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001C973F Miay 3, 1929. A lecture entitled Christian Science: its accord with the Lord's Prayer, by Arthur P. De Camp, C.S.B., member of the Board of Lectureship of the hIother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, was de- livered in the Hollyburn Theatre, on Sunday afternoon, April 21st. The lecturer was introduced by ~Ir. John i~ICCulloch Hill. 4Vhen Jesus, of Nazareth, whom we k»ow as Christ Jesus, taught us the wonderful prayer, s~hich begins "Our Father which art in heaven," he gave utterance to a scientific fact of the utmost importance to humanity. In the Chiistian Science text- book, Science and FIealth with Key to the Scriptures, written by Mary Baker Eddy, the Dis- coverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy refers to it as "that prayer which covers all human needs," page 16. She adds further, on the same page. "Only a~ we rise above all material sen- suousness and sin, can we reach the heaven-born aspiration and spiritual consciousness, which is indicated in the Lord's Prayer, and which instantaneously heals the sick." "Our Father which art in heaven." )Ve read in Science and Health (page 467) "It should be thor- oughly understood that all men have one EIind, one God and Father, one Life, Truth and Love. 5Iankind will become per- fect in proportion as this fact becomes apparent, war will cease and the true brotherhood of man will be established." Our Father --one Mind--these are the same. Mind, when spelled with a capi- tal letter, is one of the great names for God used in Christian Science. "All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation" is the fundamental statement of Chris- tian Science. Mrs. Eddy uses the word Nother in combination with the word Father to give a still deeper and lovelier sense of the nature of our divine parent. She writes in Science and Health, page 332, "Father-51other is the name for Deity, which indicates His tender relationship to His spiritual cre- ation." Father being a good name to convey a sense of the popover, the wisdom, the kindness of our great God, Nother adds to the concept the thoughts of tender- ness, sure refuge, and certain u»derstanding of our needs. Jesus began his public min- istry by declaring "The kingdom of heaven is at hand." The lines of his prayer, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven" may be readily rendered, as it is given in our textbook, "Thy kingdom is come; Thou are ever present. Enable us to know, as in heaven, so on earth, God is omnipotent, su- preme." Knowledge is power;" knowing the truth about God and man makes free. It is the mission of Christian Science to revive in this age the healing method used by Jesus and by his followers in the early centuries of the Christian era. This method is fully explained in the Christian Science text-book. To illustrate simply: One may have been more or less troubled all his life about traits of char- acter or recognized evil tenden- cies in himself which he believes have been inherited, or have been fastened on him by past experi- ences, causing himself and others much unhappiness. Coming to Christian Science he begins to learn that all evil is unreal, be- cause good only is real, and that there is no limit to the possibili- ties of proving the reality of good and the unreality of evil. He begins to reason from the standpoint of his real, spiritual nature, and learns that in truth man "has not a single quality underived from Deity," as hIrs. Eddy tells us on page 476 of science and Health. As he as- similates more and more of this truth, recognizing that good is power and that evil is not power, and that he is governed only by tlie law of God, the law of good, he is greatly strengthened when finding that he can overcome and cast out the traits and tendencies he has believed were part of his nature. "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son,'saith the Revelator. Like- wise one who feels that he is not as well endowed with intelligence as others, or with the capacity to achieve, and that he has never been much of a success in any undertaking, is able to overcome self-depreciation, when learning to depend upon the source of all wisdom and true i~Iind power. He that is fearful, through the recognition of man's unity with divine Love, that