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Says Judge Septimus
llanna, Who Explains
the Doctrines Enunci
ated by Mrs. Eddy. ;
Judge Septimus J. Ilanna. Christian
Science lecturer, dellvurea an nddresa
yesterday afternoon regarding the prln
, , clples of hia church before an audience
that filled the Marquam Grand theatro
to overflowing. Chalra -wet -placed on
the a tare for nearly, 300 raona and
scores stood In the rear of the house.
Several hundred were turned away be
,'auee of lack of room.
Judge Hanna spoke for an hour and a
half In a clear, forceful manner, with
no attempt at flight, o; oratory and the
big audience listened with cloae atten
tion. The speaker waa Introduce - by
Harvey W. Scott ' Judge lianna -bald:
Ladles and Gentlemen: In appearing
before you for the purpose of apeaklng
on the aubject of Christian Science I
deem It proper to aay at the outset that.
In .the apace of a single discourse, I
can only touch some of Its leading
phases. ' I can only hint, as It were, at
Its teaching. Ha alma, and Its purposes.
I, assume that -you have assembled
here In no spirit of Idle curiosity or ex
" pectatlon of hearing that which la sen
" aatlonal or queer. I take It for granted,
- rather, that you are here In a spirit of
sober, serious Inquiry, to hear what
: eves Is to be aald, and willing to give
- respectful attention and consideration.
In this spirit I address you.
It la the duty of the lecturer upon this
, subject to speak primarily to those who
are not Christian Scientists. I shall
endeavor to follow this rule, although I
cannot aee how I can speak upon the
. aubject at all without saying some
things to and for Christian Scientists
as well. . I
If I were here to discourse upon any
ordinary aubject, claiming to haveaome
thing new to present with reference to
it. you would naturally and properly ex
pect me to tell you somewhat of my
authority for so speaking, and if there
waa a text-book upon the subject you
would wish to know something of that
text-book as well as to hear, at least
briefly, of the life and character of the
author thereof.
Acting upon thla assumption. I shall
beg your attention while I speak briefly
of the Christian Science text-book for
there Is such a book as well as of the
life and character .of Its author.
The Text Book.
A few words, then, as to the text-
book. This book, of which the Rev.
Wary Baker G. Eddy is the author, was
'first published In 1876. As revised and
enlarged at various times since then. It
lias reached at the present time over 277
editions of 1,000 copies each. It beara
the title of "Science and HoalUi, with
Key to the Scriptures." and contains
within its rovers, in comprehensive and
comprehensible form, the entire text of
Christian Science. It Is true that Mrs.
Kddy has written many other book
and. numerous articles and essays for
magazines and newspapers, as well ' as
. messages to the Mother Church In Bos
ton, but these are In explication of the
text-book. Thla book la a treatise on
healing, through the power of God,' or
' the Divine Mind, and Is. therefore, prop
, erly called an exposition of mlnd-henl-
lng. More specifically, it Is a thorough
' exegesis of the Scriptural method of
healing all manner of diseases and of
. curing all manner of sin through the un
derstanding of God as all-present, all-
powerful,' all-wise, and universal Mind.
In short, this book Is a spiritual lnter-
" pretatlon of the Bible; hence ita title:
Key to the Scriptures." I am aware
that I am making for the text-book of
Christian Science a tremendous claim,
" but I shall endeavor to make good this
' claim before I close.
The Discoverer and rounder.
Mrs. Eddy is at once. the discoverer
and founder of Christian Science. 8he
discovered for herself how God had
healed her of a sickness, the result of an
accident,-which, according to all ordi
nary evidence, had placed her at the
very door of death. This may be uald
to have been her originaL' discovery.
. Thla aroused within her a burning de
sire to know how God had healed her,
and also to impart to others the knowl
' edge of how the sick are healed. This
' led her to search thp Scriptures that she
might find the healing principle. She
. pursued her search until she found the
healing principle to be God. She proved
' this by healing all manner of diseases.
