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THE OREGOV STATESMAN: TI KSIAY. MAIM'll II.
A LECTURE
ON
Christian Science
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Entitled
Christian Science!
The Viiion of Christ Jesus
Rev. Andrew J. Graham, C.S.
Member of the Board of lecture
ship of The Mother Churcfe The
First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Boston, Miss.
irtofKM-t Paulns introduced the
Paker in the rollownig worlds:
"About 19 centuries. a ja man
called Jeiis of Nazareth went) unon
the people and with his conception
of the epi ritiial laws of life Wa-s able
to heal sin and sickness of every
known form to the extent , that his
works were considered miraculous!
So great were the truth taight by
Christ that hfs works have endured
and were the basis of the inspiration
and the morale which hacked the
armies or the allied nations to vic
tory in their battles and struggles
for right over might. j
'''For many yea is the followers of
Christ were able to perfori ; these
works but with the passing of time,
and the 'growth or materiality upon
the World the power to poi r.rm the
Ho-calltfi miiaclis was gradually
. lost. s
"About ."0 years ago a woman of
vety religious disposition, already J
an Invalid through a s?tif.us acci-!
aent.-.was condemned to die. j While
PUISuiOK her stti.lv df thu I'iKI.. ..i,..
was suddenly healed of her ailment,
however, and she set jhoiit !to dis
cover, whjt had cured her. Sjbe shut
herself off from Ko(ieiy for three
years and hcr investigation ; led to
the publication of Science and Health
and a. n limber of other works which
are. the basis of CnrisMan Science.
Mrs. Eddy had forethought enough
to see that with unrestricted license
her works would be misquoted and
erroneous ideas would be given out
which would revert against the prin
ciples of Christian. Science, and on
this account she caused to be cteated
what Is known as a Hoard of Lec
tureship which Is constituted of per
sons properly aiithoiized to glv out
.Information to the seeking public,
and the gentleman who is to speak
xto you this afternoon is a nteniber
of this board.
"I anj not a Christian Srientlst
and what I know about It, I have
accumulated not by study fcutlbv ab
sorption,, but many of my Chinking
. .....,. urvpiy iespe-t are
either publicly or privately studying
the principles of Christian (Science
and It Is a pleasure to introduce Kev
freD,' Andrew J. Graham. c. S..,
niembor of the Poatd of Lectureship
of The Mother Church. The First
..r.-ii oi vnnst scientist of Jtoston.
wi r B,,
the jieahox ' viij
rhT.bf. UEJ!Ct t0 b elated is:
Christian Science: The Vision of Jes
hs Christ a lecturer on Christian
science brings together people who
"Ope, and I trust.
Cod; how Hlg goodness is available
ju oeai sicKnees. forglvein. land re
lieve sorrow. This was tlr.
mission on earth, and Christian Sci-
viisw continues that work. H is not
only desired, but ex nee ted that M'efc
truth seeker In the audience be in
oniiing at this time on whatfauthor
Ity the statement Is made that Chris
tian Science, as opeiatlng j among
men today, is the realization r,f
vision of Christ Jesus. The!-answer
is simple and entire. A tree is
known by its fruit. The destruction
of aln and sickness which the Savior
accomplished and which he foresaw
and foretold would swallow un death
Jn victory. Is being done through
Christian Science ill this cenerutton
That which claims o be able to bless
mankind can sustain the claim
through demonstration, is worthy of
juii acceptation. - ' i
Christian Science not onlv iteucHM
but demonstrates divine aid'! therelA-
adhering strictly to the declaration
of Scripture: "I will shew thee my
" my faith by my works." Manv thou
sands of written' testimonial! of heal
ing and regeneration, coveting the
iasi rmy years, are preserved and ac
cessible; current testimonials nf re
demption from sickness and sin ap
pear regularly in the Christian Sci
ence Journal, Christian Science Sen
tence Sfntinelj. and the Christian Set
ence Heralds in French and (Cerman
earn Wednesday evening j In all
Christian Science meetings arc-
are heard the! living voices of Grate
ful men nnd f-umon teslifyfilg to the
power or Christian Science
trf heal
j and to save: throehout thle world
ueyona broad Waters and ltebind lofty
mountains. In great cities and quiet
. hamlets, by the domcttr rirside and
In trench nnd hospital, men and wo
men, confident and calm. jp. ous; r.d
active, are found declaring that
through Christian Science tficv have
come to know, and In somel measure
have een able Increasingly to dem
onstrate, that God Is a sure remedv
for every 111. here and now. When
one finds-the correct answer to a
problem In mathematics he Js rc.rtaln
the rule by which, he works is true
Ho when through the application of
the Principle oN Christian Science
oni sees the destruction of disease
and mental perversity, he knows that
.fie rble of healing as taught by Marv
. I'.aker Kddy. the Discoverer and
i Founder of Christian Science, Is true
i . The test set up by Jesi.s the Ghrjst
's this: "l!y theinr fruitsye shall
know them." This is the initial reply
li the earnest Inquirer wha asks on
what authority it is declared that
Christian Science is the fulfillment.
f the vision or Christ Jesus.
