| Article Title |
Christian Science Lecture Delivered Here by Ezra W. Palmer |
| Type |
article |
| Date |
1918-05-23 |
| Paper |
Salt Lake Herald-Republican |
| Language |
eng |
| City |
Salt Lake City |
| County |
Salt Lake |
| Page |
6 |
| OCR Text |
Ir I Christian Science Lecture Delivered Here by Ezra W Palmer f W. W PALMER i i C. C S. S B B. or of of f EZRA Denver a a member of oC the board of lectureship of or tho the mother I church chuch tho the First Church of oC Christ in hi Boston Mass delivered a at t lecture yesterday afternoon at tho the Mr auditorium on Richards street I Palmer Palmer was scheduled formerly to give I the lecture Tuesday evening but owIng owing ow ow- ing int to delay by train trin he gave It yes yes- The speaker was introduced by Clarence Clarence Clarence Clar Clar- ence B B. B Stevens Mr Palmer said sald There 1 IS ono one great glet and all al Inclusive fact that should bo be b engraved upon the te minds and hearts of all nU peoples and amI I that Is that God is omnipotent that God lia hn has all al power and therefore ever a God of ot love who sends only oly good gifts to Ills His Ils children a GodwIt God who wIt does not afflict aCct and who is not the author of or evil evi When God is un und understood understood un- un d aright human thought is lifted lin lined lift lift- lt- lt ed cd Into a consciousness sg of oC peace that thatis is unmoved b by the tho vicissitudes of oC time feet feel are and mortality When our planted on the eternal rock of ot the tho abiding abiding- presence of God Gol we can cn survey with wih a ser serene ne mind the varied experiences of ot mortal existence because we know that all al power resides In God and that evil evi Is a mere seeming a avails ls nothing against them who abide under the shadow of ot the te Al- Al ht l Most i t Christians agree that God is omnipotent good that aSee He lie is omniscient and omnipresent but while men and women have accepted theoretically these eternal attributes of ot De Deity I the they have h e not actual actually understood them nor them then ordered their lives according to To accept God as omnipotent good and about bout fear Cear disease disease dis dis- then to worry poverty 15 ease case be a or hate ones one neIghbor neighbor neighbor neigh neIgh- bor i is inconsistent and furnishes evidence evi I dence deuce that the person who does these pron things denies In practice what ho he accepts accepts accepts ac ac- ac- ac in jn theory theon namely nameh the omnipotence omnipotence tence of oC God When hen we turn to Christian Christan Science however we find that it Is inflexibly logical It I accepts accept the Scriptural teachings of oC one omnipotent God and andIs andIs Is is Is throughout in harmony harmon with the Bible Dible Christian Christan Science not only ad admits ad- ad I mits mis the omnipotence of God but it likewise accepts the demonstrable fact tact that the tho omnipotence of or god bod is available available avail avail- able to meet our veery veer need It I Is self-evident self that If f G God d has all al power there cannot possibly be another power with wih which to divide His kingdom Tho The omnipotence of ot God Is eternal God is also the one Supreme Ruler the same yesterday and toda today and forever for as the Scripture declares The Lord God omnipotent nt IS THE POWER OF GOD AVAILABLE What l e evidence ence have we that the power of oC God is available When hen hen wo we turn tur to the Bible we find that tat throughout the whole range of ot Bible Dible history patriarchs prophets and disciples disciples dis dis- men and women Inspired of ot God were enabled to overcome all al forms fors of ot discord hate sin disease and even death itself In this century similar evidence a great et volume of has been eJ presented by the Christian Christan Science movement Since Mrs rs Eddy gave her teaching to the world emphasizing emphasizing em em- the truth that God Gol Is Is' I er-I the only onh power hund hundreds eds and thou thousands of men and women have repeated the experiences of ot the tc great gat Bible characters characters char char- have attained similar spiritual vision islon and inspiration have risen above the evidence of or the corporeal senses and reached the consciousness that God Is the only power that man man man- II His Image and likeness likeness likeness-is Is Is perfect and immortal and that Gods God's children are not and cannot be the victims of sin disease and death I OLD TESTAMENT EVIDENCE I In the Old Testament narratives Jo Joseph Joseph Jo- Jo seph eph proved the power of ot God to protect protect protect pro pro- JO-I JO His own In prisons and in kings' kings palaces Through the power of God Moses oses freed treed a nation naton from the grip Ip ot of autocracy David DavJd through reliance on the Uthe name of ot the Lorl Lord of hosts the God of the armies aries of ot Israel Isrel overthrew w Goliath and later escaped all aU me trio snares that envy malice malc and hate could Invent to destroy destro him Elijah Eljah raised from the dead ded the widows widow's son and Elisha Elsha healed of ot leprosy Naaman the tho captain of ot the te armies of ot Syria The Hebrew captives cast cst into the fiery tery furnace proved that flames ames and heat were powerless to harm the men who held steadfastly to the might and majesty of or inclusive all inclusive al-inclusive Spirit Daniel Daniel Daniel Dan Dan- iel who retired three