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study and demonstration OF its truth.
POINTS UPON WHICH ALL CHRIS
TIANS AGREE.

TIANS AGREE.
Doubtless there are many points in
| volved In Christian belief tnd conduct,
respecting which you and Christian
| Scientists are In perfect accord; "A brief
reference TO these VIII, think. bring us
a nttle closer together possibly inspire
| in us mutual confidence, and enable Us
at least, 10 prosecute the inquiry OF
the hour in the pleasing assurance that
| we are equally earnest and honest i'm
our search after the ultimate gOod--a
knowledge OF God-"Whom Co know
Alright is life everlasting"
certainly am safe in assuming that
you are IN favor of whatever makes
men and women better happier. purer.
more loving and loYable? So are we.
You VIII aid whatever will lessen the
burdens anu sorrOWs Of men: whatever
VIII Danish superstition and minimize
fear? SO VIII we. You. ] am sure. will
encourage whatever VIII destroy ayar-
ice, seifshness, ana lust whatever will
exalt manhood. sanctify the homo. en-
! throne virtue, affection, sympathy and
love? So viii we. You, / trust. believe
In one God and Father OF allt infinite in
wisdom, justice, goodness, mercy. truth
and love--a divine. spiritual. incorpor-
eal Intelligence. without form or
parts, beginning OF days or end of
years Who fills all space: Is omni-
Y
that was made and pronounced it good.
You believe in. love. worship and adore
such God? So do We.
You believe IN Jesus Chest. the only
begotten Son OF Cod who taught in
the Temple; preached the gospel heal
ed the sick; made the lame TO walk:
gave sight to the blind, hearing 10 nhc
deaf, purity 10 the sinful: was cruri-
fled, buried, and on the third day arose
triumphant over death and with the
radiant splendors of the transfigura-
ton. sDanned rne heavens with "A bow
OF promise. and dispelled forever the
shadows Of earth by the demonstrated
truth of life immortal as God. You
believe IN this dear compassionate.
loving, healing Christ as your Lord,
your saviour your eXemplar? So do
we. You believe the Bible $ the divine
ly inspired revelation OF God 10 man-So
do we. You believe the Ten Command
ments are Gods laHs of requirement
and restriction. To be resOlutely and alb
soiutely obcyed. one not less than an
other So do We. You believe that
prayer Is both a privilege and duty?
So do We. You believe IN the great
commandment Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with 'all thy heart. with
all thy soul. and with all thy mind"
and the second which is like unto IL,
Thou shalt love thy neghbor as thy
selfY' SO do we.
Thus it is found that we are substan-
tally in accord upon the essential re-
quirements of the religion OF Christ as
YOU understand IT. And Is this not suf-
ficient to establish the conclusion that
we should not antagonize each other.
even II We have different ways of
reaching the same Omnipotent Good,
we in common profess 10 love?
ESSENTIALS OF CHRISTIAN SCI
ENCE.
Now let me tell you i'm the most gem
eral way something of what Christian
Science Is, In the hope that upon re-
hestson and Investigation we may agree
upon The essentIaTs OF ChFisT's TeIIgion.
as Christian Scientists understand, be-
lieve, and practice It.
Christian Science was discovered and
revealed t. the world some thirty odd
years ago by the Rev Mary Baker G..
Eddy, a native OF New hampshire, and
now resident OF Concord i'm that state
The whole philosophy and practice OF
Christian Science is published TO the
world In Mrs. lcddys book entitled
Science and Health. With Key to the
Scriptures. The later part Of the tiVle
with Key TO the Scriptures. OF this
marvellous book, is very significant: for
in fact the great value OF Mrs Eddy's
work. or. as | believe and am pleased
to call IL. revelation. is found in the
light she has thrown upon the real. rea-
sonable. and demonstrable meaning %
the Scriptures, the divine revealment of
God to man: and IL seems to me that all
merely captious objections. by Chris
tian people. 20 Christian Science should
be silenced by the fact that Mrs Eddy |
distinctly announces how in her searcu |
after the Truth she took the Bible as |
her only guide. and | am sure that sha |
does not announce any doctrine or |
practice Of Christian Science that she |
ala not md. and that You may not find |
I'm the Bible. Let US therefore start out /
with the distinct announcement THAI
'hristan Science offers 90 the world no |
new Bible. and no vague or mythical /
of the old one. IL en-
thrones no new Divinity: but the zone
)nly living and true God" SO long ig-
aoran1ly worshipped: Him, Christian |
scientists re-enthrone and proclaim un-
20 You. Indeed. the very substratum of
'hristian Science. it's initial principle. |
he premise OF all it's reasoning. is the |
ieclarati of and insistence upnn, the |
patent fact that God is all in all " This
premise, ! venture 20 say. no Intelligent
believer in God VIII presume to ques-
IOn. and yet. II conceded, the genius |
VI Bacon or Locke could not imperil
he logic of Mrs. Eddy's conclusion
christian Science
WHAT Is THE HEALING POWER?
The older Christian Churches urge !
Is an objection against what they con-
GIVE Christian Science To be, that II |
: sheer impiety for any person to as
ert that he Is clothed With the power
" God TO heal the sick. The striking
weakness of this objection is that Chris
ian Scientists do not profess any such
hing. As IL was I'm the time OF Jesus
70 now the power that heals the sicll |
$ the 1lwer OF God.
Christian Scientists assert that the |
'cneficent God Of nineteen hundred
ears ago. who SO loved the world that
Ie gave His son 20 suffer whatever
night be necessary FOR him to suffer 20
econcile man TO God 20 enable man 10
now God, is our God today. with all
he power. all the tenderness, all the
I'VE. all the sympathy for man that H |
1anffested nineteen hundred years ago. !
nd that IL IS the same phwor and love !
hat now makes the lame TO walk and ,
he blind 90 see.
The onlv argument that Jesus ever
sed 10 establish his divinity was the I
ne he sent ~ the questioning John: | ,
10 tell John the, blind receive their =
ght and the lame walk" ma that Is i
he argument We use today Goo establish | !,
he divine origin OF Chris ian Science !