The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-30

No science is worth anything which cannot be demonstrated. And this leads me to speak of that aspect of Christian Science which is perhaps most proni- nently before the public, namely. the healing of disease.
 Christian Science has been before the public for some thirty years, and dur ing that time it has healed virtually every disease known to man. At this very hour in various parts of the world it's healing results are being manifest ed, and every form of evil is yielding to its benign ministrations On all hands people speak of its dynamic force. It has rescued those addicted to vices of various kinds. It has made chronic in- valids sound of limb and cheery of dis position. It has relieved mankind from pain and suffering. It has removed the incapacities and disabilities into which mankind falls through sin and ignor- ance. It has reunited families, and is saving little children from sudden ca lamity.
 Christian Science not only provides 6 way of reformation for the sinner and cure for the six, but it supplies a key which must eventually be applied to all social, political and economic re- forms as well. It is destined to become the right hand of the reforrner by prov ing to him that the way to help to re- form others is first to learn to reform himself. Christian Science Is establish ing the understanding that what helps one helps all.
 It may be that we sometimes forget to recognize how greatly we depend up- on harmonious cooperation even for our commonest needs.
 When the true Brotherhood of Man is understood man can never he lonely. When this Brotherhood is understood to be, primarily and essentially, spir- itual, not material, then it follows that man really chooses his comrades ire spective of material circumstances and surroundings independently of time and space.
 Before concluding the speaker spoke at length concerning Mrs. Mary G. B. Eddy, of Boston, discoverer of Chris tian Science, and told of her many books and articles on the subject. In closing he said:
 When you come to think over the problems and answers which 1 have placed before you to-day I hope that some helpful thought may abide with you and bear fruit. but I do not ask you to believe anything have said be- cause have said it. but to use your own good judgment and draw upon your own practical experience and your common sense. Christian Science eschews mere academic discussions and theoretical dissertations, but is a sci- ence which demands daily use and dem onstration
 The first step in the understanding of Christian Science, and the necessary prerequisite in the application thereof, is to strive to know God.
 If you would reform the sinner, first know God and then you will be able to recognize man and to know what he is and what he is not.
 If you would heal the sick, first know God.
 If you would comfort the sorrowing, know God.
 If you would be honest and competent in business or in professional life, know God.
 If you would find the Brotherhood of Man, know God.
 If you would gain eternal life here, know God, for Jesus said: "And this is life eternal. that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ. whom Thou hast sent"