4 1.000 HEAR TALK ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Educational Lecture at Majestic Theater by Virgil 0. Stick ler, of New York The extent of the Interest In liar risburg in the subject of Christian Science was Indicated by the pres ence of approximately a thousand per sons at the Majestic Theater last even ing: to hear an address by Virgil O. Rtrlekler, of New York, a member of the Christian Science board of lecture whip. The lecture was Riven under the auspices of the local Christian Science Church, which annually pro vides a discourse of this kind for the benefit of those who wish to be better Informed on the subject. The speaker of the evening was introduced by Roy E. Bignall, of Ilar rlsburg, who brielly outlined the i/lir pose of the lecture. Mr. Strickler has a direct, matter-of-fact delivery and a faculty for simple and apt Illustration, and while many phases of his subject <ould not be Included In a discourse of ;in hour and a half, thoso which he <1 id take up wero bundled thoroughly from every angle, lie said. In part: It Is undeniable that Christian Science has healed many sick people «nd has brought about the regenera tion of many who were the victims of Bin. Among Its membership are those who have been healed of intemper ance, of so-called chronic and organic diseases, as well as of maladies that were acute or functional. It has healed others of sorrow, fear, unhap- Itiness and similar diseased mental conditions that often cause more suf fering and distress than physical dis orders. In every case of Christian Science healing, whether the disease was chronic or acute, physical or mental, the cure was brought about without the use of hypnotism, mental sug gestions, drugs or any material means, and entirely through the application of the spiritual and metaphysical teachings of Christian Science. The. healing of the sick, however, is not the primary purpose of Christian Science. According to the teachings "of this Science all sickness and disease result from error and false belief, which are summarized as sin, and when the error of belief Is destroyed by the truth which Christian Science imparts, the disease disappears. Chris tian Science, therefore, teaches that the cause of all diseaso and sin is mental, and not physical, and that both sin and disease may be cured by one and the same metaphysical pro cess, namely, by the substitution of spiritual truth in place of error and l'al3e belief in the human conscious ness. It is recorded in the Bth Chapter of the Gospel of John that upon one oc casion when Jesus was being harassed by the lawyers and theologians, who were plying him with questions and seeking to entrap him by his answers, he turned to a group of his followers, who were standing near, and said to them, "Ye shall know the truth and the tfuth shall make you free." In all of the Bible there is no statement of greater Importance to mankind than this utterance of the Master. It prescribes the remedy for every hu man ill. ntimate Truth Will Make Free There must be ultimate truth some where, and when it is apprehended by the human mind it will emancipate those who apprehend it from bondage to evil. Christian Science asserts that ultimate truth concerning God and man and their relationship is revealed by the Scriptures, and may be gained l>y every person when the Scriptures are rightly interpreted. It is sometimes difficult for people to understand how religion can heal sickness and destroy sin, but the words of Jesus make it plain. Since 11 is through a knowledge of the truth that these results are accomplished the important thing for each one is to sain an understanding of truth in stead of being satisfied with mere be lief about it. In other words, in or der to find out how religion can de stroy sin, sickness and all sorts of evil condition, it is first necessary to gain an understanding as to what is reli gion. To gain the benefits promised in the Bible to true believers it is necessary to get rid of that which is erroneous in religious belief and prac tice, and to ascertain what constitutes true religion. There are many who honestly think that it makes no difference what relig ious beliefs they entertain, so long as they are sincere In them. A mo ment's reflection, however, will show that such a theory is pernicious and destructive, for it is perfectly plain tjiat if a thing is not, in fact, true, no amount of sincerity on the part of the believer can ever make it true. No engineer ever arrived at a correct re sult, no matter how sincerely he may have believed that his processes were correct, if they were not so in fact. With respect to many things it may lie unimportant whether the thing be lieved is true or not, but with respect to the things that people believe about God, and about themselves, and about their relationship to God, they are vital, because it will be shown that the things believed with respect to these matters, become laws that are binding upon the believer. The First Kssenttal In trying to ascertain what consti tutes religion the very first subject to be considered is that which refctes to God. Every one must agree that a correct understanding of God is essen tial as the foundation of religion. Any system of religious teaching that is founded upon an imperfect or er roneous conception of God must nec essarily fail to bring to its adherents the help and comfort for which they seek. When we look about us and see the splendid fidelity of men and wom en to their religious beliefs, and then see how much suffering and failure