St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-09-16
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ADDRESS.
A Resume Of Mr.. Ner.on,. Lecture.

member of the Christian Science Board
Of Lectureship OF the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, gave an ad-
dress in Music Hall Sunday afternoon
which was well attended and of which
we give a resume. The speaker was in
PRODUCED by Rev. A. F. Walch who spoke
as follows:
Friends and Fellow Christians:
| l find myself most agreeably placed
this afternoon. ain glad to stand in
this presence and extend a hearty vel
come to the distinguished speaker who is
to address you, and to express my
hearty good wishes to this organic alton.
However we may differ liz Our Individual
opinions upon the great matters of faith
and life, we are yet all hoping from the
bottom OF our hearts that our Christian
Science friends may be right in their
claim that they have discovered the way
that shall lead to bodily as well as spir-
| itual well-being. It is always we'll to be
able to see the good in others, and to
recognize that it is God given right to
follow the dictates OF reason and con-
science. It is no longer considered a
crime to think. and to give honest ex-
preston to honest thought. l assume
that you are honest in your thought and
in your expression, and so l extend my
congratulations upon the success of your
great movement.
The Christian church has long been
factor in the civilization of the world; it
| is still factor in the development of
human character, through the establish
ment OF the Kingdom OF God in the earth.
However the church is not always alert
to it's largest use of opportunity. 1t is
said that on one occasion St. Thomas
Aquinas visited the Pope, and as bag
after bag of money was carried past
them into the treasury, the Pope re-
marked in halt jesting way: "You see
the time is past when the church can say
with Peter Silver and Gold haveI none,
to which St. Thomas replied: "true and
may it not be that the day is also past
when the church can say with Peter to
the lame man, rise up and waikiki"
1t is always necessary that the church
shall keep itself free from all hindrances
and go forward to do a spiritual work
for men and women. The Christian Sci
ence movement comes in the name OF
Christ and His Gospel to reveal that
power that confessedly it now lacks, OF
reaching out the hand with Peter and
bidding the sick to rise up and walk in
!. the Masters name. 1t is therefore with
pleasure that present the speaker of the
, afternoon Mr.. Carol Norton of New
, York, who will address you upon the
, comprehensive topic: Christian Science
} the Gospel of Righteousness and OF
J Health"
Is Christian Science evangelical in it's
attitude toward our Lord and Master
1t recognizes in Jesus the fulfillment Of
the Messianic prophecies and hopes Of
the Hebrew people. 1t teaches his i'm,
maculate conception, spiritual incarna.
ton, baptism, and his reception OF the
descent OF the Holy Spirit. 1t accepts
: the record of his power over the ele.
ments, the genuineness of his divinely
natural deeds, miscalled miracles, his
works of healing, regeneration and di
vinely compassionate forgiveness o.
sinners. 1t accepts his Atonement as a
revelation of the divine process O.
atone. ment with Cod 1t bows in hui
: mility before his Gethsemane struggle
!, aud sees in the tragedy OF Calvary the
;. great climax in the drama of atonins
+ love. 1t believes in the truth of his
f Easter morning resurrection, and teaches
that he restored himself, healing hi:
: wounds and removing the winding sheet
:, from his own body and the napkin from
/ his head in the tomb. Therefore Chris
tian Science accepts Jesus Christ as tn,
= Way.shower, and in this acceptance lays
t legitimate claim to being evangelical il
it's attitude toward the personality, indi
viduality and work of the Savior.
= Does Christian Science take liberia
= view of the life and character of Jesus
Christian Science reiterates the ancien
Hebrew statement as to the nature o
God, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our Got
q is one Lord" and therefore it reaffirm
- the words of Jesus; "My Father i
l. greater than l." Christian Science see
in Jesus and in his sinless, ascending lif
is a perspective ideal of our own possible
r. ties. Jesus prayed that all men might b
one with the Father, even as he was one
v He commanded men to be as perfect a
IS God was perfect, and as if to comfor
them with the possibility of this marvel
- GUS attainment said: "Xe shall know
~ the Truth, and the Truth shall make 20
~ free" Christian Science, therefore
, teaches that Godi One as Spirit, Min
"a or Truth. Super personal, yet persona
as supreme individual. Being to eac
t. and every one of his creatures. ACCORD
" ing to the philosophy of Christian Sc
es ence the life OF Jesus Christ and the powe
lr that his career manifested over Sit
Id physical disease and death, expresses a
Illustration of man in tune with the il
III finite Harmony called Cod Christia
ID Science illustrates the divinely designe
possibility OF spiritual manhood. Creed
a dogmas, materialistic speculation
~ blind belief and merely eccesiastics
~ point of view do not reveal, but obscur
-. ~ this divine manhood. Jesus as our eldt
brother of Nazareth, as humanity
~ greatest friend and Savior, in the ligt
~ ~ of Christian Science steps forth from tt
80 tomb in which He has been placed by tt
-. ~ dedication OF his personality, and agai
!" as the Healer and Reformer of Galil'
walks in Spirit and in Truth in OF
midst, regeneration OF the depraved,
healer of the sick and joy-bringer to a
II who sit in darkness.
y Finally, Christian Science believes Ii
~ orally as we'll as spiritually, because {
its demonstrate power to heal diseas
ut that Christ meant what he said when
gave his great promise to all ages: "Tt
e. works that do shall he do also; an
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