THK VISION
. nat Is the vision? Jesus th
Ibrist was pnre in heart and there-
'T a peer;' he saw God. good
Otitr .
Only purity can see purity, ad pur
ity can see only purity. The root
meaning of vision is "sight,, faculty
of seeing." The new edition of Web
ster gives the first main definition
of vision as, "Act 'of seein; external
objects; actual sight; perception."
In meaning, vision; is closely allied
to the ireek verbs "to see" and "to
know", which indicates that really
to see a thing Is to know It. This
Is the nature of the vision of Christ
Jesus. It has no connection with
mysticism; it Is supremely naturaU
it is not a dream, bat a reality; not
a promise for the future, but a pres
ent possession. There are other de
rivative meanings given to the word
'vi-ion," such as the approaching
shadow of events. Isaiah and other
Old Testament prophets roretold
coming events, things afar off. Christ
Jesus saw real events, the kingdom
of heaven at hand. On that Sabbath
Jay in the synagogue at Nazareth
when he stood up to read the scrip
tures, there was delivered unto him
the book of the prophet Ksaias and
he fornnd the place where it was writ
ten: i"The spirit of the Lord is upon
me "because he hath annointed me
to preach the gospel to the poor; he
hath sent me to heal the brokenheart
ed, to preach deliverance to. the cap
tives.., and recovering of sight to the
blind toset at liberty them that are
l.-ruised, to preach the acceptable year
of the Lord" (Luke t: IS, 19). He
sat down, and as the people wondered
at his gracious manner he said to
them: " "This day is the scripture ful
filled in your ears." And once i
besan to be. fulfilled in their eyes
also, for "in the synagogue there
was-a man. which had a spirit of an
unclean devil. . .And Jesus re
buked him, , saying. Hold thy peace
nnd come out of him. Aand . .
he came out of him. and hurt him
not."' From thence Jesus went di
rectly into a house and i healed Si
mon's mother-in-law. And the same
day-"when the sun was setting, al'
that had any sick with divers dis
eases brdurht' them unto him. and
he healed them.
On page 312 of "Science and
Health with Key to the-Scriptures
Mrs. F.ddy writes: "Jesus of Nazar
eth was the most scientific, man that
eve- trod the globe. He plunged be
neath the material surface of things,
and found the spiritual cause."
Again, on page 746 of the fame book
she writes: "Jesus beheld in Science
tne perfect np.n where sinning mortal
man appears to mortals. In this per
fect man the Savior saw God's own
likeness, and this correct view of man
healed the sick," The vision of
Christ Jesus, therefore, was not tc
him a deferred fact; It was seen and
known as present. It was not some
far-off divine event," as it was nigh
even at the door. His Father wa
more real to him than the. hills that
tand round about Jerusalem. The
consciousness of the Father's loving
power was -ever with him.
Through it he dominated sick
ness, sin and death absolutely
Whatever sufferings fell to hU
lot, from the hands of sinful
men. were permitted by his free con
sent. . He said, "I lay down my life
no man taketh it from me
but I lay It down myself" John 10:
17, 18). AH power wa given uifto
him. He ruled the raging of the sea
nnd the tempest of mortal mind; J
once there was a great calm on the
waters, and the sin-tossed suffering
man clothed. In his right mind sat
t Jesus' feet. Was it not a glor
ious vision that Jeus the Christ be
held? What penitent sinner was left
unrelieved, what wearv Invalid un
healed, what broken heart uncom-
forted? . '
THE VISION EXTENDED
The workable knowledge ef th
omnipotence and ,omrj presence f
God was not confined to the con-i
sclousness of Jesus the Christ. He
'ert witnesses or himself, entiwered
to ejetend and to manifest the works
if healing and regeneration which h
had done.. For a long time after Je-
sns had vanished from sight, the di
vine command: "Heal the sick. . .
raise the dead. was obeyed and ful
filled. "Like trailing clouds of glo
ry." the faith and works of the -print-.
Hive' Christians were as a light shln-
nit in heathen -darkness. Witness the
Rible testimony recorded in the Acts
of the Anostles, that first book writ
ten on Christian church history, and
without doubt the most reliable. In
he third chapter we read: "Then
Peter said. Silver and gold have 1
none; but such as I have give I thee;
Tn the name of Jesus Christ of Nazar
eth rise up snd walk . . a n"d Imme
diately his feet and ankle Vones re
ceived strength. And he leaping up
stood and walked and entered with
them into the temple, walkine
md leaping and praising Go."
