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Show ; HE SPEAKS ; VITH AUTHORITY Cfarcr.ee C Ectcn; C S. B., of Tccoma, Lectures at the OpcraH-cusc Under the Atrplcca of "First Church of Christ, Scientist" function Is Well Attended end Mr. Eaton's Quietly Effective Style Held Audience Interested for An Hour. isfy you that It is the friend and not th toe of humanity? Conclusion. . The agonizing demand which ascends i heavenward from the great heart of hu- f . nianlty Is for a practical and sustaining', bread of life and not the Impoverishing tone of ecclesiasticlsm. Christian Science answers till demand and proves that . there Is hope, healingf and salvation for - J every one; but. this Is to be realised iiirousrh earnest Individual effort.' Then the sooner we set ourselves to the sacred task of demonstrating this the better. who shall sav tuat it is not the grand est privilege and the, most sac-red duty of a man to acquaint himself with God, learn of his goodness and love,- and be at . peace? Is there anything unmanly, undlg- '0 1 nined or undesirable about that? The fz purilicatlon and splrltualliation of i thought and desire will eventually solve every problem "of human life and reveal all true being. - . The good which one sincerely and honestly hon-estly does is the result of the Inspiration of good, certainly not the suggestion of evil. To be conscious of that inspiration is as much a possibility today as ever. Why, with God all things desirable are, possible, and we are his instruments and in his hands to make his deeds known to men. Paul savs: "C3od hath not,glven us the spirit of fear; but of power and of love, and of a sound mind." This Is our sufficient suffi-cient equipment, and accordingly Qod demands de-mands of us that we shall not be afraid of evil or anything that may be said about It, thai; we shall recognize all wver us of htm p"- -' ' tion; that we shall ever be actuated by the spirit 01 . telllgent reason for the faith and nope this is within us, x " Desiring and seeking a .better life, we' shall at length obtain it and become scientific Christians; that is, we shall all be taught of God concerning his being, his love, his ruirro - T - thing of the ideal, the spiritual or real man, his perfection ana l . .. hope and the certainty of its realization will be to us as was the providential deliverance de-liverance from Kgypt of the children of First we find faith, then hope, finally and always love." ' spies that there is no warrant, much less permission, for our taking trim or adding to the purpose and plan of God. We recognize in Christ Jesus as. the di--vine son of God, the blenc,:-" -if humanity hu-manity with divinity; the 1 unity, or oneness of God and ln.-.r -h he illustrated. We declare tbis-.t ity. or oneness wag attested by tho teaching and works which characterized Jesns' ministry and crowned with regal splendor splen-dor the life of him who "spake as never man spake before." Christ Jesus, as the recognise i saviour of men, fulfilled the capacity of ' a mediator and - redeemer in the splendid manner of his own life aid example. But of incalculable val-ia to us is the great troth, which he by precept pre-cept and parable taught, namely, that God is not onr avowed enemy, for lie is a God of love and not of wrath. Christ Jesus effected a reconciliation by giving us a truer and better concept .f our relation to God, not by-conciliatiag the divine anger through his. own ignominious ig-nominious death. As followers of Christ we believe in the atonement, the resurrection and ascension, ascen-sion, in spiritual baptism and regeneration, regenera-tion, the kingdom of heaven or reign of righteousness in fact, all the essentials Incorporated In a pure Christianity enter into the teaching and philosophy of Christian Science. Prayer, we understand. Is genuine communion com-munion with God. It is the recognition and acknowledgment of a right God. Christ Jesus prayed. So do , we. His prayers were all answered. Christian Science is entrenched behind the authority authori-ty of his promise, "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you." We believe in the availability of prayer to God, and science discloses the verity that through an understanding of the operation of unchanging divine law, we shall obtain an answer to our prayers with the same certainty as did Jesus, who said In his appeal to God before the tomb of Lazarus, whom he raised from the dead, "I know that thou nearest me Scientific Healing of Disease. to tell God what a poor miserable sinner sin-ner you are, because-there is no profit in doing sol Our own recognition of such a condition is sufficient to secure pardon through reformation if we honestly hon-estly and earnestly desire it. The way out of such I a dilemma is plain. Stop believing and telling lies about God and his universe. Learn the truth about these thingsl for the truth is your sufficient suffi-cient savier. . Then correct your thought and actions so that you can eventually iay with John: 4 Beloved, now are we the sons of God," amd let your life bestow honor upon God as your makerj your father, by manifesting manifest-ing good deeds and a holy