The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-04
Claims That 1t Forms q Part Of
Every Greed.
Other Churches Fail in
N Perfect Faith.
He Claimes That Many Cures
Have Been Wrought.

Jud re EwiDg. VINO 10 member of the
Christian Science toaid Of lxctursship
delivered an address On the religion h,
professe In the New Jerusalem church
Sunday evening. His an iiencs was 50
large that thors was not q vacant seat tc
be had and great many were accom-.
modated with chalrs In the aisles oil
obliged to stsrd while the congregation
was assembling MIR. Rankin played ar
organ voluntary and Judge Ewing wa
introduced to the audience by Francis
wiggin Of the Industrial Journal Of Ban
gor.
The judge Is a foroeful speaker and .
finished orator. He took the ground that
Christian Schemes Is based on the Bible,
that all churches profess 10 to greater OF
less dezre, but that tina flaw In their
hearteily and not 10 perfect faith. He de-
clared that thousands OF oaIes had been
effected by Christian Scisnce and that 1t
needed no apolog istA.
The Substance Of his sermon was as fol-
lows:
az am here to talk to Christian people
about Christian Science. assume that
ninety -nino one hundrG dshs OF the people
ssmbled here tonight are Christian re-
ligicnists Of some school ar d that they arr
here for the serious purpose VI dispassion.
ately le,rning something of the intellso-
tual. moral. religious AT d scientific eQui-
poise OF Chi istian Scisnoe. l also assume
thnt your are rs honest ard couscient Gus
In your religious beliefs arc church ~
ISOLATION as l am In mine ard that It 10
not to be expect d that anything that
can Re sal d here tonight would lead you
to change your conception OF Gcd or your
church associations unles, your reason
should he entirely convinced ard your
constance satisti d tnat 60 make such q
change would be not only your greatest
privilege, but also your highest duty.
am not here Co prosslyte any one.
would soorn TO stard before this nagnifi-
cent aud ence with no higher purpose
than to increase my own d,nominational
strength by lessening yours. wish, II l
can, to add something to the joy and
sweetness of your lives. ard II 1 cannot do
this 1 cannot offer you higher thought
Of GC d than you have, religion more
helpful TO hum anity than ths one you
profess. my mission ought 10 prove fail
ure.
al want. If possible. 10 remove from
your minds the prevailing prejrd,oes Of
the cd churches against Christian
Science, growing perhaps not unnaturally
out OF their ignorance Of the subjeot
There are. d ,uhtess many points Of rsli-
gious belief ard practice upon which the
Old churches and Christian Scientists are
in perfect accord and brief refere noe to
these may bring US n little closer to-
gether and enable as TO discharge the
duty Of the hour In the comforting Assur-
anoe that We are at least equally earnest
and honest In our etforts to rsach the util'
mate good.
"You sursly are In favor of whatever
makes men and women happier, more
'oyabls and loving. go are we. You Will
aid whatever will lessen the burdens and
SORROWS Of men. Danish superstition and
miuimlze fear. SO will We. You will on.
courage whatever will destroy avarios
self shness and lust; whatever will exalt
manhood and entbrone virtue and love.
so will we Va believe In one God and
Father OF all lnits in wisdom. Justice,
goodness, me.oy, truth and love, d.
vine. incorporeal intelligence, without
form or parts, beginning If days or end
OF years. who nlls all space Is omniprss
ent and 0mnisoient, who made all that.
was made and pronounced all that he
made good You believe In, worship, love
and adore such a God. So do we.
"You believe In Jesus Christ, the only
begotten son Of God, the immaculate con-
ception OF the VIRGIN mother, who taught
In the temp'e, preached the gospel. healed
the sick, made the lane to walk, gave
sight to the blind. hearing to the deaf and
purity TO the sinful; was crucifed, buried
and on the third day rose triumphant
Iver death and hted forever the ehAu-
ows of the heart by the demonstrated
truth OF life, immortal as God. You be-
lieve in this dear, compassionate. loving
Jesus rs your Lord, your Saviour, your ex-
emplar. So 90 We.
''You baiievs the Bible Ii the divinsly
inspired revelation Of God to man. So do
We. You believe the ten commandments
are Gods laws OF requirement and re-
striotion. to be resulutsiy and ABSOLUTELY
obeyed, one not less than the other. so
do we. You believe that prayer IL both n
privilege and a duty. So do we. You be-
liievs in the great commandment Thou
shalt love the lord thy Sod with all thy
heart. with all thy soul and with all thy
mind, and ths second that is like unto II
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. !
So do We.
'May now briefly tell you something
of what Christian Science is,in hope that.
upon reflection and Investigation We may
alsp agree upon the essentials Of Christie
religion a. Christian Scientists under
sta nd, believe and practice IL
"Christian Science was discovered and
revealed to the world some 30 odd years
ago by Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, q native
Of New Hampshire and now u resident
Concord In that state. The whole philos-
ophy and practice Of Christian Science
Ia published to the world Ia Mra. Eddy' 5
/ took entitled 'Soienos and Health, With
Key co the Scriptures The latter part Of
the title, with Key to the Soriptures,' Of
this marvellous book is very Significant.
for great value In Mrs. Eddy's work 10
found In the hight she has thrown upon
the real reasonable and demonstrabis
meaning Of the holy scriptures.
:" In the great work of her devoted and
beautiful life she took, as che declares
hersslf. the Bi BILE as her only guide, and
she does not announce any principle.
doctrine or practice of Christian Science
that she did not ind. ana that you each
Of you may not ind In the Bible. Where
fore Christian Scisnce offers 10 the world
no now Bible or mythical construction of
the old one. Il snthronss no new dfvini-
~, hut rs-enthrones and declares unto
you the only living and true God, 90
long worshipped.