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!; XT 44 if i I t i t FULL REPORT OF 1 LECTURE JT , X "The Religion of Christian Science' by, William-D. Kiipatrick, C. S; B. ' j At the Grand Theater last ete i ins, before . a large and. Interst ed audience, William p. : Kilpat riek, C S. , B., delivered his lec ture on "The Religion of 'Chris tian Science." Joseph J. King said In: introducing the lecturer: "There is but one Christian Science. .Mary . Baker Eddy la the Founder and Discoverer, of it and the author of its text book. Science and Health with the Key to the Scriptures," which gives us light on the 'Scriptural prohpecies and -'", the : promises ' concerning God's ever presence, power and availability In every time of ,trou tle. Christian.' Science ' follows tha exact teachings of our plas ter, Christ 'Jesus, who taught men Low. tar live right, to think' right, i " 1 to pray right, to , preach the f pel, reform the sinner and 11 the sick. : We are: assembled 1 a . tonight ' to . listen to an t . ihorized lecture on . Christian f ;nce by one who is '-' member tf the - board of lectureship of ' TLa Mother Church, the First C-arch ot, Christ Scientist in Bos ton, Mass. It is my privilege to introduce to you Mr. William D. Ki'satrlck,. C. S. B., of Detroit, 11'.. h.. who- will now address you." (The lecture, which Is copy rlshted and is used f by permis sion, , follows, in full;) la the Book of Revelation,' the beloved disciple, John,' writingln exile' from the Isle (of Patmos, says of, the( Christ; w' , ' '. ' . "Behold, I stand at the , door. and. knock; if any man' A hear my ''voice,' , and , open the door, 1 ' will come In to tin, and will sup with him, and he with me." '""...', T' This touching sentiment finds a most beautiful counterpart In the Christian Science textbook. Science' and Health with Key to EH THEATEH the Scriptures, by the discoverer ; and founder of Christiahl'Sciehce, j ' Mary Baker Eddy, where she has - ; writtea:'"'-.,'':"::" CZZ,"T : '-, ; '.. higher and .tnore vtacJ. t stratlng 'Justice' and 'meeting 'the need of 'mortals Ih sick- - ness and In health, stands at . the door of this age," knock- h 4 ing for admission. .Will you open, or close the door upon . this angel visitant,, who com- . .; eth in the quiet ot meekness, as he came of old to the pa- triarch at noon day? . " "j - This angel viskant, my f fiends, 1 th!j Christ which haa existed tvrou?hout all time, that of which VJxini-cSo VI hi He You I Want As are - ; f .ess 'ixxszi ' f tjt'ess; r ' CfJ ft) 1 ; --urn. '"'"'n,1," IHMtUL : . , im-miimm ijwii, ''"JVvf IS , You can sell your used car, old books, pictures, furniture, etc., . . , , ; . ! . . with their help ; , , ".. , f You .can get roomers to add to your monthly income Want "Ads will help 'you land a good job or: get competent :: : ; , ; help for you . . , - . 4 Just telephone 23 and a pleasant-voiced ad-taker will help you i i Jesus e pake when ' he said, "Be fore Abraham was, I, am,". is re vealed itv Christian Science. This revelation ' has comeUo 'thA .world it has come to you and to me wun its message of love.-and com passion and . succor knocking : for admission, and it is of this guest, this revelation of the Christ, that we 'shall' speak todays It would be quite impossible in the, brief period at our. disposal to more ; than -touch t on a very few of the salient points of Christian Science, . but we shall endeavor, in what time we have, to treat pur subject J.n the simplest possi ble manner so that those who are unfamiliar: with , it may gain as clear an Jmpression of it as it is possible to give in so brief an address. ' :.: ".'' . . i , V -Christian Science comes to you, my friends, an open -book. It has nothing to conceal but volumes to reveal. ; Its story is simple and sweet. .: It 'is a . story of love and compassion;. one of hope and hap piness; "one of comfort and, good cheer. Christian i Science is s the greatangel of peace come to earth to heal; it of its sorrows . and its woes, ' its sickness, and its sin. 1 1t Is the everlasting foe of fear and unhappiness and disease and. pov erty and ' misery ! It Is the day star of the Christ guiding into paths of peace and joy and plenty. It bids you doff the sackcloth and the ashes of grief, despair and grave forebodings and don the garments of contentment and hap piness! It will lead you into paths and pastures you know not of and holds for each one of you a God crowned promise, laden with bles sings rich and precious. It cornea to bring peace to a strugling world arid its troubled hearts. .'Again we hear the voice of the Christ cry ing in this age to tired humanity: VCome