Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
MRS. EDDY GIVES
BIBLES MEANING
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MAKES
SCRIPTURES LUCID
TRUE HEALING ABoUNDS IN
SACRED BOOK
Pillar of Cloud by Day and of Fire by
Night Becomes Reality, Re-
Vealing the Light of
Truth
BY HAYNE DAVIS

course, DllL III llS GSStlllldl pal - oOAiiI
years passed, during which l read the
Bible more zealously than ever, and at
tended regularly the church into which
I haG been baptized during infancy.
did not attend any Christian Science
church, nor read any Christian Sci
ence books, or associate with any
Christian Scientists, but 1 read the
Bible in the light of the facts L had
heard during the few weeks l had at
tended the meetings at First Church
of Christ New York city. l found that
1 had always slurred over the accounts
of the healing without being conscious
of it. and had fixed my thoughts on the
mystical sayings-of John and Paul
especially-of the New Testament
writer's and of the prophet Isaiah. Inc
beauty, perhaps also the underlined
meaning, of these passages, had pc
culiar fascination for me. Invisible
things had always been to me the most
interesting AS l write this l recall
a passage regarding Moses which fixed
itself in my memory: He endured, as
seeing him who is invisible" ] under
stood this to refer to God. Passages
which spoke of immortality mad ap-
pealed !, me strongly, and those say
ings of Christ Jesus which deal with
death and immortality were continually
drawing my thought deeper and deeper
into 1.-THE hidden things of God"
Much Space Devoted to Healing
AS read the Bible, after attending
some Christian Science meetings, these
things appealed to me no less than pc
fore. but the things said about meaning
began to loom up like mountains be-
fore a traveller whose journey has here
tofore been on the plains. L read the
first three Gospels carefully and noted
all the verses that were devoted TO
healing or other so-called miracles, ana
all that were devoted to other SUBJECTS:
[ found the Gospel of Mark fuller OF
healing than any of the others, one
third of this book being entirely ue-
voted to this subject, and two-htths OF
il TO healing and other miracles. Here
was clear evidence that an eye-wlt-
ness and, as l had been taught, an
insured writer had devoted to the SUBJ
iect of healing one-third of the space
he had consumed while writing about
the most important person and events
in the history of mankind. ANA l. WIN
had been ignoring that portion of his
life of Christ Jesus, had considered my
self as possessing the Scriptures! As
I went deeper into the sacred pages,
with a mind awakened to the import
ance attached to healing by the chlet
persons whose lives gave them place
in the Scripture records, the fact that
meaning III 1IIlSl > IlelliN - ~ 'SA--9
done began to stand out as the para
mount fact of contemporary history
| had heard this fact testified to- and as
| listened I had no way of escape from
| the conviction that the people were
| telling the truth. Being lawyer 1
4 had had some experience in Weighing
evidence. in rejecting false testimony
/ and accounting the true. In the six
weeks of attendance at Christian
/ Science meetings l had become con-
WINGED that the Christ-healing was
again occurring in our midst, beyond
any reasonable doubt. During this
/ time | said to friend who was
/ troubled about these things, Seek,
and ye shall find is the promise. We
will both seek, and we shall both find
the truth
His Eyes Are Opened
My friend went on into Christian
Science, but 1 continued in my former
faith. 1t was constantly more appar-
ent. in the period that followed, that
my church gave no more attention TO
those parts of the Bible which l mad
neglected, than l myself had done. Still,
l did not see why l could not find the
truth by seeking in this way; and L
did find this fact namely, that the very
best of the ministers of my church did
not claim to know as much about
! Christ or to work as nearly like the
| Master. as the humblest Christian
| Scientists. occupying positions of corn
parative unimportance in the various
ordinary callings Finally the day came
when the accommodating evidence LETT
me no way of escape. | had to choose
! between Christ and Church, between
/ Christian Science and sO-called ortho-
/ doxy, between Truth in its own gar
ments and error wearing garments IL
] .fefi nd
| tolic. I passed Christmas, 1902, without
making my election, but 1 could not
pass New Year. Strangely enough. d
now noted bishop helped me to aban-
| don my longtime communion Tor
! Christian Science. He preached SER
mon, after reading a chapter from the
gospels; a beautiful sermon il was, nut
one which absolutely ignored the Vl;aI
word of the chapter he had read. A
friend with whom l had attended SER
vice that day was delighted with the
sermon. Had 1 never listened to a
Christian Science service l. too. would
have been pleased. Time and time
again l had had a similar experience;
but this was the last straw, and | saw
that l would never find in the churcn
the truth which is peculiarly Christian,
4 because neither the church nor It's very
foremost men understand this truth.
1 ne IHNGIEDu 5tilAlCllleiAA ANY, A~A~A'
to was even then recognized as lead
I ing light, and his subsequent elevation
to the bishopric established the fact.
Grateful to Christian Science
1 then turned to Christian Science.
and soon became grateful to it for the
Bible, exactly as did those for whom
l had felt compassion few years be-
fore. All the benefit l had previously
derived from the Bible was preserved
for me, and 1 found that as went for
ward in Christian Science, an enlarged
fruitful, and constantly increasing un-
Outstanding of the Scriptures was the
result There are thousands in every
denominational faith who are sincerely
seeking the word of Truth, and, as
Christ Jesus promised, they will find IT,
and they will find the truth in Chris
tan Science, because it is there to be
found and Gods hand is not shortened
so as to prevent its guiding the sincere
seeker all the way that leads to Truth.
The true aspirations of all earnest
| Christians will thus find fulfilment,
more than fulhlment, for as humanity
is freed from sin. disease and death
will also disappear. which was the aim
of Christ Jesus, If not Of the churches
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