they experience, and how far short they come of attaining the good which they so honestly seek, it is a fair de duction that there is something wrong about tV.eir understanding of God. No ofTense will be given, therefore, by the statement that the average person has a very indefinite anrl nebul ous conception of God. If you were to ask a dozen people to tell you who mid what God Is, you would get a dozen different answers. There are pome who think God its a person. How many people thore are whc. when they kneel down and close their eves, and reverently pray to God, have in mind a person, or a form, or an image, to which they pray! And how many others there are who think of God as a being of anger and resent ment, who sends failure and suffering to those who displease him! And are there not a great many others who thlr.k of God as a being who lives in a far-ofT country called Heaven, and that It is necessary for people to die, and go there, in order to see Him? These are only a few of the Incor rect beliefs which people entertain about God. When it Is remembered that Jesus has said that It is the knowledge of the truth that shall make men free, in the face of such confusion of belief about Him, is it strange that people are sick and that they die? Is it not apparent that what humanity needs Is a demon strable understanding of God in place TUESDAY EVENING, lof theoretical and speculative beliefs 'about Him? I Correct Concept of CJotl Vet, all the while that people have i gone on believing these erroneous i things about Ood. the Bible state- I ments concerning him have been per fectly plain. The Bible says, for in stance. that God is Love, and, since He is Infinite, he must be Infinite Love. 'Christian Science says, therefore, that ! infinite Love cannot be the author of | evil, either in the form of sickness or sin, and that, no matter what one : may think about evil, it must be ac counted for in some other way than as being a part of the creation of God. Now, note the significance of that statement, for if God did not create evil, and it is manifest that lie could not have created it, then it fol lows absolutely that evil is not eternal. I For whatever God created must be eternal like Himself, and if God were the creator of evil, then evil would be eternal, and, hence. Indestructible. Christian Science presents a scien tific method for the destruction of j evil. No matter in what form it may i present itself to the Individual, wheth-1 er as sickness, sin, unliappiness, sor-' row or distress. Christian Science says, that since it is evil. It may be ! destroyed and that tho destroyer of jevil in every case is Truth, precisely jas Jesus has declared. Wherever you j find a Christian Scientist, therefore, j you will find a person who is honestly striving to destroy evil out of his or : her experience by means of the scien tific method which Christian Science presents. While it may be true that no one, thus far, but Jesus, has been able to make a perfect demonstration iover evil, yet every one will concede | that Christian Scientists have, at least. | made some progress, and have suc ceeded, to some extent, in destroying both sickness and sin for themselves and others. The Bible further discloses that God not only is Love, but is also omni present. If that is so, then He is everywhere, for that is what the word means. He fills all space, and is in one place in precisely the same de-1 gree and to precisely the same extent! that He is in every other place. Does that not lift one's thought above the concept of a limited God ? And is it not plain that so long as people be lieve In a limited God, who is limited as to His form, dwelling place, or goodness, they will continue to suffer form limitations —limitations with re spect to life and the duration thereof, health, strength, mentul capacity, suc cess, love, spirituality and every good thing? Christian Science makes plain that humanity can hope to be emanci pated from the curse of limitations in any and all of these directions when men and women shall have given up their false beliefs about a limited God, and shall have learned the truth con cerning His nature and character. Upon one occasion they asked Jesus to tell them when the Kingdom of God would come, and he made an answer that has proved to be a stumbling block to many people from that day to this. He said, in substance, that the Kingdom of God is not a place that you can see with observa tion; it is not a place that you can say, Lo here it is, or Lo there it Is, | for behold, he said, the Kingdom of j God is within you. If that statement is true, then it follows absolutely that j the Kingdom of God, or the Kingdom j of Heaven, must be a state of con-1 sciousness, and not a locality. Then is it not plain that the further people go in the belief that the Kingdom of God. or the Kingdom of Heaven, is a locality, and that it is necessary for people to die and go there in order to become citizens of that kingdom, in reality the further they are alienat ing themselves from it? And the more sincerely they believe that sort of thing, the more their sincerity will stand as a barrier to prevent their progress towards that kingdom. Christian Science, therefore, pleads for a rational and demonstrable un derstanding of God in place of theoret ical and speculative beliefs about! Him. What Real Prayer Is Another subject that enters into the religious life of all people Is that of prayer. Since prayer is the medium through which the connection is estab lished between the human and the di