Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE.
Blckneh Young. of Chicago, Greeted
by Large Audience.

Lecturers of The First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Boston, Mass, delivered a
lecture at the opera house before an
audience which nearly filled the audi
forum. At $3.50 O'Clock the speaker
was introduced by the Rev b. b. Gibbs
as follows
LADIES AND GENTLEALEN.-W are
all truth-lovess. III these days of in
vestigation. clear-thinking, research
and enlightenment, .ye are glad to ac-
cord hearing To every exponent of
truth. Christian Science comes ms one
| OF the newer manifestations of the
| good and is having a wide hearing in
our country and, might add, in al: the
wide world. 1t brings message of the
| old but in a way that to US is new
am sure that there are no more inteli-
| gent people to be found anywhere than
those who live along this magnificent
valley, nor none who will listen with
| greater tolerance and fair-mindedness
1T is therefore a pleasure to me to be
| privileged to here introduce Mr. Bick
nell Young, member of the official
board of lecturers, of The First Church
of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass.
! Mr.. Young has an exceptionally fine
delivery and his lecture was such as to
hold the undivided attention of his
audience for one hour and half. The
PILOT gives the lecture in part, as fol
lows
Mr. Young said in part:
Christian Science may be defined as
| the science of all thai relates to God
and is science not only in relation to
| healing, but as corrective in relation to-
! all the problems of existence. Accepted
! theories of religion and science have
| scOffed at the association 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 proclaim
a new God nor new law. but comes
| declaring the same God and the same
| law that Jesus declared, the one infinite
eternal God, and His good and I'M
| changeable law. 1t declares the omnip-
offence, Omniscience and omnipresence
of God as do all other denominations,
and upon that basis shows that evil has
no power, knowledge or presence; in
other words, that it is unreal
Christian Science never ascribes evil
! to God, or makes Him in any way re-
sponsible for it, but shows that evil or
| iginates in belief of material existence
entirely apart from God and I'M
supported by science or truth OF all
people, Christian Scientists believe
most absolutely in Christ. They accept
the teachings of Christ Jesus without
reservation. They declare that His
command to heal the sick is as binding
AS that to preach the gospel, and that
there is no evidence that it was intended
for His time only. 1t was scientific
religion that healed the sick in the time
of Jesus and his disciples, and it does
the same work now, and must always
do it, since His life and work were an
example for all time, and His method
was universal and imperishable heri-
tage of man.
The steps of salvation in Christian
Science are not unusual. AS in other
denominations, they involve the admis-
sion or conviction of sin, sorrow for
wrong doing, or repentance, and refor-
nation manifested in correct If Sal
walton in Christian Science, however,
ncludesexemption from sickness, want
and woe, as well as from sin 1t is not
contingent upon death, but is way of
life, way OF righteousness. Christian
Science is founded upon the bible.
The Christian Science text book is
a commentary upon the bible. Other
denominations have commentaries, but
no other in the world has ever accom-
plished as much as this one Thousands
of people have testified that they have
been healed, some of them of So-called
| incurable diseases, through the perusal
of this book. In some instances this teS-
| timony has been given in courts of law,
and has not been in the least shaken by
| cross eXamination. Many of these
cases involved the most terrible dis
eases known to mankind, such as can
| Ger, tuberculosis, locomotor ataxia, and
in other instances such diseases as asth-
| ma hay fever, st. Vitus dance and
others.
Tits erroneous to suppose that Chris
tian Scientists deny the reality of things
| They affirm the eternal existance of all
things, and that they exist in the divine
mind in their perfect individuality and
proper order. 1t denies materiality of
things including all the discordant con
ditions that material things manifest
Christian Scientists are in no wise
| arrayed against those who believe in
materia medica. They were all believ-
ers in it themselves until they found in
| Christian Science more etficacious way
of healing. This way they believe to be
| the very best one, because it is Gods
way, as shown in the works of Jesus
| Although charitably disposed toward
| those who practice the materia medca,
| Christian Scientists are fully aware of
the fact that it is merely an experiment
| al system. Surely after four thousand
years it ought to be beyond this stage
| Furthermore. it is Self.contesSed con
| dition of weakness that combinations of
medical societies and the medical fra
| ternity generally should come before
our legislatures, the tendency of which
| is almost invariably to shut out all 9TH
| er systems. Nor can any valid excuse
| be given as far as Christian Science is
| concerned on the ground of protection
to the public, since Christian Scientists
| do not advertise nor sanction quaekery,
and they believe in obeying the regula-
! tons of health boards in relation to
/ contagious and other diseases.
| Those who believe that mentality
| plays some part IN disease and its cure
| generally look in the wrong direction,
and say that the cures of Christian
Science are effected by mental sugges-
| ton, hypnotism, mental science, which
is spurious and not related to Christian
| Science, will power, or to some other
erroneous or material belief. Chris
| tian Science, however, declares that it
| is God who heals diseases through
Christian Science. and they of all peo-
] pie know best.
I'VE scarcely dare to think what the
world would have been had not there
| appeared from time To time man or
woman Coos enough and great enough
! to be touched by eternal truth, aud
brave and Self-sacriticing enough to
stand for it. Mrs Eddy, the diScoverer
and founder of Christian Science dis
oerned and proclaimed to the world inc
God given freedom of the race from all
sickness, sin, want and woe. She re-
vealed the science by which men may
| begin to realize that freedom and enter
| upon their heritage of dominion oven
evil Some time this knowledge lad to
come. According to the promise of
Jesus. IL was to be the spirit of truth,
the Comforter leading into all truth.
Co., -. ba rood nd mira a 1ans-a