The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-11-14

Does Christian Science cure dis
ease? Is there not proof of it right
here in our very midst. i can see
parties in this room who were sick
for years and had all Of the physicians
in this town and elsewhere to pre-
scribe for them and do everything
that could be done and yet they re-
ceived no benefit. They have told
me personally that when they resort
ed to Christian Science they were
healed and made whole. There are
those who do not believe it, yet these
testimonies come from those whom
we know and whose integrity we do
not doubt for moment. Can you
say that they are takers? Can you
say they are dishonest? On the con-
trary they are those whose evidence
would be taken in any Court of law
as substantiating the proposition
which they lay down. that they have
been cured and made whole. There
are thousands of voices rising up all
over the land proclaiming that they
have been cured and we must believe
that testimony. Yet you say that the
days of miracles are past. | believe
as much as / believe that l am in
your presence that the days of mir
acles are not past and never will pass
and If we only had that perfect
knowledge of all of the powers that
be in the universe than / have no
doubt but that we could do those
miraculous things as easily and as
readily as they were done in the time
of Christ and his apostles. When
Paul healed the cripple and COM
manded him to rise up and walk, he
rose up and walked and was made
whole. Also when Peter and John
we're about to enter the gate of the
temple where lay the beggar asking
aims, Peter said unto him-"Gold and
silver have | none, but such as | have
give / thee. In the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
And he leaping up, stood and walked
and entered into the temple, walking
and leaping and praising God" This
was not done by Peter but through
the power and instrumentality of
Christ. This same power the Chris
tian Scientists now claim to have and
exercise through faith in Christ.
Christian Scientists as a denomina-
ton are going through just the same
ordeal which all other Christian de-
nominations passed through in their
early history. They have all been
ridiculed and prosecuted but when
we see THESE people whom we know
well and others of whom we read and
when we realize the lives that they
live after they have taken hold of
this faith and that their hearts have
been Illuminated with the spirit, then
| say there is something real and sub
stantial in it at least.
We have been invited to listen to
this distinguished speaker, Scientist
who knows and has knowledge of
the law of this Science. | hope that
open minds, willing and ready to take
in that which is good.
1t gives me great pleasure, ladies
and gentlemen, to introduce to you
Judge Septimus j. Hanna, who will
lecture upon Christian Science.
Judge Hanna prefaced his remarks
by expressing his pleasure at being
permitted to address SO large an audi
ence of Skowhegan people and then
entered upon his address, an abstract
of which follows:
Judge Hanna's Address.
Judge Hanna said in part:
At this time when the author of the
Christian Science textbook and or
ganizer and leader of this great reli-
gious movement, in despite of her
desire and efforts to remain in seclu-
sion that she might the better be able
to carry on her lifework, is being
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