unto me,' all ye that . v labor and are X heavy laden, and I will give you resti Take - my yoke upon you, and learn . of me; for I am - meek.' and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For xny yoke- Is easy and my bur den is light r ; r . : - : And so, if there are those here today who are. struggling under a load of care or sorrow; if there are' those who, are bowed down with the weight of years and un remitting and .fruitless toil; if there are those who, are sick or needy; if there are those who are shackled with the bonds I of sin and misfortune, we have for you a- glorious message. And when you leave here today we trust and pray It will ; be - with; a lighter heart, with more of he hope and the joy .and the peace and the comfort ""which Is: the gift 'of God to every one or you. ; ii :'J x-. f In the words of that beautiful hymn'i-!-f:f -v-. " "Hoyi gentle Cod's comm a uds'; How' kind His, precepts are; Come, cast , your iburden .'. on : '. the Lord, j And Trust His; constant care." - "His goodness stands approved,' Unchanged from .day to day; 111 drop my .-burden 'at His, - i . i- feet, i . i : '. . And har t snncf bwit In? brief restrospectlon, I may say that, in spite ot all the good Work do op i. -i.:-i ' , .1 i I tireless servants. They ore always on the. job 1 v. r, i ior you ; 1b' the paper of interested readers'" ' Christian Science stands for,1 of all the good it embodies, of all the bKessings lt has brought and is bringing to mankind, it has met with tremendous opposition , in achieving the 'high pinnacle to which it has climbed in-the hearts of suffering.' humanity. .This truth has . been villified and." ridiculed, stoned and spat upon, persecuted and prosecuted,' and even, be trayed by ;. its Judases and this, by the same , element of 1 mortal mind that presented to the world that awful tragedy, on Calvary- the cricifixion of Jesus. Because the teachings of Jesus base the teachings of ' Christian Science and because Christian Sci ence teaches and practices what Jesus taught and practiced it can hardly ' be hoped that . Christian Science can escape a repetition of the - persecutions directed at the humble Nazarene. ' sit was because Jesus healed the sick without drugs. .and reclaimed the sinner without I resort to the use of ritual. and dogma and creed that, he was crucified. And it s is because ' Christian Science heals the sick without' drugs and saves the sinner without creed or rtiual ism that .it hasshared the bitter, cup of the Master and has borne in silence his cross of persecution. And just as Jesus crowned the cross of his crucifixion with the sublime victory of his life's mis sion, his ressurrection and ascen sion, so Christian Science is plac ing on every cross along its path of progress -a crown of triumphal achievement, and today the cross and the crown are held aloft to guide the footsore and the weary along the steep and rugged path way of life. v ; The great lesson for . all 1 man kind .in the life oft Jesus lies, not in the Master's crucifixion' but is found, rather, in his resurrection and ascension.- The crown of tri umphal achievement in Jesus res urrection and ascension far. tran scends the cross and in the crown topped cross do Christian Scien tists behold the. true symbol of that for which, Jesus lived and suf fered and triumphed. In the les son of Jesus life the cross 'rep resents to Christian Scientists the darkest hours of his career. With his resurrection and ascension do they see the dawn of a new light in the history , of mankind which is destined to , lead humanity on and on to those divine heights which will enable it to place the crown of victorious endeavor on every cross! in its pathway from earth to heaven. ,: i j 5 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE THE 7 RELIGION OF JESUS : Christian Science is primarily and exclusively . the religion ; of Jesus the Christ. . It is a return t6 the teachings : of -primitive Christianity and as such it must necessarily Include the practice of healing .which exemplified the life., not only of Jesus, . but the lives, as well, of many ot the early Christians, even the lives of those who, had never been taught i of Jesus. ,We. hav been prone to think that the healing of the sick, the ' maimed,' the halt and the blind by Jesus and by his deciples and apostles was the outcome or fesult of: a special dispensation from God to Jesua which was,' in if. Scene from MouteXTisto,! dpnings today-.at, the Grand. " " "A special Orchestra will play the score. turn, passed along by him to his followers in some - mysterious, or occult manner. . That, is, we- havoj been, taught to' believe