LARGE AUDIENCE LAST NIGHT
The Empress theater was filled last
evening to hear the lecture on Chris
tian Science by William W. Porter of
New York City, who is making a tour
of Alaska in the interests of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist. Curtis W.
Walker of Cordova introduced Mr. Por
ter with the following remarks:
“Nineteen centuries ago Jesus
healed the sick, cleansed the leper and
raised the dead by the power of Divine
Love; and he promised that all those
who understood his teachings should
do these works which he did. These
works were done by Jesus’ disciples,
or students, as that word is defined
in Webster’s dictionary; as well as
other Christians, for about three cen
turies after the crucifixion. Then as
materiality crept into the church, spir
itually became obscured until it
seemed entirely lost. But that it was
only obscured, and not lost, was
proven by one pure minded woman,
Mary Baker Eddy, when she was in
stantly healed and raised from what
was believed to be her death bed by
the power of Divine Dove revealed to
her consciousness through her tireless
study of the Bible.
“A life devoted to imparting this
great truth to the world and suffering
humanity resulted in so rapid an
awakening of mankind that today
Christian Science or the Science of
Christianity is known of in practically
every part of the universe.
“The world today needs a more ac
curate knowledge of this truth which
was taught and practiced by Jesus in
the first century, and one of the ways
this need is being met is through a
Christian Science board of lectureship.
Friends, I take great pleasure in in
troducing to your kind attention Mr.
William W. Porter. C. S. B., of New
York City, member of the Board of
Lectureship of the Mother Church, the
First Church of Christ. Scientist, Bos
ton, Mass.”
After a few introductory remarks
about his delight at the.-wonders of
Alaska as revealed by a trip through
the interior of Alaska and out over
the Fairbanks trail, Mr. Porter de
livered his lecture, which, in part, is
as follow's:
IN A I UnflL UtVtLUriVltlN I
The demonstration of Christian Sci
ence' in the healing of the sick and
the reconstruction of human thought
on lines of right activity is today an
accomplished and acknowledged fact.
It is evident that if the existing sys
tems of religion and medicine had
been adequate to meet the needs and
to satisfv the desires of mankind, no
other system would ever have been
necessary or even possible.
Existing systems of religion and
medicine represent and encourage the
belief that evil, disease, discord, and
death are real, that they belong to the
natural order of things.
These same systems then try to
overcome and destroy the evils thus
held to be legitimate and natural. If
these evils are God created, hence
legitimate, natural, and real, why try
to destroy them? On the other hand,
If these discordant manifestations are
not real, normal and legitimate, are
not God created, let the facts present
ed by Christian Science in regard to
the unreality of matter, evil, sickness, j
discord, death, be approached and
measured honestly and justly; and
above all with the desire to be con
sistent in premises as well as in con
ORTHODOXY
The objection is sometimes made
that Christian Science is not orthodox.
Ths brings up the question of what is
and what is not orthodox. Human
opinions combine in a statement of
belief, and then declare that those
who differ from beliefs thus stated are
unorthodox. The amount of this is.
If you believe as we do, you are ortho
dox. If you do not believe as we do,
then you are decidedly unorthodox
' and “do not believe in the divinity of
Christ.”
That alone is orthodox which, pro
ceeding from Principle, Truth or God,1
brings out such fruits as health and |
righteousness, honesty and good will.
This is the mission and work of Chris
tian Science.
UNDERLYING DESIRE FOR GOD
A fundamental desire for harmony
and good exists in the consciousness
of every person. Because of a lack of
education or instruction in pure Chris
tianity, the human or mortal mind has
accepted its own misconceptions of
God, its own misinterpretations of
; man, and its own misstatements of
Spirit or Substance, as real.
Thus mankind have found them
selves the inno(ient victims of a mis
conceived existence, expressing itself
in sin, sickness, and death. It is the
mission and province of Christian Sci
ence to clear away and to destroy
these misconceptions, misinterpreta
tions, and misstatements, together
with the sin, sickness, and destruction
that follow in their wake, and to re
store to mankind the true reflection
or image and likeness of God, and the
true understanding of the nature or
character of Causation.