vine, it is, therefore, of great impor tance for every person to find out what constitutes true prayer. What are its characteristics, what is its na ture, and how it may be employed so as to bring to the one who prays with certainty the blessings which the Scriptures say shall come as a result of true prayer. It is stated in the fifth chapter of James that "The prayer of faith shall save the sick." There is no ambiguity tbaut that language. It Is not Indefi nite or uncertain in any particular. It is. in fact, as positive and direct a statement as can be made with hu man language. And yet. It would seem that one of two things must necessarily be true, either that state ment In the Scriptures Is wholly false, or else people have not known how to make the prayer of faith through out the centur.es. Except in sporadic instances, the sick have not been saved as the result of prayer. It, therefore, becomes a subject for legiti mate inquiry in order that it may be determined, if possible, whether or not that statement in the Scriptures is true. Many people ask if Christian Scientists pray, and how Christian Science prayer differs from that of other churches, and it will doubtless prove t.otn interesting and helpful if the difference is explained. It can be said that almost every per son is taught to make the prayer of petition, the prayer of pleading. They are taught to petition God for what ever good thing they desire, and also to petition Him to withhold whatever evil thing they seek to avo'd. Run ning through the prayer of petition, and in fact. Its very foundation and essence, is the belief that the mind of God can be changed by the petition. There is the belief that, but for the petition, God would not do the thing He is asked to do, else why ask Him? Or that but for the petition. He would do the thing and would send the evil that He Is asked not to do or not to send. Yet. all the while that this form of prayer has gone up from unnumbered millions of agonizing hearts, the Bible has declared that God is unchanging. If God is unchanging, as the Bible de clares Him to be, then is it not plain that s6 long as people go on In tWe belief that it Is the function of prayer Ito change the mind of God to meet the human desire, in reality the fur ther they are getting away from the true theory of prayer; and the more sincerely they believe that sort of thing, the more their very sincerity will confuse their understanding and will prevent them from making the prayer of faith which, the Bible says, "shall save the sick." Divine J.au in Operation I Christian Science, upon the other hand, teaches its adherents to make the prayer of realisation, the prayer of affirmation. Christian Science teaches that God is Infinite good, and that it is wholly unnecessary to beg or petition infinite good, to manifest good to us, for infinite good cannot do anything else except manifest good to every creature. If one should let fall an object it would be absurd to beg or petition the law of gravitation to operate. That law would operate automatically, and would pull the ob ject down to the first obstruction. Christian Science teaches that God governs through spiritual law, which law is operating throughout the en tire universe, and is a law of Infinite good, and is manifesting good and nothing but good ceaselessly to every human being. One person says if that is true, whs. then, do people seem to have so llttla good, and so much that Is not cood? Let ns look at that for a moment. If one drops an object the law of gravi tation will pull It down to the first • obstruction, but If the obstruction be , removed, It will pull it down further .and further nk the are i removed, until at last. If every ob struction were removed, the law of gravitation would then have its per fect work, and would pull the object to the center of the earth. That is I precisely what happens through the operation of spiritual law. That law is operating in human consciousness, jjust as far as the obstructions will , permit, which obstructions are mental | qualities—superstition, false beliefs, I human will and the like. As they are ; removed, the spiritual law will op erate further and further In human consciousness, bringing good deeper and deeper into human experience, until at last, when every such ob struction shall have been removed, when the human consciousness shall have been completely evangelized by truth, and every mortal thought shail have been brought into obedience to Christ, as the Scripture commands, then (he spiritual law will have its perfect work in human consciousness. In that day men and women will walk tree from every evil condition, in the conscious possession of that dominion which God said in the beginning be longs to man. •As one shall work out this question for himself, striving to ar rive at that conclusion which shall best satisfy him as to which is the true theory of prayer, one other thing '•an be mentioned to aid the inquirer in reaching that conclusion, and that Is that through the Christian Science method of prayer hundreds of thou sands of sick people have been healed. Is not this great array of proof by demonstration at least suf ficient to put every thinking person upon inquiry, lest the Christian Science theory of prayer may not, in fact, be the true theory. Every person who prays desires to know how to make true prayer. All people desire good and not evil, and, in the main, all people are equally honest in their religious affiliations, for no one would knowingly deceive himself about so important a