Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-08-27
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
Frank II. Leonard. c. s. B., Speaks
on Demonstrate Religion"
An audience of over two hundred as
sembled in Bethany church last Thursday
night to listen to an able exposition OF
the theory and practice of Christian Sci
ence by Frank Leonard, C. 8. B., OF
brooklyn, N. Y. The speaker was intro
duced by the pastor OF the church, Rev.
Fraser Metzger, who said:-
BETHANY church in opening its doors
to Christian Science lecturer makes no
pretension of sympathy with the teach
ings OF the Christian Science cult. Be-
iieving, however, that Scientists are sim
cere in their contention, the church offers
the use of its building as a courtesy. The
church stands in the community as an in
stitution that could welcome the truth,
let that truth come from any source it
will. Though radically disagreeing with
much that Christian Science teaches, it is
willing to stand on the ground Gamaliel
pointed out to the Jewish Sanhedrin-
''If this counsel or this work be of men,
1t will come to nought, but il it be OF
God, ye cannot overthrow it," As pastor
and as an individual, am unable to in
troduce the speaker of tonight in the spir-
it of a man who can commend the mes
sage, in toto. None of us is infallible,
therefore it is always well to concede that
he who differs from you is in possession
OF some truth. 1t remains only for each
OF us to walk in the light he has, and not
be afraid, for the truth will hurt no man,
and no institution will suffer from its es-
pousal. Believing that the speaker comes
in sincerity, he is welcomed to this pull
pit, and l fraternally introduce him to
YOU"
Mr.. Leonard's lecture was in part as
follows:-
Many people approach the study of
Christian Science, or demonstrate Chris
tianity, with a feeling that, while it may
do and has done much for some of their
friends, it cannot do so for them because
they lack any faith in it.
was born with an incurable organic
disease, according to the physicians, and
up to the time when Christian Science
was presented to me had never known q
day of freedom from pain or suffering.
had taken medicine by the quart, the
allopathic way, and by the attenuated
hundredth part Of drop, the homeopa-
thic way, and then alternated the two
.,
clusion of the physicians was that disco
luton was at hand.
At this point in my experience / was
told new way of treating disease was
being used with wonderful results. l
had tried everything else and was willing
to try this, so went for my first Christian
Science treatment without the slightest
idea as to what was going to be done to
me. When my turn came, | was ushered
into a small room and asked to be seated
in chair as far removed from the one in
which the practitioner sat as the size of
the room would permit.
The first question asked was, "What
seems to be the matter with you?" i
felt il was adding insult to injury to ask
me what seemed to be the matter with
me, and told the practitioner, who was
a woman, the physicians said l had an
incurable disease, telling her what name
they had given it. She talked to me for
few minutes, and then said, 81 will
treat you."
The belief that she could do me any
good while we were sitting at opposite
ends of the room began to strike me as
being too funny for anything, and at last
was compelled to stuff my handkerchief
in my mouth to avoid the discourtesy of
laughing in her face. After awhile she
said: 81 will see you tomorrow at the
same time" i thought she would not as
had no intention OF ever going back
there.
NV every night was filled with the
most awful mental pictures, pictures
which we call dreams, that it is possible
to conceive of, and it had become neces-
sary to give me sleeping potion in order
to put me to sleep because l dreaded these
so. When l went to bed that night, in
tended to take my sleeping potion, but
didn't, and then the first thing l knew
was opening my eyes and found it was
broad daylight; found that i had slept
the whole night through without one OF
those dreadful pictures, and had awak-
ened with feeling of refreshment, OF
strength, of hope and joy that had never
known before. The longest hours ever
spent were between my awakening and
the time set for my going back to that
little room. I continued to go there for
three months, and then, upon his request
to be permitted to do SO, our family phys
ician made an examination of me and said
1 was as perfect physical specimen as he
had ever examined.
| have always been one of the kind
that would not believe anything until
had absolute proof tnat IL was true. lne
Truth has been very good to me all these
wears because, as Christian Science prac-
| titioner, have been brought face to face
continually with the wonderful healing
work that has been brought out by the
use of this Truth as Mrs. Eddy has given
it to us. [ have seen cancers, tumors, To-
comotor ataxia, drunkenness and immor
atty destroyed, and men and women
made whole morally and physically just
by the touch of Divine Love as under
stood and demonstrated in Christian
Science.
| I have heard it said that Christian Sci
eutists do not use the Bible; that all we
use is "Science and Health with Key to
| the Scriptures, written by Mrs. Eddy.
No statement could be more untrue, be-
cause the disclosure of the Spirit OF the
| Word which maketh alive comes only as
the result of the continuous study OF the
Bible with the aid OF the Christian
science textbook. Almost every denom-
| ination has its Bible helps, prepared for
the use of the lay members in the church
by those presumed to have the knowledge