Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-11-06
Lecture on chrIstlan Science.

Lecture on Christian Science.
Hon. William G.. Ewing Of Chicago
formerly Judge of the supreme court in
Illinois, lectnred before an audience OF
about 200 people OF all shades OF belief in
Dubois & Gays hall last Friday evening
on ssChristian Science; Physician and
Redeemer."
Judge Ewing is an exceedingly pleasant
speaker, with an easy, graceful flow OF
language and gentle tolerance OF others
cherished beliefs that incline one to give
him an unprejudiced hearing. His
lecture was listened to with close atten-
ton and, judging from the general run
of comment, made a favorable impression.
The speaker was introduced by j. ID. Deni-
son, Esq, in few weil-chosen words and
spoke in part as follows:-
srhe general impression OF the people
| who never have Investigated Christian
Science is that its sole purpose is phys
| zeal cure, that il is something that per-
tains solely to bodily welfare, while
the truth is that physical healing Is but
an incident OF Christian Science. IL is
| true that Christian Scientists do insist
and indeed, many OF as know, that
Christian Science does bring surcease 10
the heartache and heartbreak OF men,
that it does give roses for ashes, peace for
pain. love for hate, health for disease and
/ life for death to men, and yet neither
one OF these, nor all OF them combined,
/ is Christian Science. They are the re-
suits, the inevitable product OF Christian
/ Science understood and lived.
sSome facts respecting the practice OF
Christian Science will aid you in reaching
conclusion respecting its medicinal
virtue This science has been practised
in this country for about third OF a
century, IN a very limited way Tor
while, but for the last two decades quite
extensively, so that now its practitioners
are numbered by tens Of thousands, and Il
patients by hundreds Of thousands. With
in 25 years, in the United states alone,
quite 100000, including both sexes and
all ages, in every variety and condition
OF climate have been treated by Christian
Science methods and cured OF all manner
of diseases, named and unnamed, sub
stantiaDy covering the whole range OF
mortal Affections. There are some fail
ures, il is true, but the PERCENTAGE OF
these failures is many times smaller than
the percentage OF failures under methods
OF materia medica in any age OF the world.
II we add TO this statement OF cases cured
the fact that large proportion OF the
cures effected by Christian Science were
of persons confessedly beyond the reach
of material remedies, we will have an
experimental test OF mental therapeutics,
Divine healing in every way more sat
isfaetory and conclusive than is Afforded
OF the curative quality OF any drug in
the whole history OF medicine.
1.-THE time has long since passed when
any intellectual man, without shock 10
his moral sense, can say that Christian
Science does not have its victories over
disease; that IL does not restore health;
that il does not reclaim the drunkardi
that ii does not heal wounds OF bone ana
flesh that ii does not give vision to the
eve and hearing to the ear; that il does not
gt,,fY fufa To hn mi
conceded that the practice OF Christian
Science has not been an unbroken sue
cess; there have been some failures, not
all treatments have resulted in perfect
cures; there have been some fatalities, but
these have been comparatively few, and as
an indication OF how very few compare
lively, let me tell you that in this country
the states OF Colorado, Nebraska, Mis-
souri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, llli-
nois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and New York present the largest
growth, organization and practice OF
Christian Science in the United States, and
comprise more than one-half of the pop
ulation of the entire country; and yet, in
the whole life OF Christian Science the
aggregate fatalities under its practice in
these twelve states, during period OF 80
years, are not equal to the deaths occur
ring under material medicine in any one
week in the last two years in the cities OF
Chicago and Greater New York.
''Christian Scientists simply are trying
to live the life Jesus lived. His mission
was not only to preach the Gospel, but to
heal the sick This was the prophecy OF
Isaiah concerning Him, prophecy Jesus
declared fulfilled by His own presence on
the earth. The declaration OF Jesus to
His disciples. the works that do We shall
do also, was made to the people OF this
day as certainly as to the apostles and the
people among whom they wroughti ana
Christian Scientists have demonstrated
that they have been included in this dec
laration OF the Master by accomplishing
many of the marvellous works that Jesus
did.
at must not be understood that Chris
tian Scientists heal, or pretend to heal,
the sick by virtue OF any power of their
own, but only by the virtue of the power
OF God. They do ungrudgingly all that
Jesus gave them to do, and rely unfalter-
ingly upon all the promises that He made.
They believe, too, in the memorable law;
with what measure We mete 1t shall be
measured to you again. that you cannot
enthrone human reason without in the
same measure dethroning God; that IL
you give shadow for substance you viii
receive the bitterness Of hollow seeming
for abiding reality.
"with the Holy Scriptures as their
guide to eternal life. and the Great Master
as their teacher and cXemplar, Christian
Scientists hold 18th much force of reason,
that theirs a religion that Jesus es-
tablished, tauS and practised."
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