matter. The only reason, therefore, why people are grouped together in different re ligious organizations is because they honestly believe that through the or ganization to which they belong they will be most likely to gain the good which they so earnestly desire. Since, then, through Christian Science prayer, so many people have found health, contentment and peace, it Is plain that sooner or later, every thinking person will desire to know how to pray as Christian Science teaches. The Ileal Creation Another subject about which there is great confusion of belief, is the subject of creation. There is perhaps no subject connected with religion, or mentioned in the Bible, about which there is greater misunderstanding than there is about creation. It is surpris ing how many people there are who do not even know that there are two accounts of the creation in the Bible. The first account is to be found in the first chapter of Genesis, and extends down to and includes the third verse of the second chapter. Beginning with the fourth verse of the second chapter, there fallows another ac count that is wholly different from the first. In the first account, we are told that God created the universe, and that everything made by Him was good, and, lastly, that He created man, in His image, and after His own like ness, and that he was good; while in the second account, we have the al legory about God coming down to earth, and mixing up dust and calling it man. Then follows the story of Adam and Eve, and the Garden of Eden, and we are told that a deep sleep fell upon Adam, and that then sin appeared, and that brother mur dered brother, and from that day to this that the man made of dust has been a sinner and has been at enmity with God. Christian Science accepts the first account of the creation as the spiritual and real creation and upon this foun dation and basis it builds. Religious teachers throughout the centuries have erroneously regarded the Adam man as being the real man made in the image and likeness ot' God, and yet the Bible nowhere says so. The Bible nowhere says that, the Adam man was made in God's image or like ness. That statement was made con cerning the real man described in an account of the real creation. And re ligious teachers have vainly striven to make the wisdom and the love of God fit the creation of a sinner. Such a doctrine as that is impos sible. It dishonors God, and degrades man. It makes God responsible for all of the sin and all of the misery from the beginning of timu, and the best proof that it is not true is that it has never delivered those who believ ed it from evil. How perfectly the name "mortal man" fits him. Have you ever thought of it? Mortal-mort-death, for that is what the word means. A death-man, having a death-body and a death mind! Does any one believe that God over created a death- man or save htm a death-mind or a death-body? And Is it not plain that so long as people conceive of themselves as being mor tals or the mortal, or death-man, so long will they continue to remain in partnership with death. Christian Science makes plain that men and women can be emancipated from that enemy when they shall have learned •he 1 ruth of their own being, and of their own true relationship to God. Christian Science teaches that man is just what the Bible says he is; that he is spiritual; that God made him in His own image and after His own likeness; that lie made him perfect, and that what God made perfect his never, possessed the capacity to be come Imperfect. Christian Science is trie only system of teaching, either religious or secular, that even makes an attempt to ex plain the difference between man and the Adam-man, and Christian Science does explain It and make It perfectly plain by pointing out that the Adam man —the dust-man —the mortal or death -man. is nothing more or less than the false mortal concept of man the misconcept of mar. It is pre cisely as though one should Dut on a pair of green eyeglasses. He would then -look out upon a green universe. He might scrub and scour some ob ject all he pleased, but could never remove the green from It, because the green would not be in the object though appearing to be there, for it would be in the lens through which he looked at it. The only thing neces sary for the man to do in order to translate the entire universe back Into Its normal aspect would be for him merelv to take off the green lenses through -which he was looking. In like manner, the only thing necessary for us to do in order to translate what seems to be a material universe ~,-1(1 material man back Into the spir itual is to take off the false, mortal eyeglasses. Right Viewpoint Necessary Christian Science Is making plain in many ways that so long as people con tinue to look through mortal eye glasses, through lenses that are com posed of superstition, false beliefs, human will, pride, self-righteousness and the like, they will continue tc see man and the universe as material in stead of spiritual: they will continue to see a deformed and diseased man and a distorted universe. But when they shall begin to lay aside the mor ital eyeglasses and shall begin to look; HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH through the lenses ot the spirit— 7 lenses that are composed of truth, spiritual understanding, meekness, I humility, love, faith and purity—they will then see a constantly improving man and universe. As this mental transformation progresses. disease, sin. sorrow, poverty and the limita tions of old age will disappear and the