that . the) healing works accomplished byf Jesus were the manifestations of a superhuman power with . which; Jesus .was especially endowed 'to? distinguish him from the rest' ofj mankind; that this power was! something mysterious and that It is in no wise the heritage 'of all who' obey God. t , ?.This Is a very erroneous con cept of Jesus and of, the. import of his holy mission and it is a, con cept which; has robbed Christian ity of , the very, esfonce of that. for which Jesus struggied . and for which he permitted his cricifixion. In this mistaken concept, that the power to heal the sick and to raise the deadby, spiritual means alone ended . on the crpss,- do we find the blighting .limitation, from which Christianity must be freed.: This wrong concept, that spiritual! healing was a special dispensation from f God bestowed upon Jesus alone and for a limited period of time. has for' centuries deprived mankind of thos4 wonderful bless ings which Christian Science has come to restore. ' : ' i HEALING THE' OUTCOME OF ' .- . KKLIGIOX.: 5 , , The healing- work accomplished by Jesus was the outcome of his religion .- a necessary: concptniiJ tant. spintual healing as taught and practiced sby , Jesus and as: taught and practiced by Christian Science, is a necessary and logical consequence of religion. Jesus healed the sick, walked the waves fed the' multitudes and raised the dead by his religion, the religion he came to give to the world-td you and to me rfor our salvation right here and now. JeR"lhim- self tells .us that this power, wmch was manifested . by , those worksr Which ; have',.; been ' denominated miracles, was unfolded to him through his study of the Scrip--tures arid his consequent ability to discern God aright. Jesus' spiritual conception by Mary and his devout study of the Scriptures made possible . that ken spiritual perception -which; t enabled the Master . to 'discern m.ore .clearly than, any other human what. God, the, Father, is and man's true re lationship to God. This clear concept 'of God and God's powerj as reflected by man is the founda tion' to all . the teachings and works of .the Master, and consti- tutes , his religion the religion he came to give to mankind fhe Christian religion. , 4 ! Jesus -clear concept of God and of ' mans relation to God has al ways been a .possibility That Is,1 what " Jesus ' taught concerning God and man always had been true and always will be true..This truth had always existed -but it required a pure, spiritual mental ity to grasp it. That .this, truth about God and man had been dis cerned in a greater or less de gree by: various, religious thinkers of -early history is evidenced in the Scriptures comprising the Old Testament and in the many wonderful- works accomplished, by those Who, from time to time, have risen high enough In spirit ual thinking and spiritual per ception to glimpse the glories of the 1 existence wherein man may be found in the image and like ness1 of his Maker. " Throughout all time, 'those, who through prayer and devout thinking' have so. clarified jtheir consciousness as to perceive God and man aright, have been able to give to the world some, fruits of their spirituality in works as wonderful in a degree as those accomplished by Jesus. As1 'far back, as the Scriptures take us do we find evidence, of works ac complished by - those " who have discerned aright the. true God and His creation. Whenever, through the ; centuries, mankind: has glimpsed, through right thinking, the true God, then do we find a record of works similar to i those which so signally marked the In ception of the Christian era. f In the very beginning of ! Bible history do we find the account of the translation1 of Enoch as, a re sult of his religion his clear per ception of the true God and His creation. It was Moses' religion his right concept of God's; power-: that enabled him to lead in triumph the children of Israel out qt the land of bondage. It was Bis religion that enabled him ' to provide the Israelites food and drink r when it seemed humanly impossible to ' escape death from hunger. . You will recall Jlow the tmanna was furnished for them In the desert and how Mosesf brought forth water from a rock In a dry and narched r country. It was Joshua's religion his clear con cept" of the true God--tbat en abled him to command the waters of the River Jordan to roll back in their; course while the Isral ite3 passed through; on dry land to safety .and it was- by reason of his religion that he was en abled to command the sun and moon to stand still. Through his religion Elijah multiplied the widow's measure of meal, filled her empty I cruse' with oil and re stored to life her son. Elisha's religion enabled, him ; to raise , to the surface of the riyer the sunk en ax-head, to restore to. Jife the son of the Shunammite 'mother, to multiply . one- small pot of oil so that ' all the vessels at hand were f illed to I running over, , to feed one hundred, men with 20 barley loaves with much left and to spare and to heal the leprosy of Naaman. captain of the. host of the iking jot Syria.