The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-21
ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
LECTURE AT HYPERION YES-
 TERDAY AFTERNOON

Address by the Rev. S. F. SimOnsen-
 Rev. William P. Mckenzie, c. S. H.,
 of Cambridge, Speaks on "Christian
 The Rev, William P. Mckenzie of Cambridge Mass, delivered very in- teresting lecture on Christian Science at the Hyperion theater yesterday aft ernoon, under the auspices of the Sec ond Church of Christ, Scientist, of this city. He was introduced by the Rev. Mr. Simonsen, who spoke as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, of this city, I welcome you to this lee ture on Christian Science. remem- Der when I was a mere lad, sitting by my fathers side, reading the new tes- lament to him, how I wondered and finally asked him why people were not healed to-day of their sickness as they were in the time of Christ. He replied, that it was taught and generally be- lieved that the time of healing the sick in Christ's way was past, but he said that he could not see that there was any ground for such a conclusion as this. For he believed that Gods prom ises, and Christ's command to his dis ciples and their successors stood for all time, i e., as long as there was any sickness to be healed.
 After finishing school in this coun try I went to Europe to study. hoped to find some one there who could point out the way in which Jesus healed the sick, for my heart yearned to help the sick and suffering, but I found no one, There was, however, man in north ern Europe, who did seem to help a few people to get well through pray CT, but on investigation l found that he knew nothing of any underlying or unerring principle. It was simply a case of blind faith, without under standing. l returned to this country, and took up the active work in the ministry in the Methodist Episcopal church, but I broke down in the first year, right in the midst of preaching the gospel as it is generally preached, but I can see now that I only preach ed salvation from sin, and not from sickness and suffering as did our Mas ter and his disciples. I continued to grow worse and worse with now and then a little relief but in my fourth year in the ministry broke down com pletely and had to stop all work I prayed to God to heal me, and took my medicine regularly and finally 1 got where every doctor I consulted told me that could not be healed, and that would live two or three months, a year at the longest.
 At this critical point in my life Chris tian Science was brought to my at tention, and as have relative who is a physician, asked him if he knew anything about Christian Science, and if he thought that there was anything in 1t. He smiled rather pitifully at me, and assured me that here was nothing in it; so I went on praying, taking my medicine little longer until mem Der of my church talked with me on the subject. She said, "&ou know Mrs R. and what a helpless invalid she was a year ago, when you called upon her; paralyzed in one arm and limb?" said, "Yes, I remember her we'll" Then she went on and told me how this lady had been healed through Christian Science, and that she had been in Bos- ton. and studied Christian Science, and had returned to her home in La Crosse and was healing people through the understanding of this science. Then she wanted to know if l would not try 1t. 1 said, ''No I do not want tc have anything to do with it. l have 1io money to throw away for such things" She said no more until two weeks later, when she again broach- ed the subject to me. Then l was SC much worse that I was willing to try anything, and I began treatment, ano in less than three weeks l was per fectly we'll man. That was twenty years ago last summer, and have been well ever since, except had g severe attack of scarlet fever, but Christian Science healed me of that dreaded disease in a few days.
 After I was healed l took up tho study of Christian Science, and found that Christian Science healing rested upon the one omnipoten principle God. It appealed to me strongly bu could not seem to be able to give III my false theological views, which had been taught to believe were true