The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-28
AN APPRECIATION OF
 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
REV. fl. J HAYNES SETS THE
 GOOD OUT OF NEW CULT.

GOOD OUT OF NEW CULT. "If the Teachings Are Derived From the New Testament We Can Accept Them Without Going Outside Our Own FeIlOwship"-The Good of Their Faith Lies in Fact That God is Real to Them in the Christian Sense-Se- cret of Power fin Word "ReaIity"- Most Churches Lack Sense of Oneness With God.
 Following the lecture of Rev. Will liam P. Mckenzie C. s. B., promi- nent apostle of the Christian Science movement at the Hyperion theater last Sunday, the views of an orthodox cler- gyman upon the subject should be of great interest and especially those of So well known a divine as Rev. Arte- mas J. Haynes, pastor of the United church. Rev. MT Haynes treated the subject at length with his parishioners yesterday preaching on the subject Christian Science and the New Thought-An Appreciation"
 His sermon in full follows:
 Christian Science and the New Thought-An Appreciation.
 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. "-I Thess. V, 21.
 The first paragraph in Darwin's epoch-making book, the "The Origin and Species,' reads as follows:
 ''When on board his H. M. S. Beagle as naturalist, was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South Amer ica, and in the geological relations of the present and the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapter of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of species-that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatst philosophers. On my return home, it occurred to me, in 1887, that something might perhaps be made out on this question by patiently accommodating and refiecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it, After five years work I allowed myself to spec ulate on the subject, and drew up some short notes these I enlarged in 1S44 into a sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to me probable; from that period to the present day have steadily pursued the same ob- ject I hope that I may be excused for these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been nasty in coming to a conclusion. My work is now QS59) nearly finished; but as it will take me many more years to complete it, and as my health is far from strong, have been induc- ed to publish this abstract"
 Sometimes the leader of a devotional meeting requests that a few moments be spent in silent prayer. I am tempted to pause at this point and ask you to devote a few moments of quiet thought to this paragraph that I have quoted Think of 1t! For twenty-two years this man labored upon the facts under his hand before he ventured to publish his conclusions. Five years he devoted to the work of testing and proving his observations before he even allowed himself, as he says, ito speculate on the subject Is it to be wondered at that scientific men had little patience with zealous clergymen who leaped into the arena, armed with
 1,11 N1 n selves against this modest champion of hard facts? Darwins was the true scientific spirit. He did his work. He took his time He tested every fact by comparing it with every other fact. He proved all things; and having es- tablished his proof, took his stand thereon with the calm certainty of the man who knows. His conclusions could not be shaken because they were built upon solid foundation of fact.
 It is this same scientific spirit that the writer of the text would have us exemplify In our handling of the su- prefe facts of the religious life. This phrase of his, Prove all things" is a general exhortation but there are various other passages which show that the apostle had particularly in mind those phenomena which claimed to be supernatural or miraculous. His though was similar to that of the writer in the first epistle of John: "Beloved. believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God Men are claiming many won derful things; test their claims says the apostle, and that which approves itself to be good, that receive; every thing else reject.
 Are we sure, now, that we clearly understand the principle of this text ? Are we prepared to lay hold upon it and follow where it leads us? Are we broad enough to admit that every movement in the thought and life of our world is worthy of investigation? Do we hold ourselves in readiness to accept the good in every such move rient? The poet tells us that
 "There is some soul of goodness in
 things evil
 Would men observingly dstill it out"
 Have we the patience and the spirit are we in the proper temper of mind, observingly to distill out this soul of goodness? I most fervently hope so At least, let us make the attempt this morning.
 The first teaching of this text seems to be that we are to make sure of our facts before we begin to speculate or draw conclusions. After five years NI,. gGT