Article January 8, 1927 Issue

The Lectures

Introductions to Lectures

with contributions from Albert Gleiser, William G. Stewart, Lawrence Kerns, Edith M. Abell, William B. Shearon

Paris, France (Second Church).

Lecturer: Miss Margaret Murney Glenn; introduced by Albert Gleiser, who said:—

The question, "What is God?" has been asked by mankind throughout all ages. The Bible relates how Paul, when in Athens, coming upon an altar dedicated to the "unknown God," proceeded to declare the nature of God. This incident shows that the Greeks were far from having complete faith in their numerous deities. Pilate asked Jesus, "What is truth?" Here we find a Roman governor publicly acknowledging his unbelief in the gods of his people. Many Christian sects say that God is Spirit, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent; but they do not comprehend the deep significance of this teaching. Otherwise, they would understand that the term "omnipresence" means that there is no other presence, hence no other substance, than Spirit, God, and therefore that there is no matter; that the term "omniscience" denies the possibility of another consciousness, or other minds; and that the meaning of omnipotence destroys all belief in another power; and that, therefore, there can be no evil. Christian Science makes all this clear to us through its scientific teaching.

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