The Washington times., 1902-12-08

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lentless logic to accept the hundreds OF
/ thousands OF closely observed tests Of
the merit of mental medicine in forming
your judgment Of the curative force Of
Christian SCience7
YitcoIy Over Disease.
The time has long since passed when
any Intellectual man, without a shock
10 his moral sense, can say that Chris
tian Science does not have its victories
over disease. that il does not restore
health, that IL does not reclaim the
drunkard, that it does not heal wounds
Of bone and flesh; hat it does not give
vision to the eye and hearing TO the ear:
that il does not minister to the mind
diseased In almost every city. village
and hamlet OF our country. examples Of
these cures exist and may easily be
known by reasonable observation. there
are tens OF scores Of persons so healed
In this audience tonight
1T Is conceded that the practica NJ
Christian Science has not been an nm
/ broken success; there have been some
failures; not all treatments have result
ed IN perfect cures: there have been
some fatalities, but these have bcen
compaTativly few. and as an indication
OF how very few comparatively. let me
tell you that in this country the States
OF Colora 20, Nebraska, Missouri. Iowa.
Minnesota. Wisconsin. Illinois Michi-
gan, Indiana, Ohio. Pennsylvania. and
New York present the largest growth.
organization and practice of Christian
Science in the United States. and com
prise more than one-half Of the popuIa-
! tlon OF the entire country; and yet. in
the whole life OF Christian Science the
aggregate fatalities under its practice
IN these twelve States. a period OF thir-
" years. are not equal 10 the deaths oc-
curing under material medicine i'm anv
one week In the last two years. I'm the
cities Of Chicago and Greater New York
II this Is true. is there any possible
reason why an intelligent man. having
faith In the practice Of material medi-
cine by reason OF experimental tests
should scOrn to be Influenced by similar
tests Of Christian Science healing: and
Is II satisfactory explanation for not
doing so for such a one TO say to his
mind mental healing is unreasonable. be-
cause beyond his comprehension. when IL
Is evident that the same person. with
all the aid Of medical science. would be
unutterably confused in an effort to de-
termine why a pellet or powder or To-
ton. has wrought q cure in any caee.
surely, % is the extreme Of inconsistency
for any man 10 pride himself upon his
wisdom in accepting as a basis Of action
the result OF an experiment i'm the inedi-
cine OF man. II he rejects like tests re-
specting the medicine OF God.
Il address myself 10 all thinking peo-
pie who regard mind as master OF mat
ter; who recognize an iufiDiIe inteIlI-
gence as all cause.-the principle that
created and governs all thing. the Su-
preme Good whom men call Cod. reveal
ed in the Scriptures as the object OF our
| love, wOrs nip and alteration, and OF
whom Jesus Christ said. God is spirit.
and they that worship him must worship
him in spirit and In truth" I thus ad-
dress myself because the recognition OF
the supremacy OF spirit. mind God. Is
the basis, the inspiration. the soul OF
I Christian Science. II follows that. in
our thought. Christian Science is a re-
ligion and only a religion; the gentle.
beautiful hopeful religion OF love that
Jesus preached and taught and prac-
ticed.
If God Is spirit. infinite in goodness.
mercy. truth. and love. then Il Is not
difficult to understand tin fact. we can
not avoid the cOnClusiOn) that he is the
only God. the only spirit, the only good.
truth, and love. the first and only cause.
the principle OF all that is II God is all
then, OF course. he Is everywhere pres
ent. always with US. a circle. the cen
ter OF which IS everywhere aud the cir
cumference nowhere.
with this concept OF God we easily
can understand how he is In absolute
reality our strength and our Redeem
cr. In whom literally we live and move
and have our being And we may easily
know also that man-God's man-is not
mold Of clay. fashion OF matter. but
IS spiritual; the image and likeness Of
spirit. the reflection OF God, and hence
abides in health, truth. eternal life.
Christian Scientists simply are trying
TO live the life Jesus lived. His nilsson
was not only to preach the gospel. but 70
heal the sick This was the prohecy of
Isaiah concerning him. a prophecy Jesus
declared ful illed by his own presence on
the earth. The declaration Of Jesus 10
his disciples. the works that / do We
shall do also.' was made TO the people
OF this day as certainly az 20 the apostles
and the people among whom they
wrought. and Christian Scientists have
demonstrated that they have been includ-
ed in this declaration OF the Master by
accomplishing many Of the marvellous
works that Jesus dld.
Following Christ.
II luuhL NoL ut uuAtIELODu ludL Ourl8-
tian Scientists heal or pretend 20 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 Jnfalter-
ingly upon all the promises that he made.
They believe too. in the inexorable law:
With what measure ye mete IL shall be
measured 10 you again that you can
not enthrone human reason without I'm
the same measure dethroning God: that
If you give shadow for substance you will
receive the bitterness Of hollow seeming
for abiding reality.
with the Holy Scriptures as their
guide to eternal life. and the Great Mas
ter as their teacher and eXemplar. Chris
tian Scientists hold with much force OF
reason. that theirs is the religion that
Jesus established. taught. and practiced
The pathway OF Christian Science
has not been smooth and carpcted with
flowers. thOrns and crosses have every
where beset H. as long ago they stung
and held in crucihyion the sweet Herald
OF nesce on earth
Christian Science meets tonight. and
for thirty years has met. the ecCIesiastl-
cal antagonism that every new phase OF
religion or new thought OF God has been
compelled TO encounter; but sooner OF