' and she proved as well that the same
understanding of God which healed
. sickness, also destroyed sin. Havtng so
' found and proved the healing principle,
- she proceeded to teach others, to found
a college for teaching this healing sys-
' tern, to found periodicals for its propa
gation, to found a church wherein the
., healing Gospel could be preached and ex
pounded through ' public services; and
She adopted, from time to time, such
other propaganda as became necessary
,'to . the establlsment of a healing and
. Saving religion. That such a system
has been- successfully established I need
not say, for it Is matter of common
' knowledge. Thus I say, Mrs. Eddy is
, poth a discoverer and a founder.
Ufa and Character.
And what ofthe life and character of
.tone who has established such a religious
movement? I am sure a few words in
reference to these will be welcomed by
"very sincere Inquirer.
Born amid the beautiful but rugged
. nine or ow, near uoncora. JNew J-famp-
, shire, of sterling and strictly religious
'parents, descended from a long line of
worthy and distinguished ancestors,
Mrs. Eddy was favored by nature with
.advantages which fitted her for her fu
ture career. Her early environments
were such as to, nurture and enlarge her
inherited gifts. She was .a student by
natural Dent ana intuition. This native
, trend was strengthened by careful
training i in schools , and academies, as
well as by competent private tutors,
among whom was her brother, Albert
Baker,' a graduate of Dartmouth College,
nd a distinguished lawyer, although he
7;died when a young man. Among her
Other instructors- were such well-known
.flew England educators of a past gen
eration as .Mrs. Sarah J. Bodwell Lane,
;Mr. Corser of Sanbornton Bridge Acad
emy, and Prof. Dyer H. Sanborn, author
fcf Sanborn's grammar. This- early
training has been supplemented by long
years of careful and thorough research
' and study. She has studied deeply , in
many of the higher branches of learning
. and in general literature.- She Is, from
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every point of view, a woman of sound
education and liberal culture.
X.r X.Iiglons Character.
It may not be amiss for me to say
that for nearly ten years, as former
First Header In the Mother church In
Boston and editor of the official perl
odlcals, I have had opportunities which
enable me to speak Intelligently of Mm.
tddy lire and character as well a.
of her labors aijd literary attainment!.
bpeaxing from tnis vantage ground, i
can truthfully say that, intellectually,
she is one of the mont acute persons
have ever seen; that she labors lnces
antly and unselfishly for the cause to
which abe has devoted her life, and
that, notwithstanding her years, she
performs an amount of labor each day
which, if known, would seem Incredible,
even If done by one yet In the adoles
cence of life. As to her religious char
acter, I speak my profoundest convic
tion when I say I believe It to be as
nearly Chrlstitke as Is possible to a
citizen of thlsearth. I cannot conceive
how a person on this plane of exist
ence cnuld walk more closely with God. -I
or exemplify a more exalted Christian
life. -'
And do not the wonderful results of
her work, even thus far. prove this? To
the many thousands all over the globe
who are the conscious beneficiaries of
her work, she has indeed proved her
seir to De a religious reformer and a
Christian evangel. Yet, notwithstand
ing her highly spiritual nature, she is
withal ai Intensely practical person.
She keeps close watch of current af
fairs and acquaints herself with the
world s doings. She Is, moreover, a pat
riotic citizen of her native state and of
her adopted city, contributing gener
ously of her means toward their mate
rial welfare and upbuilding. She has
recently donated the um of $100,000 to
build a' church edifice In Concord; N. H.,
in addition to having donated the grount'
on which it Is to be erected.
I pass now to a consideration of the
precepts and principles of Chrlstlun
Science.
What la the Creed of , Christian Scleioe.
So , far as Christian Science has a
creed, it is found in the tenets of tli
Mother church, which constitute its
because It awakens him to the fact
that the only true rule in business Is
the Golden Rule, and he finds that, as a
rule, the more he stncorely endeavors to
t do unto others as he would have them
ii n nnln titm fh mnr t hn.a u. 1 4 1, ... Vw.t
he la brought Into, business contact re
spect and trust htm. Respnct and trust
are the prime , factors of the business
world. v
The man who dally goes about his
business in a conscious realization of the
alt-power and all-presence of God the
divine Mind and that he Is under the
j care and control of that Mind, has a
sense of confidence and trust In his own
I destiny and ability that he cannot and
does not otherwise possess. To the ex
tent that one Is a true Christian Scientist
he has this constant realization, ' and
thla brings practical results.