purpose. God Is Not! Author of Calamities.. God, the divine mind, never did anything any-thing to warrant theology's strange conception bf him. He never made a man sick, and he never killed any one, or anything. He never sent death to rob a home pf a loving parent or friend. He never tore a babe from its mother's breast. Hej never set a motherless waif adrift on the treacherous sea of adversity. adver-sity. He never caused a railway accident, acci-dent, a disaster at sea, a holocaust nor cyclone. He never visited humanity with a flood,' a drought, a famine, a pestilence, a war, nor an epidemic of disease. We entirely misapprehend the divine nature if w e think that from the presence pres-ence of a just God there can possibly proceed dire calamities. These and all kindred experiences are none other than the distressing concomitants, the iniquitous iniqui-tous machinations of materialism -the bitter lega ies of human belief, fear, ignorance ig-norance an 1 superstition. Our Hopeless Appeal to Theology. Hedged abont by such a devastating carnality, humanity is virtually in perdition o r hell with no visible avenue of escape and no immediate or remote hope of release. In the extremity of our need all material means for relief or rescue laving been invoked and exhausted, ex-hausted, we turn beseechingly to theology the-ology and ask for succor and consolation, consola-tion, and with what answer! Why, this: "My dear friends, you are under the wrath and curse of Almighty God, liable to all miseries in this life, subjectto sub-jectto death and the pains of hell forever; all of which is in accordance with the inscrutable will and wisdom of an infinitely good God." And there you are nailed to the cross! . must be the opposite false and unreal. Furthermore, I want to say this, that if you will look this question squarely in the face you will discover, as thousands thou-sands and tens of thousands have, that the cause of aH our trouble is due to a misinterpretation and confusion of these two accounts. Christian Science holds unequivocally to the first record of creation. Accordingly, Accord-ingly, in declaring the science of man, it presents him as the full, complete and perfect representative of God; as his idea or divine image or likeness; even your true, invisible and eternal self, which likeness alone is real. It presents man not as a sinner from the beginning, nor indeed a man after the word of Adam; animal in form, nature, habit and desire clad in fleshy habiliments, controlled and intimidated by finite beliefs be-liefs but 'as an individual, mental or spiritual, incorporeal being, Godlike in nature and expressing and reflecting the attributes of the infinite creator. v Theology's Claim as to God and Man, . practices. Then calling all the people together to-gether and urging them to hear and understand, un-derstand, Jesus disclosed the mental or spiritual basis of his healing work in these words: "There is nothing from without a' man that entering into him can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man." After this significant utterance we note that Jesus withdrew from the people and the disciples or students followed him and asked for- an explanation of his words. 'This elicited from 'him evidence of surprise that they did not comprehend the statement, and he repeated it more specifically in these words: "Are ye so without undertsandlng al-i al-i so?. Do ye not perceive that whatsoever thing from without entereth Into the man it cannot defile shim; "Because it entereth not Into his heart, but into his belly and goeth. out into the draught, purging all meats. . i . "That which cometh out of the man, that defiletli the man. "For from within, out of the heart : of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetous-trees, covetous-trees, wickedness, deceit, lasclvlousness, an evil eye. blasphemy, pride, foolishness. AH these things come from within, and defile the man." Disease Caused by Wrong Thinking. Here we have an important disclosure from one who proved his words by his works. Not what a man eats or drinks,' but what he thinks is here stated -as the I source of all sin, discord and disease. J Now, 'as -Jesus healed all manner of fleshy Ills, then In accordance with the soripturalTeference which I have Just read be diagnosed - the cause of every physical effect as mental. It follows logically log-ically that the remedy, he applied was the correction of. the cause, the carnal or mortal mind. Would swallowing a pill do this? Jesus did not administer some form of matter to a man's body, for he did not prescribe material lotions. Only one conclusion, con-clusion, can follow this premise, and It is that Jesus antidoted the ill effects which he declared were caused by wrong thinking think-ing or 'evil thoughts, with his knowledge of the taw of God or the divine mind, criminality and whatever Incapacitates, wrongs or curses mankind. It promises to wipe all tears away, heal the grief-, stricken heart, release those in bonds to sensuality and sweep away the fear, want. misery, agony, sorrow and woe which ! have, desolated many generations. It promises' to abolish forever the- belief in sin.l