perfect love which casteth out fear, can find relief from that bondage. One who is sorely tempted to hate can overcome that temptation when learning and applying the truth that divine Love is truly man's substance and entity. Sick- ness is overcome through pre- cisely this same line of reason- ing. On page 493 of Science and Health we read, "hIind must be found superior to all the beliefs of the five corporeal senses, and able to destroy all ills. Sickness is a belief, which must be an- nihilated by the divine Mind. Disease is an experience of so- called mortal mind. It is fear made mani fest on the body. Christian Science takes away this physical sense of discord, just as it removes any sense or moral or mental inharmony." And on page 411 Mrs. Eddy writes: "The procuring cause and foundation of all sickness is fear, ignorance, or sin." Pursuing our consideration of the Lord's Prayer, we come now to the sentence'"Give us this day our daily bread." It is greatly illumined by 5Irs. Eddy's spirit- ual sense of its meaning; "Give us grace for today; feed the fam- ished affections." "Grace for to- day." "The grace of our Lord. Jesus Christ, be with you," has always been an inspiring bene- diction. To absorb and assimil- ate the Christ consciousness is essential to Christian growth. This is "feeding upon the bread cf God." Those who seek Christ --Truth and desire to actually dwell "in the secret place of the Most High" learn that they must partake daily of spiritual nutri- ment. The experience of Chris- tian Science students is that they cannot afford to neglect the daily study of the Scriptures and of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. To show how deeply and sin- cerely we must strive for the DIind "which was also in Christ," Jesus declared, in the imagery of the Orient, "He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in Flim." Jesus was not speaking in mat- erial terms. "Feed the famished affee- t!ons." Did anyone, since l,he time of Jesus, ever say so much in four ivords? IVhen human thought, desiring spiritual nutri- ment, recognizes itself as a star- veling for spiritual love, it is in p position to gain more of that love. People sometinles speak of themselves as being jii t starved for love," meaning that they desire more love to he shown them on the part of others. The phrase "famished affections" does not refer to that Bort of starvation. Human lives «re famished by the want of lov- ing, the lack of manifesting "un- oel fish love" toward others. IVhat is it that stands in the Christian Science:-- Its Accord With the Lord's Prayer 31iss Berneice Macneill, bride-elect of this month, was the guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower at the home of ~Irs. C. V. Inman, 14th and Inglewood last Friday afternoon. The rooms were beautifully decorated with spring flowers for the occasion. Mrs. 1Iacneill, mother of the bride-elect presided at the tea urn, tlrs. G. 4Iiller, ~Irs. AV. Green, i~Irs. Reg. Haley, and IIrs. iAIorley Johnston assisting. whil- st iWIiss Barbara Tristram played the wedding march little Dale Ericksen and Ariel Hodgson pre- sented to ilIiss ilIacneill an artis- tically decorated trunk full of gifts. After the presentation 31rs. H. Brundrett delighted the guests by singing an appropri- ate solo. The following were the invited guests: i~Ira. Bacon, Mrs. R. Bone, i~fiss E. Bolton, hIrs. O. F'.ibbs, iAIrs. F. E. Bradshaw, ilIrs. H. Brundrett, i~Irs. 4V. Green, ~Irs. i%I. E. Creighton, i4!rs. M. Cunningham, Mrs. E. Ericksen, Ilrs. E. FIill, i11rs. John iAICC. Hill, Mrs. Harry Hodgson, AIrs. R. Haley, )Irs. Hewitt, Mrs. 5I. Johnston, ~Iiss Mary Jack, Mrs. 31. G. Miller, Mrs. F. IIarsh, iWIrs. G. J. DIurch, Mrs. D. 3IacKay, i~Irs. E. Mitchell, Mrs. O. Rand, ilIrs. P. Rehberger, iAIiss D. Reh- berger, 11iss P. Robertson, ~Irs. R. Reid, i~Irs. Steven, Miss E. Steven, Mrs. Harold Senkler, IIrs. A. Thornfield, Mrs. 4V. Todd Mrs. D. williams, and Mrs. 51. E. Wright. Mrs. Vetor of Vancouver, has moved into i1Irs. Yorke's cottage «t 16th and Esquimalt. A committee has been appoint- ed to arrange for the field day between Paiiline Johnson and Hollyburn Schools which is to be held around the end of May or the beginning of June. way of our getting more love into our hearts and lives? Is it anything other than a sense of self? A