The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
NO NEED FOR DOCTORS
SAID BICKNELL YOUNG IN HIS Lee
TURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
KNOWING THEIR WEAKNESS
THEY DEMAND LEGISLATION
AGAINST OTHER SYSTEMS, HE SAID.

ninI of the Evidence of the Senses.
Not to BE Condem ned on That Ac-
count as Physical Science often
Does the Same characterization
Scientist Obey Regulations OF
Health Boards and Laws Relating
to Contagious and Epidemic Dis
eases-Name of Mrs. Eddy Declared
to BE Among Those That IIIumi-
nate the History of the Race.
Mr.. Bicknell Young, member of the
Christian Science Board of Lectureship
of the First Church of Christ, Scien
fist, in Boston, Mass, lectured at the
theater yesterday afternoon before a
representative audience. He was in
troduced by Mr. w. II. Teasdale. who
said: 1T gives me great pleasure to
greet you here. You have come to
hear the truth of Christian Science,
which will be presented to you by one
who has demonstrated it as the truth.
1t is with pleasure that l introduce Mr..
Bicknell Young"
Religion n Science.
Mr.. Young said that accepted theories
have scoffed at the association of the
words Christian and science. but rea-
son and logic show that science relates
to truth. Religion properly deals with
absolute truth only, and must. there
tore, be in essence scientific. Besides
this, the works of Jesus were unfail-
ing, rejecting the infallibility of God,
and proving the science of His religion.
TO Him those works were not miracu-
lous, but divinely natural. According
to His promise, His method of doing
them was an universal and imperisha-
BILE heritage of man.
There is no evidence, Mr.. Young said,
to show that the teachings of Jesus
were intended for His time only. Such
an excuse for failing to heal the sick
according to HIS command is not jus
titled by anything in the Bible nor out
of it. He taught the way of salvation.
Christian Science includes exemption
from suffering and sorrow as well as
from sin The theory that sinners only
are worthy of salvation is equivalent
TO placing a premium on sin. The steps
in salvation, however, as in other Chris
ton teachings, involve conviction of sin,
repentance and reformation. Humani-
ty has been taught to believe that by
dying it could attain life eternal and
thus save itself the trouble of living
correctly. CHRISTIAN 0CltIlCc SHONS llldl
salvation is a way of life, a way of
righteousness. 1t is in no manner con-
tingent upon death. and is neither aid
ed nor hindered thereby.
Quoted Mrs. Eddy.
Mrs. Eddy said: For three years
after my discovery I sought the solu-
ton of this problem of mind healing;
searched the Scriptures, read little
else kept aloof from society, and de-
voted time and energies to discovering
a positive rule In following these
leadings of scientific revelations the
Bible was my only text book. Chris
tian Science is therefore founded upon
the Bible. Its text book is a COM
mentary upon the Bible, but no other
book in the world has accomplished so
much for humanity as this one Thous
ands of people have been healed of
so-called incurable diseases by read
ing this book and learning to under
stand its teachings. Many people have
testified to these facts, and in some
instances have done so in courts of
law, under oath. and their testimony
has not been in the least shaken by
cross-examination.
what Christian Science Teaches.
Christian Science, said Mr. Young,
teaches the denial of the evidence of
lile SENSES, out cannot De condemned
on that account because physical
science often does the same thing.
There are many everyday facts that
are contrary to the testimony of the
senses, while all those things which
relate to religion, to God, and to the
spiritual universe, are utterly unsup-
ported by such testimony.
1.-The generally accepted declaration
of the omnipotence. omniscience, and
nT1ni of cd he IA si-
virtual denial of the evidence of the
senses, and is, Furthermore, a virtual
acceptance of the Christian Science
doctrine as to the unreality of evil.
Christian Science is not unusual in
basic statements but only in logical
ampification and application of all that
they involve. Not prayer is utter
ed on earth that is not a denial of the
evidence of the senses. Our daily life
involves such denial. The sun does not
rise although material sense says that
ii does. Neither is man material or
mortal, although the material senses
say he is. The science of astronomy
explains the first phenomenan; the
science of religion explains the second"
No Need for Doctors.
Speaking of materia medica. Mr..
Young said that people are believers
in 1t until they learn a better way of
preventing and healing disease through
Christian Science. we, as Scientists
are not, however, arrayed against those
who practice materia medica. Its own
Notaries confess that il is merely an
experimental system. Is 1t not a self
confessed condition of weakness and
Tear that induces medical societies and
the medical profession generally to
come before our state Legislatures at
about every session demanding special
legislation, the tendency of which is
to shut out all other systems? To ex-
cuse such efforts on the plea of pub
nc protection is puerile. AS far as
christian Scientists are concerned, it
is well known that they obey the regu-
lations of health boards and the laws
relating to contagious and epidemic
disease. They cannot do otherwise
since they believe in the literal observ-
ance of the golden rule,
Mentality in Curing Disease.
'Tardily the followers of material
systems begin to recognize that men
tally plays a part in the cause and
cure of disease, but with the perversity
OF long established habit of incorrect
thinking, they look in the wrong direc-
tion and say that the cures effected by
Christian Science are due to hyno-
tism, will power, mental science or
some erroneous belief or practice.
Christian Scientists declare that
God heals the sick through
Christian Scince Who should
know best? Furthermore. until
Mrs. Eddy's book appeared. who
was there that believed in mentality in
relation to disease? Her work. Science
and Health With Key to the Scrip
lures. was the first to make a truly