sickness, death and hell. All this and even more than we can ask or think it promises to do, naturally, lawfully, scientifically. The Fulfillment of Its Promises. What has the practice of 'Christian Science In fulfillment of Its promises thus far resulted in? It has. through its clear and comprehensive exposition of true Christianity, effected the moral, physical and spiritual regeneration of tens of thousands who have accepted Its teaching. teach-ing. Included in this vast army of believers be-lievers are those who have suffered from every known sin and disease. It has reclaimed re-claimed the drunkard and the Immoral and rescued those enslaved by the tobacco.) to-bacco.) opium and kindred habits. It has restored the mentally deranged, opened the eyes of the blind, unstopped the ears of the deaf, made the dumb to speak and the lame to walk. It has reunited the members of disrupted families, dissipated the discouragement, despondency and gloom occasioned by poverty, misfortune, business failures, dishonesty and injustice. injus-tice. It has removed the fear, doubt and dismay entailed by affliction, sorrow and grief. It has taught men how to love their neighbors as themselves, to overcome evil with good, to be kind, forbearing, forgiving, forgiv-ing, gentle and true. Need I say more of the great good which Christian Science has already accomplished in order to sat- -tematie study of its contents, acquire snflicient understanding of. the rule of Christian Science practice ns to be able to successfully apply it in the healing of sin and disease. QeUed by Heading Text-Book. Moreover, in the later editions of this wonderful book, you will find a chapter entitled "Fruitage," which consists of copies of a large number of letters giving authenticated instances of healing resulting entirely from the reading or study of its page's. The long list of ailments therein enumerated includes in-cludes many of the diseases classed by materia medica as incurable. This book advocates the highest conceivable con-ceivable standard of morality. It admonishes ad-monishes obedience to God and his Christ, teaching v us to observe the Scriptural commands, to love one another, an-other, and to be kind, merciful, just, meek and pure. . Christian Science Versus Theology. Christian Science, as the science of life and being, - advances to the solution solu-tion of the perplexing problems which confront us, by discarding all mortal ; speculation, theories and superstition about God, his being, office and intent, and his relation -to that which he created. So the question as to whether or not Christian Science agrees with the old theological schools, or the deductions de-ductions of those who have assumed to know all about God and to teach men thereof, is unimportant and indeed immaterial, im-material, inasmuch as a specific comparison com-parison would neither, prove nor disprove dis-prove the correctness of the teaching of Christian Science. Its adherents are aware that it differs dif-fers so radically from many prevailing religious systems, that it must stand upon its own merits, well knowing that as a good tree must bring forth good fruit and an evil tree corrupt fruit, the only test is that indicated by the Master: Mas-ter: "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." A Christian Science lecture was de- Ll-VlrfdvKJhe JaIt Lako Theater last night by Mr. Clarence C. Elton, C. S. of, Tacoma' The lecture was well' attended. The lecturer held the attention atten-tion of his hearers for over an hour, ius pleasant voice and quietly effective style carried the mind back to the distant dis-tant days in which speech, not writing, .was the common vehicle of thought and reasoning, and rhetoric was first of all the arts. II. B. Pront, first reader of the. First church of Salt Lake, in introducing the speaker, said itwas a generally accepted ac-cepted principle than any religion of t today that could vindicate its right to be, must stand for the emphasizing of some truth or phase of truth, which had not become inwrought into the consciousness of Christian people generally. gen-erally. As a representative audience of this cosmopolitan city of the West, he ; was sure that this audience was broad enough; frank enough, fair and Christian enough to be willing to cheerfully concede that the large body under whose auspices it was now met had given sufficient evidence evi-dence of its conformity with thiss principle prin-ciple to demonstrate amply its right to exist. No donbt, many of those present pres-ent "were, like himself, not Christian . Scientists. The audience . represented various shades of religions belief, but the fact could not be disguised that ilia great body had laid emphasis on eertaln truths which the need of the present day and the conditions of religious re-ligious thought in the world really demanded. de-manded. As evidence of this, the chairman chair-man pointed to the emphasis which Christian Science lays on the supremacy suprem-acy of the spiritual over the material, and on the principle of divine healing. Mr. Eaton then addressed the audience audi-ence as follows: . Christian Science, or " Divine " Science