi
Christian Science textbook man;
Inquirers are being introduced ti
a higher concept of prayei thai
they formerly entertained Thi
chapter consists of only seventeci
pages, but in all religious and sci
entitle literature no more helpfu
pages may be found It closes witl
• spiritual interpretation of th
Lord's Prayer which encourages
daw study of this prayer an
oUafgafee thoughtful repetition <
It a genuinely helpful experience.
Christian Science treatment, or
prayer, is described figuratively In
the Bible M the "laying on of
hands," hands being descriptive of
work, ot service, of skillful and
creative accomplishment. A Chris-
tian Science practitioner uses his
-highest understanding of divine re-
ality in the denial and overcoming
of all that is unlike God. The
inspired skill with which he ap-
plies his understanding and the
love which accompanies his serv-
ice determine the immediacy and
completeness of the healing.
No greater opportunity can
come to one than to be asked to
pray for or treat another in Chris-
tian Science Here is exercised the
ability to see through, or unsee,
what appears to be a sick or sinful
mortal, and in Its place to belvild
the perfect SJP of a perfect
Father This encourages and re-
quires a silencing of criticism, per-
sonal condemnation, and false
judging It requires one to dis-
agree with every evidence of ma-
terial sense that would claim to
involve man in any situation for-
eign, and so impossible, to a son of
God.
The Master's approach to this
subject reveals a concept of prayer
that is not stereotyped, not cere-
monial , not doubtful , but vibrant
and assured. Take, as an example,
his raising of Lazarus from the
tomb. What height of inspiration,
what depth of understanding, what
breadth of expectancy Is shown In
his utterance, "Father, I thank thee
that thou hast heard me" (John
11:41)1 From the standpoint of di-
vine sonship he spoke with such
authority that when he then com-,
manded his friend to come forth,
Lazarus responded, "bound hand
and foot with graveclothes" (John
11:44).
Who would not rejoice to be able
to speak with such power? The
Master's Instructions to his fol-
lowers—to you und to mo—Indi-
cate that as we understand and
fulfill the conditions of sonship,
We, too, will speak with authority.
But that Mind must be in us which
was also in Christ Jesus. In Sci-
ence and Health we read (p 243),
"That those wonders are not more
commonly repented to-day, arises
not so much from lack of desire as
from lack of spiritual growth,"
Health Is Spiritual
The Master said, "If ye continue
In my word, then are ye my dis-
ciples indeed; nnd ye shall know
the truth , and the truth shall rnako
you free'' (John 8:31 , 32). Con you
conceive of a more Interesting, a
more joyous and satisfying adven-
ture, than to engage In an earnest
attempt to know the truth about
yourself? Take, for Instance, the
truth about your health. Health Is
not a condition of matter, but ot
Mind. It is spiritual. There can
be, then, no interruption of It, no
end to it. It is sustained by divine
law. It is never rubject to external
circumstances or conditions, Its
continuity Is evidence of the un-
ceasing action of divine Principle.
It cannot be lost, because it Is ever
Jiresent; it cannot fall , because II
s inseparable from omnipotent
Mind.
What Is th* truth about what
you call your disease or physical
Incapacity? The truth about it ii
that it is unreal , deceptive, illu-
sive, It has no presence, no power
no necessity. It has no God , nt
man, no source, no agent, no vic-
tim. It is neither you nor yours
It Is merely u denial ol yuui per-
fection, a negation or contradictior
of what is true about you. It is no
necessary for you to have It , t<
claim it, or to experience it. God':
perfect government of man make:
It necessary for you to bo wcl
continuously, uninterruptedly.
The "still small voice"
The prophet Elijah was directed
ot God to go to a certain moun-
tain. There, it is recorded, "n greet
and strong wind rent tho moun-
tains, and brake in pieces the
rocks before the Lord; but the
Lord was not In the wind: and after
the wind an earthquake; but the
Lord was not in the earthquake;
and after the earthquake a fire;
but the Lord was not In the fire :
and after the fire a still small
voice" (1 Kings 19:11 12).
This "still small voice" comes to
each one of us when thought Is
humble enough lo hear it. In that
quiet, confident , exalted commun-
ing with your heavenly Father, you
will become aware that ynu are
the child of God.
O child of God, reflecting the
harmony of being, your nature , de-
rived from God, is undefllcd , and
in it no capacity or freedom to sin
has ever been engendered In ynu
is established the reign of divine
Truth , Life, and Love, which holds
you forever free from errors of
omission or commission.
You are here nnd now acknowl-
edging and demonstrating Uod'B
supremacy und omnipotence , ful-
filling the divine benediction , "This
is my beloved son, in whom I am
well pleased." Youi affections ure
enriched today by the Word of
God , revealing your true spiritual
nature and manifesting in you thut
perfect Lovo which knows no feur.
You are free from the false claims
of animal magnetism, or belief of
life und Intelligence in matter ,
therefore you cannot bu tempted to
hold yourself '>r others under
bondflgo to ony phose of material
sense.
As a child of (Jod you ore Im-
mune to sin, sickness, and death.
