The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-15
on CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Judge Clarence A. Buskirk Gave an
Interesting Address Sunday
Afternoon on the subjsct.

Interesting Address Sunday
Afternoon on the Subjsct.
There was a very good audience
present at the city hall Sunday after
noon when Judge Clarence a.. Bus
kirk delivered an address on Chris
tian Science, and his presentation
been given in Mitchell, in that he
touched more in detail on the salient
points of the religion than has hereto
fore been the case. Judge Buskirk
spoke with great .d~eliberation and
.Gade a good impression on his hearers.
Mayor George A. Silshy presided at
the meeting and introduced the
speaker in the following brief ad-
dress:
Ladies and gentlemen: Since
Adam and Eve first found themselves
in the Garden of Eden down to the
present time worship and religion
have attracted the attention of the
human race. We have with us today
an exponent Of n OF the more mod
ern religious of the times who comes
to give us some light upon the SUBJ
ject OF Christian Science 1 will not
give a religious discourse: tine gentle
man who occupies the platform with
me is here for that purpose, and it is
with pleasure that 1 now introduce
to you the Hon. Clarence A. Bus
kirk, member of the Christian
Science Board of Lecturesihp of the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Boston, Mass.
Mr.. Buskirk spoke in part as fol-
lows: Christian Science is too large
a theme to lie encompassed in a
single lecture. If / shall succeed in
removing some erroneous impressions
concerning it, and awakening a sutfi-
cient interest to lead to a further in.
vestigation of the subject. the chief
purpose of this lecture will be ac-
complished christian Science teaches
the Gospel of glad tidings, of divine
love. 1t recognizes, however that
merely teaching the gospel is not
sufficient. 1t emphasizes that it is
necessary to prove the gospel to nam
kind, now as in the time Of Jesus,
by its practical and e%vidential works,
such as overcoming sin, sickness and
suffering. Christian Science teaches
and proves by its works that we are
all citizens of a spiritual universe
and that each of us and all OF us,
have an immortal spiritual destiny.
The grave has never been the final
goal Of humanity, and the tombstone
has never been more than a tile
stone on mans journey. Christian
Science recognizes in the scriptual
declaration that "God is Love- the
great dynamic truth of the universe.
1t seeks to make this dynamic truth
the basis Of ITS entire system of doc
trine and practice. Hence, it seeks
to establish our thoughts and lives
on the high tablelands of purity and
peace. faith and faithfulness. And,
therefore, Christian Science can have
no doctrines which recognizes or adj
lnlts directly OF remotely that such
phenomena as sin, sickness or suffer
ing L the creations of God, and so
sanctioned and peIpetnateo 10y in
finite love. 1t refuses to sanction
fine teaching that while God is al
ways willing and ahundantly able TO
save the sinner, yet, for solne in-
scruta,le reason, His all-embracing
providence is either not able or not
willing to ave the sick. 1t refuses
Terminates between the classes of
mankind needing His loving Kind
ness. so that the vlrt,Ious sick man
wOuld lac further away from God for
all practical purposes, than the robust
sincere. 1t denies that God is partial
or unjust i'm His b~enetactlons. 1t de-
mics that Gods protecting care is
limited or Unite. 1t denies that
Gods. arm is shortened so that it
cannot reach and help man in all his
distresses. 1t has no teaching that
admits or even suggests that God is
the author of evil. 1t has no teach
ing which admits or even suggests
divine hate, cruelty. or injustice.
1t is wholly incapable of drawing any
portrait suggesting any of the at
tributes Of a Satan and writing be-
meath it the name OF God.
Christian Science is not the inven.
tion of any new religion. 1T is hum
bly, and earnestly seeking to be a
restoration of the Christ religion
freed from the accumulated dust and
debris of the centuries. with a dis
covery of it's higher spiritual mean
ipgs and logic. Jesus did not invent
any new truth. He taught and made
practical into men, before their very