Sci-ence may be. defined in brief as the knowledge of, or truth about, God and his universe, inducting man the science sci-ence of God's unchanging law and its fulfillment; or, I may say, it is the science sci-ence of true knowledge of Christianity, Christian-ity, to be accepted, understood and Now what has scholastic theology asked us to believe with respect to God and manf As you well know scholastic theology in its explanation of the nature of God and the relationship existing between be-tween him and man, has 'represented God as a humanly mighty potentate and man as a corporeal being and a sinner before his maker. Then it has declared that this man could only rise above his sin and its polluting influence by the special favor of God, thus holding salvation sal-vation as the latter 's optional gift. In plain English, we have been taught that there exists on the one hand an avenging, aveng-ing, merciless, whimsical God, and on the other a damned man, whose chances for a faraway heaven or a near-at-hand hell are about equal. This doctrine, mark you, has been proclaimed in the very presence of the acknowledgment that God is the essence es-sence of holiness, justice, goodness and truth. We have here manifestly an incongruous in-congruous proposition and upon analysis find that humanity has been induced to believe the strange sophistry that primitive prim-itive good is the creator of evil and therefore by inference if not actual statement, that good is the procurer of all discord and man a. foreordained sinner sin-ner and a hopeless victim by the premeditated pre-meditated act and authority of God! This analysis furnishes us with a situation sit-uation at once astounding, inextricable and irreconcilable! And what, I ask in all seriousness, has this sort of conception concep-tion of God and man, and its strange issues, is-sues, by way of promise, of hope and of joy for you and met Simply nothing. The heritage of the believer in such a doctrine must ever be ignorance, fear, despair, misery, want and woe. In view of such teaching, is it any wonder that humanity languishes in distress, and that we have in the world today thousands thou-sands of infidels and atheists. Voluntary Bin and Punishment. Commenting on this doctrine to which I have just referred, an eminent historian pertinently observes that most of our religious beliefs or' systems, which fortunately are rapidly passing away, "ascribe to God attributes which, according to natural justice, would be injustice and cruelty, such as no earthly father would exercise on his own children, however guilty." The scripture law of retribution as brought out in the Bible refers to the penalty a man pays for personal and -voluntary transgression, and to the punishment which sin, not God. entails upon its victim. Nor will enlightened thought accept the doctrine that the sin of a mortal especially under strong temptation and with all the bias of a sinful nature is infinite. Nothing which a mortal can do is infinite; it is only finite; the infinite belongs to God alone. An infinite penalty for a finite sin conflicts with reason and is nowhere-asserted nowhere-asserted in the Bible, which is trans-cendantly trans-cendantly more merciful and comforting than many theological systems of belief, be-lief, however powerfully sustained by dialectical reasoning and by most excellent excel-lent men. Upon this question of sin and its punishment Christian Science is in full accord with the Bible which Eays: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall ho also reap. " Sin Is False Belief and Ignorance. At this point we are led naturally to the consideration of the subject of the healing of disease. The practice of Christian Science has proved in thousands thou-sands of Instances that bodily healing is the inevitable result which follows mental men-tal transformation or regeneration wrought in the individual, not merely through faith and belief, but through the acceptance and understanding of the truth which it presents and which is proof of the divine origin of this science. It Is true that genuine faith and sincere sin-cere belief are requisite factors in the demonstration of Christian Science, but they are not of themselves sufficient, since all results obtained through its practice are based wholly upon prayer and the understanding that God, or mind, is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient, om-niscient, and as the scriptures declare, there is none beside him. The absoluteness and allness of God being be-ing unreservedly acknowledged, we maintain main-tain there is left no room for the conclusion conclu-sion that sin and disease are part of his universe, and therefore reel and natural, for at best they can only be characterised as -false beliefs which tne truth can and does destroy. Age of Miracles Not Passed. - We are told that the age of miracles Is Jassed and "gone, for aye." This at least s the reply which largely Is made to the cry and demand for Christian healing. Let us consider this question for a moment. mo-ment. Jesus, as the recognized exponent of a practical Christianity, stated plainly that his works were not of himself, but of