Therefore no mutter In what form
tho "prince of this world" comes or
has come. It *vith nothing In you
and must return lo Its native noth-
ingness; for man Is the reflection
of the infinite good He possesses
"unlimited divine bcuuty und good-
ness, without a single bodily pleas-
ure oi pain " (Science and Health,
p 7(1) He iia i dominion over all
the earth , fnr?ver glorifying the
infinite Father-Mother God, In
whom we live and move and have
our being
This, my friends, Is the man you
really are!
T % Lecture
*.
j on
Christian Science
Entitled
Christian Science : Its Reve-
lation oi Divine Sonship
BALL LEAGUE FUN NIGHT
Sidney V. Wright of Hyannis will
serve as master of ceremonies and
perform tricks of magic at the
Upper Cape Cod Baseball League's
Fun Night program In Veterans'
Hall , Ostervllle , this Friday night.
Other entertainment , to be an-
j novmced later, will be presenter).
I Dancing to Dave Fuller's orches-
tra from 9 to 1 a.m. Open to the
public.
FLORIDA PRO
Roy Ilrondson, former Oyster
Harbors and Wianno golf pro, ha»
signed a contract as pro at tho
Mount Plymouth Hotel and Golf
Club in Sorrento, end will have as
bin assistant another one-time Capo
Cod pro, Johnny Capello of Hyan-
nisport.
Ilrondson, before going to Sor-
rento, served as pro for three years
at the Oroenwich , Conn., Golf
Club. Dofore that he was at Brae
Burn for eight years.
Well known In Capo Cod golfing
circles, Ilrondson was ot Oyster
Harbors for eight years and at
Wianno for four years.
He will be remembered by Capo
golf followers for winning the 1B84
MUBHUC IIUBO UB Open championship
lit OyBtor Harbors with a 72-h6le
score of 287. He him booilf In the
profuHBlomii ranks for 2!t yours. Mr.
ilrondson is married to tho former
Murjoriu Fuller of Ostorvlllo. They
have two children, Uonjamln and
Beverly;
CARD PARTY
At the card parly hold ut Spruce
Tree Lodge for tho benefit of tliu
Assumption Parish, awards wore
given by Mrs, Frank Murray, MUs
Ann Stegmaler, Mm. Louise l'uliini-
bo, John Lewis, Edith Thomas, M IHH
Margaret Hansberry, Mrs. Neil
Murray , Mrs. Harold "*Hours , Mrs.
John Connolly, Mm. Nulllo H OIIHOII
and Mrs. Peter YUII ICUH . Special
prises wore won by Thomas Drls-
coll; Josoph Kelley and MI HH Oath*
oriiie Hansberry,
Tbe mi 111 of ft ,'15 was nutted fro m
the parly. MrB, Thomas Hogan was
chairman.
PER8ONAL8
Mrs, P. J. Muhonoy celebrated
her birthday anniversary with a
family party at lior homo on Tower
Hill ltiiud.
John Conway la home from lliu
Faulkner; Hospital , lioston.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mercor and
Hon , John llrudlay, visited Mm.
Adrian Chadwlck und other friendB
hero, Mr. Mercer WUH emp loyed at
one lime in tliu OHtorvlllo Post
Offlco .
Doucon ('Inn-leu JOIIOH of I In- Os-
tprvtlle Hu.ptIBI Church
, will be BO
yearn old Friday. A parly la being
planned In bin honor ut K p.m. to-
morrow in the vuHtry of tliu Bap-
tist Church, All bin friends are In-
vited to attend,
Mr. und Mrs. Al Nuult and Mm.
linu Chadwlok of Centerville, who
have ji nit returned from a trip to
the West Coast, were entertained
ut dinner by Mr. and Mrs. LarkIn
Hwlft.
Mr. and Mrs, Waleoii Ames of
Purker Itoad uiiondod parents'
weekend ut Now lluiiipton Hcliool ,
Nuw Hampshire, where their son
Neul IH enrolled,
Mm, Helen Williams In upending
HUVorul dii .vii III .Springfield , MIIIIH .
Mr. und Mm. Howard I'uliey und
finall y of Long Inland , N. Y,, huvti
been vliililng frluuds In tliu villa ge.
Mrs. linger Johnson returned
home .Sunday aftur visiting her
mother , who Is 111 In Huston,
Mr. Frank Hodges und William
Gardner of Providence upein a few
dayii ill Mr. Ilodge 'ii collage oil
Swift Avenue .
Maiilia Hansberry has returned
lo bur home from lluynus Memorial
iionpiiiii , Boston,
MI HH iiuby Webster IIOH closed
bur linino and IIUH relumed to HOH-
tnil for I lie wilder.
Kuv . und Mrs, Peter Patches wuni
to Nuw Hampshire on Friday, ru-
I turning Halili'iluy night.
Osterville
SCIENCE
HEALTH
with Key to
the Scr iptures
by
MARY BAKER EDDY
Is the original, standard and
only Textbook on Christian Science
Mind-healing.
Published In cloth and morocco
bindlngi and In Braille, Grade One
and a Half, for use of the blind.
The Textbook , other works by
Mrs. Eddy, and all other authorized
Christian Science literature may
be read, borrowed or purchased
at the Christian Science Reading
Room, Masonic Building, open to
' the public dally from 12 m. to 4
p.m., excepting Sundays and holl-
I days.
1 FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,
SCIENTIST
Hyannis Massachusetts
You are cordially Invited to visit
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