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cures. there nave been some fatalities
hut these have been comparatively few.
IL TINS is true, Is there any possible ret
son why al intelligent man. having faith
In the practice of material medicine by
reason of experimental tests. should
scorn to be influenced by similar tests
OF Christian Science healing.
address myself to all thinking people
who regard mind as master of matter:
who recognize an infinite intelligence as
all cause.-the principle that created and
governs all things, the Supreme Good
whom mon call God, revealed il the
scriptures as the object of our love. wor-
ship and alteration. and of whom Jesus
Christ said, God is Spirit; and they that
worship Him must worship Him in spirit
and in truth" | thus address myself be-
cause the recognition OF the supremacy
of Spirit, Mind. God, is the basis. the in
spiration. the soul of Christian Science.
II follows that, in our thought. Christian
Science is a religion and only a religion;
the gentle. beautiful, hopeful religion of
love that Jesus preached and taught and
preCtiCed. If God Is spirit, infinite in
goodness, mercy. truth and love. then
it Is not difficult to understand Qr fact
We cannot avoid the concllSion) that He
is the only God, the only Spirit, tho only
Good, Truth and Love, tho first and only
cause, the principle of all that is if God
is all then. of course. He is everywhere
A' - hlN1NC We ~ VIC
center of which is everywhere ana the
circumference nowhere With this con-
| cert of God we easily can understand how
] H. is All absolute reality "our strength
and our Redcemer," in whom literally
eve live and move and have cur being.
And We may easily know also that man
Gods man-is not a mold OF clay. a fash
ion of matter, but is spiritual; the image
and likeness of Spirit. the reflection of
-iu3, and hence abides in health, truth,
eternal life.
Christian Scientists simply are trylus
to live the life Jesus lived. His mission
MAS not only to preach the Gospel. but to
heal the sick. This WAS the prophecy
- Isaiah concerning Him. prophecy
I,sus declared fulhlled by His own pre-
scuco on the earth. The declaration OF
Jesus to His disciples, The works that
T. do We shall do also" was made to the
zee, ple Of this day as certainly as to the
apostlcs and the people among whom
they wrought; and Christian Scientists
have demonstrated that they have been
included in this declaration of the Master
by accomplishing many of the marvellous
works hat Jesus did.
II must not he understood that Christ
inn Scientists heal, or pretend to heal,
tine sick nv virtue Of any power of their
own. but only by the virtue of the power
of God. They do overwhelmingly all that
Jesus gave them to do. and rely unfaltcr-
inCly upon all the promises that He made.
With the Holy Scriptures as their guide
to eternal life, and the Great Master Dis
their teacher and eXcmplar. Christian
Scientists hold, with much force a rcA-
son that theirs is the religion that Jesus
established. taught and practiced.
Christian Science is not a religion of be.
licfs but of works, not of theories. but o.
demonstrations There is nothing con-
corning which people SO persistently de-
40, 4. tI,t,-nItr.c "a. \ hAtt th.,r ,,Ii,f.,,.
beliefs. 1t is 50 much easier to say than
to do and then one cannot know Wnai
he believes. in the sense In which Jesus
used that word except by what he does.
Relief is more than Intellectual convic-
tnon; 1t Includes the elements of trust,
faith. reliance; hcrcc. the repeated as
surante of Jesus. by their works yt
SHAH know them"
All of doctrine, philosophy and practice
of Christian Science is given to the world
IN Mrs. Fddy's book. entitled Science
and Health, with key to the Scriptures,
and may he easily known and understood
by every man who has the energy tC
read. and the ability to think. Thu latter
part of the title of this marvellous book
to ry mind is very significant for | can
not avoid the conclusion that a great
value, if not the great value Of Mrs
Fddy's wonderful gift to men lies in hei
clear. reasonable. and demonstrlble in.
rerrretation of the Holy Scriptures, God.
revelation Of Himself to You and to me
for our guidance to eternal life. In tnt
resplendcnt glow of this dawning cen
tury, rich in the accumulated good Of al
the past and richer far in the promise Of
good with which its hish noon will bles,
the world. may We not, in the grace o.
lofty Christian manhood, make our crate
ful acknowledgements to Mrs. Eddy fol
her wonderful contribution to the joy
song and redemption of the world?