his father, God. He reserved to himself him-self no credit therefor and boldly said to those who sought to prohibit his beneficent benefi-cent work and suppress bis teaching: "If I do not the works of my father, believe me not." No Christian has ever questioned Jesus' Je-sus' authority or the source of his power. His words stand unimpeached and his works unchallenged. The latter are erroneously er-roneously spoken of as miracles or supernatural super-natural manifestations. Webster defines a miracle as a "marvel," or a "wonderful thing." If the marvels or wonders wrought in the time of Jesus and for nearly 300 years after his crucifixion were the works of God, as he declared, we are Xorced to concede that they were all divinely di-vinely natural, for certainly God could not do anything, unnatural to himself, however it may appear to us. Moreover, they must have been scientific, because he is omniscience all . science, or all knowledge. Then, If we declare that the age of miracles mir-acles has passed, when by miracles we mean the works and acts of God. what are we doing? Why, we are rejecting the all-power, the all-presence, theall-knowledge theall-knowledge and unchangeableness oruJod, repudiating and denying our Christ. Vnd so shattering the very foundation of Vur boasted Christianity! Scriptural Authority for Healing. In the tenth chapter of the gospel according ac-cording to Matthew, you will read Jesus' command to his. disciples, "And as ye go, preach, saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, lep-ers, . raise the dead, cast out devils." Now, right here, lest any one should - say that this was a charge given to Jesus' immediate disciples and to them alone. I would remind him that many religionists stultify the very excuse they make for not healing the sick, because in saying that the age of Christian healing has passed, they repudiate part of the command com-mand to which I have referred, namely: To terf h the gospel and heal the sick. There is absolutely no authority for assuming as-suming that the commission is divisible, since it clearly indicates the continuance for all time of the healing work as well as the preaching or teaching. In support of this conclusion I need only call your attention to the fact that the command is reaffirmed in the last . chapter of Matthew, together with the sweeping admonition that Jesus' ministry minis-try must be continued by all nations unto un-to the end of the world, for he said: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations. . . Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." This reading makes it clear that the charge was not only to Jesus' Je-sus' disciples, but to succeeding generations genera-tions "all nations, and kindreds and people peo-ple and tongues." Ministers Should Heal and Preach. Christian i ence Heals and Saves. Now do you ask Christian Science if the power law and love of God are immediately available to the sick man or. ,the one who has discovered that he is in. the veritable hell of materialism and wants to get outt More than a million people who have been healed and rescued through it, answer in one grand choi us, yes. Christian Scientists are engaged in a warfare 0 ' extermination against all evil, sin, lisease and death. They recognize rec-ognize tha t devil and hell, which means all fear and sensuality, must be entirely obliterate! from the thought and experience ex-perience f every man, woman and child ere God and heaven can become their const ious presence and experience. A Bight ( od and a Bight Man. Christian Science alone shows how men can through Christ, by reformation and good behavior, win their own pardon par-don from - sin and secure exemption from its nevitable torment and suffering. suffer-ing. It does this by presenting a right God and a right man as an ever present pres-ent ideal, and the inspiration of an intimate, in-timate, h ly and perpetual relationship between 1 hem as Father and son. Most importanl of all is a right God, God with you the God whom you can love, honor, trast and obey implicitly; the God that is not afar off, but ever present pres-ent and in whom his creatures live, move an have their individual being; the God who, as the psalnrlst says: "Forgive th all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crown-etn crown-etn thee with loving kindness and tender ten-der mere ies." Remembering the language lan-guage 0:' Isaiah, Christian Scientists say: "jO, this is our God, we have waited for him and he will save us; this is tie Lord; we, have waited for him, we will be glad 'and rejoice in his salvation." Christian Science, through its splendid splen-did compliment of truth, logic, reason and revelation, and its adaptation to the relief of humanity from all untoward un-toward conditions, is correcting the errors er-rors of hough t and habit and gently leading 1 ten out of the darkness and en-slavement en-slavement entailed by unbelief and erroneous er-roneous relief, into the light and freedom free-dom of demonstrable faith, hope, trust, confident e and understanding of God. In thus re-establishing in human consciousness con-sciousness and conviction and knowledge