Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-05-03

" .. u, member OF the BOARD OF lee
tureship of the mother church of
Christian Science at Boston.
Mr.. Kimball was introduced by Mr..
j, w. B. Smith in the following words:
Ladies and Gentlemen-I have de-
voted great deal more attention to
the political institutions of my coun-
try than to all the religious institutions
OF the world; and yet, one who is thor
oughly taught the history of our coun-
try cannot fail to be impressed that
there is divinity that rules individu-
ais and nations.
Youth may scoff, imbittered old
age may curse God and die, material
science may span the globe with mon
sters Of living steel, flash intelligence
upon the wings of the lightning to the
utmost corners of the earth, survey
the universe and dissolve its hidden
secrets; and yet there will remain
mysteries in heaven of which your
philosophers have never dreamed.
Notwithstanding the remarkable
age in which we live, notwithstanding
the pace at which we travel, one COM
ing among us possessed of ideas will
command a hearing. Mahomet,
Luther, Calvin and John Knox were
men possessed of religious ideas, and
dGSDllc lie CtuIuTlGS Tie ECHO OI IuSlT
voices may yet be heard.
I'VE have with us on this occasion
one who represents an idea in
Christian life-let us listen with pa
tience-for this idea may be the touch
stone to dissolve the dross of human
life. evolve the pure gold of a true
Christian character, thereby fastening
the universal brotherhood of man and
the undivided fatherhood of God.
Il take pleasure in introducing to
you Mr.. Edward A. Kimball of Chi
cago."
Mr.. Kimball spoke in part as fol-
lows:
That which l shall say will be new
to some of you, and in order that |
may gain my way to your mental hos
pitality, | ask you to remember that
all revealed truth or scientific discov-
cry comes to us by way OF surprise.
1t revolutioniZes, turns and overturns,
supplants the old, supplements and
substitutes, reforms and transforms.
You know yourselves that the world is
being called upon necessarily to dis
card old and re-adjust itself to new
discoveries and a more intelligent
grasp of the facts of being.
christian Science announces itself
as the science of being and the science
of God and man, the science of mind,
the science of life, and the science of
healing; and as the science of healing
it promises that when understood it
will abolish disease and eliminate it
from human history. This statement
is a surprise, surely, and is immedi-
ately met by old conditions of thought
which declare that it is no science at
all. The issue is thus Joined, and
contention is precipitated which will
continue until the world shall have
wrought out for itself a solution Of the
problem.
From whence proceeds this judg
ment that Christian Science is not
science? 1t comes from the prevalent
belief that the drugging system in
cludes the only scientific treatment of
sickness.
In submitting to the test, we are
willing to have Christian Science
judged by the highest standard that
the mind can formulate.
"One hundred years ago Benjamin
Franklin wrote: The rapid progress
true science now makes occasions my
regretting sometimes that | was born
so soon. 1t is impossible to imagine
the height to which may be carried in
a thousand years the power of man
over matter All diseases may by
sure means be either prevented or
cured, not excepting that of old age,
and our-l lives heightened at pleasure
even beyond the antediluvian stand
ard
Il quote this as one of many utter
ances by men of science prophetically
indicating the discovery of the science
of healing which would infallibly cope
with disease and exterminate it. The
inexorable demand of science is that
the science of healing must heal.
There is no other perfect standard; no
other basis from which a righteous
judgment can proceed.
The world has witnessed but one
exhibition that was in accord with this
exacting requirement of science. Jesus
of Nazareth healed the multitudes of
all manner of diseases instantaneous
ly. Not one single case baffied him;
there was no instance of failure.
christian Science shows that Jesus
was natural, lawful and law fulfilling;
that He was scientific and presented a
way of healing which can be clearly
understood and demonstrated with
scientific accuracy. Thousands of
people, once dying, are alive and well
to-day in consequence of this science
and the understanding thereof, made
available to any and every creature on
earth.
"If the drugging system were a