times each day dayto dayto to pray pry with wit his hig windows o open n toward Jerusalem likewise escaped all al the artifices of ot human hate and was wa so uplifted through faith in itt the power Jill power of God that could he read human thought Interpret dreams and foresee the final destruction of ot all al evil I e To him also was wa revealed reveled the glorious vision of the coming of the Son of man who shall execute Judgment and whose dominion is an everlasting e do dominion dominion dominion do- do minion which shall not pass away and his kingdom dom that which shall not I be destroyed Daniel And so the accounts account of or Gods God's tender care and ad protection of ot His own a as a recorded in inthe inthe inthe the Old Testament could coul be indefinitely indefinitely extended extended hence the exulting words of or David the tho sweet singer of Israel My Iy so soul l wait walt thou only upon upOn God for my ray expectation is from him He only Is m my rock and my salvation h he Is my ray defense I 1 shall shan not be moved Ps Pa 6 THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST JESUS When we turn to the New Testament Testament Testament Testa Testa- ment we find that the great exponent of the omnipotence of or God Gd W wa was Christ Jesus By reason of ot his sinless birth and md with ih the te Father he hc knew and expressed the will wl of God Gorl GorI The religious systems ms of ot his day claimed to teach teah the tho true worship of God Cod But these thes systems produced no results to prove that they were of of divine author author- authol- authol I ity Jesus not only knew the power of oC God God hc he proved it by results He le proved pro pro-ed that what tho the evidence of ot the corporeal senses claimed to be real rel was not real rel but Illusion Knowing that wa God Is our Life and and that in in him we live and move and have our being he ho reversed the false claim that matI matter mat mat- I ter was life intelligence or power either cither to Injure or to bless mankind I Jesus never lC Cr taught luht that God created 1 matter mater or that God wa was wa In any way responsible for sin sickness pr r death On the contrary ho he exposed the te unreal unreal un un- un- un real nature of ot these errors and destroyed them theta through the tho might o ot of the Christ Mind te CHRIST JESUS THE SON OF GOD Christ Jesus was wag wa not God Gd but the Son of ot God Cod as he himself said said A Aa A te a man born horn of or a woman woma ho he was wa the So Son o of man In his human huan relations ho hova va was tempted by The carnal caal mind a as a w we ar are arc tempted he ho suffered for or us and overcame overcame over over- came the sins ins of ot the thc world through divine knowledge o of oC tho the power rower of Go God to shoW shui us that such sch a Ir Is Ir possible for all who strive al to o know Imo the lle 10 truth as he knew It It it As 10 a ma man he lie tro trod the winepress of oC human hate hate mastered d the carnal opposition te to truth and destroyed every ill 1 that besets mankind Jesus knew kneW Go God arl aright ht and through knowledge of God he was enabled to penetrate ant and to destroy the so called so mystery of evil in all aI Its Is subtleties and disguises disguises Evil EU C fights its It de dest destroyer destroyer de- de st oer o'er and ad as a n result this mos most t righteous man was tho the tar target et for or all al the malce malice hate and vengeance tho the human carnal mind Mesmerized Mesmerized lles- lles Mes Mes- by these evils his enemies sought to destroy hl his life But when mortal mortal mind had done donA its utmost utmost ho proved that called so-called so-caled so death was as powerless powerless pow pow- I erless erlos either to destroy his lila life life- or to destroy or hinder the Influence of or his I I I teachings Finding that it could not attain its It purpose through the attempted attempt attempt- I ed destruction of oC his person person this same samo carnal mind mind in later centuries sought I Ito to corrupt the doctrines ho he lived and I taught and portrayed him not as ns the te Son of God God God-as aa he himself taught taught but but but butas I as as God a n deity to bo be worshipped It ItIs Itis is a n striking fact that coincident with i this perversion and corruption was tho the loss of ot healing In the tho Christian Christan church I INow Now while Jesus was not God he expressed the Christ the tho anointed of or God and as as- as the Christ he manifested j the qualities of hi his divine Father Father- hence his saying I 1 and m my Father I I ur are ure one The true tue Scriptural teachIngs teachings teachings teach teach- ings regarding Christ Jesus and his to God are clearly and correct correctly correctly cor cor- presented in tho the teachings of oC Mrs Eddy It I may be asked ed How SHow can cn this be he known The Thc answer Is By practical proof When hen the student student stu stu- tu- tu dent begins to understand tho the nature I of the te divine livine unity existing between Jesus tho the Christ and the tho e God as fought b by Christian Christan Science and b by the Bible he can heal the sick b by tho the power of oC prayer and themore themore the themore more clearly cerly he understands this divine unity the more quickly and the tho more cf effectively he can do this holy healing work Correct understanding of oC the great fundamentals of hi his teachings