Christian Science, understood and ap-
i plied, removes fear. When I say this
I make a tremendous assertion. If you
think for a moment of the myriad phan
toms of fear that haunt and harass the
great majority of people, you will begin
to appreciate the happy effects which
flow from removal of these phantoms.
Fear is Instilled into the mrhds of most
children from the moment of their birth.
These . early Impressions remain until
by some means they are destroyed. Un
fortunately, in too many Instances, they
are never destroyed In this' mortal phase
or existence.
Fear is one of the great causes of
sickness and sorrow, and all that these
terms Imply. It Is a too frequent cause,
even, of death. Fear la simply a lack
of trust. Supplant fear with an ever
present and abiding trust, and its long
train of consequences Is no more. What
ever destroys fear, then, is practical.
One of the most disastrous fears
which Infest the human fnlnd Is the
fear of death. Do you ever think' what
terror mortals are -under because of
this? I will not dwell upon It. I refer
to It only by way of a reminder, that if
this single element were removed from
the mind of mortals, this world, almost
by that alone, would be transformed
Into a paradise.
Remove this fear by a aweet and abid
to God that can never, In any true sense
of that relationship, be severed or de
stroyed; hence man as God's Image and
likeness can no more be deatroyed than
God Himself be destroyed; that if man
could be destroyed, he would not b.
the image and Uk.ness of God In any
correct sense of the meaning of these ng trust In the God who is life your
words, and the declaration of Genesis jife and my life and you have brought
mm uoa maue man in n own lmuae ino the hmmoholit of vnnr thought on
.iiu luiiicn wouiu ub a imsuy. anarel messenger whosa constant whla
ine sixm ana iasi lenei comprenenas nor "PerfAot ln raitoih nut tmr'
un me preceding leneis. ine solemn T hv thna haatilv run over h
aamonuion to strive and pray ror tne ground to emphasize the fact that Chris
oiina 01 nnsi is a can 10 live ine nign- tlnn Srlen,-. fa vnriiin. nm tnr ihn..
est possible Christian life. He who at
tains to that altitude of living wherein
he has In him the same Mind that was
in Christ Jesus Is surely a Christian
He who earnestly strives and prays for
Uiat Mind Is surely, to that extent and
in that sense, leading a Christian, life.
rho accept It the most practical re
sults to mankind. It cannot therefore,
be Justly called Utopian or impractical.
Hot a Itar Thing.
Christian Science la not new. It
comes clothed In a new garb. It is pre-
though he may yet have to travel a long fent:d n a omewhat new form, adapt
way before reaching the high goal. Step
lng It to present-day uses, but it con-
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Tha Kind Yon Have
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Always Bought
declaration of faith. All who become
members of this church must solemnly
subscribe to these tenets. They are aa
follows:
1. As adherents of truth, we take the
inspired word of the Bible as our suftl
clent guide to eternal lire.
2. We acknowledge and adore one su
preme and Infinite God; we ucknowledgt
one Christ Ills Son Christ Jesus; the
Holy Ghost or the divine Comforter
and man Hla divine image and likeness.
8. We acknowledge God's forgiveness
of sin in the destruction of sin, and In
the understanding that evil and sfn are
unreal, hence not eternal. But the be
lief in sin Is punisheo, so long as it
lasts.
4. We acknowledge Christ's atone
ment as the 'evidence or divine and e(H-
cacious love, unfolding man's unity Willi
God through Jesus Christ the way
shower. 6. We acknowledge that man Is saved
through Christ through divine truth,
life and love, as demonstrated by the
Galilean prophet In the healing of'the
sick and the overcoming of sin and
death. Also, that the crucifixion' of
Jesus and His resurrection were de
signed to elevate, human faith and un
derstanding tp the spiritual perception
of the eternal existence of the good
and the real In man. ,
6. We solemnly promise to strive,
watch and pray for that mind to be In
us which was also In Christ Jesus; to
love one another, and to be meek, mer
clful, Just and pure.