This, was in A. D. 3 ,3. In the
ninth chapter we read; "And
Ananias went his way and en-
ft red into the bouse: and
. . . said. Drother Saul, the Iord
-ven Jesus, . . hath sent me. that
thou michtest receive thy sight, and
be filled with the Holy Ghost. And
Immediately there fell from his -eye
as It had been scales: and he re
ceived sigh forthwith." That was If
A D. -3. In the same chapter we
read: "And there he found a certain
man named Aeneas..-which had kep'
his bed eight vnrs.yind was sick of
tne palsy. And reter Paid unto mm
Aeneas. Jesus Christ maketh thee
whole: arise, and make thy bed. And
he arose imediatelv." This- was In
A. D. 27, In chapter 14 we read'
"And there sat a certain man at Lys-
frn imnofent in Ms feet, being
cripple from his mother's womli
who bad never walked: the same
heard Paul speak: who steadfastl
behold In? him, and perceiving that
he bad faith to be healed, said with
a fond voice. Stand upright
on thy feet.- And he leaped
and walked. ' This was id
A. D. 43. in the twentieth chap
ter we read: "And there sat In
window a certain young man named
Eutyrhus, lKing fallen Into a deep
sleep: and as Paul was long preach
ing, he sunk down with sleep, and
fell down from the third loft and was
taken up dead. And Paul went
down and fell iipon him. and emtfrac
ing him said. Trouble not yourselves
for his life is in him." This was in A
i. .. neiween a. ii. ,f ana tnot
- ! later than) 110. all that part of the
D. f.o. Pet ween A. D. 34 and tnot
New Testament .following the Act
of the Apostles, was written. These
books, whose authors were Paul. Pe
ter, James and John, and the author
of the Epistle -to the Hebrews
abound in expressions of the same
confidence and victory displayed In
the Acts of the Apostles.
Thus we have the vision of e.Isu
Christ esteneed beyond the date of
his ascension to at least A. 1). 90 bv
credible witnesses who chronologi
cally overlap each other. Further
more, by A. D. 1frt. per haps ear
lier, the catacombs near Koine. thoe
subterranean burial places for the
primitive. Christians. hgan to appear
as the bodies of believers Were
placed in these rock-hewn restine
places, symbols and descriptions ex
pressive of active faith and wonder
ful works were ciit in the stone. In
course of time it is likely that more
than a million bodies were received
In these catacombs. The Christian
records in stone were corresponding
ly numerous.' and many of them are
accessible to students. linrials In the
catacomb continued for three hun
dred years. F.ven further; when the
catacombs were still In their Infancy
sub-a post otic believers began writin?
down, in Greek, records of the won
derful works still wrought among
men. through the power of Christ
Truth. If one could read this tes
timony, let hint -consult the transla
tion of the writings of Justin. Iren
aeus, Tertuullian. and Orieen. whose
lives covered the period from A. D
114 to A. I. 2..4. Tljus can he see
for himself that the earnest follow-
! ers of Christ Jesus were repeating hi
wonderful works in casing out evu
healjng the sick, and raising the
dead. That is what Is meant by the
Vision Kxtended. Historically con
sidered, the chain of testimony ha'
no missing link.
THE GATHERING CLOUDS
About A. D. 30 -shades or the
prison house liegan to close" upon
upon the glories of early Christian
ity. Worldly minds ;like Elyma
ought the Christly power from base
motives: their desire was never re
alized. Home ruled the then known
world, and when the emperor became
a convert to the Christian church
practically the whole empire soor
after passed under the waters of ec
clesiastical baptism and nominally
became Christian. Mere material
baptism of itself has never placed
man in vital relation to God nor giv
en hint ajgllnt of the Chrlstvi sion.-I
pause for a moment. I have too
many loving friends In the different
churches to permit myself to wound
or estrange them by baih reference
to anything they hold dear
Tenderly. but with profound
conviction. I declare the sub
tlest danger than can ever beset
a follower of the Christ is submitting
to material sacraments without cor
responding spirituality. This species
of idolatry dimmed the light of the
early church. The ardent faith of
the Christians which had thriven un
der merciless persecutions was
caught in the Insidious snare of for
malism. Its light began to wane, it'
vision vanished, and it sank approx
imately to the world's level, wbere-
lt seemed to sleep for a thousand
years, while every phase of sin and
tyranny was practiced in its name
These centuries constitute what mat
properly lie called the Dark Ages. A
theoretical system of salvation had
thrust. Itself between God and the in
dividual man. "And it was night.'
THE RE-DAWN '
In 1360 A. 1). John Wcllfre. called
ihe Morning Star of the Reformation
was at the zenith of his Influence
An article' in the Encyclopedia Hri
tannica which gathers up the thought
of many scholars says: "He (JohP
Wycliffe) may atje:t claim to have
discovered the secret of the immedi
ate dependance of the individual
Christian upon God, a relation which
needs no mediation of any priest, and
to which tbe very sacraments of the
Church, however desirable, are not
essentially necessary." This spirit
of the reformation besran to do awav
with serfdom and feudalism and to
emphasize the right of the Individ
ual. It broke somewhat the bondage
In which the human mind had been
held, and thought thus relealju be
came active in many directions. The
printing press appeared, the llible
was j translated into languages un
derstood by the people, the catacombs
withi their valuable earlv Christian
records were thrwon open. In Flo
rence and Venice painting, sculpture
architecture, and metal work dis
played themselves in wondrous form
and colors; Spain and Scandinavia
sailed distant seas in quest of new
worlds: while Fngland. Ireland
Scotland and Bohemia were stirred
by a more vital sense or religion- The
tenaissance of thought known as the
Rise of Learning quickened also the
-pii itual faculties so' that tbe ecles
iestical body which opposed the Ref
ormation hastened misionaries to In
dia and the new world. Among most
European Prostestants. mlssionar)
bands and Hible societies were act
ifwe. Wherever I'.ritish "merchantmen
Sailed the ?eas there were earnest cf
forts to carry the blessings or Chris
tianlty.
