The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-07
CHRISTIAN sCIENcE EXPLAINED.
1. Is the Religion That Christ Taught
Snvs Judge Ewing.

Il Is the Religion That Christ Taught
Says Judge Ewing.
At the Guards Hall last night Hon. Will
liam G. Ewing delivered under the aus
pices of the First Church of Christian
Scientist Of this city an interesting lee
ture on Christian Science. He was intro
duced by Mrs. Alice NJ. Bernard.
Judge Ewing began his lecture by say
ing that he did not expect that all of the
people present would agree with him IN
his views or that he should convert the
entire audience, but he did expect care
full attention and a considerate hearing,
and he also expected from his hearers the
same credit for being an honest man and
sincere in his views as he should give them
for being sincere in their faith and prac-
tice.
I'm my judgment" he said, christian
Science is the religion that Jesus CHRIST
established, taught and practced, and If
1t is not this then 1t is not anything. l
am not here to prOselyte you. l would
scOrn to stand here with no higher pur-
pose than to increase my UNCONVENTIONAL
strength by lesseniug yours. If you are
happy, contented and satisfied with your
tiOnship then / have nothing to offer you,
for L would be cruel wicked man indeed
to attempt to change your belief, but L
address myself TO those who are not sat
isfied; to those who think that somewhere
beyond there may be a brighter, higher,
holier and happier life"
Continuing, Judge Ewing said that eve
ryone would agree with him that there is
always a difficulty in trying to introduce
new conception of God. This is taught
by history, he said for within $50 years
after the appearance of Christ upon earth,
there were scisms in the church and as
each of these bodies of dissent secured
sufficient numerican strength to be recog-
nized they united with The parent organi-
zatlon in an effort to suppress and further
change or innovation. This anita goniSm
to change is, he said, the inheritance from
fathers, and an inheritance of which
which IL might be reveTeutly and truly
said that 1t would have made US vastly
richer had the Inheritance been smaller.
Judge Ewing gave several humorous il
lustrations of the tenacity of life and the
unreasonableness of some of these precon-
ceived or inherited opinions, and pointed
out that much of the progress Of the world
was due TO the rebellion of the younger
generations of the views of their fathers
christian Science" continued Judge
Ewing, lis religion based on principles,
many of which you have believed all your
lives, and all captous objections by the
churches should have been silenced when
Mrs. Eddy announced to the world that
in writing her marVellous book, Science
and Health With a Key to the Scrip
lures" she had used only the Bible as a
guide. Christian Science offers to the
world no new Bible or mythical construc-
ton of he old one; it enthrones no new
divinity, but re-enthrOnes and declares
unto you the only living and true God so
long worshipped. The substance of Chris
tfan Science is declared in the patent fact
That God is all in ALL" and the genius
of a Bacon or a Locke could not for a
moment imperil the logic of that state
ment The antagonism of the
old churches to Christ an Science is found
in the fact that though the older churches
believe in the healing power of God they
do not submit TO it, or if they do it is
only after they have tried all Of the
drugs and patent medicines that hey
think may have any effect on them, while
the Christian 5 ientist believes in the
statement of Christ to his disciples that
he would give them and all of his disci-
pies the power of healing the sick as well
as preaching the gospel, and no Christian
Scientist takes the credit of such cures
to himself, but ascribes it to the power
and goodness of God. The followers of the
older churches express their belief in the
power of God, but they do not live up to
it. The way to snow your faith is to do
something, you can't sit down and be-
lieve. Lay your hands on the sick and
raise them up; a Christian Scientist is
willing for the test. This is the sure test
and was used by Christ himself TO estab-
fish his identity to John who asking
what man he was, Jesus sent him word
as a sufficient explanation that the
blind received their sight, and the lame
walked"
At the conclusion of the lecture, Mr..
Ewing was met by a number of people
who congratulated him on his effort and
thanked him for the pleasure it had af-
/ forded them.
Judge Ewing leaves to-day for Jack
| sonville where he will speak tomorrow
| night.