The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-30
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
BTCKNELL YOUNG DELIVERS
 LECTURE AT HYPERION


 DOetors-The Curing of Disease-Mrs
 Eddy the Discoyerer and Founder.
 Bickneu Young, of Chicago, a mem her of the board of lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, lectured in the Hyperion yes terday afternoon under the auspices of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of this city, his subject being Chris tian Science" The lecturer was intro duced to his audience by Major John o. Tilson in the following words:
 Ladies and Gentlemen-I am in- formed that it is customary among Christian Scientists, when one of their ministers, or lecturers, is to speak in an unaccustomed place, to have him intro- duced by some citizen of that place who is outside of the Christian Science de- nomination, and usually by member of another Christian denomination. So it is in the present case, and that GUS tom is but another proof, if we needed proof. of the increasing tolerance, breadth and liberality of the present day in religious matters. A man who thrusts his fingers into his ears ana runs through the world refusing to listen to any but the so-called orthodox of his own narrow little faith is no longer deemed a man of godlike force l and character. Such a man stands forth in the clear light of the twentieth century for what he really is-a foolish | bigot, who, had he lived in the days of religious persecution, would have hunt
 ed his neighbor to the stake for differ | ing from him as to some ordinance of the church. The age of persecution and the inquistion has given way to the age of tolerance and scientific investl- gation. In the terse and concise lan-
 guage of the signboard at the railroad
 crossing, men nowadays are inclined to
 stop, lock and listen So it is with the
 world in general, and so it is, am con- vinced. with this representative audi
 ence to-day.
 We represent many different voca- tions. professions and callings in the
 walks of life. We belong, no doubt, to lmany different religious denominations and cling, with greater or less tenacity, l De sure, lU q SICell 1iulllbCA SA ASAiS
 ious faiths;N but we are all agreed on this one point-that we are willing and
 ready to listen with open minds to the truth from whatever source it may
 come, realizing that no man, or organ
 ization of men, has monopoly or
 patent right upon all of the truth,
 q fancy that there is more misin-
 formation rife concerning what Chris
 tian Scientists believe and what Chris titan Science teaches than concerning
 any other religious sect or faith, How
 many men there are, otherwise well in- formed, who can hardly tell you the
 difference, or that there is difference
 between Christian Science and so-called
 Spiritualism, or Buddhism, for that
 matter. We owe it to ourselves as wei
 as to the liberal age in which we live
 to learn the truth, so far as we canr
 about these matters-at any rate, be-
 fore we attempt to pass judgment upor
 them.
 We are especially fortunate in hay
 ing the privilege of hearing this after
 noon one who so ably represents the cause of Christian Science. He is vel
 known all over the country as an earn
 est and forceful speaker. Those who
 have come here believing in the doc Urine which he so ably expounds will bt built up in the faith to which they ad
 here, while those who have come here not believing, or not knowing, will havt golden opportunity to learn some thing as to what Christian Science pro fesses to do and to teach from one wht
 comes to us with full authority to rep . resent and speak for his denomination T take great pleasure in introducins
 to you Mr. Bicknell Young, of Chicago
 member of the Christian Science
 board of lectureship of the Firs
 Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, MIR. YOUNG'S ADDRESS.
 MT. Young said in part: "Christial . Science may be defined as the scienc of all that relates to God, and i - science not only in relation to healing
 but as corrective in relation to all prob l lems of existence. Accepted theorie \ of religion and science have scoffed a
 the association of these words, bu 3 reason and logic show conclusivel l that science must relate to truth, an l therefore to God, since God is tn s cause and basis of all that is true.
 t Christian Science does not proclaim
 a new God nor a new law, but come X declaring the same God, and the san n law that Jesus declared, the one ii Il finite eternal God, who is good, an his good and unchangeable lav s Christian Science declares the omnipo 6 tence, omniscience and omnipresence ( | God as do all other denomination: IT and upon that basis shows that ev - has no power, knowledge or presence . in other words, that it is unreal.
 '; Christian Science never ascrib evil to God or makes him in any wa r responsible for it, but shows that eV '- originates in a belief of material e t istence entirely apart from God, ar '- unsupported by science or Truth. ( . all people, Christian Scientists belieN e most absolutely in Christ. They acte } the teachings of Christ Jesus withol
 reservation. They declare that h d command to heal the sick is as bindir : as that to preach the gospel, and tn; d there is no evidence that it was ir o tended for his time only, It was sc o entific religion that healed the sick s. the time of Jesus and his disciples, an e it does the same work now, and mu always do it, since his life and wo "a I .T.-1T I.