i.nrisuan M-ienusis are not un
mindful of, but recognize, the value
of this Reformation movement in hu
man history which preptued mankine
for the reception again of the unmu
t Hated gospel. They acknowledge
tbe Reformation stood for activity in
the right direction, but was not rad
ical enough to.- remove all tbe mis
conceptions about God with, which
the Dark Ages had beclouded
thought. If a man is to tie freed
from the "burden of sin.-sickness and
death, he must find such freedom
through a Grd who neither creates
nor sustains these evils. Christian
Scientists know no god but the good
God. God is revealed more clear)
through the teachings of Christian
Science than through any other re
ligious instruction, and the teal
Christian understanding which Jesus
possessed liecomes posibh at least
in setme degree, to every one through
the study of Christian Science. 'which
proves that Christian Science is the
genuine Christ-understanding, or
Christian knowing. The Reformation
movement did not free itself entirelr
Irom the false teaching of the Dark
Ages. To some .extent it still sees
God as through a "smoked glas."
Doctrinally it holds to mental posi
tions which involve the belief that
God creates! and sustains sin. sick
ness, and death, while practically l
teaches that the man who Is sorry for
his sin may always be forgiven but
the sick man who Is sorry for his
sickness can hardly ever be healed
This contradictory attit tide of thought
was never encrtained by Jesus. The
fact so far rs specified cases in the
New Testament are concerned, he
healed sickness much more frequent
ly than sin. This is the prominent
feature In the ministry of Jesus tne
Christ which the Reformation move
ment did not recover. This work re
mained to be accomplished by a
movement more spiritual in its per
ception, more -comprehensive In it
understanding of i the gospel.
In the year M:ry lt.iker Kd
dy. whom medical skill bad failed to
relieve of a serious physical trouble
was Instantaneously healed through
reading the Scriptures. Christian
Scientists know that with her heal
ing began the modern fulfillment o'
Jesus' promise: "When he. the spirit
of truth is come, he will guide you
into all truth." Instead of taking
her physical healing and losing her-
eir In the thrrtng of the unthanKful
her gratitude to God and compassion
for suffering humanity led her to
investigate and meditate. On page
103 of "Science and Health with Kev
o the Scriptures." Mrs F.ddy writes-
"For three vears after my discovery
1 sought the ml ut inn of this problem
of Mind-healing, searched the Scrip
tures and read little else, kept aioor
from society, and devoted time and
energies to discovering a "positive
rule." This rule she discovered
stated, cllucidated. and demonstrat-
d. over and over again, in neanu
the sick, thus reinstating tlie moi
practical feature of primitive Chris
tianityy. All of Mrs. Eddy's writ
ings bear, directly or indirectly on
healing: but In theN'extbook. "Sci
ence and Health with Key to tne
Scripture". there Is a cnapier eu
'itled Christian Science practice
which will abundantly explain to anv
-arnest reader what this teaching is
To deny that Mary Raker Kddy ois
clvered the Principle of divine heal-
'nc and that by it her 'students are
'lealinc the pick and the sinful, would
e to close one's eyes to the most far
reaching fact of modern times. Thu
"hing was not done in a corner. It 1
-een and known of all men who have
yes to see and ears to hear. We
nav well call It the renaissance, or
re-birth, or the, visoin ?f Christ Jes
is. The diseoverv ard demonstra
tion of Christian Silence might us-
Mfv its beneficiaries today in repeat-
. . " . - - A . . t .
nr isimeon s joyiur exciamjiuor. .
"Mine eyes have seen thv salvatbn
which thou hast prepared before tho
face of all people."
4
PERSONAL TESTIMONY .
Nor can I b' silent nt this tini
concerning .that love of God which
guided' me into the land of Christian
cience, where mental bondage Is
broken and freedom reigns. "I was
sick, and ... In prion. and ye canl
unto me." I ' myself eHly believed
hat 1 on?ht to say a: d do many
nines contrary to what I -thought
Christian Science was. To that etud
frequently from a Christian pulpit i
assailed the name of Mrs. Eddy and
vehemently denounced what I
'bought her teaching to be. Up to
the hour of my healing, which was
'nstantaneous. I had not read one
Ine of authorized Christian Science
'iterature. but I had assembled . In
my libraries many volumes and'pam
ilets adverse' thereto. In August
1911. while In a hopeless physical
condition. I requested and . r'eceived
t treatment on Christian Science. A
oart-ot the treatment was a recom1
mendation thnt I read "Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures."
iy Mrs. Eddy. This I at H st refused
o do. but between noon and 1 o'clock
in that day. while reading the first
few lines in the chapter on Prayer
' found mvself. suddenly released
from physical ills and Snental di
ress. The matchless worth of that
release no' mortal words tan ever ex-
oress. A new heaven and a new
earth began to appear in ntv thought
tnd the precious trnth of healing
widening and deepening in my human
consciousness, as brooklets widen and
deepen into rivers, has enabled me
to see more clearly, and to work more
'ntelllgently toward the realization
of that vision which, Jesus Christ
aw.
