CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21937, 22 October 1934, Page 16

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

"UTILISE YOUR TALENTS" VISITING LECTURER'S ADDRESS There was a fairly large attendance at a lecture on Christian Science given in His Majesty's Theatre yesterday afternoon by Miss Margaret Murney Glenn, a member of the board of lectureship of the first Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. "Christian Science," said the lecturer, "brings the comforting assurance to all men that there is a correct solution to every problem, whether the problem be one of human relationship, of sickness, sorrow, lack, temperamental weaknesses, or sin. Jesus proved this fact 20 centuries ago, but because His life and works are looked upon as miraculous or as a personal accomplishment, rather than as the result of science, humanity in general, and Christianity in particular, have been unable to repeat those works. "Christian Science is bated on the Bible, but it does not require that the Bible be accepted simply I>ecause it is the Bible, for this blind belief in tho Scriptures does not make tbem understandable or practical. Christian Science shows that there is a science of the Scriptures which not only makes plain the events and statements contained therein, but enables us to repeat the works of the prophets, apostles, and Jesus, and to prove for ourselves the great fact brought out in the Bible, namely, that God, good, is all and that evil and materiality are therefor® powerless and non-existent. ''Let us examine some of the ways Christian Science is befriending and comforting us to-day," said the lecturer toward the close of her address. "Consider the present world situation with regard to depression, and over-production. Christian Science will give you an understanding of that which it has heard from the | Father; in other words, of that which comes from intelligent Mind, and it will show you that this is demonstrable, 'or provable,' in your experience. If I may express it so, Christian Science will present and interpret God's viewpoint —the viewpoint of principle, which is truth. Really this is the only viewpoint to be considered, for man and the universe express th« thought of that Mind which created them" Referring to another phase of thi» present-day situation, Miss Glenu Baid: —"Utilise your talents. But you may answer that you are not given the bpportunity to utilise them. God Who has given us our talents gives the opportunity or occasion to utilise them. But perhaps we are seeking in the wrong direction for this opportunity. A person who is looking for employment, and who is taking along the belief with him that he is without occupation, will see that belief manifested wherever he goes. But if he goes forth occupying his thought with the truth 'that he ,'k employed of God and that whatever he is doing, even though to the human Eenses it may be looking for work, is his opportunity to manifest this truth, such a one will find that the mesmerism of lack, or unemployment, and depression have disappeared from his experience." Another lecture will be given by Miss Glenn in His Majesty's Theatre tonight,