The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-20
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
Hon. Bickalell Young in an Interest.
ing Discourse Explained Much
of Tins Religion.

Christian Science lecture by an au-
Ihorized exponent of the Mother
church. y. Boston, was given at the
corn palace, by the Hon. Bickneil
Young. of Chicago. There was d
good attendance at the lecture aud
tile ideas thai were set forth by the
speaker were given Il very interested
hearing. Mr.. Young speaks in Il
calm and dispassiunate manner, but
there is an earnestnesS in his speech
that reflects his strong faith in what
he advocates,
Prof. E. j. QuigleY introduced the
speaker to the audience and in the
course of his remarks. said: "We
have come together to listen to an
exposition OF the doctrines of Chris
tian Scieuee. This belief has with
stood the various forms OF opposition
common to tile introduction of a
new faith and it has secured %recogni-
tion among the many varieties of
lallglous faiths in our country. 1t is
here and has evidently come to stay.
"Jesting, ridicule, sarcasm and per-
secutiCn never have succeeded and
never will succeed in destroying a
religious faith. Acrimonious discus
sion and fierce denunciation may ST.
lence opposition but they never on
vince the MIND The idea. once en-
tertained. that disbelievers In our
faith should be destroyed has long
since been discarded. This is en-
phaticalIy the era of religious toler-
alton. What a person relieves is inn
portant, because belief is the founda-
tiUn of character, but if a person
believes in, and sincerely tries to fol-
low, the teachings of u Savior, to
my mind, it is quite immaterial
what else he believes, or does not be-
lieye.
81 am not a Christian Scientist.
Some of the doctrines of this faith
eel to me to be untrue. / admit
that 1 have neyer given the subject
more than incidental attention.
The Christian Scientist fights evils
under our banner, he exalts the spir-
itual above the physical, he denies
to sin and veil a resting place in the
human heart. he denies the power of
disease to destroy the body, he is the
professed apostle Of hope and health,
and yirtuous living and as such | ex-
tend him the right hand of fellow
ship.n
Mr.. Young spoke for over an hour,
and below we present a portion Of
his address:
"Christian Science may be defined
as the science Of all that relates to
God and is science not only in rela-
tion to healing, but as corrective in
relation to all the problems of exist
ence. Accepted theories of religion
and science have scoffed at the as
ISOLATION OF these words but reason
and logic show conclusively that
science must relate to truth and
therefore to God, since God is the
cause and basis of all that is true.
christian Science does not pro.
claim a new God nor a new law, but
comes declaring the same God and
the same law that Jesus declared,
the II infinite, eternal God and
His good and interchangeable law.
1T declares the omnipotence, onlni-
science and omnipresence of God as
do ali other denominations and upon
that basis shows that evil has no
power. knowledge or presence: in
other wor is. that it is unreal.
1.-The steps of salvation in Chris
tian Science are not unusual. AS in
either denominations, they involve
abe admission or conviction of sin.
sorrow for wrong doing. or repent
y : and reformation manifested in
. correct life. Salvation in Chris
SIAN Science. however. includes ex-
emption from sickness, want and
woe as we'll Us from sin. lit is not
contingent upon death. but is a way
Of life, a way OF righteousness.
Christian Science is founded upon
she bible
The Ciristiaii Science text book
rs a commentary upon the bible.
Other denominations have commen-
taries, out no other in the world has
ever accomplished as much as this
enc. Thousands of people have
testified that they have been healed,
some of them so called incurable dis
eases. through the perusal of this
book, In some instances this testi-
nony has been given in the courts
OF law and has not been in the least
shaken | y cross examination. Many
ab these cases involved the most
serrible diseases Known to mankind,
5ach as cancer, tuberculosis, loco
motorataxia, and in other instances
such diseases as asthma, hay fever
and st. Vitus dance and Others.
st is erroneous to suppose that
Christian Scientists deny the reality
af nhinps Thev affirm the etarnal ey.