spiritual real man will begin to appear. When this transformation shall have been completed we shall then see man and the universe as wholly spiritual as they now appear to God and as they have always ap peared to God, for God has never seen His children nor His creation through mortal eyeglasses. lie has always seen us as spiritual, and hence to Him we have always been perfect. In that day we shall know, as in fact we have now learned, that nothing that God made is material or ever needs to be healed, and that the only thing that needs to be healed is our own false concept of that which He made per fect. , If all this were only a theory peo ple might be justified- in refusing to accept it, but Christian Science prac titioners are proving daily in all parts of the civilized world that by holding the perfect man in concept, by know ing that man Is spiritual and perfect and is governed by an ail-loving God, and by arguing steadfastly from the standpoint of the reality of good in stead of from the standpoint of the supposed reality of evil, the sick are healed, and human conditions do im prove. Christian Science, therefore, is proving step by step that the declara tion made by Jesus Is true, and that In proportion as the knowledge of the truth fills human consciousness, driv ing out error false beliefs, men and women come into the possession here and now of their God-given do minion. Mental Causation Eiplnlnrd I know how difficult a thing it is for people who are unacquainted with the teachings of Christian Science to understand what is meant by men tal causation. Humanity has been ac customed through so many centuries to consider that all causation is vested in matter, that when we begin to dis cuss the subject of mental causation we are dealing with something that is unfamiliar to many. When I first turned to Christian Science, I did so for physical healing, and I was healed under circumstances that admitted of no doubt that I had been healed. I. therefore, became deeply convinced that Christian Science must be the truth, because it had wrought In me so great a change. When I was told, however, that there was no intelli gence or sensation in the human body, I said that the thing was so mani festly absurd that no intelligent per son could believe It for a moment, and in spite of the fact that I had been healed through Christian Science, I came very near turning my back upon It, Instead of doing so, however, I determined to make an honest ef fort to find out, if I could, what Chris tian Science meant by the statement that there is no intelligence or sen sation in the mortal body. !1 had not proceeded very far be fore I found that the statement was true, and then I found that it was necessarily true, and then I began to wonder why T myself had not thought of it long before, because it appeared so perfectly plain and obvious. It was pointed out to me that this body which paople worship and fear, and which most people get down on their knees before every day and say to It, "Oh, body, what can 1 do for you to day, to keep you from hurting me?" is composed of something over 70' per cent, of water, and that the balance of it is chalk, lime, starch, potash and a few other things—that is matter, ju3t as truly as the ingredients of the dirt and wood are matter. I then learned that there could be no more intelligence or sensation in matter when in the form of flesh, bones and nerves than when in the form of dirt or stone, which fact is proved whenever an opiate is given to a person and the human mind is put to sleep. The body may thea be cut and gashed and the nerves lacerated, without the slightest indi cation of intelligence or sensation. I thus learned that sensation and Intelligence do not reside in the hu man body apart from the human mind. Some day all mankind will recog nize the immeasurable service that Christian Science has performed for the human race in making this fact plain. For if it be true, and it is true, that sensation and Intelligence do not reside in the human body, apart from the human mind, then it follows, ab solutely. that the human body cannot do anything, feel anything, or have 'anything, except that which the hu man mind first decrees, and that by educating, instructing and controlling the human mind with truth, we shall thereby control the body with truth, and the body will then be healthy and harmonious. lCffect of Right Thinking Just as certainly as the human body has suffered from disease end discord, land has gone down in wreckage in all of the ages of the past, as the result of wrong mental government, Chris tian Science is proving that in the future the body will respond with health and harmony, when it shall be governed by "that mind which was also in Christ esus." Regardless of what any one may think or say to the contrary, Christian Science has proved beyonil all possi bility of successful contradiction, that Ithe human body is 1101 self-acting. It !is not a self-acting machine. Since it possesses neither intelligence nor sen sation in nor of itself, it can act only in obedience to the mentality that governs it. At this point Christian Science per forms an invaluable service to man kind by explaining how each one may take possession of his body and gov ern it harmoniously. Christian Science here declares that no one is under any obligation whatever to allow the so-called mortal mind to dictate the terms and conditions upon which he may live, but upon the contrary, it is the right and privilege of every one to be governed by the law of Spirit instead of