knowl-edge of the absolute supremacy and unchang: ibleness of God, the perfectibility perfecti-bility of man, the immutability of the divine li w and the indestructibility of the rela;ionship existing between God and his creation. God Defined by Christian Science. Now, Christian Science does not announce an-nounce a new, strange or irrational God, but rather unfolds and declares a correct comprehension and right understanding under-standing of the one God, his nature, attributes at-tributes and law. One infinitely good God is all it recognizes and proclaims. It demonstrates that God, Good, is supreme in intelligence, wisdom, power, truth, justice and love, and therefore includes the consciousness of infinite Good. It proves that he is the mind, spirit, soul life and substance of all that actually exists; also that he is the author of all true being, the origin and sonree of all entity or existence, the only cause' or creator, whose works are spiritual, righteous, unchanging and eternal. Christian Science declares that God is the principle of his creation; hence the energizing, governing, controlling, directing, sustaining presence of the universe the very law of completeness, complete-ness, perfection and operation of all that is. It declares that he is love; hence he is compassionate, merciful, tender, loving, comforting, true. In a word, Christian Science teaches that God, our Heavenly Father, is all-in-all. Spiritual Man and His Dominion. Having indicated something of what Christian Science teaches about God, next in importance naturally follows what it teaches concerning man as the offspring or son of God. Our Bible tells us that the man whom God made was a good man, and that he was given unrestricted dominion over all the earth, that is, the divine son-ship, son-ship, the spiritual creation, should dominate dom-inate and be made manifest. Perhaps all of yon do not take this view of dominion and have an abiding conviction that mortal man does run things and sometimes with a pretty high hand at that. Well, I am prompted to ask if any one knows of a mortal man who is, after all, exercising dominion domin-ion over the earth to any considerable extent! Where is the one in ten thousand thou-sand or ten million, who knows anything any-thing abont what it is to have in complete com-plete subjection to his wish or will even his own body, to say nothing of other things! Spiritual Man Versus Mortal Man. practiced. Christian Science is not the name for a new and "improved religion, but rather as the more appropriate designation designa-tion given by Kev. Mary Baker G. Eddy to the system of divine metaphysics meta-physics which she, after an exhaustive study of the Scriptures, formulated, and by practice and proofs in the healing heal-ing of sin and disease, demonstrated as none other than the rehabilitation, with all its simplicity of teaching, its sublimity of purpose, and healing mission mis-sion of primitive Christianity as taught and exemplified by Jesus of Nazareth. Its advent less than half a century ago was by way of the rediscovery and restoration to this age of the knowledge knowl-edge of the divine law of righteousness righteous-ness and its availability in the adjustment, adjust-ment, correction, government and control con-trol of human conditions and circumstances, circum-stances, not excepting the mitigation and ultimate destruction of all of the ills and suffering which mankind seems heir to. Aye, it is the reclamation of the saving gospel of love; even the divine di-vine method or forgiveness, pardon and redemption which the great, loving and tender friend . of humanity, Christ Jesus, revealed as the inevitable operation op-eration of God's eternal law of justice and immortality. Jesns Christianity Scientific. - A thorough and comprehensive study and investigation of the Scriptures, and more particularly the records which we have of the words and works of Jesus should convince the unprejudiced unpreju-diced student that the master's teaching teach-ing and practice cannot be regarded as other than the very science of Christianity. Chris-tianity. It will be observed in support sup-port of this assertion that there was nothing sensual, careless, indefinite, or unsympathetic about his work; he was' kind, compassionate, true; but he was likewise firm, positive, unfailing, uncompromising, definite, exact in a word, scientific His ministry in its entirety affords -indisputable evidence of the existence of the science qf Christianity, of which he was a-thorough master and exponent, expo-nent, although he left no definite rules for its study,' mastery and practice. He knew ana declared that the standard stand-ard of morality which his teaching and . its practice exacted was too high for ' many of his hearers. Through persecutions persecu-tions and the consequent wide departure depar-ture of the church from holiness; because be-cause of its rejection of the letter, and spirit of Christianity and 'a strayiag into sensualism, idolatry, ceremonialism ceremonial-ism and superstition, his system of mental therapeutics was virtually lost to humanity over sixteen centuries ago.