The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-21

establish new sect. A sect was some thing cut off or divided, he maintained But Christianity is not in itself divided, so that Christianity, depending upon the proof of healing Instead of argu- ment is complete and perfect system or science. It is based upon perfect principle, because God is that principle, and when it is understood the prophecy of Jesus will be fulfilled and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. Christ Jesus, he said, was the Master they ac- knowledged in Christian Science, be- cause He gained the mastery in truth. Christian Scientists, by virtue of their experience, were confirmed optimists. They had seen healing accomplished where human love and human skill had given up all hope. They had seen ap- parently incurable bad habits changed. They had seen bitterness and cynicism and cruelty melt away, and kidness and joy and gentle courtesy take it's place.
 Speaking of hereditism, he said, with regard to this vexed question: that we can surely say, If the son, therefore, shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. If in fellowship with the Son of God you learn your own sonship, you will recognize your individual free dom as child of God, governed direct ly by the mind"
 Christian Science maintains that the eternal principle underlying all reality is God Does any one naturally con- ceive of this principle as being mani fested in any condition which is admit
 tedly adverse to God? Can a condition entitled "a murderer from the begiL-
 ming" or a liar and the father of It" be expressive of Gods nature or be the agent of Gods will? We must be care ful, then, about accepting philosophies
 which make evil the agent of good, or give evil an equivalent existence with deity.
 Christian Science deals successfully
 with sin as with sickness, healing both conditions of distress, overcoming nor
 al evil with spiritual good. Men fall into sin because they seek for good from a wrong basis Christian Science
 shows that what is good comes from God primarily and that men need not nurt nor destroy other men in order to find @0od, II reveals the tact that good
 comes according to intlexible principle, 1 cHaugeless from age to age ever pro- vldIng blessedness for the pure, the honest, the chaste, the truthful, the lov ing.
 Mir. Mackenzie then went on to speak of it's importance in regard to faith and love, concluding as follows;
 We have not spoken of the rapid progress of the movement. This Is q matter of history, We have not referred to the multitudes already healed. You may learn of these eases in the testi- ! mony meetings, or from the pages Of
 our periodicals. But something remains
 to be said about the leader of the
 Christian Science movement, since 1t is
 above all things important to know her
 alright, and to understand her mission , and service to mankind. Let nothing l prevent you from understanding that | among the benefactors of the race, Mrs. i Eddy is the best friend you have. Her ] selfiess conservation enabled her to dis cern divine science, and her love for hu- i in healing the sick and to teach it.. 1 The text book, Science and Health, teaches the universal truth, but her | other writings make us acquainted with ! the author, who has taught by example l as much as by precept; the earth's best ] blessing in the inspiration given by a holy life. In ancient Jerusalem they l stoned the prophets, and also in later l times men have assaiIed with brute un- l reason those who eXemplihed good. Per- l haps you have heard the clanor of mis- i representation regarding Mrs. Eddy; if | so, what do you think of her patience ! for well night forty years during which ! she has shown her love and good will i to those who were malignant in their ! self-inspired hatred?. I do not know of I one bitter word spol.Cn in resentment i against prosecutors, and any one can understand that only the rule of "thc | same mind which was also in Christ l Jesus, enables a human being not to revile again when reviIed, but to do l good to those that hate, If to the un- | thankful and hostile she Is unklnd, then
 where the flow of good will is unob- structed it becomes to the apprecative 1 an inspiration as they see the beauty
 of Christian character unfolded. )The
 purpose to love is to make it's object
 lovable, Mrs. Eddy, the discoverer and
 founder of Christian Science, expresses | this sense of love universally, with the 1 evident desire that all mankind may be
 taught to express mans best nature in l the likeness of God, who is love. Those
 who know her best know the trust 1 worthipess of her motives, the integri- i ty of her aims, and the tireles indus
 try of her life. When others become
 awake to influences by which they have been blessed they will appreciate and 1 love the one who has been the patient 1 servant and friend of man, and will
 rise up and call her blessed"