Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FAITH
Frank H. Leonard of Brooklyn Lee.
lures at the Star Theater.
LARGE AUDIENCE GREETs HIM
Defines Attitude of His Faith Toward
the Bible and the Book written
by Mrs. Eddy, the Founder
of the Faith.

Frank II. Leonard Of Brooklyn, n. Y,
member OF the Christian Science Board Of
Lcctureship of the First Church OF Christ,
Scientist, in Boston, addressed an audi
ence Thursday evening at the Star theater,
Council Bluffs, which completely filled the
first floor and balcony. In the audience
we're many members Of the church from
Omaha.
Mr.. Leonard, who was introduced by ]. A
Bsrris, first reader of the First Church
Of Christ, Scientist, in this city, proved
himself to be a most interesting and pleas
ing speaker.
He opened his address by relating how he
became a Christian Scientist by being
cured of what was claimed to be an incur
able organic disease through Christian
Science. His address in part follows:
l have heard 1t said that Christian
Scientists do not use the Bible; that all we
use is Science and Health with a Key to
the Scriptures written by Mrs. Eddy No
statement could be more untrue, because
the disclosures Of the Spirit of the Word
which maketh alive, comes only as a re-
suit Of the continuous study Of the Bible
with the aid Of the Christian Science text
Bible-helps prepared for the use of the lay
members Of the church by those presumed
to have the knowledge of what lesson the
scriptures have for mankind, in such a
manner that Bible study may be intelli-
gently INDUCED in.
That is what the Christian Science text
book is-it is our Bible help; It is the book
that we study our Bible with; It is the
book that has rent the veil of mystery from
top to bottom, revealing the spiritual i'm
port of the scriptures and opening to US
the Holy of HOLES.
You have doubtless heard people say. in
speaking of ~"Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures" the text book of Chris
tian Science written by Mrs. Eddy; ~
have read that book from cover to cover
and nobody on earth can make any sense
out Of it." Hand a text book Of algebra
to a child! Tell him to read It through
instruction as to how to read It, and then,
when he has finished II, ask his opinion of
II. What will he say? Naturally enough
he will say, II have read II from cover TO
cover and nobody on earth can make any
sense out Of it." Then you say to him,
who is a student of algebra and let him
tell you what It means" He follows your
advice, and the result Is that what APP
peared like a meaningless tumble to him,
becomes an avenue through which he is en-
abled to work out problems that he never
pie do when they want to know something
about Christian Science? No; generally
speaking, It Is not. They find somebody
that doesn't know anything about 1t, and
ask them what II means. and they only
learn what the other fellow doesn't know
that he doesn't know, and It becomes a
self-evident case of the blind leading the
blind. with the inevitable result-they both
fall into the ditch. And this is the kind
| If investigation that precedes alleged crit
ic'sm Of Christian Science.
We ask you to investigate, not Christian
Scientists. tut Christian Science. and see
how absolutely II reveals the Cody stand
ard, wherein what blesses one blesses all.