- Mrs. Eddy Restores Healing Science.' Christian Science and the Bible. The Bible, as it is commonlv known of all rien, is the Bible of Christian Scientisi s. They accept' and have no other. It is to them a history of the human jerception of Truth, a history of Truth's appearing and evil's dis-appearii dis-appearii g, Including a compilation of divinely inspired utterances of prophets proph-ets and apostles and a portfon of the incomparable teachings of Jesns, as well as a record of some of his mighty works. Now a difficulty confronts us with respect re-spect to this subject of sin in the matter mat-ter of our ignorance of what sin is. Christian Science contends that false belief be-lief is sin. The habit or practice of entertaining en-tertaining a belief in the opposite of goodness, or holding that evil is as real as good, is sin. The transgression of Godta law or disobedience of his commands, com-mands, is the generally accepted meaning mean-ing of the term. However, this carries with it the admission of an infraction of God's law, whereas his law is supreme su-preme and inviolate in fact the only law there is. Figuratively prostrate before the throne of grace, many Christians denounce de-nounce themselves as constant transgressors trans-gressors of the divine law and poor miserable "worms of the dust." They fancy their attitude is indicative of piety and humility and as calculated to win divine favor. They console themselves them-selves with the belief that God can hear and is pleased with such strange admissions of - their imbecility such fearful confessions as to their ignorance igno-rance of his nature and their true relation rela-tion to him. How Christians Slander God. Think you that if God could lend a listening ear to acknowledgments of that character they would edify him and secure pardon "for such an exhibi-tionNif exhibi-tionNif alleged penitence t Do you imagine im-agine it -would please him to be repeatedly re-peatedly told that as an infinitely wise creator he was a stupendous failure and his works all a botch. Can any one guilty guil-ty of such base slander and blasphemy expect to be forgiven, pardoned and thrust into heaven f . How would an earthly parent feel to have his son constantly manifesting his rascality, without a single redeeming trait in his character ana life; nothing that would reflect the slightest credit upon either parent or child f Pardon Won Through Reformation. To recognize that one is a sinner the very moment he believes in the existence ex-istence of something besides good, and that that mysterious something, call it Satan, devil or evil, has power to govern gov-ern and ability to influence, is indeed wise. But it is enough for him to observe ob-serve this. He need not tell anybody about it, because it is his own affair. Moreover, don't waste any time trying 'What, man an' eternal sovereign by the wisdom, the goodness and the law of Godf Yes and no. The only man we have professed to know much about is the most abject slave the -earth has ever known. Job knew all about him and thousands of years ago, among other things, he said: "Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble," and that is putting it very mildlv, to say the least. Fifteen hundred years later the Apostle Apos-tle Paul said of the same man: "O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me1 from the body of this death 1 But Paul knew something about what he termed the "new man," the spiritual man, whose God-given domination has never been surrendered nor revoked, but on the contrary, ever increases. He admonishes us in these j words: "Lie not one to another, seeing see-ing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds: And have you pnt on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." He also said: "Henceforth "Hence-forth know we no man after the flesh. ' ' According to Paul the old man, that is, the carnal, fleshy or mortal man, is a perverted sense of a man or a lie about the ideal or spiritual man, which concept he urges we should discard, put off: where as the new man, the spiritual, spirit-ual, is the manifestation, expression or reflection, of the knowledge of God, which- reveals him a conscious part and parcel of the infinity of God. Jesus demonstrated this new or perfect per-fect man, and while he proved his sovereignty sov-ereignty over all material concepts, conditions con-ditions and limitations, he witnessed that his kingdom was, after all, not of this world. The Trne and False Creation. What about the Adam man t God never made a caricature of a man or anything that could fail or prove to be such a disappointment as is represented of Adam. Now consult your Bible upon this question of the creation of man. Compare the first and second chapters ef Genesis. You will find the first is a record indicating the creation or revealing reveal-ing by God of a perfect and an everlasting ever-lasting universe. The second is an alleged al-leged creation by the Lord God, utterly contrary to the first one. Now both cannot be true. If the first record is true, good and real, then the second In their rejection of the most Important part of Jenus' ministry (most ' Important because lt was proof