line of nine words from the Lord's Prayer, "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our dt.b- tors," in the light of 51rs. Ed- dy's still more brief interpreta- tion, 'Love is reflected in love," furnishes the solution of the pro- blem of happy and useful living with our fellows. EVhen and how shall such a debtor be forgiven? The impression prevails quite widely that, when the one who seems to be so much at fault re- alizes that he has been at fault, and comes and confesses and asks for forgiveness, that then is the proper time to say "I for- give you." This pardoning state- ment is sonietimes accompanied by the word or thought, " I will forgive but I cannot forget." Such is not forgiveness. "And lead us not into tempta- tion; but deliver us from evil" is the closing sentence of the Lord's Prayer, according to the Gospel of Luke. Mrs. Eddy's ir terpretation of this line is "And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death." Christian Science has not come into the world as a temptation to lure Christian people away God, from Christ Jesus and from the Bible. On the contrary, it is showing the way of deliverance from sin, from sickness and fronl death. Christian Science reiterates the promises of the Bible with great confidence, because of the daily proofs that the power of Christianity to deliver mankind from discor'l of every kind, from sin, disease and death,has in no way diminished during the cen- turies. It offers comfort and joy to the sorrowing and dis- tressed; it saith to the weary anti heavy laden, Come and find rest; to those in the bondage of fear, "Nothing shall by any means hurt you; to the sick, Truth heals today as in olden time. ,I, g e Idect ic &pwas solL thxotzgQ g]ot, mar himp~~ realize her cheap it zeal's. IP you hought electricity u penny'u uurth at a time --you'd realize that electricity is the smallest item on the family budget. Just suppose you ment to a slot machine mhenever you needed electricity to light the home, or to operate an electric iron. One cent operates a 40-matt lamp for 12t+ hoursi One centi... A 60-matt lamp. for 8 hours and 20 minutes. Other services. too. The floor polisher, for example, operates steadily for 6ve hours and 40 minutes for a single cent. One cent runs your electric cleaner for tmo hours and 50 minutes. Where else do you receive so much for a cent? But, of course, you don't have the inconvenience of 6nd- ing change or trotting to market for a basketful of electricity. It's there mhen you need it--your meter keeps honest check on the amount you use--and after a mhole month's electrical service you get a bill for... $ 1AO perhaps'erriblel Exorbitant l Think of the slot machine next time you &i l~& of the "high cost of electricity" ~ Based on the teoccnt rato. umxsH Ch ' 'L&sauckiuwur Ca VANCOUVER V1CTORI A ~ llllSSI ~ S ~ 10 ~ SIllE ~ S ~ SOS ~ S ~ LAIS ~ IS ~ SL PIANO RECITAL MRS. Si~IALL GOING TO EASTERN CANADA The second monthly piano re- cital by the pupils of Mrs. Clara wilson was held at her home studio last Saturday. The tech- nique and interpretation of the ynung artists created much fav- orable comment. After the re- cital refreshments were served. Mrs. W. B. Small, Fulton and 20th, is leaving this week end for a three months trip to East- ern Canada. She will attend the Girl Guides convention at Otta- wa to which she is a delegate from the )Vest Vancouver uiiit, and will also spend some time at her old home in Orillia. Many receptions and parties have been given in honor of Mrs. Small the past two weeks. A- mong those acting as hostesses being ilIrs. Ogilvie. Mrs. Chap- man, IIrs. Pearce, Mrs. Forster, and Mrs. H. L. iAIacLean. 5IISS BERYL GRAY DEVELOPING REPUTA- TION AS AVRITER Miss Beryl Gray, daughter of ilIr. and i41rs. Gordon Gray, 26th and i1Iathers, is making quite a reputation for herself as a writ- er. The cunent issue of the Canadian Home Journal carries one of her stories. This young authoress has had many of her stories accepted by leading pub- lications and it looks as though IVest Vancouver is to cradle still another celebrity. The girls of Pauline Johnson and Hollyburn Schools and the high school have formed a soft ball league for the summer term, and expect to start their sched- ule immediately. The t Yet B. C. 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