On page 465 of “Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures,” which is
the textbook of Christian Science
written by Mary Baker Eddy, the fol
lowing definition of God appears:
“God is incorporeal, divine, supreme,
infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle,
Life, Truth, Love.” This definition of
God is exact, and is in accord with the
i definitions of God found throughout
! thp Serintnres.
RESTORATIVE DEFINITIONS
Christian Science unfolds certain
fundamental and primary ideas. One
; such primary idea is this: Mankind
! is conscious at least of existence.
This consciousness of existence im
plies Mind. In fact, without Mind,
there could be no consciousness, hence
no consciousness of existence. When
speaking of Mind in Christian Science
let it be understood that it is not the
lmited human sense of mind which
is referred to, but is that Mind which
is infinite in its being, wisdom, and
identity. This Mind, then, without
which there can be no consciousness
of existence, must be the creator of all
that exists. At it would be impossi
ble to think of any place where Mind
is not, it follows that God, who is
infinite Mind, is incorporeal and
everywhere present as Mind.
In this realization of the nature of
character of God, one becomes con
; scions of a peace which the world, or
which a material sense of God. can
never give.
EVIL SUGGESTION DESTROYED
The human mind, uninstructed by
divine Science, is controlled by its
own suggestive fears of evil, disease,
i and death. Thus controlled, this mind
is more or less continually looking for
these evils. On the other hand, that
person whose thought is fundamental
ly fortified by Christian Science is
able to discriminate intelligently be
tween the impressions and suggestions
which present themselves, excluding
those which later produce these evils,
and admits into his consiousness only
those ideas of truth and good which
he desires later to see reproduced in
his active experience.
The universe of the Christian Sci
%
entist is filled with God’s ideas—with
ideas of Life, Mind, Love—instead of
diseased thought-germs of the moral
mind. He knows, in a degree, that
the omnipotence of God, good, is not
a divided omnipotence in which sin,
disease, and death also are factors.
GRATITUDE TO MRS. EDDY
Christian Scientists have a tender
regard, love, and gratitude for their
revered Leader. It would not be right
to assume that there is anything in
the nature of personal worship in this
attitude. On the contrary, tms reel
ing of regard and gratitude is in ac
knowledgment and recognition of the
broad, universal service which char
acterized Mrs. Eddy’s life.
From the time of her healing on that
memorable Sunday mornig in the year
18G6, Mrs. Eddy’s life was spent con
sistently and exclusively in unfolding
the facts connected with her healing
in such terms and manner as would
best be understood by the human
mind. It was necessary that these
facts should be rightly correlated, and
the science which governed them
made clear, in order that mankind al
ways shall have at hand the means
to alleviate and heal sin, sickness,
and sorrow.
Likewise, my friends, the recogni
tion is growing among intelligent peo
ple everywhere that the works of
Christian Science reflect the existence
of a defnite law, and that the opera
tion of this law is available in Chris
tian Science to heal and bless all man
kind in the degree that it is rightly
understood and put into practice.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEXTBOOK
The statement of this law, or Chris
tian Science, and the method of appli
cation are found in all of the writings
of Mrs. Eddy, more especially in the
book “Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures,” which is the only
textbook on Christian Science healing.
This book is unfolding to mankind
the true idea of Causation or God.
This unfoldment is reflected in a
higher idea of life, more adequate
health, courage, confidence, honesty,
and good will. As these fruits of
Christian Science come into your ex
perience you will recognize that they
belong to and identify the nature or
character of God. They will be to
you the witness of Immanuel, or “God
with us,”—God with you.
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jjjj RESOURCES jiji
ijij Loans and Discounts.$ 506,901.10 jiji
ijij U. S. and Other Bonds . 41,956.56 jiji
ijij Banking Premises, Furniture and Fixtures_ 74,438.49 ijij
jiji Cash and Due from Banks . 391,676.56 ijij
jjjj Miscellaneous Assets ... 4,085.25 jiji
j$ Due from Branches . 127,769.54 ijij
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jij: TOTAL .$1,146,827.50 ijij
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•jij Capital Stock .$ 140,000.00 ijij
jiji Surplus Fund . 15,000.00 ijij
jiji Undivided Profits . 13,811.22 ijij
ijij Reserved for Interest and Taxes . 1,075.00 jiji
ijij Deposits . 856,214.14 ijij
*i Due to Branches . 120,727.14 5$
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