(Copyrighted and used by permission
of Rev, Mary Baker G, Eddy, j the au
thor.) .
Mrs. Eddy is the author of these ten
eta. So much are they a part of the
essential 'teaching of Christian Science
that they are incorporated into the text
book to which I have referred. It will
readily be seen that these tenets teach
hot only Ihff Highest morality? but the
very essence of Christianity. No one
can read them without becoming aware
that every person ' who subscribes to
them adopts the Bible as his guide and
as the word of God.. It cannot, there
fore, be truthfully charged that Chris
tian Scientists are unbelievers In- the
Scriptures. The fact Is, they are ardent
believers in the Bible, reading and
studying it daily, and making it their
constant companion. These tenets, fur
ther clearly set forth the absolute su
premacy of God; the diylnity of, the
Christ; that there is but one Christ; the
forgiveness of sin through the destruc
tion of atn; the atonement for sin and
all of its consequences through, unity
with God the Father; in other words,
through' obedience to. Hla divine law;
that salvation from sin, sickness and
death, is the salvation Jesus taught and
proved ' In His life and ministrations;
that this salvation la free to all; that
the spiritual ' man. as I God universal
And eternal eon, occupies a, relationship
by step, he may climb the ladder ' whose '?,n noAh,n that no co'l,n,,d
especially of the Mosaic decalogue and
the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus' words
and teachings were but an amplifica
tion of the decalogue' and the Sermoa
on the Mount, and the Christian Science
text book says Jesus waa a true Chris
tlan Scientist; "the most scientific man
that ever trod the globe." It also de
..'lares Christian Science to be as ancient
aa the ancient of days. It Is based on
divine principle, and divine principle 1
cnangeiess and eternal. God may re
veal Himself to mankind In different
ages, in seemingly new ways, but the
revelation is new only to mortal sense.
Truth is eternal, and God is truth. That
system or method of revealing God to
man which accomplishes the most good
for man many be regarded as new, but
Its newness consists only In its further
revelation. In this sense Christian
Science may be said to be new, but Its
top marks the full measure of the atat
ure of manhood In Christ Jesus.
The final goal may be attained, the
crown at last won, through obedience
to that wonderful injunction of the
apostle Paul.
Is it an impossible Injunction? Did
Paul mean what he said when he thus
enjoined the Phlllpplans? We think no
believer In the great apostle will con
tend that he waa enjoining what he
knew to be an Impossibility. If Paul
meant what he said and knew whereof
he affirmed, It is possible for mankind to
have in them the Mind of Christ, for
Paul manifestly spake not only for his
day and age, but for all days and ages.
If what was possible In his dsy is not
possible now, the world has retrograded
since then, and Christianity has ever
since been on the decline. If this is
true, what of our boasted present-day
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Christian civilisation and advancement? Msental Christianity and science are as
Is the Christian world willing to admit
that retrogression rather than progres
sion Is the history of the Christian re
ligion
Christian Science maintains that this
Pauline injunction is not Impossible, but
in the natural order of Christian growth.
What. then, is it to have In you the Mind
of Christ? Every thought you think
old as the eternal truth.
It is a mistake, then, to regard it as
a recent invention or new religious
fancy.
Connection Between Sin and Stokneat,
The -world would seem to have lost
sight of the' relationship between sin
and sickness. This relationship is
which is for your good and that of your ignored not only in theory but in prac
neighbor is. to that extent and in that tice. It is even yet boldly maintained
sense, having In you the Mind of Christ, that there la no kinship between sin as
Everv e-ood motive or mirnose is. In rela- cause and sickness as effect. The Chris
tlve degree, having in you the Mind of I tlan Science text book insists that there
Christ. Every act whlch.makes for your I Is a direct connection, and It bases Its
betterment and that of vour neighbor, contention upon the unmistakable teach
Is, in its due measure, exemplifying the lng of the Bible, and especially of Jesus
Mind of Christ. However simple pr ap- wen as upon common facts. Aa a
parently ipslgniflcant, measured by the theological question, the correctness or
world s standard, if it be done in a spirit incorrectness of this cintentlon must be
of kindness and of charity, such act la, provea Dy ine wiDie. jesus said or the
to the extent of its goodness, an ex- man sick of the palsy, in reply to an ac
cession of .the Mln of Christ. Paul s cusatlon of a certain acrlbe that he
injunction was not impossible, and the blasphemed, "Whether is easier, to say.
