Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08

MS hearers, and as a whole it summed
up the Ideal Life as laid down in the
teachings of Christ Jesus. The snb-
stance of his address follows:
The subject of my lecture indi-
Gates fairly well its scope and pur-
pose, christian Science. the r ligiOn
of the Bible" We do not mean by
this that Christian Science is the only
religion which claims biblical au-
th0rity, but are aware that il is one
thing to claim Scriptural authority il
a general way and another thing TO
prove such authority from the scrip
lures.
Before proceeding to this branch OF
myremarkS, however, and acting up
on an assumption upon which | am in
the habit OF acting, namely, that there
are more or less present who are not
of our faith-SOme. maybe, who are
invest igating, but not thoroughly
convinced, some who are Skeptical as
to whether Christian Science is what
it purports to be, yet others who
have come for the first time to heaI
the subject publicly presented, [ will
| say that Christian Science has a text
through the power of God or the Divine
Mind. Or, as we claim, it is a
| thorough eXegesis of the Scriptural
method of healing all manner of dis,
eases, and OF curing all manner Of sin
through the understanding of God as
all-present, all-poWerful, all-wise. II
short, it is spiritual Interpretation
| of the bible.
The author of book of note and oil
value is a person of whom people de
sire to know, therefore | shall refer
briefly to the life and character oil
Mrs. Eddy. 1t may not be amIss fol
me to say that for nearly ten years, as
former First Reader in the Mother
Church in Boston and editor of the
official periodicals, | have had Oppor
tunities which enable me to speak in
telligently of her life and character as
well as of her labOrS and literary at
Jainments.
Speaking from this vantage ground
| can truthtully say that, intellectual
| ly, she is one of the most alert persons
| have ever known; that she laborS
necessarily and unseltishly for the
cause to which she has devoted hel
life, and that, Notwithstanding hel
years, she performs an amount OF
labor each day which, if known, would
seem increditable even if done by one
yet in the adolescence of life. AS tC
her religious character, | speak my
! profoundest conviction when | say
/ believe it to be in accord with the
highest standard of Christian living.
Yet, Notwithstanding hef highly
spiritual nature, she is Withal an in.
tensely practical person. She keeps
close watch of current affairs and &C,
quaints herself with the worlds
doings. She is, moreover, patriotic
citizen. Mrs Eddy, like all great re-
| ligiOus and moral refOrmers, has been
the target for misrepresentation and
sometimes malicious attack. The
animous of these attacks is so ap,
parent tina : they have fallen harmless
There is in Boston a Mother Church
having a membership composed OF
persons residing in almost every part
} of this country and other countries
I The Mother Church has branch
churches and SOcI cites to the number
of more than one thousand, also stu
ated in nearly every part Of this
country and of other countries. Some
years since the Mother Church adopted
a set of church tenets. TheSebecame
also the teneUs of all of her branches.
| They acknowledge the scriptures to