The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-06
BLISS KNAPP'S LECTURE

After being introduced by Captain
J. c. Downing at Masonic Temple last
Sunday Bliss Knapp. the Christian
Science lecturer, said:
That which determines the real i'm
port of Christian Science is it's theology,
and by way of application this theol-
ogy exhibits a 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 principle, which proves that
the church never should have divorced
the healing element from Christianity.
The leading purpose of Christian
Science, however, is the destruction of
sin. and in this we are all united
against our common enemy. Far from
being an ethical philosophy for aca-
demic debate. this is life to be lived
"a truth to be proved
The more important points of these
teachings are expressed in six tenets,
which may be found in the Christian
Science text book, Science and Health
Baker G. Eddy. All those who pur-
pose to join church of this demoni-
nation are required to subscribe their
names to these tenets. From them 1t
may be observed that we worship one
God, the same God of Moses and all
the prophets. And we accept His son,
Wayshower. Moreover, we base our
religious teachings on the inspired
word of the Bible.
The law was given by Moses, but
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ"
Although the scripture presents the
Mosaic definition that God is Truth, and
the psalmist declares that thy law
is the truth" it was left for a New
Testament writer to declare the great
fact that Love is the fulfilling of the
law" For the reason that the law
of truth is fulfilled in love, the be-
loved disciple declared that God is
Love-" To have a science we must
have classified understanding; and
Christian Science resents the divine
which characterizes all true science.
and 1t is Christian because this law is
not physical but divine. Moreover its
science is verified by Christian healing.
cd which Jesus adopted in teaching this
healing power to his disciples. Not
gifted in learning, these disciples were
nevertheless familiar with the Mosaic
law. Indeed, they were as familiar
with the Old Testament writings as is
the average man of today, but their
spiritual sense of 1t must have been
closed, for we may read in Luke's gos-
pei, how that Jesus opened their I'M
Outstanding that they might under
stand the scriptures" II is possible,
then, for materailist to be familiar
with the scriptures and yet not under
stand them. 1t was their spiritual I'M
Outstanding, therefore, that needed to
be opened When Jesus healed the
he said was Stretch forth thine hand. .
And it was restored whole like as the
other. We are all familiar with those
words, but suppose some one today re-
peated these same words to one suffer
ing with withered hand. Could the
mere repetition of these words heal
him? It must be evident to you that II
was Jesus spiritual understanding and
not the words which healed the sick
One might in time commit to memory
the whole Bible from Genesis to Reve-
lations, and not be able to heal a sin
gle case, because it is the spirit OF
the Word which heals. The letter
killeth but the spirit Eiveth life" For
the true worshippers shall worship
the Father in spirit and in truth"
II will not leave you comfortless, y
said Jesus; and he promised to send us
another Comforter which he defined not
as a man. but as the spirit of truth. .
which shall abide with US forever and
testify of him.
Spiritual things must be spiritually
discerned. No one can learn mathe-
MATES by the rules of biology. neither
can one learn astronomy by the rules
of physiology. It follows just as truly
that the rules of physics can never in
| terpret divine metaphysics. Even as
one has to thing fundamentally to