i.n.1. nf. the Christian Science church Thy slna be forgiven thee; or to say
In re-adopting and re-emphasliing that Arise, take up thy bed. and go unto
nrtmnnltlnn are not aemnnamg 01 ineir - ucru uui ui a
adherents an impossibility, aitnougn
they do call for the highest Christian
life. ;
Christian Science Hot Utopian.
It Is sometimes said that Christian
dumb man, and the dumb spake. Jesus
here treated dumbness as evil, or what
we term human error. These instances
are recorded in the ninth chapter of
Matthew. In the 10th chapter we are
told that "when He had called unto Him
Science is Utopian, impractical. This Is his IS disciples. He gave them power
a misapprehension. While It seems so against unclean spirits, to cast them out.
because of its uncompromising spiritual I ana to neai ail manner or sickness, and
premises, it is not so In Its effects, for all manner of disease." Here, surely.
they are most practical. The world must sin unclean spirits and sickness are
learn that ine spiritual 1 ine iirucii. i ciusseu lugcuiKr. nmir sinuur instances
Christian science, understood and ap- might De cited, nut they are all summed
plied, brings good health. This is prac- up in His great commission to the 13
tical nothing more so. Good health is apostles., wherein Jesus said: "And as
one of the chief sources of happiness. ye go, preach, saying, the kingdom of
Hsnnlnens is Dracttcal. The whole world heaven is at nana. Heal the sick, cleose
Is seeklnsr happiness, although It is slow I the lepers, , raise the dead, cast out
to recognlie true happiness or the means devils." Here he distinctly couples sick-
-of securing it. x he"8 nd ein together, and it will be
Christian Science, understood and ap- observed that sickness comes first on
plied, brings peace and comfort. These the list.
are practical. It removes the causes of These declarations and acts of Jesus
unrest and discomfort, and when these are, of themselves, sufficient to throw
. romnved. rest and comfort remain, the burden of proof upon those who
away from God'e law, and the Innocent
suffer with the guilty, because we are
all, more or less, under the ban of these
long ages of transgression until we come
Into an understanding of the divine law
by virtue of which these human condi
tions may be overcome and destroyed.
Jesus came to make ktyiwn this divine
law to mankind, and he did make it
known by proving the possibility of over
coming these human conditions In hla
own works.
If these conditions, one or all of them.
were In accord with God's law. or were
in any sense, sent by God, why should
Jesua have overcome and destroyed
them, and why should he have left be-
licentiousness are destroyed.
Another fruitful and appalling cause
of alckneas and death la drunkenness,
the excessive use of Intoxicating liquors.
Destroy the appetite for liquor, remove
the drinking habit, and the varied and
horrible forms of sickness flowing there
from will cease.
Christian Science haa proved effica
cious In destroying the causes of llcen
living and go to living rightly. . .
Suppose a stream or reservoir of
water which furnishes the supply of a
city becomes so polluted that many In
habitants are getting alck and dying
from drinking It? What la the sensible
and effective thing to do? To pay no
heed to the water, but give all time, and
attention to doctoring the alck and bury
ing the dead? Would not all sensible
hind him a plain and peremptory com- I glorious In their outcome.