the so-called laws of mat ter, and that by telling the truth to mortal mind, and thereby destroying false belief, to preserve his body in health. I To Illustrate how the body responds 'to the mentality that governs it. study the faces of two men. One is fur rowed with deep lines. It expresses bitterness and shows that the man bates every one, and believes that every one hates him. . The other is radiant with good will, and shows by Its every expression that the man loves every one, and thinks that every one loves him. What is it that makes the difference the faces of the two men? Is it not their thought? And If thought can produce such rad ical changes in the shape, expression and contour of men's f«.ces, Is it not plain that thought will also produce like changes in the shape and action of every organ and part of the body? I*'or there is no part of the body that is beyond the reach of human thought, and since no part of the body pos sesses intelligence or sensation in nor of itself, it follows that no organ or nerve can act except in obedience to the mentality that governs it. Aniter and Its Consequences Also observe what happens when a person becomes angry. Immedlately the functions of every organ in tho body are disarranged. The liver at once begins to secrete bile, and to diffuse It through the system, so that one of the llrst results of a fit of anger is that the breath becomes foul. The heart action is also disturbed, either being accelerated or retarded, and the face becomes pale Of flushed. Any physician will say that many deaths have occurred from fits of anger, and j yet anger is only a mental quality or state. Now, let one ask himself that, since such results as these, which are wit nessed daily, can arise from a sudden wrong mental impulse, does It require muclv thought to sec that like evil re sults will also occur from the habitual entertainment of a wrong mental j quality? Is It not plain that hatred, and all of Its subdlvisons and by : products, such as malice, spite, resent- I ment and revenge, must necessarily | produce evil and discordant conditions i upon the human body? And, like | wise, that every evil quality of the mortal mind, such as dishonesty, jeal ousy, greed, avarice, self-will, fear and t the like, are .so many conspirators against the peace and harmony of j mankind, and that until these qualities I are cast out, and are displaced by the ; qualities of that mind "which was also i In Christ Jesus." men and women will continue to suffer, Bin, be unhappy and die. Again, one man believes that if he sleeps in a draft he will take cold, and it will be so. Sitting right by his side Is another man who believes that unless he sleeps in a draught, he will be sick, and it will be so, and there are two exactly opposite results fol lowing from the same draft, not be cause there is any power in the draft, but because of human belief about it, thus showing that the body responds to whatever the human mind believes concerning it. Thus Christian Science is proving in many different directions that the body is not self-acting, that it has no in telligence to act and no sensation to feel, and that in every case, it obeys and responds to the mentality that governs it. Indeed, this fact, is so plain, that when It Is once pointed out every one will readily observe instances to prove it, and the more one gives heed to it the more it becomes plain that by con trolling one's mental state by truth he can thereby control his body, and gov ern its feeling and action. Significance of Jesus' Wortls It then becomes easy to understand the immense significance of the words of Jesus when he said. "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free," for when the human mind is filled with truth instead of error, the body will respond with harmony in stead of with discord. It also becomes self-evident that humanity must and will be emancipated from bondage to sin. sickness and death, not by doc toring the matter body with drugs nor through reliance upon dead ceremonies or blind, unreasoning faith, but through the regeneration of the human mind. Is that not precisely what St. Paul meant when he said. "Be ye trans formed by the renewing of your mind"? Can there be any other way for suffering men and women to be liberated from evil conditions and transformed into a state of peace and harmony except through the conscious evangelization and regeneration of the human mind? Regardless of what one may think or believe concerning the doctrine of atonement, it is plain that there can be no such thing as vicarious re generation. Each individual must go through that process for himself, and, either here or hereafter, he will enter into the kingdom of peace only when h< shall have gotten rid of the super stitious. erroneous and vicious quali ties of the human mind, and shall conic to know the truth concerning God and man. Christian Science points out the way. It is the Science of right thinking and right living in contra distinction to erroneous thinking and wrong living. Concerning Mrs. KUdy Some day all mankind will recognize the immeasurable service that Mrs. Eddy has rendered to humanity by her discovery of Christian Science and the establishment of the Christian Science movement. Through her teaching she has elevated religious understanding from a theoretical to a practical basis. She has taught the world that it is the mission of religion to heal people of sickness, sorrow, unhappiness and fear, as well as to destroy sin. and has so clearly defined the process by means of which