Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13
GREETED BY A LARGE AUDIENCE
Carol Norton, c. S. D. of New York. Gave Learned Dis
course the Gospel Of Christian Science Last
Thursday Evening.

Norton, u. y. ID, OF New DIX C1ty, AT
the opera house last Thursday evening,
under the auspices of First Church of
Christ of this city. 1t is the first lee
turer the Scientists have had come to
the city since Feb 17th, 1902; on that
occasion Edward A. Kimball, G. s. D.,
of Chicat o, entertained a large num-
ber at the opera house with very able
and scholarly address and while he
pleased all present, it is thought that
the lecture on Thursday evening was
IN ore satisfactory At o'clock the
auditorium was filled with as intelligent
an audience as has ever gathered in the
opera house. At promptly S:l5, the
curtain was raised and M. B. Rosen
berry came forward and introduced the
speaker of the evening He always has
the happy faculty of saying the right
thing at the right time and there was
no exception to the rule on this occa-
sion. His Introductory remarks were
as follows:
sWhen Jesus Christ, the Great Teacher, was
here upon earth, in speaking to his disciples,
said If We continue in my word, then are We
my disciples indeed and We shall know the
truth and the truth shall make you free Ye
shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make
you free. have ten pondered over these
words. They seem 10 BE- of themselves a com
plete sermon, and in presenting to you the
speaker this evening il occurred to me that
could do no better tn - to call attention to this
injunction of the Master.
''If we are to know the truth how are we to
knowits We can only know it by searching
and diligently seeking for 1t +; by putting our
minds in an attitude to receive it and therefore
hold ii to be the duty of every person to seek
the truth. We are to listen this evening to what
our q distinguished friend may have to say to us
and in doing so we should receive his words in
an open-mihded way, weigh them fairly and
Justly, whether or not we may agree with all
hat hat hntrn Of
the great branches of The Christian church, and
as such comes to us with message of what he
believes to be the truth. Therefore let us give
which he represents | have nothing to say.
do not know as it would be proper or fitting for
me at this time to say anything in regard 10 1t
this that If the test of religion is the sincerity
OF purpose, unselfsh devotion, upright, earnest
Christian lives of those who profess it, then
Christian Science must stand verv oigh among
the worlds religions.
The speaker is not only distin. ished bv
reason of his scholarship ard learning, but
descendant of Priscilla, who was immortaliZed
by the great poet lie will speak TO you upon
the Gospel of Christian Science
II now have the honor well as the pleasure
of presenting to you Mr.. Carol Norton of New
York City"
Mr.. Norton is the possessor of an ex
ceedingly clear voice and without.
seemingly, any effort, made himself
heard in every part of the house. He
spoke for an hour and half and until
the last word was spoken he held the
attention of his audience to marked
degree The PILOT takes pleasure in
giving its readers quite II full report of
the lecture, viz
Christian Science, as its name indicates,
is religion. Christian Scientists consider
it the Science of Christianity. ItrecogniZeS
the impersonality of the teachings of Jesus,
and emphasizes the fact that all the works
of the Founder of the Christian Religion
were wrought in accordance with an eter-
nal law of Divine Mind. Hence, 1t eleyateS
the idea of divine naturalnesS III the so
called miracles of Christ, and rejects the
popular idea of the miraculous or supernat-
ural element. Christian Science recognizes
all that is true and good in the religions of
the world; but, as its name indicates, it
claims to be the scientific or demonStrabe
presentation of the teachings of the NaZa-
rene, whose ethical ideals and religious
tenets are rapidly becoming universal. Re
ligon, to the Christian Scientist, means
work, enlightened faith, spiritual under
standing, physical and spiritual healing, the
application of the laws of spiritual evolu-
luton and progress to all the affairs Of life,
the gradual regeneration of all Diankind,
and the ultimate establishment OF che broth
erhood of man under the law OF love through
believes in religions as it diSbeieves in
gods. 1t accepts one religion, one God or
Mind, and one family on earth and in
heaven. 1t presents the idea of the Great
movable, alias divine Mind, in the place of
the ancient and anthropomorphic idea of
God, which partook so largely of the nature
of imperfect humanity. CreedS, doctrines
mysticism, ceremonial, scholastic intellect
uality, and fear it considers as no part of
Christianity. Christian Science teaches the
existence of one Fatheror divine Principle;
one Way-shower, the man Christ Jesus,
whose teachings are now spiritually inter-
preted by the writings of the Founder of
Christian Science, and demonstrated as
practical with signs following. The relig-
ion of Christian Science is imperSOnal,
liberal. scientific, impartial, and of miver-
sal adaptation. Its idealism is the soul and
center of its evangelical nature. Trinita-
rian and Unitarian, Jew and Gentle, relig-
ionst and scientist, agnostic and infidel, all
find within It's teachings that which salts
fieS 1t shows that the Mind which is God
abides i'm the holy temple of the purified
thought and chaStened heart of every re-
generated man and woman 1t is religion
of love, tolerant, progressive, comforting,
renewing Love, pure and undehled, is the
genius of Christian Science. This Love
makes of one family all the children of men.
1t removes the possibility of human and
personal contention, binds up the broken
hearted, heals the sick, converts the unbe-
lever, SpiTitualiZeS the mind and affections.
renews the hopes. paints the gray clouds of
| life with golden border, and reveals the
eternal plan of God; namely, that Love,
infinitely tender and infinitely pure, con-
StituteS the abiding atmosphere of Heaven
and pervadeS the Holy of Holes whicn
exists in every true heart that has been
purged of wordlineSs and human depravity.
FOUNDED ON BIBLE.
Christian Science is founded on the Scrip
lures. Ii throws the light of spiritual in
| terpretation upon the Bible from Genesis TO
| Revelation. 1t reveals clearly in the divine
plan of atonement, the advancing Messiah
as the Impersonal Christ marching maies-
| tically down the centuries as the Prince OF
Peace. the divine Purifier and Healer of
mankind. Because of its close adherence
| to this ideal many Hebrew religionists of
| this hour are accepting Christian Science in
| its Religion rs well as its healing The de-
ductionS OF mNdern scholarship relating 20
the inspiration and authorship of the books
of the Bible in no way affect the Christian
Science Interpretation of the Scripture.
While these deductions are forcing reyolu-
| tioparv changes in the dOctrina standards
of ChriStendom, Christian Science, as stated
/ i'm its textbook, remains untouched. re-
yealed and dem0nStrabie Science. The
reason for this is most simple. 1t is because
/ Christian Science atfirmS that the Bible
/ teaches on an ascending Scales through par
able argument logic. and revelation. a
! simfle., but profound lesson. The nature
of this lesson is four-fold its scope univer-
sal. and its character divine. First: The
eternal reality of Good as God and the un-
reality of evil. Second: The reality of
Mind or Spirit as Supreme Sole Cause and
| the unreSlity of matter or flesh. i. e. mate
lvialism Third; fbe inspiring fact that
sin. sickness and death are no part of the
divine plan. but errors of human belief and
irsaterial existence. Fourth: The final con-
Quest of all that wars against harmony and
individual perfection. through the actual
tiles of Divine Science. which Is dlvinely
4 natural, but not miraculous or Superna-
tural.
Prayer without eeaSIng. silent. aspiring,
deep-hearted. is especially the custom of
Christian Scientists. Such prayer remove
\ mountains. heals disease, binds up the
brcken hearts of earth. and widens the
mind horizon. Prayer of this Sor. brings
the thoughts of man into oneness with the
Sv.A hiY, nff fxrd ksa-