tlousness. aa well aa the appetite for I people say that the thing to do would
liquor. Thousands of your fellow cltl- be to remove from the water the poison
sens and mine hava risen up and testified ou elements and thus purify it and
to this, and the number la dally Increaa- stop the cause of the sickness and
lng. Many of the- cases of redemption death? ' V '
from these distressing sins are as. pa- The Christian Science position is that
tnetic in their circumstances aa they are I thla same sensible rule should be ap-
mand that they who followed him should
continue the work that he began? He
not only left with his Immediate followers
such commandments, but he pleaded
with the whole world to follow him In
all hla ways. On the eve of his final de-
plied to all kinds of sickness, . and
These are among- the grosser sins of therefore the great' aim should be to
mortals: - They are admitted by all -to I seek out causes and destroy them,
be wrong. They are the cause of more rather than to tinker eternally with ef-
alckness than all other causes. Remove I fects. It is irrational and unjust for
them.-and you have taken away a per- men to go carelessly and thoughtless! v
Centage Of thla source Of Sickness that I on. dlnrerarrilnv tha rnnriltinna - whlrh
parture from his earthlife he besought would go far towards transforming this produce sickness and death, and then
his followers to go and teach all nations earth into a paradise. when these calamities come, charging
the things he had taught them. Nay, But these are not all there Is that pro- them to the will and purpose of an in
more, to teach all nations how to do duces sickness. Sorrow. Brief, the mul-
the works which he had done. Nor did tlplled forms of disappointment, dlsoour- rather turn their attention as earnestly,
he stop here. One might well suppose agement. . and deDresslon. these mental lot ! n Umim, h.
that when he had commanded his fol- conditions act upon the physical and consequences of disobeying the divine
lowers to do the great works that he had bring about many of the disorders and law, as they do to promoting ' their
done he had touched the utmost limit of complications which are . called physical worldly purposes. To the extent-that
their capabilities; but he went farther diseases. ,. an thi. th h- ... h.t ,
and added these weighty and startling If I were to single out another prolific will rean th dun reward of thalr f.
words: 'And greater works. Now, cause of sickness it would be the dlsor-1 tnrta nA roiotitraiv .n..wn . ,i.
my friends, let me ask you a plain and dera arising from business worry and greater reward than mere worldly seek-
simple question: Have greater worka in disappointments. These are mental, al- ing can bring
healing sickness and destroying sin eve though producing myriad forms of phys- If thB cau"l of .iekeB. i- of -urh V "
been accomplished than Jesus did?, If leal disturbance. How many men and MntnhilSt UMJJi
not. one of two things must be true: women have been driven to sickness and Vf!-. ""AAv""." .f
fniXJJISZSV dfta,th V ;eMn U",t0Ward Cn; -ta-phVe.oi;rh; to a.ceraKe,,cau.,e
worwhTc R.tTve. cfU8- ! Und apply.the remedy. If the cau.e Is
3 v.T;.1i T i ' . """ found to be mental and this Is what
wrought mightily for harmony and peace I ,h rt.ri.ti.. an. nnttinn.. ...
..T.Vh BIilhe Chr,"Uftn, Slentt ways looks for-then the work to be
goes further in his analysis of the cauae done Js t0 regulate or remove his pa-
works which he did, and greater, remain
yet to be done. No one believing the
Bible and Christianity will allow the
former; and hence the latter must be
true: And If these great works, and even
greater are not to be done by the Chris
of sickness. Ha is aware that there are
many other qualities of the human mind
tlent spiritually and point out to him
""" "" vvr "c """" - --1 iiiuiiy oiner qualities oi im numan minaihfn trim roiotinn.hin CnA tki. .i
tian world, by whom are they to be done? that are health-destroying. I enumerate braver In tha hhrhL Ml of th! wori
In view of all that the Bible teaches, and these briefly aa hatred, malice. v,l .f "Lh"?.. .?f .l0"1-
. . ... . . m si a .i . ' i n ul Rinns ins urn vr nr nran . noarra
or an inai jesus saia ana aia, aoes u noi jealousy, dishonesty, distrust, anger, and -BV ii,4m; V.,;
devolve on Christian people to strive and kindred qualities. Need I remind yon SPJM- '
pray, and to continue striving and pray- that . these cause sickness? Remove ill-Life nav iif.ter
for they are man's rightful heritage,
Christian Science, understood and ap
piled. Improves material conditions; by
this I mean nnanciai circumstances as
well mi other material affairs. Let me
Illustrate:
Sickness is a prolific source of ex
pense. It Impoverishes thousands upon
thousands. It is becoming more and
mom expensive aa the facilities for
handilno- It by ordinary means Increase.