these results may- be accom plished as to make it possible for every one to prove it for himself and thereby to heal himself and others. Christian Science is applied Chris tianity just as truly as engineering is applied mathematics. There is no mystery about it, and when one does his work correctly, according to its rule, healing and regeneration must follow. In the Bibl<» <«ohn xx:l7) we read that Jesus said to Mary, "Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God and your God." Also in I John, 111:2, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God. and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall bo like him; for we shall see him as he is." St. Paul also wrote (Romans, 8:10,17), "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children then heirs; heirs of God, and Joint heirs with Christ." Christian Science demonstrates tho truth of these Inspired statements. It makes available as a present right and possibility man's inheritance as the son and heir of God by showing that the real man created by God is spiritual and not material; that his life, con tinuity, intelligence and harmony are in spirit and not in matter; that all of his qualities and attributes are derived from Spirit, and that every .function of the real man is governed by the divine Mind. Man. therefore, expresses tho divine nature, and hence he is the Image of God", and as such is perfect and immortal. The material man is not the likeness of God. for matter cannot be the image of Spirit. Tie is the false concept of man. and the sin. disease and death Involved in this false concept will disappear as false mortal beliefs are dissolved by truth. The material belief must give place to to the spiritual fact In every case. Out of the amplitude of her own spiritual understanding Mrs. Eddy lias translated into human language the truth about God and man. and their relationship; lias revealed a perfect divine Principle that governs man kind. and has proved that the truth taught by .Tesus is scientific, and may be demonstrated to-day us of old to deliver the sinning, sorrowing and suf fering from their oppressors, to set all mankind free from bondage to evil, and to establish the kingdom of God on earth Mummers to Hold Final Pow Wow; Name Aids Mummers will get together for the iinal powwow to-night at the Mayor's office. At a meeting of the parade commit tee last night the list of aides was re ported. The aides include: Assistant marshals, Michael E. Si roup, John Relly, George W. Sulli van, Thomas Keesey; aids, Walter Montgomery, O. C. Bickle, Charles B. Orr, Moses Cooper, Stanley G. Back enstoss. Jonas M. Rudy, G. Porter Hammond. V. Grant Forrer, Daniel A. Teats, Paul G. Schelhas, Coroner Jacob Eckinger, H. K. Probst, Harvey Mountz, Joseph Maisano, Clyde D. Kllnger, 8. P. Eb.v, Harry K. Baker and George W. Conner. Second Division Harry Douglass, marshal; aids, George Van Kirk, George A. Hoverter. Charles E. Pass, G. M. | Keefer and Charles Fackler. Third Division—Sam Koen, marshal; aids, William E. Orr. B. F. Reynolds, J. B. Carl, Chqjles B. Baum and J. Gold. Fourth Division—l,leu tenant Aubrey Baldwin, marshal; aides. O. H, Beck, Rudolph K. Splcer, H. O. Beck, P. J. Dylan and William Block. DECEMBER 29, 1914. ■ niinnniMii mEimnnaEiHiMmainaH BE] ■ - U BETTER MERCHANDISE FOR LESS MOHLY U § Special Hour Sale | H Wednesday Dec. 30th § KiJ Positively no goods sold after specified LD hour no goods reserved or sent C. O. D. G3 No goods sold to children. CD q From 8.30 to 12.30 From Ito 5 Ej [| Petticoats Waists j| Q Jersey top, all silk; the Crepe de Chine, beautiful- |3 ri kind you pay $3.00 else- [ y embroidered; sells every- BSj iirhrrr where for $3.00. Positively 13 D to-morrow only, | $1.49 . $1.89 I g Suits Coats □ Velvets, Broadcloths and , Plushe T s T ' Astrakhan Cor- " ra Serges, fur trimmed, latest * uro y' Ural a u nd Ara bian 0" in fashion; the kind you La ™ b: „ all . thl! L , season! > H cannot buy anywhere under styles; all sizes. Belted and g] In I $30.00. '* are bottoms. You can t iti duplicate them under $25.00. 8 •» 15 "_ _ 59.89 | D Coats Suits B □ lon p . , Serges, Poplins, Cordu- m M 180 Coats, consisting of roys Gabardines, and all U _ zibelines, chinchillas, mix- other material. Skinner's fel tures, etc., that sold up to sati , n lin^ d - l AU this " a * 0 KJLi 1-jcqo sons styles, long or short gj I coats; all sizes. ifeO i*i\ These suits have sold up n to $25.00 and are worth it. U * To-morrow only, ULI It is worth that much if OA 0 you don't need any. CD $ ALL DAY SALE [§ n Sweaters Furs children's Coats @ From 3 to 6 " | Hand-made, _ all gets worth up yea rs . Velvets, Q wool, large and tQ S IOOO a nd Chinchilla, Broad- 6* gj small sizes. All Positively cloths and Cordu- 0 [l] colors; worth up > ls - 00 - Posit vely Selling for (fl g to $3.00, to-morrow only, Qnly> 5 $1.19 $4.99 $2.99 □ ■■El HHCJOm EDE3QG3EID HnHHQH ■■ GATHER NAMED OH SERVICE COMMISSION [Continued From First Page] Ed by the Governor to be a member of the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission. His term will be about two and a half years under the ar rangement of terms made by the Gov ernor. Ex-Governor Samuel W. Penny packer was named as chairman of the commission to succeed the late Nathaniel Ewing, the first chairman, and iwas given the Ewing term, which adds two years to the time he will serve. The other commissioners are advanced a year and Mr. Gaither given the seventh place. The names will be sent In the Senate for confirmation when the legislature meets next Tues