The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-18
HEALING MINISTRY "A Lecture by Bliss Knapp, c. s. B., on Christian Science
 Beliefs.
THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS
One Must Learn to Think SpiritIaIIy to Understand Divine
 Laws.

The New Haven theater was well f1ll-
 cd last evening with a refined and cul-
 lufed audience to hear lecture on
 Cnrist1on Science, by Bliss Knapp, c.
 5. 5. This lecture was given under
 the auspices of First Church of Christ.
 Scientist, of New Haven, and Mir
 George A. Law, an ex-offfcer Reader of that church introduced MT. Knapp with
 the following remarks.
 Friends. .-..,,..., ,.... '.s-,
 It gives me great. pleasure to extend to you the welcome of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of New Haven. s,d
 also to thank you for the manfesta-
 ton of interest indicated by this large
 gathering, in the subject so dear to
 every member of our church
 The establishment of the Christian
 eclence Board of Lectureship by The
 First Church of Christ, Scientist in
 Boston, Mass, originated in the great
 need, on the part of the general pub nc, Tor correct and authoritative in
 formation to refute and offset the mis-
 information, opinions, and beliefs so
 largely published regarding Christian
 Science
 A Christian Scientist respects the
 rlsht of religious liberty which the
 constitution of the United States con- 1ers. He never assumes to choose nor
 10 decide how another shah worship God. Therefore, he very properly claims
 Tor himself the right to worship God
 according to the dictates of his own conscience. He, also, believes that he
 should be understood as regards his
 chosen faith and very naturally objects
 to being held responsible for the yari-
 ous misconceptions, opinions, and be-
 liefs of others regarding Christian
 Science, though always willing to have
 Christian Science judged by what it really is.
 This lecture is given that you may
 have the opportunity to obtain the kind
 of information relative to Christian
 Science required to attain right con-
 clusions, and we are indeed fortunate
 in having with us tonight one so well
 qualified to give us this information. l have the honor to introduce to you, MT. Bliss Knapp, member of the Board
 of Lectureship of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. MT.
 knapp's remarks were as follows:
 Within the last forty years there has developed literature which has not only revealed God to countless num- bers, but has also healed them. &C., cording to their own testimony, of all manner of sin, disease and infidelity. When Mrs. Eddy presented book to the world elucidatHg the Scriptural authority for Christian healing, the champions of medicine opposed this book, because the healing of the sick without the use of drugs seemed to them incredible; the champions of the oretical religion opposed it, because the miracles of Christian healing had been lost and were supposed to be for Jesus time only. Meanwhile Christian Science is sending forth men and wo- men by the thousand healed of all manner of sin and disease, and the spread of the movement is marked by magnificent churches crowded at every j service with people eager to hear the I Word of God explained in its Sci ence. With such wonderful effects in so short time. truly there must be a stupendous cause.
 Every known religion or philosophy claims to be the promulgation of re- vealed truth; but whatever may be the nature or quality of such truth, that which differentiates the demonstrable revelation of Jesus Christ from them all is its power to give health and life. Other religions might interest them selves In mans death or the Adam hut
 that they might have life. and that they might have it moro abundantly." His healing, resurrection and final as- tension demonstrated this life-giving element in Christianity.
 It is this element of healing which distinguishes Christian Science from the prevailing religions of to-day. If the healing sometimes overshadows the religion in it's appeal to the strang- CT, 1t is because he has not looked be- yond the cure to seek the cause or explanation: for that which deter mines the real import of Christian Sci ence is it's theology, and by way of application this theology exhibits system of healing and reformation, necessarily mental and spiritual, which system is based on the inspired Word of the Bible. Both the sinner and the disease are healed by the same Prin- ciple, which proves that the church never should have divorced the heal ing element from Christianity The 2, leading purpose of Christian Science. however, is the destruction of sin. and in this we all are united against our common enemy. Far from being an ethical philosophy for academic debate this is a life to be lived-a truth to be proved
 The more important points of these teachings are expressed in six tenets. which may he found in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health. with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker C. Eddy All those who pur- pose to join a church of this denom- ination are required to subscribe their names to these tenets. From them it may be observed that we worship one God, the same God of Moses and all the prophets. And we accept His Son. | Christ Jesus, as the only Christ and Wavshower. Moreover. we base our re- ligious teachings on the inspired Word of the Bible.
 The Law of God
 There are many who are puzzled to know wherein Christian Science is a science. because it's name implies re- conciliation between science and Chris tianity. This reconcilaton, however. has nothing to do with physical science, but with divine or spiritual science. As every ray of light is fixed to its sun, so Is every law of science governed by its divine basic Principle When Jesus began to teach his countrymen, he did not follow after the manner of oth-