Remove sickness and its long train of
financial drain, and the nnanciai condi
tion Is often vastly- Improved, nay, i
many instances financial rum is tnus
averted.. This is practical. Tne varied
forms of dissipation including licen
tiousness and the drinking vices are
sources of enormous financial .expends
ture. Remove these, and financial suc
cess Js assured to myriads who suffer
fh... fniii.a whil many are
mined by them,, financially and other
wise. Whatever will destroy these
vices, and bring consequent prosperity,
is practical, , '
Christian Science, understood ana ap
plied. - aids the business man in every
honest business ffort( and enterprise,
deny that Jesus taught that sin and
sickness were one. These citations
could be fortified by voluminous pas
sages from the Gospels, but .enough have
been quoted to prove my point.
If it was good theology In the time
of Jesus 4o heal sickness, why is it not
so now? Has what was once a good
thing become by lapse of time a bad or
a useless thing? certainly not, unless
something better has taken Its place.
Sickness the Result of Human Error.
A chief - point . In Christian Science Is
that sickness is not of God. He la not
it creator. He does not send it. It is
no part of His law. It Is, rather, the
result of not conforming to His law. This
Is surely true of those kinds of sickness
that are well known to be the direct result
of sin. I do not wish to be understood
that every kind of sickness Is due to wil
ful dlsdbellence of the divine law. or
the law of right living, for I ant aware.
as you are, that some of the best peopl
ther world affords seem to suffer most
from some farms of sickness.' 1 What I
do wish to be understood as saying is that
every kind of sickness is the result of
long ager" of human error, of straying
obligation does aolemnly rest upon the
Christian world, and its sublime mission
Is to aid mankind in reaching the under
standing of that divine law. Surely for
this they should not be condemned by
any good people, much less by those
Christian religion, might consistently.
from their point of view, oppose our
doctrine, but It Is difficult to comprehend
how the believer in the Bible and in
Jesus' life and teaching should do so. It
looks much like decrying: the very system
to which they adhere.
My friends, the Bible makes it plain
that Jesus tune to destroy sin, sickness
and death. It makes it plain that he
did destroy them in numerous instances.
as well as mine. We can go to him
daily, hourly, momentarily, in sweet and
silent prayer, and if we pray aright. He
will heal us of our diseases and re
move from us our Infirmities. We can
know, in the very depths of our beinu.
that He is our Physician, our Comforter.
our Life, our Health, our All-in-all, and
in the fullest and most absolute sense, a
very present help In trouble; and that In
Not alone the prayer of sincere desire
more tha reallsa-
presence. all-power and
Ing. for an understanding of the divine them, and heaven has been brought vast- " , ' 1 ' T 9Wn- ' '
law hv virtue of which these works may i n.r.. ... I And I Say to you In conclusion, my
be accomplished, and thus be enabled to work has been done toward establishing rrlen,8; tht this God is your Physician.
fully ooey tne instructions ana command- good health.
menis leu oy jesus to nis louowersri unv m frl.n. lit m. ..i
V.HI iBiimi uireuio icoi.ire, i.inv m fhsu multiform tn.ntirt ..... nf 4nlr.
ness be cured by any other than moral
and spiritual means? Will material med
icines reach and destroy mental condi
tions and moral defects? The soporoflc
effect of a drug may stupefy the mind
an mm tn nrn nr, t.mnnr.rv r.lloe tint I
claiming the Christian religion as theirs. ,t n ,
One can understand how those who dis- gjjy lt aoea no' f0r'jt dealt, at best, I Hlm we llve Rnd niove and hftv rour
puio inn vomj ui ui "4 j only, with effect; lt has not reached root-1 " 4"""'" :,. .