MARY RAKER EDDY
A Christian Scvientlst does not
give his testimony to exploit him
self, but to express gratitude for thJ
great things divine I ve lias don
for- him. The psalmist expresses
this desire in the words: have
not concealed thy loving kindness
. . . from the great congregation."
I have alluded to my own healinr
nit of the deepest gratitude to the
Discoverer and Founder of Christian
Science. had hated her without a
'atise. I had ascribed U her base, m
Mves. and I had" conceded to her r.o
acknowledgement of good. I opened
the liook. ' Science nnd Health with
Key t" the Scripture." and read er
page 1 : '.'The prayer that reforms
he sinner and heals the sick Is an
absolute faith that all things are
poslble to God, a sniritual under
standing or Hint, an unselfish love."
My heart .was moved. I said to my
self, only one who has live! near tr
God could write thus. ' With that
honest recognition of Justice tf Mr'
Eddy, the healing came. About si
months afterwards I Wean a car'-f"1
study of her life. From ' variou
sources I found an illuminating mas
of unquestionable' testimony to her
worth. In studying the reords of
the courts to which Mrs. Eddv- ap
pealed in order to protm-t her writ
incs and maintain the truth of
Christian Science unadulterated
there was revealed corroberative ev
idence of her nsefu! be for hu
manity,. This candid investigation
Clarified mv IheiUSht and deepened
my conviction already formed that
Mrs. Eddy was the -most remarkable
woman since the birth of Christian
ity. Her patience in suffering." un
swerving pursuit of truth, common
sense view of human life, loftiness,
tery or details, simplicity In daily
(life, resistance to popular applause
comprehensiveness of thougnt. ten
acity of noble purpose, appreciation
of 'the beautiful, compassion toward
mankind, and devotion to God were
some of the qualities which fitted
and enabled her to rescue a cripple J
Christianity from the feeble era so
of a sleeping world and to restore toj thought. nd spoke to them in a lan
It the lost nower of Dbvslral healing-1 Kiiage whih they undent ood. lly
it Is rapidly coming to pass in an
the world that the great service to
humanity which this woman has
wrought is being told as a memorial
of her.
COJ DIVINK PUINCIPLK
The fact which preceded and ac
companied Mrs. Lddy's discovery of
Christian Science have leen touched
iipon and are in the nature, of tais-
torr. To understand the Science
sen. nowever. ll is necessarv io ,
deeper than the history of Christian
Science. howeer wonderful and en
deavor to gain a clearer thought as
to the nature of God. A right under
standing of God brings freedom and i
peace to those afflicted with pain and' ile,ed lctor. wv,,r ma'tter and so
gnilt. The world need to be re-, ralM n,aterial-laws Is known in
lemeed. and you Know fetter man
anyone else knows that you. as an in
dividual, need to be released from the
bondage os sin and disease. Manv
in this audience have received the
benediction of healing, through
Christian Science. This fact should
keep us grateful, humble, obedient
and acme. mere are oiners ner-
wno Know not tn.s wonuenui irur
who are groping in me uarnP .
sin and disease, longing lor r
vioc. . To these weary ones the Christ
Truth, is ever faying: "Them also
must I bring. . . and there Fhal'
be one fold, and one shepherd." The
nrom?e amj its fulfillment are for
today. Healing and regeneration are
for this moment, for God Is here now
Why Is God here now. and what !
Ged? Christian Science answer
these questions. On page 463 of
"Science and Health with Key to
tbe Scriptures." Mrs. Eddy writes
"God Is incorporeal, divine, supreme,
'nfinlte Mind. Spirit. Soul. Principle
Life. Truth. Love." God Is all the
life. mind, intelligence, truth, love,
'here ever Is anywhere. These quali-
tis manifested by men and women
we the reflection and exo-ession. of
God. as the Scripture saith: "Every
cood gift and every perfect gift i
from above and cometh down from
the Father of lights." The word "fin
ite" means that which is confined
to limits, as to time place- quality
within .limits as to time. place,
quality or activity. Infinite means
the very opposite. God is infinite
Because God Is everywhere all the
time he cannot, exclusively. be
any where at any time. Be
cause God is infinite. He cannot
for an instant Ie away from
us. for there Is no other place for
Him to bel We cannot h- separated
front God. even though we try. be
cause He is always everywhere.
A hundred years ago there was a
worti much In use whicii new Is sel
dom heaid. though the false beliel
associated with. It is quite prevalent.
