Mower County transcript., 1904-12-21
LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
William D. r1cCracken c. S. B., Gives an Address
in This City The Practicability OF
Christian Science and Its Adapt
ibiljty to the Human Race.

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that He can be revengeful, that He
can distribute His blessings with fay
oritism, that He can be induced to
advance one person at the expense of
another, that He is limited in his ca
pabilities and in His powers,-all> these
false beliefs must inevitably produce
fear in mankind; fear of lack and
want, fear of disease and death.
But he who knows that God is inf
mite, divine Love, that He is Omnipo-
tent, and not limited by human at
tributes at ALL will have a serene
sense of security in knowing that our
Heavenly Father has already provided
all that is necessary to supply our
needs. Such an one knows that God
is the infinite source of supply; that
man has perpetual access to an ever
flowing fountain. and no worry nor
anxiety will obtrude itself upon his
consciousness. He will recognize his
supply to be as truly assured, day by
"1ay, as the little child who never
doubts for an instant the capacity Of
his father and mother to supply all his
needs.
The Scriptures tell us that God made
nan in His image and likeness. The
Scriptures also speak of God as Faith
er and of man as offspring or child,
and this glorious concept has given
rise to the understanding Of the Faith
erhood Of God, to which Christian Sci
ence has added the concept OF the
Motherhood Of God as we'll, thereby
completing and rounding out the idea
of the Godhead as complete Parent.
If all men are the children of One Par
ent, and that Parent is Love, as the
Scriptures declare, and if that Parent
is infinite and just, it follows that God
has endowed His children with divine
rights, and that these rights are dis
'ributed justly. and eQuitably, in ac-
;ordance with divine plan.
THE WORKS OF CHRIST.
There is another aspect of Christian
eaching which Christian Science EN-.
phasizes with special insistance, and
that is that Christ's promise and in
functions were meant for all men, for
Ill time, and were not intended to be
confined to a particular set OF men
known as his disciples, and apostles,
nor to limited period of time, vaguely
designated as the early Christian era.
When Christ addressed to them his
Injunction to ''preach the Gospel, heal
he sick" we take this to have been
addressed to the Christians of the
present day as we'll. And we feel that
>ur view of the matter is proved cor
rect by his promise: "He that believeth
n me, the works that I do shall he
10 also and greater works than these
,hall he do John 14:12).
If our Heavenly Father sent His SON
to redeem mankind, it is evident that
The methods employed by Jesus must
ave been in accordance with Gods
Jaws; that they were legal, legiti-
nate and normal. 1t cannot be sup
!, ,osed that Jesus worked contrary tc
he established laws of God, and,
therefore,, it must be right for his fol.
overs everywhere and always to
strive to initiate these methods to the
est of their ability. Christian Sci
antists consider it their duty, as vel,
rs privilege, to strive to heal the sick
~ spiritual means, as well as to re
'orm the sinner When the Gospel mar
'atives are carefully read, it is
astonishing to find how constantly
Jesus was occupied in healing the sick.
The reformation Of the sinner and the
restoration of the sick were accom-
plished by Him through one and the
same process. His teachings were
rot barren theories, but bore fruit in
actual demonstrations. He offered
proof for everything that he stated.
md Christian Science, based upon this
understanding, is known by it's bless
ed fruits.
THE HEALING OF DISEASE.
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 prominently before the public,
namely, the healing of disease. z5.s
1t is not likely that, at this late
day, there could be found anybody
who has not at least heard of case
of physical healing through Christian
Science: Most of you have doubtless
known personally men and women;
who have been thus healed, and some
of those present have experienced
this great boon in their persons. ~.
There Is no limit to the power OF
Truth. 1t asks not whether the case
be acute. or chronic, benign or malig
mont, and 1t is significant that many,
# not most Of the cases healed by
Christian Science, are those which
have been pronounced incurable by
the physicians. The patients have
come to Christian Science only as "a
last resort. In order to rescue man
kind from the misery and chaos which
such conditions invite, it is necessary
to remember that God, the only Mind
and divine Love, is the ruler and arbi-
ter Of the universe, including man. s
< Christian Science has been before
the public for some thirty years, and
during that time it has healed virtual
ly every disease known to man. At
this very hour in various parts of the
world, its healing results are being
manifested, and every form of evil
is yielding to it's benign ministrations
On all hands people speak OF its dy--
manic force. It has rescued those