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o O o SCIENCE LECTURE HOLDS TEACHINGS RULED BY BIBLE JotlicnviBu iiiburmyuiilublu difttcul-1 Krvatuni of all UihQvtrits by Alary William Ma)u of Ihu famous .Mayo naa vuni miri muc ui iiiuoe WHO! lyiKer lUUJ. lived cloftA In ("Soil. Aa Aflrlv nm ih! O , twentieth chapter of Genesis, for oxarnple, we find a record of spir-1 1 ,many -,ars "r JnveuKa- itual healing There, wo are told 1 on' stMtly' wml limntntlon, thnt Ai.rni.nm "' bl learning that the I and that (iod healed Ahraham'd ln addressing a Catherine Intf-r-nslrd in Christian Science here Thursday evening, Robert Stanley Ropfl. C. S., offs'ew York, spoke s follows:. Tho tenclunRS of Christian Science:- are inseparable from those of thu ttlble; first, because lhe Rlblo 1 the only book throughout tho centuries that has kepi allvo in tiuinan consent usm'n n- o-r . j friend, Ahimeleeh. Farther uIoiik. : in Moses' day, we find more ire- ords of heating by prayer or spir itual means. ThU h'-nliriK and av-ins-power the. reat lawgiver dein j onstt.'ited to an astonishing decree; ' but we find nothing in the reeords ! to Indicate that he ever taught IiIh ' followers In. to heal. .Aaron. 'Joshua, Klljah, IMIsha, and others j healed by prayer, hut none i,f the : patriarchs and prophet appear to J huve had disciples or pupils who i work of Chrin Jesus were prae ; thai: thai they were the enforce ment in Rimini experience of di i vine, natural Uw; ihnt they were proofs of the divine will or pur pose to red from in, diseiijie, and d'-aih. Defining salvation on paf,e r f n of Science and Health, Mis. K-ly writes as follows: "Salvation. I.lfe, Truth and I.ove uudei -stood and demonstrated as supreme over all: Kin, sli knKs, and death destroyed.' Could there tut any more praetn.il method of wilvatlon i.r redi-niptlon vil ih.iii the destruction of HrotherH clinic and hospital at ; Hochestftr, Minn., in addressing the staff of a Toronto, Canada, hos pital, said: "I have sent people, to Christian Scientists and they have tint relief." Several month aio," for ex uniple. 1 was introduced to an au dience by the daiiKhter of a well known physician. Twelve yeai s tve mankind iiku she w;t suffering from what could in like manner decinousirate i Cod's power. Not tititil the minis-! lr"m ', try uf our Master do we find one''v"' wlio could In a Reneral way at least i Ily liealiiiK all manner of sick-' I impart to others this understand-; noss as well an of sin. Christian log and the divine power which : Science is demonstrating In our of Hpirilual inspiration: second, j accompanies; it. day, n .Jesus demonstrated In his, becauso tho lilhlo records the j Krom this you will see that "'at evil ban no divine cause, an Wprdn and works of Christ : . .. ,jV MnJritu-il mem wis not :l,,ori,'- "r H-"'lb)ii. but that it and of rlKhteous men and women M sn"illMl m'a,w ,n m,t must he, It is, an unprincipled, mi- ronitneu to uie cany centuries ni hiwlul, mesmeric impos lion upon had oeen pronounced internal can cer. The Mirneons who were em ployed found that the disease had so developed hat they rinsed the li.cl.-lon whith ihey had made without proceed inu any farther ;. ud notified tho family that the patient rou Id live fur not more l hart three mont lis. Confronted t.y what seemed to be a hopeless outlook, this woman then turned to Christ la u S' i(-in e for help and m'.ih healed. She is now radiantly happy, has heroine a practitioier, and at present is the second, that is. the I :ihlo reader in the lorni Chrh'tkm Science chuti-h. In that same locality, a boy of seven years had heen unconscious required the same of his follow- ers. tarty in his ministry ho called upon them not only to preach the Compel, but to heal the hick, cast out demons, and raise the dead; and, In his final charge he f-aid. "These sins shall follow litem that belic.e; In my name .shall they ca -t out deils; they jili.il I spe;ik with new t ungues: they Miall tako up serpentn; and If they mink any deadly thins, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, anil they sha II recover." In View of these and other Scrip'iral passages thai could he cited, H it not equally incumbent upon the christians of today to present proofs of their profesfci.tn '.' Ii;is the diUne stand ard been -harmed or lowered? May we now accept Christ ia nit y in