CaUSe. I "VL meu, yrwi w tut VUU
Nor can the surgeon"s knife cut out PeP,e' or every Dener or sect, to aia us
mental conditions or moral defects. The m "Paing inis neaiing- ana saving
utmost it can do Is to remove the phys- SOBpeir may i noi oeepiy, earnestly,
leal effect of these. and In the most fraternal spirit, ask you
Tn Mfivfndr thla T wish In raat nr. rA. I to rejoice with us Hftot God, In these
flection upon the noble army of men and latter days. Is sending around the world
women who are practicing medicine and a m'Khty current of healing truth., and
surgery. They are working up to their may I not ask vou unite your voice
hlsrhest standard of thB heallnir art With Ours In pleading for A higher Snd
Their nnrnnae and mtfnrt are tn rtlUvn I more general recognition Of God as all-
I ask: If sin, sickness and death were human suffering and stay the ravages I Pwer and all that is opposed to Him,'
and are part of God's law, or if they j or d8ease. The question here submitted ! baseless and Impotent before His
were created or authorized by Him, why I -ii i ih Trnir, t, 1 al mightiness? '..
did Jesus come to destroy them or either gnd begt Vn.thnrtnf healing? .Have they Stay I ask If the day Is gone by when
of them? It is not rational to suppose reachej the true remedial standard? If GoA should cease to be almighty? when
that God sent his only begotten eon to not anJ a better exiBts. then the truly human error sin should no longer ba
undo that which He had done. It is Iln..iM-h iinu, r tkatr i,.. overcome and destroyed? when sickness.
not rational to contend that God made L,,,..m, ,, onrtr- shih i. h I sorrow, misery, and distress should no
laws, at one time, which must afterward ter a8 80on as they become convinced I longer bs striven against until they are
be annulled. This Is contrary to God s th.t thr i. httAr I annihilated? I ask. In all sincerity and .
character as a changeless and Immutable . In vlew of the , "ln nd wel, known candor, has the healing and saving
facta in human experience to .which 1 1 Christ been withdrawn from , human
have adverted, may I not again ask. do reach because there Is no longer, need
not these facts distinctly coincide with I of such a Christ? And, In this sens..
Jesus' treatment of sin and sickness, and has the day of healing miracles passed
do they not clearly indicate why He al- because there is now no necessity for
most invariably said to those whom He them? Aa Christian Scientists we matn-
heaIed,Sln no more, lest a worse thing tain, however, that divlns healing is
come Onto you." . . ; miraculous only as It Is not understood.
The Ours of Sickness. I All true healing la done tnrougn tne un-
What then, is the cure for aicVnea. derstandlng of ever-operative law..
do you ask? I have' already . Indicated I
the Christian Science ; answer to this I
question. I have. In a general way,
pointed out me cause or cauyes of slck-
. a.. Than I. tlA .(f,lrna.. vrlthn,, am . a
This Is , the simplest logic. .Sickness charity as one who hopeth a l thing,-
does not come of Itself. There 1s a endureth all .things.' and Is Joyful to
cause for , every form of it The true hfr consolation to the sorrowing a M
office of the physician, or the metaphysl- heaHng to the sick he submits th
clan as the case may be. is to get at and Ps honest seekers for trurh
remove causes, not , to doctor effects. ? In like spirit, I submit to your nrn"r.
The best remedy for these of sickness serious and candid --consideration t
which ure known "to h th direct result words - to which you have so p itim ;
df wrons; living, la to stop the wrong I listened, ....
being, such as the scriptures declare
Him to be,
I ask. then. Is not Christian Science
true to the teachings of the Bible and
the life works and words of Jesus In Its
nosltlon that sin, sickness and death
are the result, not of God's law, but of
the long ages of human disregard or
transgression of Hla law?
The Cans of Sickness.
It is apparent from what has thus far
been said that Christian Science teacnes
that sickness is the result of sin. in its
broad definlUdn aa human error. Let me
briefly explain. All will agree that the
sin of lust, or licentiousness, is a prolifio
cause of sickness. It is the source of
loatheaome and fatal diseases. Physi
cians will agree to this. Licentiousness
Is the outgrowth of vlmpure thought.
Purify thought and impure conduct
ceases. Thus, with the purification of
thought and conduct, the fearful and
death-dealing dliflAieg t esulUm from
In the closing words of; the preface,
the author of the ' Christian Science
text-book . thus tenderly launches her
precious volume upon the ocean of ptib-
f lie thoughtr-In the spirit of C'hrtt
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