The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
THE NEWS PROVIDENCE r. I. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER

TICS anu hheplicS as Well, fetl must come,
but which. knocking az their very doors,
they refuse 10 admit.
Christian Science makes stronger
healthier. more unselhsh, more honest
more contented, holier, purer, happier
people, and with perfect certitude pro-
claims state or eternal harmony when
this mud encrusta tion,--this physical
ieshiy. mortal. material, temporal exist
ence, this "dust thou art, unto dust shalt
thou return, shall be cleaned away from
consciousness. and man come into the
full, glorious appreciation OF what he IL,
always has been and always will be--the
image and likeness OF God-spirit.
Proofs, give us proof" mortais insist.
Our proofs are actual personal expert
ences, that which no proofs are more
cogenet. Through Christian Science
there have been, as well as can be esti-
mated. nearly two million cases OF heal
ing from sickness. In the majority OF
these cases relief by other means had
failec. In large portion OF the cases,
perhaps the majority. physicians had
abandoned or classed the sufferers as in
curables.
In thousands upon thousands OF cases,
bad habits, depraved tastes. sins OF
thought and deed have been eradicated;
worry and anxiety have been banished;
poverty has been overcome: the dying
and the bereaved have lost their terrors
and sorrow, and 10 a great number OF
the vast army who march after the
Christian Science banners, there has been
born keener consciousness OF the joys
of spiritual existence. "A positive certainty
OF God with us" and TO stay with US.
and the resultant peace (which passeth
all understanding.
. The question naturally presents itself
Where can II be learned that Christian
Science has done such remarkably heal
ing, worked such wonderful amelioration
Of the hard human lot?" The answer is,
From the men. women and children In
your midst" You will learn II you talk
with them. If YOU venture TO attend their
Wednesday evening meetings. II you read
such literature as they are only too glad
To give you that, In the opinions OF those
best qualified To Judge. who have them
selves received undeniable benefits. there
is no disease in the long, horrihc. and
most elastic list of human ailments,
which Christian Science cannot heal.
not a desease. which adds To the pages
90 the mortuary calendar. not a known
disease. that Christian Science cannot
meet arrest and destroy.
The next self-suggestng question is,--
Admitting that there are many people
who say they have been healed, how
do they know that Christian Science has
healed them?' Just men can, ordi-
narily. discern a personal experience that
has come home 90 them
Even where two persons have passed
through much the same experience. IN
an attempt by either one 10 explain to
the other what tire narrator felt or
learned, for proper conveyance OF
meaning will not direct appeal he
made To what is known by the person
addressed?
Few who are I'm this audience but that
are familiar with the taste of oat meal.
Suppose I had never eaten oat meal or
anything resembling IL In flavor, what
one of you could make me understand
how oat meal tasted?
Would your failure be because you
were not familiar with the faster No;
but because ! was not and because IL
is virtually practicable TO depict a
sensation.
What mother can acquaint the child
less woman with a hundredth part of the
rapturous mother-love? III no adequate
word picture OF her loves ecstasy can
be drawn. must the Inference be that
the mother does not know the bliss or
loving? Is she 20 be ridiculed and
charged with Ignorance of what she
claims TO be within her knowledge, be-
cause. forsooth. her tongue or pen can
only her inner heart can tell and tell
only TO herself? Alone by sacrihcial
devotion TO that loves object can even
the faintest portrayal of the mother
love be given.
Only by him 10 whom his God has
come can God be known. The surety
OF His presence cannot by words be
told.
However unintelligible and incredible
may seem 10 you some OF the expert
ences Christian Scientists have had,
such experiences are no more unintel-
ligible and incredible that are scores of
Biblical accounts, which you, or most
OF you. avowedly believe. of works,
wonderful works, done among men by
the power OF the eternal ever-present
God.
Christian Scientists are very happy and
very strong i'm their faith. They feel that
they have found the entrance into the
Kingdom OF Heaven, the strait gate,
the narrow way" which leadeth unto
life.
our Board of Iectureship has been es-
tablished mainly for the purpose OF giving
to those who arc not with us an out
line OF our religious belief. and, IL we
can. 10 disabuse the public OF false con-
ceptions regarding us, which have their
root in imagination only, because GER
tainly. none but the densely ignorant or
malevolently disposed could disseminate
such wildly untrue reports of what we
believe and what we do. as come to our
ears
- Me do not want To he misunderstood,
and cannot be misunderstood except by
those who have drawn hasty conclusions
from imperfect information
We want 20 give every one. who Is an
hungered bread: every one, who is
athirst drink: such bread and such drink
as we fortunate mortals who have em-
braceG the Christian Science faith. never
had until we learned what that faith
was. and IN the learning OF 1t, learned
more of God.
Why was Jesus on earth?
why did he do as he did?
Why did he live the life he lived?
why did he suffer he suffered?
Why was he cruclfed2
Why did he rise from the dead, ana
show TO his disciples the identical body
which had been taken from the cross?
Why did he give them specific parting
directions. and shortly. afterwards, To
their material senses. disappear?
There must have been some reason for
II all Such self-sacrifce. such humbleness,
such mghtiness such meekness,
sucb cotirapeotisneSs such indifference To