of his divine advent) upon the pretext of obsolescence, theologians theo-logians have done so manifestly in extenuation exten-uation of palpable guilt due entirely to Ignorance of the true gospel and of divine law and its operation. We therefore contend con-tend that ministers who would heal sin by preaching should heal disease by practice. prac-tice. Moreover, they would heal and In the way Jesus did. namely, through the supreme power of God and without drugs or material means. If they understood the truth as Jesus did and preached it. Christian Science is Not Mesmerism. It 1 quite generally supposed . that the healing wrought through Christian Science Sci-ence la similar to faith healing, mental suggestion or hypnotism, spiritualism, and even what is called mental science. I wish to explain that Christian Science la most emphatically the antlpode of these systems or anything bordering on the belief of the power and Influence of one mind over another,, exerted mesmert-cally mesmert-cally through the so-called human will. We declare that Christian Science Is founded upon the sacred scripture, and that its doctrine and practice of healing are identical with the teaching and method meth-od of Jesus. If lt were neceesary to prove specifically this assertion- by scriptural quotations, we would find abundance of , Biblical authority which our limited time this evening will not permit us to examine exam-ine The Master's Method of Healing. But I propose in support of this claim that we glance at the seventh chapter of Mark's gospel, where we shall And a succinct suc-cinct statement of cause and effect and a clearly indicated remedy, and which I firmly believe is sufficiently convincing to satisfy the .most skeptical. This chapter opens with a protest of the quibbling Pharisee In the matter of defilement In eating bread with unwashed hands. The Master is called to account for the disciple's failure- in this Instance to hold to the traditions of the elders, whereupon he delivers the hypocrites a well-merited rebuke by showing that through forms and traditions they keep the commandments of men and so make tke work of God inoperative by their Christ ian scientists accept the sacred writing! , in their spiritual interpretation, interpreta-tion, with a firm conviction as to their inspiration, import and application to every ge. The initial tenet of their faith d?clares their recognition of the sufficiercy of the inspired word of the Bible in pointing the way of salvation. It is variously stated in the Scriptures Scrip-tures t lat eternal life is a knowledge of God. Therefore in quest of this promised goal, Christian Scientists recogni :e that it is incumbent upon them tc search the Scriptures, and tney do so, fully conscious of the great significance sig-nificance of Jesus' prophecy r w'Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall mike von free." Science Text-Book Explains Bible. A sti dy of the text-book of Christian Science a practice which I would earnestly ear-nestly :ommend to everyone, awakens in the student a keen interest in the Scriptn 'es because of its lucid explanation explana-tion thi reof. It has turned multitudes from n attitude of apathy and indifference indif-ference with regard to the Bible to a love ai d a longing for it. It has induced in-duced in these a systematic, devout and habitual searching ,of its pages and inspired in-spired a wholesome endeavor to conscientiously con-scientiously apply it struths to the correction cor-rection of habits of daily living and of eonducl . , For 1 his inspiration, this awakening, this zeul for Scriptural knowledge and the resiltant transformation our gratitude grati-tude ki ows no bounds. This concentration concentra-tion aid endeavor is followed by the stilling of the strife and the tempest cf human passion, and brings healing and peace lo the despondent and troubled heart. Divinity of Christ Sustained. Our unreserved belief in the inspired word i aturally implies our belief in the divinity and the redemptive pus-sion pus-sion of Canst, for Christian Science ar. ' f ': i Manifestly it was impossible that a science so indispensable to humanity's needs could be forever lost through ignorant as well as willful neglect and denial. Indeed, it was according to the logic of divine events that sometime some-time "eome one of sufficient parity ,f thought and purpose and of spiritual discernment should be able t o red is-, rover and re-establish it for the sake of suffering and tired humanity. During her long search for the true understanding of God, Mrs. Eddy was ever prompted by an irresistible desire for tangible, definite, positive knowledge know-ledge of God as the life or principle of all Deing. Her efforts, therefore, were exerted toward the acquirement of sufficient suf-ficient understanding of the all-presence of Good (the Saxon word for ' God) to demonstrate at least in part the science of perfect mind and spiritual healing. She anticipated with confidence an answer to her prayers direct di-rect from God, and was rewarded first by her own complete recovery from hopeless physical debility. 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