The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-10
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Address Delivered Before Large Audience at Academy Of
Music Last NghtMany Children There
and All Interested

Almost filling the lower floor, and
with good number In the galleries of
the Academy OF Music, an enthusiastic
audience listened last night TO lee
ture on Christian Science. delivered by
Mr.. Bickneil Young. C. s. b.. OF CHI
cago. member of the board of lee
tureship OF the First Church OF Christ,
Scientist, OF Boston.
Many OF the representative people
OF the city were present and followed
the lecture with marked attention. II,
was notable fact that among the
large crowd were quite a number of
children. from twelve years old and
upward. whose attention seemed as
closely rlveted on the speaker as that
OF their elders.
Mr.. Young's speech was perhaps the
most lucid and interesting discussion
OF Christian Science ever heard in this
city.
Religion and Science.
Recognizing that the world has not
generally entertained any scientific
view of religion, the speaker dwelt
upon this point. answering objections
that have been raised in relation to it.
He said:
religion and science both refer to
absolute truth, and are not inherently
antagonistic; are not two, but one.
Jesus, the founder Of the Christian
religion, demons trated this fact, for He
taught and illustrated in His works
an exact, unfailing knowledge of God,
which is in It's very essence scientific
His method, admittedly Christian. must
be acknowledged as pure science by
any one who cares to look the matter
squarely in the face. Christian Science,
therefore. is a name which given to
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and satisfactorily. Although science
has not been generally associated with
prayer. yet the way is always one OF
prayer, whereby mans unity with God
is declared and proven in the degree
of ones understanding"
''1n Christian Science, many seemingly
contradictory statements of the Bible
are reconciled as the spiritual import
of them is more clearly discerned.
Science and Health, With Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker G. Eddy,
is commentary on thu Bible. and even
more than a commentary. for 1t gives
the student the principle and rule Of
the science which the Bible indicates.
The world has longed for a solution Of
the problems of human existence.
Their solution has generally been
deemed impossible. and 1t has been
thought that all the questions which
have troubled the human heart could
only he answered by dying and going
to some place which was supposed to
be heaven. Christian Science declares
that the truth about heaven Is disclosed
in the words of Jesus, "The kingdom
of heaven is at hand.''
Christian Science declares that God
is good His omnipotence, omniscience,
and omnipresence. as good, are fixed
facts verified by the universal discern
ment and acknowledgment of His In
finite self-existence as Cause and Crea-
tor God being infinite good evil can
be no part of Him. and therefore evil
has no scientific origin nor reality. TO
maintain these scientific facts, even
though they appear to be contrary 10
human experience. Is the way to I'M
prove human experience. Such teaching
enables one to confront the problems
of life with the science Of life-Chrls-
tian Science-and to solve those PROB
lens step by STEP.
Defense of Mrs. Eddy.
He declared Mrs. Eddy. the dlscoVerer
and founder Of this science benefac-
tor to the human race. "She has main-
tanned the fact that science is purely
spiritual in spite of all the opposition
OF material theories concerning both
religion and science. She has met all