theory, but reject it in piactl.e'.' Th'j only evidence of discipleship which Christian Science accepts is the only evidence which Jesus nr. repted, namely, the ability to heal, by spiritual means, lmt h sickness and sin. whose obedience to divino law nhled them to rise above the lues- the Christian era: but. like the lead- i the. race. It is no longer a HUhiect ' for nine weeks, owing to what mnriHin of customary heller, nils- j ing motif of a great orchestral of controversy, but a fact generally ; hail been diagnosed by physicianst railed law, and to accomplish the j composition, the theme of spiritual j udmltted, tl.at Christian Science Isjas a complication of steeping sick-l Jiumanly impOHslble; third, be- I healing oceur.s ami rectti'H through- ' healing phases or sin and Hickness ness and tuberculosis of the bowels ! cause in the year lKtitl the Inspired ( out Uibliea! hintory, reaching Its thai have defied other religions i for neither of which is there ad-- ul.rHH nf Ihn Itlble nlnne stooit be- ! climnv in llmie miirveli.nu fl,.nn.n - I Il!ld medical oflort. rilllledlv ;tllV know n medical cure. I t''een Mary linker Kddy and the Kravo, restored her to health, and enabled her to dlKcov'r and dem hstrnte tho divine principle and rule of Christian healing. Accord ingly, on page 4H7 of tho Christian Hplenco textbook, "Science and -Ifenlllf with Key to tho Scrip. Uiros," Mvt. Eddy given as the very fiibt of our six denominational tonetM tho following: "A adher enttt of Truth, we tako tho inspired Word of the Ulble as our sufficient KUlde to eternal Life." Jn view of this Inseparable re lationship between Mrs. Eddy's teachings and tho Script ures, christian Scientists revere Die Itlhle and, by systematic study, endeavor to find I herein 1 his "sufficient KuIde to eternal Life." Homo people- iTiUcIzo uh, however, because Jwo use so persistently the Christian Science textbook uh a supplement to our sluily of the Jiible. Rut, wo ask, do not stu dents and clergymen of other de nominations use books known iih commentaries, notes, and helps, all intended to give t hem a Wen i er understanding of the Scriptures? J)oeH anyone guest inn their right to use as many of these bonks as they will? Certainly not! Why, then, should we Christian Helen. tlstM. be criticized for using this greatest of all aids to Itible study? Itt It because our textbook Illu mines the sacred pages more prac tically than any and all other hooks? Is It becauso our textbook revenlH tho Sclenco of I.lfo and explains Christian henling ho sim ply and clearly that all may understand and practice it? t' Spiritual Ilea 1 1 lit; Continuous. ' One of the outstanding features qf tho lllhlc Is the frequency with which It refers to spiritual healing. J-lroin beginning to end, the Wide shows Diat the ability to overcome "'i or i "ninii- nlr.ilioriK of .Master, -whoso ro- A It IioukIi wn liollovo Hint f'hrix- I S:iVI' r'"' "" """ imiioroopiil.lo llulon, inoro oiuih:illially limn lhat I linn KririK'n is capuhlc 01 riiitlint; I '" """ "f-t lio ho.u-1. all tho liodilv if any nf his prodoi fKsf.rs. was a the raco (if sill anil dlsoasn und"! ori;ans liad aiip.nciitly ooasod Ik rollKion ft livulliiK. It prnmlt-od I hat, whon llllivitrsally imdoi'stood ! funilinn. Ufcalllnu that, yearn a full, ruinnlotn salvathin from all and (IcilKinslratiMl. it will do ho. wi hcfinv, a friend had spoken evil, flveieomlnu human dlseord ! admit that wo have, nnlv lieeun to ,h-r aliout it, the despairinK ninth nf every sort. Jesus ealle.l upon his I Kiasp and lltillzn tin; iniBht nml ! ' mined to fhilsllan Seieiiee fnllmverM tliiniiuhniit all lime In no tnajesty nf this Scienee. Christian j for help. The piaetilioner who and dn likewise, sayiliK. "lie thjil j Seletllisls will do hotter healing j was railed hail heen 111 tho home h.dlevith nn me. the works that I ! work in the proportion that they 'for not more than half an hour do shall he do also." Instead of j rise ahove the liKe-nlil liellef ill thejwhen eoiisrinusiiess returned to the wondei-lnii- whether ttml wn u ill . Bllpnosod realll y of sin. dlseuHO und ! ehlld and the m-Kans of the hoily lui? that this one or that should death a liellef which is inesnieiie In- healed, or whether he was''" ettert and as mii-li hiust be rue worthy of healliiK, the Masior ,i, ; ! oKiilzed, reliuked, and thrown off, at