The Republican journal., 1901-09-05
Christian Science Service in Liberty.

church in Liberty Christian Science ser
vice was held there on Sunday, Sept 1st.
This was the first service of the kind held
| in Liberty. In order to secure the church
each member was consulted individually,
and unanimous consent was given. The
| service was that held in all the Christian
Science churches, being. conducted by two
| readers, usually man and woman. Mr..
Henry C. Lawrence of Boston took the
place of first reader and Miss Blanche
Moody of Liberty acted as second. The
service was preceded by the following re-
marks by the first reader.
Such a gathering betokens a liberality of
thought and an interest in this great move
ment, Christian Science, which is very
gratifying. 1t is with great pleasure that
we welcome you here to-day to listen to our
sermon. A large number made the effort to
come from distant towns; we thank. you for
your kindness and bid you welcome. 1t is
fitting that here, mans true liberty, his
freedom from all his ills that flesh is heir to,
should be proclaimed And in listening to
this message you are not alone, for not only
| in our land, but in almost every land, this
sermon is heard to-day, being truly the
work which is heard around the world.
We especially thank our brethren who have
so kindly permitted us to use their church.
A scriptural selection consisting of the
second chapter of James, was read. Then
came the silent prayer, followed by the
Lords prayer with its spiritual interpreta-
tion as given in the Christian Science text
book, 'Science and Health, with Key to the
Scriptures by Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy.
The main part of the service, or the sermon,
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''Frends The Bible, and the Christian
Science textbook are our only preachers.
We now will read scripture texts, and their
cOrrelative passages from our denomination
al text-bOOk,-theSe comprise our sermon.
The canonical writings, together with the
words of our textbook, cOrrObOrating and
explaining the Bible texts in their spiritual
import and application to all ages, past, pres
ent and future, constitute a sermon un-
divorced from truth, uncontaminated and
untitled bythuman hypothesis, and author
lied by Christ.
This note is published in the Christian
Science Quarterly and is read at each Sun
day service.
The subject of the sermon was 'Man, and
the sermon explained the spiritual or true
to the mortal or material man. The hymns
were from the Christian Science Hymnal,
the last number being, Nearer, My God to
Thee" A bass solo, Calvary was very
effectively rendered by Mr.. L. c. Cooper of
Camden.
service by the two hundred in the congre-
CATION was noticeable. A party drove from
Camden and Rockla land, and smaller party
from Waterville. Those from Camden in
cluded the following Mr.. Kittridge, Mr..
and Mrs. Clark, Mrs. F. Conant, Mrs S.
Conant, Mr.. Upton, Mr.. Cooper, Mrs.
Knowlton, Miss Knowlton, Mrs. Leadbetter,
Mrs. Frye, Mrs. Ordway, Mrs. Bucklin,
Miss Bucklin, Miss Wheeler.
Those from Rockland were: Miss Ger
trude Newcomb, Miss S. L. Lyon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Morse, Mr.. and Mrs. Ripley, Mrs. S.
Morse, Mrs. Burpee, Mrs. McLain, Miss L.
Fales, Miss Chapman, Mr.. and Mrs Rich
ardSon.
The Waterville party included: Mrs.
Thomas, Mrs. Buck, Miss Washburn, Mrs.
Dickerman, Mrs. Reynolds, Miss Yeaton,
Miss Tobey, Fairfield Centre, Mr.. and Mrs
Lander, Miss Bowden, Miss White, Mr..
Crocker, Mrs. Rodick.
Mrs Geo. O. Stone of Roxbury, Mass,
and Mrs. Conkling OF Helena, ILL.,, were
also present.
1t is still enormously claimed by some
that the Christian Scientists have no God
and do not believe in Christ. The follow
ing Tenets, copyrighted in Science and
Health, correct this impression.
l. AS adherents of Truth, we take the in
spired word of the Bible for our guide to
eternal Life.
2. We acknowledge and adore one Su-
Christ, namely the Holy Ghost or divine
COmforter-and the son Christ JeSuS-man
in the Divine image and likeness.
3. Gods forgiveness OF sin, in the de-
structiOn of sin, and the understanding that
sin and sickness are neither real nor eternal.
4. And atonement as the efficacy, and evil
dence of divine Love, of mans unity with
God, and the great merits of Jesus, the
Way-ShOWer.
5. Universal salvation as demonstrated by
the Galilean prophet, in the power of Truth
over all error, sin, sickness, and death and
the resurrection of human faith and under
standing WhereWith to seize the great pOssl-
bilitieS and living energies of the divine
Life.
&. We solemnly promise to strive, watch,
ana pray 1Or IQab mlnQ 10 De IN US Wnlcn
was also in Christ Jesus, to love one another,
and to be meek, merciful, just, and pure.
The Impressions still current that Chris
tian Science is mystical, hidden or difficult
of comprehension. This excerpt from an
article entitled, ''Christian Science has no
Secrets in the Christian Science Sentinel
of July II, elucidates this point:
sin common with the Christian peoples
Christian Scientists are laboring to exem-
plify, in every practical way, the precepts
of the Golden Rule.
SIN every department of their labor,
down to the minuteSt detail of business,
the earnest purpose of the science, Christian
Scientist is to carry into the daily life the
teaching embraced in the Decalogue and
Sermon on the Mount. This they have been
taught to do throughout their entire expert
ence, and if the individual Scientist fails
herein, he falls short of his teaching
sChristian Scientists, like all other NOR
tails, have the world, the flesh, and evil to
to contend with, and the overcoming of
these is the work of earnest striving and
consistent Christian living. In no bOastful
sense do we say that in our opinion there is
not a Christian body of people on earth who
are more sincerely reaching toward the goal
of true Christianity than the adherents of
the Church of Christian Scientists
FINALLY, then, Christian Scientists have
no secrets save the secrets of GOdliness,
and to make these known is their one in
tense desire