That word Is "deism."' It repre
sented the belief that God created
the universe, and Invir.g statted it
on its way, withdrew. Iavlng it for
itself either to succeed or fail, be
saved or lest ' This false teaching
has a subff hold on many -oplc
today, causing them to think of God
as a finite, limited peion Instead
of being all In all." -rcording to
the Scriptures. d"isiu savs He is on
ly a part of all Such people, when
they pray te God. think of Him as
being at a great distance, so that
their petition must be sent over a
vast stretch of desett befort it teat Ir
es Him Christian Science teaches
with logical and fpirilurl exactness
that with God are no vacancies, no
absences Mrs Eddy gae God a new
name which so appeals to human
reason that it destroys the sense of
aloofness and coldness inculcated by
deism .She defined Gud as divine
Principle He who begins to see and
to know God as Pttnciple can nc
longer view Him as a limited person
dwelling somewhere To do so would
be like de-claring that the atlvit
of the Multiplication table Is confined
to the United States that it is In
operative in all other countries, ex-
ceut when a verv earnest petition on
the part of some one persuades It
to act temporality elsewhere In the
realm ef human knowledge, the mu
tu al attraction of the planet., the
law of gravitation, thr liarmonv of
music, and the rule of addition and
subtraction are absolutely continu
ous and applicable everywhere alt
the time, and so constitute a prin
ciple for human' activity. Divine
Pttnciple is not or,ly continuous and
unerring, but It Is also a loving
guiding, protecting, healing Father-
,Mother God.
JESUS
It is well at t'li time to refle
somewhat on the meaning of th
words Christ and Jesus. The tea h
Ing of f hrU'tian Sri. nee is clear a
opposed to that confustd thought
held by many people concerning hni
known a Christ Jesus Ch'itiar
Scientists larn t sp ak and lve
to sp-;k very gently and conidT-
i4 ly on religions- matters. - Thev
carnc.s tly seek to aioid that wourd
ing of others" si n-ilnlit ks vhi h ba
been o rife in tb past. One of the
results of the old theological sstm
was to lend men to the belief that
Christ Jesus was God. Jesus him
"er expnrniv dcnli'l th.it tic was
Cod in tho words: "Why rallest thou
Tie gfKMl? their r. none goewl b'lt
one. that is. God." Mrs. Lddv savs
on rare of "S i. pre and Health
wjlh Kev to the Scriptures": " lei
-. a 4b 'son of a vinin. He as ap
pointed to speak God's wotd and to
j npjw-nr to mortals in such a form of
humanity as they could understand
as well as pc-pito." .Ictus wa not
God. This is proved by the fart that
lie was tempted and suffered. H a
nra-n. what. !hn. the differ rrc U
eeii niio anl 11: H liny re an
swered that be was able nof to Iran-
. . . i , .
icr- 1,00 iaw ai ant- point; we
Pre able, pt b. present stage of oir
growth, not to transgress at some
points. God is put as near to us
as he was to Jesus, but Jesus was
rniritnsllyawske and knewj nod was
at hand: we are alP.n
the man Jesus and ourselves, a dif
ference whbh through the leading of
Christian Sclenie should grow less
and less. (
Jesus' niiislon was to show us by
teaching and example how to attain
to the fullness of truth. "To accom
plish tin he tan. e lotpn pa the
plane on which they lived ani
way of illustration, we know thai
the mechanic. In utilizing elcctrl
current, sometimes Is cominlled to
reduce I. to"cot respond with receiv
ing capacity, in like manner, truth
as taught by Jesus, who said: "I
have et many things to say unto
you. but ye cannct tear them now.'
Through Jesus the activity of Christ.
Truth, appeared to mn in gracious
words and loving, healiag works. So
complete did this realization of d:
lt-'in. poWet DeU)rne th it Jesus the
..hri- i,0miv decla.ad: "He that
hath seen me hath seen the Father."
Vhcn Jesus had demonstrated oter
the temporal at every point, all ma
terial need and suffering dropped
w3v frritii li I tn f nrpt Th ! mm
t.hrstlan pariance at the ascension.
His ascension was not an isolated
experience in his career but a pro
cess which Wgan with his bfith at
liethlehem and reached perfection on
that day when the disciples saw hint
vanish from mortal stgr.'. Jesus was
i tun
our elder brother, marking the way.
,,e journeyed toward and attained to
,h. Rna, of fre,doil, flom niattcr: i
M njay we do ,he Mne
THE CHRIST
Jesus became the moeiel for us all
because he was always actuated and
guided by Christ. Truth. The suppo
sititious distance which deism puts
ietwe-en God and map la filled and
ever has been filled by the unfil
ing t ctivity of Christ. Truth Mrs.
Eddy says on page 322 of "Sclene
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures": "Christ Is the true Idea
oicing good, the divine message
fmiit God to men speaking to the
human consciousness." The active
love of the eternal Father is over all
t'.iz works, and this love Is the
Christ. Christ is not a competitor
of God. but an emanation from God
alio an-Jmpartation from God. Ev
ery manifestation of good In human
peace, joy. health, and harmony Is
the Chtist. Christ i the mediatorial
path to God. He himself says. "No
man cometh unto the Father, birt by
me-. .drs. Eddy named her discov
ery Christian Science. Science means
eomething that is known. Christian
Science means Christian knowing- -
knowing God and His universe as
Jesns the Chrir.t knew them. C'irist.
