Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-15
DOCTRINES OF MRS. EDDY
EDWARD A. Kimball Lectures on Christian
Science at the noyd
DEALS WITH THE REALISM or SICKNESS
" Physical NiIuic,t - Genuine, God
Made Il, mud Therefore Ia is
NrunR to Want to
Get We'll.

Members OF the First Church OF Christ
Scientist and many others Interested In
Christian Sciouc, attended the lecture las, .
night at the Boyd theltor by Edward y.
klmban G.. S ~. OF Chicago, member OF 1
the Christian Science Board of LccturoshIp .
Of the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Boston Mr. kimball is regarded as the .
most gifted lecturer in this cause and his /
meetings throughout the country arc I
largely attended. Mr. I>imban was intro
duced last night by John Forbes, president
/ of the local Christian Science society. lie !
| said in part:
For third Of a century Mrs. Eddy has
! been pleading with mankind for the rccoE-
/ milton Of its right to lite, health and holt
| ness according To the Will Of God. She nae
! insisted that God Is the natural healer on /
/ the sick aud that disease H. contrary TO
/ God and His will She has discovered and
made known the science Of Christian heal
! ing and mas set forth the rule whereby
/ humanity is to obtain mastery over DIS
| case.
on everyone who has ever healed tho sick
/ through aud by means ~ divine power IN
3testauon 81 ~" supremacy OF sPlI ,,,isT,,
, and hatred which matcrialism ever exhibits
toward the spiritually minded, indeed,
the day of Abel who has not been hated,
| reviled stoned or Crucihed--a martyr to his
own ministry and mission.
| the human mind to prosecute the prophets
and to resist that which makes for its own
strange that with consistent industry it
has given itself up TO misrepresentauon
works and of the leader Of this cause.
Meaning of the bible.
People throughout all the Christian CEN
| turtles have differed concerning the mean
quarrel about tho Bible and Of the conflict
| OF crecds millions have gone down 20 vlo-
lent death Our tenets declare: We take
I'M % a
ficient guido to eternal life. Like many
others, we believe that the Bible has not
believe with Paul that the things OF God
and the real substance of the Bible must
Most people have commentaries or helps
to the study Of the Bible. We have com
mentary, or key, IN our text bo2k. with
pie whose love is for their own alone do
not like ours, and even say IT is danger
merits Of this book now. Since studying
the Bible in its light we have no desire TO
Religion. We have learned to love the right
Of every man to strive for heaven accord
ing to his own inspiration. We are taught
and a decent manhood to denounCe. perse-
cute or modest man who does not agree
with our religious propaganda
Teachings of the Book.
The book encourages us to live according
to the commandments and the sermon on
tho mount and in obedience to the highest
conceivable moral standard. II teaches us
and pure. and as followers Of Christ Jesus
. to obey every mandate of God and Christ
e even to the extent Of forsaking sin, preach,
e ing the gospel and healing the sick We
c 5nIteiv GOOD God who is love. and that w,
may trust Him TO the utteTmost; indeed
We are led to believe we cannot trust Goo
Il too much nor expect too much from in
=, finite love. We are taught to rely on the
> supremacy of the spirit and to know tha
j no other reliance is acceptable TO God or Of
g mission of Christ is in demonstration of al
- unmysterious salvation, and that We ma!
~ expect more and gain more through Chris
n efficacy Of His mission.
If to be thus obedient, or TO be too ex
are, indeed. the most dangerous people tina
d incumber the earth.
Mind which Was in Christ.
o The science of mind declares that to tn
extent that man is governed by the dvin
mind he will manifest perfection, health
life, welfare, prOsperity-the ampleness an
completeness of harmonious existence.
was this mind which was also in Chris
y which Cancelled temptation and sin hcale
>, the sick raised the dead raised Jesus from
the dead and overcame It g world, tn
he flesh and devil" "To be Carnally minde
ie is death" Sin and disease arc the of
OF part Of the nature or OF the procurement
I'd OF the divine mind. God is good in ma
ar o eGF All that He has made and dom
=, is good; His laws are good and He ha
~ already zone everything ;H2t IS essenta
ut to the supreme welfare of man. Conversel
AZ we repudiate the efforts to solve the mys
: terry Of evil by assuming that any part o
it has been instituted by God, or that II
IN needs to involve Himself in or with evil 4
any way or for any purpose, or that II
NJ does so involve Himself
O. what sickness Is.
90 Christian Science explains that sickness
., 10 OF kindred unreal nature and is to b
Ia oblterated by the same process, whereof
r everything that has no right TO exist o
] pNti haRnna
- Christ and christianity.
Ae II insanity and sickness are real, the
I'd God, who includes all reality, must hav
he made them II He made them and bestow
or sends them, then it is a sin to try [
get well or want to get well.
ne We repudiate all assumption that His Lar
:, is the law Of sin and death. Sickness
- contrary TO God, and God is contrary to 4
CT God is the natural healer Of the sick and
es able, willing and ever ready TO save MOI
r.