The daily tribune., 1904-05-12

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saias psu1tsbly any question vosthy of
thoaght. vix-. in the mental attitude of
ths honest jndec, who goe. upon the
bench 70 Ibid Nth even hand the scales
OF justics. and allow his judgement 70 be
formed by the truth. and by the truth
alone. II IL no part Of my purpose 10
talEe anything from you. but to add to
the good you have; have no quarrel
With your church; / simply commend
the swestacss and love and song of my
own. and thank God for the sweetness
and love and song of yours believe
there never has been an association Of
conscientious men and women for the
purpose Of building up Gods kingdom
that does not today rest - bcnediction
ON the world. Ny effort u not TO make
you think less of your church. but to
correct your thought respecting my
own. speak no word in unkindness,
but all in simple trust in the integrity
Of your purpose and OF my own.
i talk tonight to men and women who
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the physical courage, and what is more
than either the intellectual integrity. TO
take away from this meeting whatever
there is OF value nit that meets with
the approval Of their best judgement
and ripest copscience; and the courage
also to leave behind. far behind, every
thing that does not receive such ap-
proval.
Your thought OF Christian Sceince is
just how you got it j do not know.
and doubt very much whether you do,
but still you have the thought that, in
some way or other, Christian Science is
antagonistic to the religion Of Jesus
Christ, and therefore you antagonize
Christian Science. II your premise is
right, II after conscientious investiga
ton of our concept of God you reach
the conclusion that Christian Science is
in any degree inimical to the religion Of
Jesus Christ, then in my judgement, it
is not only your privilege, but your duty
to antagonize Christian Science, and
never to allow your opposition to it to
cease until you cease yourself or Christ
tian Science ceases. My reasonable de
mand is that you make the investigation
before you make the assault. 1t is 20
much easier to express an opinion after
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ago asking juror for the purpose of
testing his qualification, this question:
Shave you formed or expressed any
opinion OF the merits Of this case?" He
evidently wanted to serve, the contest
between his ambition and his conscience
was fierce for moment; then he turned
to the court and said, We'll, Judge it
pears to me hev expressed an opinion
about it, but before God haint never
formed any"
Through every chance and change,
anchor your hope to the promises OF the
gospel of Jesus. II to do this, conten-
ton with the principalities or powers
must come. shrink not from the struggle
believe, you believe also (your earnest
faces makes proclamation of the fact),
that the religion of Jesus is Of greater
value to the world, is OF greater value to
you and me, than everything else that
has ever been or ever can be crowded in
to this universe; therefore, whatever
impinges upon that, what ever lessons
the sweetness, the love and song of that
will meet with my earnest, consistent,
and persistent opposition, and, in all
conscience, should meet with yours.
You have this other thought Of Chris
tian Science; that taken at its best; as
you understand it, for all that its de-
votees claim, and still, it is but an ephe-
neral thing, for an ephemeral purpose;
that it is something for the physical
the man fashioned in the image and
likeness of the infinite father; that it is
something for today, and today only,
and nothing for the immeasurable to-
morrow of God. II you are right, then
Christian Science is baseless thing,
the siren s song OF peace, "when there is
no peace" But you are not right, you
are wholly wrong: assert that there is
not genius enough in this world to
frame statement respecting Christian
Science that would be wider Of the
mark or more absolutely barren of truth
than just what have imagined your
thought Of it is.
The physical benefits OF Christian
Science, its medicinal virtue, its healing
power, are but incidents of what it is,
Of its reality, and yet these incidents
must not be undervalued, for all the
world knows today that the healing
which Jesus did, the surcease he brought
to human sorrow, the hope he rekindled
were but incidents of the Astounding re-
demption he brought, and the sweet
gospel he preached of Gods unfailing
love. Yet these benefactions to men,
though but incidents of mighty mis-.
sion, proclaim trumpet -tongued, demon
strate indeed, the divinity Of the Messen-
ger And Just as certainly the healing
incidents of Christian Science indisput-
ably establish the co-existent relation
ship of Christian Science and the teach
ing of Jesus. Wherefore Christian
Scientists have the keenest appreciation
Of the prophylatic and therapeutic vir-
tue of their religion, and earnestly con
tend and indeed many of iS do knnu-