Tru'h. is the alpha and omega of
ChiNtian Science. When this trnth
enters man's consciousness h ? be
fit-. to tealize bis at-one-meiit wit-
God. Accepting and applying this
Christ-truth In his daily life is whst
made Jesus the supremely goot man
On pato 97 of "Science and Health
w'th Key to the Scripture." Mrs.
I.ddy ta: "We solemnly promise
to watch, and pray far that IinJ
to be in us which was alio Ir. rhtUt
Jesus." Chtistian Scleutlsts adr.re
the Chr'si: they reverence Jevi.
THE m ULE
Christ Jus said. "Search the
scriptures; for ia them v- tMnk ye
have? cterua! life; and they are they
which teslify of lue." Of eoume he
alluded to Ihe Jewish Scripture! fi
She Ni T-:-lament u vrrit'en at a
later di.e. Howeter. f am .itaio
you will nil agree that we may rixht-
f illy Iprludt the .New Testament tor
the latter is simp'y the fulfiltm-nt
e,i ine iermei. rur iwenty-flre rin
ixf'irc her realm- Mis. KJ-ly had
teen a d "out student of the llible
She was instantaneously u'-ak-C
jrhlle n-adii g In the Plble. - S'.o .a
as no ether person had seen u this
or rny ofh r age since the arlj
Christian period, that Iiccuki .tie
Sciiptures are spiritual they a- for
that ery te-?son practical, is! sie
has magnified the teachings of t$e
i-criptiiri-s In all her works aa m
other writr of modern tlms bar.
don. In !i hundred p-ges of "Sci
ence ard liatth with Key to :h
.sci ipt .nes." the literal q:.?tati n
from the Rible aggregate tcnty
trree solid "ages. Alt the s.i ritual
wisdom and nnde-standlng wn.c'i
came te. her was from the iinfrl.ling
r Hi'jIo ,utb. j.Manv books have
been wiuten on the Rible.. The
greater :; it of them are called com
mentaries, a title fittingly applied
f r they so comments on tho i'.ille
rather tiitn lucidationa of I;. dr
Eddy' v'i'.ngs open the Scr!purcs
fioiu the 'nsWle o'lt. On page ."17
eif "Sie:i-. and Health wltii !ey
to tie cciiptnres" we read: 'Th-;
Script tires are very aci ed. Ot.r a;m
i iif-t !) i. have them undisioo.i
spiritual.'; , ... It is tl is sDinf :a'
peicept in of Scpcture. whien lifjs
li'imanity e. ?t eif diseav jn! death
and iii.p:tn. faith.'
l HE TEXTBOOK
If is fi.Sing at this irie ! i
-onirthif; about the f'hrisi;in ci
m-e If, lk. "S-i-nc nd I ri'.lb
i'h K y to the Sci ipt in , I v .lrs
Edd. 1 !iis l..Mk i not a ' ,n
aiy on ' Bible, but a 1 To It
other -. :.--rs i luii to !trn" 'u
tp-amrrs f'.m the S-riptu anl to
han i .t. io us: Sirs. Eddv iv
is the ke sayln.'. Open ih- bo.k
anl hlp ; e.urselvts. Any i Mm.i f
-crlleni ean i.e sustj nut and
iiiinta'ned only by n 'UN -"1
their i ' r's w shall know them
Tb. st-it teal virility and ' illurxina
tion which the student of r. ;n
eccives ti rough e-arnot ! ly
the Christian Science textbook is nn-i-niai;-
rroof lhat 1h t.T'r i
v-bat is I'.rmed for it.- a ke; in the
.criptur.-. The dominant .h. eight of
the cx't-M-k is spiritual l any
thing ! seoight In ;ts Vi-v p
will lie unrespon-ible. To tho-e who
"i" .umbering and thirst'j after
right eoiii, 5.- and to the K and
piof- ' h .i ?ip seeding pt o t9
il.cp h -, ndinr: onto p. Sloi
Ply the ic' nt .f it has liO-.l ihv::s-.-4ii
! s f ...ifcrers oit tf despair.
Un-nls: 'fe man who .-all.
homesick to know hi heavenly
i.lr,.k.. ,-a r i
e seems
this DxCook. and to gain 1b'?:rH
its teaching, healing and purity and
peace. The Chri-tlan Scerye text
Ikk k. through ia foririnv SLt3'l
ing th truth seeker, dippoVior
oughly tT a co! ftorarr Hltle. by
throwing tbe Ui r id open and
exposing its tuas-ms to all who Je
sire theto.
CREDIPI.E -WITNI2VK3
Many professional men and wo
men today ar t-tifring to the
trnth of th'-n statement". They are
teachers, professors, anthois. actors.
