Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15

his conscience. Work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling.
That nation which seeks to enforce or
support a religion by legislative enact
ment fails to recognize the immortal
truth contained in the Masters words
My kingdom is not of this world The
very tolerance which some over-sensi-
tive people deprecate is one of the best
evidences that in the framing of our
Constitution and the foundation of our
nation there was recognized that truth
that love not law is the supreme
thing"
Under Divine Laws
Does Christian Science come within
the protection of the laws of our land?
If it is based upon the teaching of the
Founder of the Christian religion it not
only comes within the protection of hu-
man laws, but is sanctioned by that
Law which is above and beyond human
statutes and constitutions. Christian
Science is a religion. It's founder, Mrs.
Mary Baker G.. Eddy confidently
claims that it brings out, in it's larger
and ultimate meaning, the spiritual
sense of the Bible. She claims, more
over, that it puts into practice in a
dIStI SSISt lIldn the pG6NdllIllR SyS-
TENS of religion, the teachings of the
NaZarene. both in the way of healing
sickness and diseases and of elevating,
transforming and purifying character.
Her many thousands of students and
followers are fully persuaded of the
correctness of her claims in this re-
spect. That persuasion comes from
actual experience and from facts with
in their own cognizance. More of this
later.
The Arst Christian Science Church
was organized in Boston in 1879, by
Mrs. Eddy and some of her Students
1t was called the Church of Christ,
Scientist and it's purpose was de-
clared to be "to commemorate the
words and works of the Master,
which should reinstate primitive
Christianity and it's lost element
OF healing" In 1925 this church
was reorganized under the name
of THE First Church of Christ, Scien-
tist, of Boston, Mass" This organiza-
ton remains and is designated as the
Mother Church. 1t has membership
at this time of about forty-five thou
sand and has branch churches and So
cieties to the number of more than one
thousand, situated in nearly every sec
ton of our own country, and in many
places in England and on the Con-
tinent. The original Mother Church
edifice cost, including the ground, some
$250,O00, while an extension thereto was
recently completed at an expense of
s., ,000, 600 This large sum was volun-
tariy contributed by the adherents of
the movement. There are also many
beautiful and costly church edifces of
the denomination in this country, and
several abroad. There is scarcely
large city that has not at least one
such edifice, and a number have more
Chicago has now six, and more are in
contempla zion; while in a number of
places such structures are nearing COM
pletion at this time. In these churches
and societies regular services are held
and are conducted much as in other
Christian churches.
| have not at hand recent statistics,
but, including the Mother Church and
the branches, there is total MEM
bership running into the thousands.
These thousands are worshiping God
according to the dictates of their con-
science" and believe that they are car
rying out, in greater fullness, the