- The. re ligion of Daniel saved him from the ' hunger ; of the , lions and through at clear understanding of the true God and His power and presence the. three Hebrew young men were delivered . unscathed from the fiery furnace. , ' All of these Old Testament mir acles were accomplished through the same means as were those of Jesua. : The clear concept of God. that made possible the ascension of Jesus accomplished the trans lation t, of. Enoch If our thousands years before." The understanding of God that enabled Moses to sup ply food to the Israelites in the wilderness enabled : 7esus to feed the multitudes by the shores of the Galilean Sea fifteen hundred years later.' - The understanding of God that enabled Joshua in the year fourteen - hundred, B. C, to roll back the waters of the Jordan en abled Jesus to ' still the tempest and calm j the waves in his time. The understanding; of God which enabled "Pllsha to; raise1 the ax head to' the surface of the river, to restore to life the son of the Shunammite mother, and to mul tiply the widow's oil enabled Je sus nine 'centuries! later to walk the waves,, multiply the loaves and fishes and raise from the bier the son j of the widow of Nam. The religion which healed Naaman of his leprosy in 'the yea eight hundred. B. C healed many lep ers In Jesus time 'The religion that Baved Daniel from the hunger of the lions and the three He brew boy a from, the " furnace ; of fire delivered Peter six centuries later from the prison at Antioch and -enabled Paul to" restore to life the young man at Lystra. This same religion enabled the early Christians for many genera tions after the time of Jesus to obey the command of the Master to go into all the 'world, preach the gospel, heal the sick and raise the' dead. . ' ' " - .So' we find, by an enlightened study of the Scriptures, that spir itual healing, or the working of miracles, as recorded in the Bible, is not an evidence of any exclu sive, supernatural power bestowed by God on some especially favored individual but that It is the power of God available for all His chil dren and demonstrable by all in proportion as we gain the true religious concept of , God and His creation. The life and teachings of Jesus revfeal clearly that his whole mission was to so endow mankind with religious enlighten ment and true understanding of God and His creation that all man kind could do the works which be did. I It does indeed seem almost incredible - that the Christian church of the past seventeen hun dred years" could have so com pletely missed the very heart and' soul of his life's mission.' y Jesus said "by their, fruits ye shall know them" and he devoted his whole career to showing man kind what those fruits should be. In fact, his earthly mission was to show mankind, that unless their religion brings forth the fruits of healing nd savin as' exemplified Lose your fat, ' ; -keep your health - . - . t - ' i' i f t: - .' t : Suprfron flesh is not 1irlth7. 1ther l it healthy to diet or excreta too morn for fa rcmol. Th limplest mfthofl known "lor redueinic the onerfat body sUr nrt Mpudily ia the MrmoU Meth od, tried od endoned by i thonondi. M annul Prencription TblHn contain an exact dose of the famooa M rmol Pre irriiliiMi. d r Mli hf itragiat the world over at oho dollar for a raao. Tliey are h armies and leT rx rink lea or-, f lbln'neo. : j They.- 'r' pof-olar be rauco eftertiro. aad oonrenient. Aak you drorrist for thtem or end priee , direct to the Marmola Co., 4013 Woodward . Detroit,' iiiek kA yroearo a tw in his life work, it has sadly-mis interpreted its import. " To give to his disciples a graphic and im pressive lesson to . show, one might -say '.his supreme disappro bation' of . the '" religion which is evidenced . only , In words ' rather than in healing works you will recall , that , hear : the close of his earthly . career "Jesus cursed the barren fig tree the fig tree that to all outward appearances was a fruitful example of its kind but which on investigation and close acquaintance proved to be utterly devoid of fruit - but profuse In beautiful, and 4 promising foliage; in other words, barren of; works but"' prolific In ; appearances. ;v MIRACLES OF JESUS ,.'