The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
TOLD BY FOLLOWER

here this evening. / now take great
pleasure Ia introducing 20 YOU the lee.
luFer, Mr. hllss knapp Of Boston
That which determines tbe real import
~ Christian Science IA ia theology. and
ny way Of application this theology "a,
hibits q syftem Of healing and rcioFma
tion necessarily mental and spiritual.
which system IL based on the Inspired
Word Of the Bible both the sinner
and the disease are healed by the same
/ principle which provides that the church
never should have divorced the healing
element from Christianity. The healing
purpose 81 Christian Science. however,
j. the destruction Of ain. and IN this
We all are united against one common
enemy. Far from being an etical phil.
osophy for academic debate. this Is a
life % b. lived truth 10 b. proved
The more important points Of these
teachings arr expressed In ak tencts,
which may BE- found In the Christian
Science textbook, Science and Health,
with key 10 the Scriptures. by Mary
Baker g. Eddy. An those who purpose
90 join church Of this denomination
are required 10 subscribe their names 10
these tencts. From them Il may b. Oh.
served that Ne worship one God, the
Same God Of Moses and Of al the prop.
hets, and We accept His Son. Christ
Jesus a. the only Christ and Wayshower
and moreover. We base our religious
teachings on the inspired Word Of the
Bible,
"Thc law was given BY Moses, bat
grace and truth came BY Jesus Christ"
Although the Scripture presents the
Mosaic definition that God Il Truth, and
the psalmist declares that thy law i
the truth" i was left for a New Tes-
lament writer 10 declare the great fact
that Love Is the fulfilling Of the law
For the reaaon that the law 81 truth "a
fulfilled IN Love. the beloved deeip'e dc.
clarcd that tod J. Love" To have a
science We must baye classified under
standing and Christian Science presents
the divine law IN the unity. order and
system which characterizes all true
scicnrc, and L 3 Christian because this
law Is not physical hut divine. Moreover
"a science is verified BY Chistian heal.
ing.
II Il interesting 20 observe the meth.
- which Jesus adopted IN teaching this
healing power 10 hs diciples Not gifted
IN learning. fbcse dicipies were never
thelcss familiar with the Mosaic law.
indeed they were a. familiar with the
old Testament writings as i the aver
age man Of today bat their spiritual |
sense 81 Il must have been closed for
We may read IL Lakes Gospel. how that |
Jesus opened sflieir understanding that /
they might understand the Sefipures" /
u Is possible. chen. for q malerialist 10
b. familiar With che Scriptures and yet I
not understand them. Il was their spir I
itual understanding. therefore. that 4
needed 20 be opened. When Jesus heal. 4
ed the man with the withercd hand all /
that be said was stretch forth thine
hand And Il was restored whole like 4
a. the other We are all familiar With 4
those words, but suppose someone today
repeated these words a. one suffering
with 4 withered hand Could the mere
rcpitiiion IT the words heal him. II
must be evident 10 you that e was
Jesus spiritual understanding and not
the words which healed the sick One
might in time commit 70 memory the
whole Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.
and not BE- able 20 heal a single case.
because IL il the spirit Of the word
which heals. 1.-THE letter killeth but the
,pirt giyeth life For ''the true WORKSHOP
pers shall worship the Father In spirit
and in truth
Il will not leave you comfortless,"
said Jesus; and he promised TO send US
another Comforter which He defined not
a. man, but as the Spirit Of Truth"
which shall abide with us forever and
testify OF Him.
Spiritual things must be spiritually
No one can learn mathema-
lies by the rule Of biology, neither can
lne learn astronomy by the rules of ply
iiology II follows just as truly that the
-ules of physics can never interpret d.
fine metaphysics. Even as one has to
.hink automatically to learn mathe-
natics, so does one have to think spir-
tuslIy to gain the Interpretation and 1
of Christian healing.
There are some who have found Il hard
% grasp the authors meaning in their
tudy Of the Christian Science text book.
indeed there are some intelligent people !
Who have confessed 10 its difficulty. On
he other hand the smallest school boy
las been able to gain sufficient under 7
landing of its teachings to heal himself j
nd Others. The seeming obscurity to 2
he ripper intellect is occasioned by
wrong mehod Of approach; for spiritual +
hings must be spiritually discerned. "
The Master said, except We become con-
erted, and become as little children, We \
hall not enter into the kingdom of
eaven" We discover, therefore, certain
eedfuI qualities in the child, as first c
ootsteps to an understanding Of spirit y
ell things; these are humility, spiritual :
and teachableness three a
ualities 50 native to the child that. If Y
st, they must be regained to reach q
he verities Of Spirit. =
Whatever else may be said about her,
his fact should portray the true char 4
cter Of the Discoverer and Founder of +,
hristian Science. for these childiike a,
ualities must have been uppermost in n
err thought to discover SO accurately ii
liz spirit Of Truth or divine Com q
,rter. Indeed she Is true friend Of =
4 lovers Of truth She has presented its +.
ne meaning Of liberation and liberty, al
nd thereby won the boundless graft y
ide Of humanity. W
How clear it il that book is the pro- Sc
let Of Tile authors mind We can know
le mind Of Shakespeare today BY read VT
q his books. We can discern the kind b
! man. whether he was good Or evil, by
! his writings In like manner the pur- q
' of Mrs Eddy's thought is clearly
,rtrayed by her writings, for she is a III
ithfnl disciple OF her own teachings. ~
D understand the works is to under :
and the author, and It follows that to I.
lderstand the author Is to understand N N
e works This is why Jesus said, mo b
an can do a miracle in my name and o.