'i-dical doctois. clergymen, and law
vers, nu-st of whom were members
or orthodox ilmr.'he and students
of ft he IliMs. et er i!d not see.
through it. the way to peace, until
Christian Selene came to their aid.
One does not find these people flip
pant critics of the rhurrb to which
they formetly tolonged. They mre
tendrD grateful for many blessings
In th- pat. nor do ther forget the
dear ones with whom "they walked
In the house of God as friends." Un
to them a light has shined from tho
Dible as it never sh'ned before.
These men and women ate amen;
ou. They are sensible people, cred
ible witnesses to the supreme vaMi
of the Christian Science textbook,
through the spiritual study of which
healing is wrought and the "peace
of God, which pssseth all under.
standing' is reallzeJ.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALING
What is Christian Science heal
ing? It Is tbe overcoming of dis
ease by the same method which Jer
sus employed, that la. by nade;
standlng and utilizing the Infinite
power of God who. according to the
.Vsalmist. htsJelh all our inilrml
ties. The results in Christian Sci
ence beating differ from thos
brought about by other methods In
that they are mural as well as phy
sical, and aie far more cotnplete.
aatl'tf&ctory, and enduring. Jesus
neer employed nor recommend t h -
use of matter In any form to car
disease. It is not easy to see how
a physician can be follower of
Jesus and yet in his profession adopt
a remedy exactly tbe opposite of
that which Jesus. Ly his acts, au
thorized. This is no insidious ar
raignment of the medical profession.
This Is not an assertion that medical
doctors cannot be Christians. It doV
not Impugn their ainceiity and noble
purpose. It simply asserts what
they themselves somet lines vehem-"
ently declare that they do not fol
low Jesus method of healing. Chris
tian Scientists abide by the raet wilt
ten In the Dible that "the effectual
fervent praye of a righteous man
availeth much." In one of her books
(Miscellaneous Writings, p. 9) Mrs.
Eddy says of Christian Science heal
inK:''It Is not one mind acting opon
another mind: it is not the transfer
ence of human Images of thought to
other minds
it Is not of tbt
flesh. . . . It is not one nrotial
thought transniltied tc another's
thought rroiii the human mind that
holds within Hsclf all rvll.. "It is
Christ come to dewtroy tbe power cf
the flesh; It is-Truth vcr. error."
This definition of Christian Sclfnce
healing Is a partial exposition ef
Jesus' words: "Ye shall know tbe
trnth. and the truth shall make you
free." If one drsirvs a. fuller expla
nation he must study Christian Sci
ence, and If am how evil Is explain
ed and overcome metaphysically.
THE TIME OK HEALING
When may mortal man be fred
fro i.i totturin woes? When may
erroneous thought be collected and
physical healing come? Wbea can he
begin to awaken to that true like
nesa which brings satisfaction? In
other words, when can he begin to
see the vision of Christ Jesus per
fect God and peifeet man? Only
as Chi Kt Ian Science awakens no
derslanding and reveals Spirit caa
the answer to these questions be
realized. Jesus gave this comfort
ing advice: "Ask. and it shall
aiven jou; seek, and ye shall find:
knock, and it shall be opened onto
you;" and he gave this comforting
promise: "lUessed are they which
do hunger and thirst after right
eousness: for they shall be filled."
We gather from thest statement
that man's profoundest prayer ia aa
honest, sincere desire for health and
peace. The man may not know it.
but such a desire means he wants to
know good, that is. God. heie and
now. When tin and sickness are
tired of themselvf-s. when trust in
material pleasure Is seen to be the
betrayal of one's highest good; when
human pride and telf-wil are hum
bled, then one may know that the
ground of the heart i being p re
pa i ed for the good seed. Thee are
some of the si en which Indicate
that man is preparing an "upper
room" for the Master"; coming. S
be not dieoiiraced; ;id Jias no
faveirites; opportunity to know Gd
is never b-t. "Awake theu that
slcepest. and arisefiom the dead,
and Chtist shall ge ib- light." Tbe
time for healing is now; and the op
portunity is for a)l who seek It.
THE 1INIICAP
Sooner or later mortal man Is
forr- to the conclusion that he has
no health, that Is. no healing power
in himself, and by the same token
he knows that no other mortal can
heal him. e finds himself suf
fering from a handicap, which must
be removed by some onOide power
before he can take nr step Into
freedom. As a leant of horses, on
a rough road, unable to start tthe
load without help, is ahle after th
stait Is made to draw even a heav
ier load, so mat. under he sore bur
den of sickness and sin. must have
help ttefore he ran start. It is not
required that a sufferer must be
lief in ,nor undeiiand Christian Scl
enco before something can be don
for him. I love Christian Sb-nee
lMaus it first loved me; because
while I wa as yt irnnrant of Gl
as lMMindter nv. Christian SVi-n-
stretched out. a it were. helping
hand. The Scripture tt this
trutli of the removal o the handi
cap very beautifnllv. "We lovw hirii.
because he first lovrd rs." Divine
lve always take the initiative. TM
thought rues imi courage- lent to 1