-., SCIENTIFIC ' ' " ' ' : . ' i Jesus did not heal the' sick, walk . the waves, "multiply the loaves and .fishes, raise the dead and many other, wonderful things simply for the gratification of the multitude; nor were those, works done - for the mere purpose . of showing mankind what he per sonally"" could do. ' He did these things to show to the world, , to you " and to me, what are the fruits of a right, understanding of God and man's relation to God. He did these .works to show - hu manity -, what it means to be a true Christian Jesus said: , - "These ! sighs shall . follow them, that believe; in my name shall they- cast out dev ils;, they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up . serpents; and if-, they . drink any deadly thing It shall not; hurt - them; they chill' lay '., hands on: the t ick and thsy shall" recover.". What Jesus accomplished by way of , healing and saving , was the positive lejult of his mental application of a scientific pi inci ple. Jesus was the only itrul sci entific man who ever lived and he scarcely uttered a-word or accom plished a deed. that. was not'In di-. rect opposition to what we have always conceived to be physically or materially scientific. In other words, Jesus completely- disre garded and nullified, : through those ' works which . he accom plished , every so-called scientific principle based upon materiality, or matter, of which you or I have any knowledge, showing ..consln sively . that , God does . not ' operate through material law and that the law :of God, when scientifically and intelligently applied . ia. one of annihilation .. to ' the so-called laws of matter, or of eviL " Jesus disregarding all ' the so called laws of , material existence through - His understanding o! God's - power through the relig ion He came to give. to you. and to me -and .He said plainly and unequivocally, "He that believeth on me, the works that-T do shall he do also." , These works, or miracles, , were done . by Him through the correct understand ing of God which He came to es tablish with mankind. Now, if the so-called laws of matter, which Jesus so1 completely," disre garded, V-were God's ..laws Jesus never could have set them aside. That must-be .perfectly clear to everybody. Jesus' said, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the "prophets; VI am not come to destroy "but to fulfill Fulfill what? Why, ? God's law.- That ' Is, to establish God's law on a basis understand able, to you and to me. Certain ly then, that which- . Jesus de stroyed or disregarded cannot be an expression of God's law or ot anything of God's1 creating, for what is of 'God could not be de-i stroyed even by Jesus. It conse quently . follows, then, that the power which Jesus employed . in accomplishing -cthe annulment of so-called laws' - of matter must have been of God. For did He not say, . "I am not come to de stroy but to fulfill?'. So what he destroyed or overcame cannot be of God and that by which he accomplished these.,: wonderful works must have been of -God. Therefore, the miracles of Jesus are examples to us of what the correct understanding of God can accomplish.. .And Jesus said that those same miraclee. or signs, which he presented to the world, shall follow, pr characterize, the PPCSIDENT (ANODeW jT3rT)4SON AN INDIAN riGHTEQ tiN THE DAYS OF BUFFALO Bill' .AWWVtBtAt CWAPTCQ . riA'V - William- Klda, head of the Teacher's College, of San Diego, and 'Henry C. Johnson, superin tendent, bf school5 of San Diego are among the educators of the country who have highly endorsed the Universal t chapter, play "In the Days of Buffalo Bill,", which comes to the Bligh theater today. r The motion; pict ure screen has been recognized for some tlmu a.? the .greatest educational medium in the coountry today" but seldom has it been used ,to such advan tage as it has - for this, eighteen I episode historical- feature, : -' a - . I... w . . n t. lives of those whd believe in and understand His teachings.!. Jesus' life mission, then, was claarly :to establish with mankind that, un derstanding which would enable them to heal . the sick; cast out demons,- walk the waves 'and even raise the dead, as did lie. -This understanding . must . embrace a clear concept of God and God's creation, for tfesus said:---- "I can .of mine' own self do nothtng: - but the Father that dwelleth in me. He doeth the works"; The important thing, then, for you and for.me to glean from the life and the . teachings, and the works, of . the Master - is a clear understanding of what' this - Fa ther, this God, is which' enabled Jesus to do those mighty"; works which He Baid you and I should