liberty In every ease Ihose who i - -they must rise above Ihls line ealled upon him for help. Hid not "I"' 'Hor and by milrilual urowlli ltil.1 Indium. II,., I i.,v .livim. foiifiirin their lives In Hie divine hlrlhriKht, everyone's divlln iter, jesus ine t nrisi. or jesus ine e)iureh. jdodlikn mail. Nevorll.elesK, I reel, Vnmf s ,,,,,1,,,. iHaln In niiyiiiK that Christian Sel- AeenrdliiKly. one . should be par- enen has healed and is healiii':' n ih ineremie not only nunc i"i doned Tor wonderlni! why ridlKlous. dallv praetieally evurv typn of (lis- ' ''hristlans to heal so kness and nmdleal, and iihllnnlliriipie auen. 1 ease known to medical practice. I"'" ' w:1' -lesus healed them, cies, aln,lnK to promom human Impressive Te.timony I '"" l!i7Tr:'!'Tul'r?' health and happiness, have not In-! .r ,.,.ri.,.,w , ,he he-,li,.- " ' "' ll""-"'-- vestluateil in more serious and ".." P u" What would he. IhnUMbt of one who r,.ie, ,iiv ,.,. , ,.,, ,,i,.t I, . ' icncy 01 t nnsiian science, nr. ,.a ls , ,. iai,i.,t. l,i who I: : , ; , . , " . :; ! Kiciiard i nil HHirn ceniuiies H;i, pinveil II- .1 1., , clal ethics at Harvard univei-Kily jSlild: '"I'he Kooil efl'ecls of Chris . . ., i , , , , , 'V 1 1 1 ii iniclllKcut arKument In court, I nave not . B uou.u ...... j , ((, ,M,fi1.0 a Ju , ,. It does kooiI. thai 1 1 cures d sease ihllul.M of wl, Ihls same connection. Dr. Charles j ,'" " "'"'. ' ii.,.,,.. I1UU1 ,,1.,,,, ,.ruu,,. ,. (who, when called upon by an lu teal medicine tit the University of .Manitoba, said: "Christian Science has helped many persoiiH sutTeHnn from diseases, which to Hie medical practitioner had defied diagnosis." Dr. Drummnml Shields, a physician happiness, here and now? Tin Promising; lrc-sent. began lo function. (n the follow ing day the child asked fr food. In a week he was up and dressed and, a few weekn later, he was romping and playing as usual, lb- is now In normal health, a happy. irlh- Piim-"iue, love, exciupiu ien in i ne Kralefui pupil in tho .snmiay School .,,,,( ; eari niy nie m uieir t.oni uiiu ji.i.i- ; (,r mat same f'tmsltan fScieiu-e 11 A I .T I M O R E. Mil. 61) Wli e n chimpanzees reach the age of youthful rambunctiousness, they display a capacity lor mischief far beyond the power of any human child. 1'ropino.uus Dayton I'an, the fa mous Johns Hopkins chimpanzee, has reached t hat age. AH hough only five years old and one-third grown, he has about used up his cage anil Dr. Adnlph II. Schultz. who has charge of him, is won dering what can be done when he grows up. Daytt.n already ran lift a lull grovvn man nearly three times as heavy as be is. and recently snap ped a heavy metal fib- into three pferen with his fingers. Fo r Immediate Clearance Two Days Only We have 30 Dresses left to go regardless of former prices Cabot, professor of din-J self to be the mont efficacious In history, with an tin paralleled rec ord of accomplishment, wit hout a single recorded failure. J e s u s healed sickness and sin not only wit hout drugs and wurgery, but without mcHincrlsm or menial sug gestion. Kurt her more, he taught Its generalitieH to others und they. In turn, taught others, and ho on for possibly three centuries. This proved that Christian healing was has upon an ever-available, ever operative divine principle, nr law, Instead of upon the Master's per sonality, and that It was demon strated according to rule. In other words, Christ iau healing was scien tific healing; hence the name, Chifstinn Science, given to (bis the la'ms to be a pianist, but win nxl professor of mo- ...... lhmil.h, nr ono w,lo, claims to be a lawyer, but who ls unable to prepare a brief, present j Prints, Novelty Silks, Satins, Crepes All Fall and Winter Hats Including Hats Formerly $4.95 tending builder, is unable to draw mi a nci of ulans and Knecifica- tlons? "Kvcu so." writes .Tames, 'faith. If It hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea. a man may say. Thou hast faith, and I and member of the British parlia-1 ,:,v" works- shew me thy faith menl, said: "Konio ni the most re- .(understanding) without thy works niaikahlo cases I know of. wonder "nd 1 will shew thee my faith fill cures, have been in connection (understanding) by my works." with Chvlslinn Science, which I The master Christian supple have soon and know." 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