Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-01-23
LECTURE OF JUDGE
WILLIAM G. EWING
His Able Presentation of the Doctrine of Christian
Science Made Before an Americus Au-
dience on Friday, January 18TH.

ton. 1t was the same mist that
rose from the ground in the second
chapter of Genesis presenting man
as fallen, sinful, dying, separated
from God his CREATOR
GAS I saw it all there rose to
my consciousness an overwhelm-
ing sense of gratitude to that pure,
holy woman, Mary Baker Eddy,
for the revelation of the science of
Being through her book, Science
and Health, with Key to the
Scriptures.
"This science of Being makes
practical the truths of the Bible,
and the true history of creation ia
the first chapter of Genesis forever
annuls the nebulae and material
hypothesis of the human mind,
destroying its law of decay, dis
ease and death.
"Here we learn that in the be-
ginning God, the infinite Spirit,
the divine Mind, spoke into mani
festation his own spiritual man
and universe and all the hosts of
them, that God himself is the
eternal Substance, Intelligence
and Soul of his own creation, and
they are held now and ever in the
immortal harmony of perfect Be-
ing in divine Science, for God is
the law of perfection to his own
body, or emanation creation.
" TO know this is eternal life, }
and forever redemption of the
human body and the universe
from the law of sin and death.
This infinite, exhaustless theme
shall no longer allow me to defer
your own and my felicity in listen
ing to the lecturer of the evening.
Judge w. B. Ewing, who has
brought to CHS cause a trained
and cultured mind and the graces
of a most lovable nature.
Il have the pleasure of intro
ducing Judge Ewing as member
of the Board of Lectureship of the
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
of Boston, Mass.
Judge Ewing said in part:
1.-The general impression of the
people who never have investiga-
ted Christian Science is that its
whole purpose is physical culture,
that it is something that pertains
solely to the bodily welfare, while
the truth is that physical healing
is but an incident of Christian
Science. 1t is true that Chistian
Scientists do insist and indeed,
many of us know, indeed, there
are hundreds of persons in this
hall this evening who do know as
certainly at Paul knew that his
Redeemer lived, that Christian
Science does bring surcease to the
heartache and heartbreak of men,
that it does give roses for ashes,
peace for pain, love for hate
health for disease and life fol
death to men, and yet neither one
of these, nor all of them combin'
ed, is Christian Science. They
are the results, the inevitable pro
duct of Christian Science under
stood and lived while Christian
Science itself is a religion pure
and simple, the religion of the
Bible, our fathers Bible, without
prefix of sufix, without apology
or excuse, the religion that Jesus
came into the world to establish
the religion that He taught in the
temple, the religion that HI
preached throughout all Judea
the religion that He SO lovingly
and tenderly practiced among al
His people, and it is all of this o.
it is not anything that is worthy
of your thought or mine for a sin
gle moment. In my advocacy 0.
Christian Science, [ plant myself
absolutely upon the proposition
that Christian Science is given t.
the world by the life and teaching
of Jesus Christ. I believe, and
persuaded, that the religion o
Jesus Christ is worth more to mel
than anything else that has beer
or can be crowded into this uni
verse. and whatever impinges upo1
that, whatever lessons the sweet
ness and soug of love of that vii
meet with my opposition, and IL
all conscience should meet witt
yours, and on the other hand [ an
sure that if Christian Science /
the message Jesus brought to earth
: it will receive your cordial and &C
tive effort to give it to the world
Now, while the healing power o
} Christian Science is mere Incl
dent, still strangely enough it
the feature of our belief tina
: meets the most derisive opposition
} l propose this evening to discus
: briefly with you the two phases o
: Christian Science, namely, as