be able to do also. And that, my friends, is the mission : of Chris tian Science to reveal i to the world . what ; God; the Father, Is and how , to demonstrate that re lationship with, the Father .which J existed, between Jesus and God, wherebyE we can go about doing ) good as did He, healing the sick and the sorrowful and -saving" the sinner. In the seventeenth chap ter of - the book of St. John, in Jesus' wonderful , prayer , to God before , His betrayal and crucifix ion, referring to His disciples and to you and to me. He said: "Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom ' thou has given me,'that.they may be one, as we are,. , Neither pray J . f or these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their . word ; ,. that ",. they all may be one; as thou, . 'Father, - art In me and I ia ' Thee, that they also may be one, in us; : . And the glory, which Thou gavest me :. I have given them; that they may be one even : as wo are ; one., v v;:'.fV -This unity, then, this , oneness with the Father, with God; which was exemplified in the life and teachings and works of Jesus is what all mankind must ultimately demonstrate,"; not ' only that' they may be . able 1 to do those works that Jesus did, hut that they may be able al3o to enter the King dom, of Heaven, s i , . ' .. -'--.-. ms. - EDprs ' DISCOVERY ' The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, : has given ' o the . world a concept or; God which always at tributes all power . to Him and which is ' making, it: nossible for millions of earnest, -honest, " peo ple , to so demonstrate their God bestowed relationship ' with the Father that once ,: again Are the sick being healed; the sorrowful being comforted and .the sinners being saved,. as was. done in 'Jesus' time. Mrs Eddy, among other things, dlscoverey that Qod is di vine Mind. And on careful re am mmE TODAY AT 1 R. fl i . v j. ; - - . .. , 1 . - j.. -..-.--; . , - ' We shall sell the Furniture, Rugs. etc. from two private homes together with considerable new goods. . In this sale you will find several pieces as good as new, comprising: 1 - - 2 ranges, 2 heaters. 3 extension tables, 2 sets diners, 3 Congolcum rugs, 3 Brus sells Rugs, 5! rockers, 3 library tables, 2 Morris Chairs, 2 settees, 12 pictures, 4 beds, 6 springs, 6 mattresses, 4 stands, 2 dressers, 4 commodes, 2 couches, 2 dressing tables,1 vacuum cleaners,- dishes, utensils and dozens of articles too numer ous to mention. 1 t Auctioneer's Note : Kindly call and look over these house furnishings. If in need of iirst class house furnishings, don't overlook this auction. Stiffs Auction Hqusg SATURDAY,! P.Mr " "'-i:.':: '-.--': ;r.';' t:r-4x'.;:;f'r., i !' .. - FN. WOO DRY Auctioneer flection 'it becomes quite apparent that God must be Mind, else how could. He be the al-wise, the gov erning,, controlling and directing intelligence of the universe and man, which, the IMblo declares Him to be. The wonder of it-is that it took a twentieth century woman to ' discover so simple and self-evident a fact. Therefore, an acquaintance with Mind, or Godg that is, an intelligent understand ing' of God to be Mind, enables mankind to establish, through the process' of thinking, that unity with ; God to which Jesus refers in the scripture Just quoted whera he says: -, . ;i . That they may he one even --' as we" are one. : As we know God aright, as wa know and express in our think ing that Mind which is God, , ara we establishing that unity with God which Jesus said existed be tween him and his Father. We all know, from our study ot . iiihb that th onlv method employed 'by Jesus in accomplish ing his woraa 01 Beating ana re generation ---his miracles was prayer or communion' with God. It was through prayer that he was enabled to walk the waves, feed the multitudes, heal, the sick and raise the dead. Prayer is, the process of right- thinking and nothing else, so, if God. be divina Mind, God can only be known or expressed through right thinking, or thinking good. ? Consequently, Jesus' process of prayer was a process of establishing his unity with God through thinking tho?i thoughts which emanate from di vine1 Mind.--God being Mind and man's true' relationship with God being established by knowing tt'.a Mind which is, God, by thinking rightly. It can readily be seen tht the true , man, or. man of God's creating, 4 must bethat man who has a cdhiplete and full compre hension of divine Mind. That is be muBt be that man who knows nothing unlikie that w"hich Is con- (Continued on page 2) Coldo v and as a ? Prexyrittve I -JiiJl 1 f 1 nnr LA Li 4.. . 30' ' : ' ' 1A t ,S t ,1 - - WJILUUL OA W BIG SAL ' 1 V; -j - r c