The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-11-15
SCIENTIST LECTURES
Upholds Tenets of Christian
Science Church
GREETED BY FINE CROWD
Edward A kimbalI of Chicago De.
livers Able Address on Monday
Evening


and listened with marked attention to
his explanation of some of the funda-
mentals of Christian Science. His
speech was clear and his deductions
sound and logical. He explained the
purpose of these lectures to be. to
correct erroneous conceptions and
base reports circulated by the un-
informed and not to proselyte and gain
new adherents. He said it was i'm
possible to tell all about Christian
Science in the course of one lecture,
that he could but give brief outline
of its First Principles and the rest
must be gained by study.
He said in part as follows:
In Christian Science there is no
longer an unknown God. No longer
do the distorted craven images of hu-
man thought mask or hide from us
the real God who is Altogether lovely,
who is our dearest friend. whose help
is ever available, whose grace is
sufficient and who created man that
he might have life and peace. Christ
ian Science promises to lead mankind
to God through the highways of health
ana life instead of death. 1t prom
ises to humanity, in the name of God.
not the doubtful felicity of the
grave. but sensible. practicable dis
pensation of good, now. 1t promises
to incline men naturally and willingly
to more spiritual life. which will
satisfy them and it promises that as
they wend their way to sure heaven
this Christ-truth will be the Christ
way-shower through all the mazes
and besetments of an evil sense and
an evil age. until, with undertaking
truths and confidence. they abide un-
der the shadow of the Almighty.
We disagree with others concern
ing the nature of veil. Mrs. Eddy
knows full we'll that Whatsoever a
man soweth. that shall he also
reap" and that sin inevitably i'm
poses suffering on its victim. never
theless. she declares that sin, sick
ness and kindred evils are unreal,
meaning thereby that they belong in
the realm of the temporal, illegiti-
mate. abnormal. They are the par
aphernalia or mortal belief of the
scarnal mind unlawful. unrighteous
and unnecessary-monst of
unnatural existence.
Christian Science explains that
sickness is of kindred unreal ma
ture. and is to be obliterated by the
same process. whereby everything that
has no right to exist or continue is
to become extinct drought Christ
end Christianity.
If insanity and sickness are real,
then God. who includes all reality.
must have made them. If He made
them and bestows or sends them. then
it is sin to try to get we'll or tc
want to get we'll.
Complete Salvation Through Christ.
Concerning the divine Christ there
is among men much conflict of opin-
ION. Most Christians believe He
was the Son of God and was divinely
commissioned: that His mission was
to preach the gospel Of reform anc
regeneration. to set forth the way
and promise of salvation after death.
by reason of His mediatorial atone.
ment. 1t is believed that. incident
ally, He did many mighty works. II
is also affirmed that He is the only
Messiah. or Savior. and that His way
is the only way of salvation.
Christian Scientists believe all this
and yet their sense Of Christianity
differs from that of all others. We
know that Christ was and is divine, is
our Savior or Messiah; is the "Way, +"
and we can prove it. We are con.
fident that when this way is scientf-
cally understood and becomes scientfi.
cally operative. it will manifest its
saving efficacy by Transforming the
race.
We believe that Christ Jesus wa.
the representative of God to human
iuy; that He was the voice of wisdom
ard intelligence. and that He knew
more about God, man. and the uni.
verse than all the other people com
bined. We believe He came to d.
the will of God and to fulfill law
What God. and what law? The Coz
that is good and whose law is the Law
of life. health. harmony and holi
ness. We believe He came to seel
and to save that which was lost" an,
that He found the sinner and the sicl
man. We believe that He came t.
destroy the works of the devil. ;
and that He was ''about His Father
business while He was doing it.
Christ as Healer.
Unless he was destroying the worl
of the devil when He healed the sick
there must have been time when H