The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-01
Points of the Address
In part Mr.. Tomlinson said:

In part Mr.. TOmlnsOn said: 49,
IT you were to ask the members of this new
old religion, "Wherefore your freedom from all
ills and your implicit trust in God for every
need? Wherefore your willing sacrifices and
your high sndeavor In behalf Of your cause ~
they will tell you Of the new hopes, new conf
dence and new power that have become their
possession thru Christian Science; they gratefully
say that after having endured years Of invalid
ism with its untold pain and suffering, they
find themselves fully restored to health and lib
erty. Under these circumstances they ask, why
should not life be psalm Of gratitude. :
Preaching the gospel was one-half of the
masters propaganda. Healing the sick with
him was equally as important. He cured all
manner Of diseases without drug or surgeons
knife He never prescribed medicine, and he
never had a failure.
In the genuine Christianity Of Christ healing
has the same place that the fruit has to the
tree, for he said, 'By their fruits shall ye know
them" The omission Of healing from religion
the divorce Of practical helpfulness from Chris.
tiantty, ts of modern invention. When Jesus or
dained his twelve disciples into the Christian
ministry, the commisson he gave them one
single command in these words: go preach
| and heal" Luke in giving us an account Of
| this first ordination service says in the ninth
chapter of his gospel: "He called his twelve
disciples together. and gave them power ant
authority over all devils and to cure diseases
And he sent them to preach the kingdom Of Coz
| and to heal the SICK"
Aed1uS SOueCu1uB N6W.
When I first began the Investigation Of THU
| interesting subject 1 did not suppose that
was to learn something new of God In com
God as the creator and father Of all. I believed
that he the 'spirit,'' as Christ Jesus said
and love- as John wrote. But there wal
one view Of the creator which the members O.
| the new denomination dwelt upon which ha(
overlooked If not neglected. The starting poin
IN their thought Of him was that God does no
send sin, sickness nor death. When rejecting
upon this declaration that the evils and ILL
| Which affict mortals not created by God, 1
was borne in upon me with the force Of convic
ton that II God did not send pain and diseas
| then mankind need not suffer because Of them.
| Because the hristian cientist regards ma
| as an idea Of mind, Just as the mathematic
| regards numbers as ideas Of mind, he hold
| that what Is true philosophy in dealing with tn
problems Of mathematics is true philosophy il
dealing with the problems of man.
| AS the face of the earth Is changed so ais
| are the faces and lives of mortals transforme
| by true thoughts. We have seen sin and selfish
ness. appetite and passion give place to thought
Of purity and truth and we have beheld Their
remember others where fear and despair hav
been changed for faith and hope. We kno'
the transformation. A new light glistens i
the eye: A new song hovers on the lips and O
the placid brow there rests crown of glor
which fadeth not away. Truly might one s
changed exclaim with the Christian astronome
as he viewed the starry hosts Of heaven. "
think thy thoughts after thee, O. God.'' -
The clanking chains of ignorance and supe
stition are giving way before the hammer blow
of light and liberty. The long night of materia
ism wanes. The radiant dawn Of new da
illumines the eastern sky.
The nations rise to greet the coming morr
The rights Of man go long denied can no longe
be withheld. The people are coming to the
lown. The living message Of holy writ, ''Now al
we the sons of God" has been heard by an eve
increasing host who are calling to their brott
ers, awake awake; put on thy strength,
Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, o Jerr
salem, the holy cityl."