day. Mr. Gaither resigned to-day as pri vate secretary to the Governor and also secretary to the executive com mittee of the Panama Exposition Commission to take effect January 1. He will not assume the duties of a commissioner until January 19, re maining with Governor Tener to close up the business of the office which will b ■ cleared so that there will be nothing left over for tho Incoming governor. He will retain his legal residence in Pittsburgh, but stay in Harrlsburg, de voting all of his time to the work of the commission and acting as resident commissioner so that there will be someone always here. The new commissioner was born in Foxburg, Clarion county, forty-five years ago and was engaged in ne.ws paper work in Pittsburgh for a num-J ber of years. He became secretary to the Governor when he ran for Coiv gress and came here with him, tak ing an active part in Harrisburg life. He is a member of the Harrisburg Club and the Country Club of Har risburg and has a wide circle of friends who hastened to congratulate him to-day. GIRL KILLED BY SHCT AIMED AT AiTHEII [Continued From First Page] She was seated at the supper tablp with some other members of the fam ily of her grandmother, Mrs. George! Pettit, when the fatal bullet came' through the window. There was no clue to the mysterious shoottng until a young woman member of the family told the police that Hann had been jealous of her.' Hann was found at his home and after he was told of the death of the child be confessed, the police said, that he had fired at his sweetheart and was sorry to learn that the child was the victim of Ills aim. Hann is locked up in the Millville Jail West End Republicans Elect Officers Tonight Officers will be elected to-night at the annual meeting of the West End Republican Club, 1410 North Third street. No opposition is expected to the re election of H. A. Douglass as presi dent. Howard C. Sponsler, vice-president, and the secretary, J. S. Miller, with the treasurer, H. W. Miller, will also bo re-elected. E. A. Pelffer is a can didate for election as trustee for three years. Nominations for the I membership committee includo W. It. | Shuey, I. D. Meals. E. G. Hoffman, | Harry Hoffman, H. J. Boyer and J. G. | IChurch, Jr. I FARM ADVISORS IN ' ALL THE COUNTIES Great Work of the Counsellors Is Shown by Reports Made to Director A. L. Martin Statistics just compiled by A. L. Martin, director of farmers' institutes and chief of the farm advisors' ser vice In the State Department of Agri culture, show that no less than 7,665 farms were visited during the period closing November 30 by ten farm ad visors. The advisors, ho states, aro now engaged in lecturing in the farm ers' institute courses and will be In that line until the end of March, when they will go into the Held to give Indi vidual advice to tillers of the soil. Charles G. McLain, Brooksville, who is the expert on farm drainage, visited almost every county and laid out sys tems for 279 farms. Dr. M. E. Con nard, West Grove, and E. W. Eighty, East Berlin, the daily experts, visited every county, reaching over 1,200 I farmers, giving advice on plans for | barns for 3,000 head of cattle and at tending neighborhood meetings. H. P. j Kester, Newtown, and Franklin Menges, York, the soil experts, were I called upon to give advice on soil con ! servation in almost every county and Spoke at scores of county fairs. Flf | teen hundred calls for advice were I answered by W. Theo. Wittman, Al lentown, and Frank Kline, Spring City, the poultry experts. SUeldon W. Funk, Boyertown, visited 550 taring in l'orty six counties to advise on fruit culture, and attended fifty meetings and dem onstrations. E. B. Dorsett, Manstleld, the co-operation expert, visited forty live counties, many of them several times, in giving points on co-operation in buying, and Mrs. Jean Kean Foulke, West Chester, went all over the State giving advice on home sanitation and household economics. "The work of these advisors is shown by the records without even referring to over I.GOO letters of the most com mendatory character received by ine," 'said Mr. Martin. "We feel that the act |of 191!b which was the means of es tablishing this service, has saved thou sands of dollars for the farmers and has given them advantage of a service that is destined to grow In value. I i am proud of the work done." Pittsburgh Mason Now Heads Knights Templar Pittsburgh, Dec. 29.—Lee Stewart Smith, of this city, who succeeds to the office of Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the United States, Knights Templar, following the death yesterday at Troy, N. Y., of Colonel Arthur Mac Arthur, Grand Master, has been almost a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh. Mr. Smith was born in Cadiz, Ohio, April 24, 1844. Ills father was a minis ter in the Methodist Episcopal Church, lie received his education In the pub lic schools. Upon graduation ho stud ied dentistry and practiced for a time, finally giving up his practtce to enter the business of manufacturing and dealing in dental supplies. He enlisted in the Civil War and was discharged at the close of the war with the rank of sergeant. Ho is a charter member of Post Commander of Post No. 3, G. A. It. In tho reorganization of the National Guard of Pennsylvania he was ap pointed adjutant general with the rank of major, later resigning to be come major of the Fourteenth Regi ment. N. G. P. He joined Franklin Eodge, No.. 221, Free and Accepted Masons of Pitts burgh on August 2, 1866.
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