is 15 essential in order to follow the Master Master- Mater Mater- Teacher and to repeat In this age his marvelous demonstrations Commenting Comment Comment- ing on Jesus the tho Christ and his unity with wih God in Science and nd Health p. p Mrs Ir Eddy wrote Jesus demonstrated ed Christ he proved that Christ Is the divine idea Idea of God the God the Holy Ghost or Comforter revealing the divine Principle Love Jve and leading Into all an truth SALVATION FOR ALL MEN i t iThe The healing power demonstrated by b- Jesus was not confined to himself himsel as evidence of or his special with wih God It was the tho divine knowledge e of the Father available for all al men Jesus taught his hit immediate followers the power of or God to heal the sick and free tree the sinner inner But the saving gospel ospel of the Christ the Messiah was not confined confined confined con con- fined nor could It be confined to a R chosen few to one age or to one ono people It I was the universal gift gUt of ot God to all al His children The Master Master- Physician said Go ye C into all an the world and preach the gospel to every creature thus making his message of ot universal application He further said I And these signs shall shaH tolo follow them that believe beleve In my name shall they I cast out devils devIs they shall speak with new tongues they shall take Uke up serpents serpents serpents ser ser- and if It the they drink any dead deadly II thing it shall shan not hurt them they shall shan la lay hands hads on the sick and they shall reco recover r. r Mark lark 16 1615 15 Commenting on the universality of ot divine grace Jesus said Before Abraham was I am In other words the Christ Is the divine manifestation of God forever fore ready to heal and save and so It has been proved throughout the whole history of Christianity THE TESTIMONY OF APOSTLES I AND EARLY CHRISTIANS In the New Testament we find also I that hat the twelve disciples went forth and nd healed the seventy did likewise Paul who ho was not at t first a disciple or of f Jesus also hele healed the sick and raised alsed the dead ded and for three centuries cen- cen tunes uries the early Christians Christans recognized and nd pr practiced tied healing as a part of the work of r f the church Irenaeus the Greek bishop of oC Lyons Lyon who lived at athe atthe atthe the he close coso of the second century assures assures as- as us that all aU Christians Christans of oC his time tat possessed the power of or healing that the they hey prophesied cast out devils devis healed the he sick and sometimes raised the dead ead So long as a the earl early Christians Christans were strictly loyal to the spiritual teachings of Christ Jesus to that degree deres de- de gree bre res did their religion possess the vital force torce which regenerated the human mind The most inspiring page In history his his- tory tOI ory Is the story of ot the redemptive power of or the te primitive gospel of or Christ transforming and regenerating men physically as well as a spiritually despite despite de- de spite pite the depth of or depravity and sen- sen I into which the tho race had falen fallen But after a time the early earh Christans Christians Chris Chris- lans tans became lax lax In their loyalty t to ho tho teachings of or their great spiritual Teacher They The began to modify his teachings conforming them to the pa pagan pagan pagan pa- pa gan and materialistic notions of ot the prevalent systems of oC thought about them hem What hat wag s-as wa the result The freshness and power of ot spiritual understanding understanding un un- un- un I was blighted and spiritual healing the pearl o of great price was wa lost ost to the darkened vision of ot mortals The human mind mind darkened and mys- mys I could could no longer yield to the I healing power of ot God hence spiritual healing disappeared and did not again appear for more than fifteen centuries when the Science of or Christs Christ's Christianity Christian Christian- Christan- Christan Ity ty was ws again given to the world by a aNew aNew Edd Eddy New Now England Egland woman Mar Many lal Baker I THE DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER I OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Christian Christan Science was wag discovered by Mary Mar Baker Eddy In the tho year 1866 Her instant recovery recover from the results of ot a a serious accident through the spirItual spiritual spir spir- understanding of or a passage 1 in Matthews Matthew's gospel sospel was the thc falling apple appie apple ap ap- ap- ap pie which led to the of ot scientific Christianity The time was ripe for tor a new spiritual advance of or the race Great reformations had taken place In religions during the preceding three c centuries The gip grip of ot hard and dogmatic creeds was loosening loosening- and the I i hert heart of ot humanity was being stirred by a clearer understanding of the I Fatherhood of oC God and the brotherhood brotherhood brother brother- I i I hood of man The great civil chon war had Just been ben terminated which liberated the thought of ot this nation naton from the error of or human slavery slaver Ever er since the tho Puritan forefathers forefathers fore fore- fathers had set foot toot on Plymouth Rock bringing with them the great desire desires for tor democracy religious freedom freedom freedom free free- dom and reverence |
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