Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19
DISPELLS GLOOM
AND BANISHES FEAR
TRANSFORMATION COMES IN CONSOENCES
Writer Says Christian Science Proves Assertions.
Humanity Should Not Ask for Less Than
DemOnstrable Truth to ExtriCate 1t
from Dire Distress
BY EDWARD A. KIMBALL

BY EDWARD
nHE compassionate appeal OF Christ
ian Science to the world meets
Il with response most frequently
from neople who are in troubles; from
them that cry, them that are acqualnt-
ed with anguish of mind and body, or
that have been bruised by mans inhu-
manity to man. Why is this so? 1t is
because of the Incompatible promise OF
Christian Science and of its fulhlment.
You may search every system of rellg-
ions and scientific belief, explore the
vast network of philosophy and human
reasoning, and you will find that no one
of tbem nor all combined, promises so
much to the man who is in nell on
earth, as does Christian Science. Moth
ing offers such assurance for his nope.
If YOU will collect the testimony of eV-
ery school or phase of religious, philo-
sophie or scientific endeavor concern
ing the definite benefits thereof to man
kind and compare such testimony with
the testimony of the beneficiaries of
Christian Science, you will learn that
not one of the former effects, or even
claims to effect, such a comprehensive
list of manifold benefits as are capable
in the indestructible facts of Christian
Science practice.
such statements as these may appear
cause of their unbending positiveness
of assertion. I will not stop now to
Justify this incisive quality, which is
always incident to scientific utterance
and which Burr so aptly named tine
eterontery of truth" but will beg the
rea der to remember that Christian Sci
enc e does not ask any one to believe
anv thing that he cannot prove to be
true; to remember, also, that 1t is a
dem, onstrable Science; a knowledge OF
whicll is manifested in conclusive proof.
WoalLd YOU ask for more than this?
viii slnvthing less than demonstrable
truth ever serve to eXtricate humanity
from il dire distress? Jesus said, Ye
shall know the truth, and the truth
shall lm AXE you Free"
Is loefnite and Demonstrable
In deli vering a lecture at one time, i
dweIt somewhat on the subject of hell,
and learned that lady who was IN the
audience afterwards, said, well!
think THAI the lecturer spoke very dls-
respectful concerning hell. Inc lauy
was right. I have no respect whatever
for hell. I have been in it and through
If and lxna w 1T to be an abomination
and a fraud entitled only to the execra-
fion of mai kind. 1t is an indlV1dual
state of wreA ched consciousness, utterly
unlike God, or his nature, OF the con-
ceded essenti ais of his being. 1t is an
illeqitimate n 1onstrosity which has no
xeritv. no inn mortality, nor right to eX-
flor "the 1,angs of help had seized
me and impin ged upon me thelr Tor
vents was rescued through the oper-
ative efficacy of Christian Science
T-hen the tears began to dry, the ten
sion of fear to- relax, the gloom was
dispelled, despair lost its hold. the pam
decreased and at last vanished.
"Vrould not over state my woe" for, be
that as 1t may, I know that mighty,
satisfying impulsion extricated me from
40 oIltra geous q hell as any one need
know, and ushered me into the Vestl-
bule of heaven by means OF trans
formation of consciousness "herepy
existence seemed more fair, and the
obduracy of distres gave way to
certain measure OF the peace to when
man is lawfully entitled.
Having come upon the scene of Chris
tian Science by traversing nearly all
the way from a waiting grave, l nave
learned something of the besetments
that would hinder, and sometimes 90
hinder the sufferer who seeks escape
from his direful fate and who needs
to find the divine equipment by Wnlch
to gain a mastery over that rate ana its
woe. It is therefore fitting that refer
IN some of the questions and mistakes
which sometimes puzzle and distract
the newcomer. One of these takes 1orIh
IN the objection to the use or the term
Christian Science, on the plea that IL
involves a misuse of the word science.
This nhese of criticism is always the
result of unfamiliarity with the tech
nical definition and legitimate import
of tie word. AS a matter or tact lnere
are no other words in the English Ian
guage which would more correctly OF
adeouately serve the purpose for Whlch
the words Christian Science are en-
nIoved This term is used legitimately
to Indicate that Christian Science is a
definite, systematic and demonstraple
statement of the truth about the Chris
tianity of Christ; the truth ABOUT Gou'
man and the universe.
Is Simplicity Itself
1t will hardly be denied that there IS
such a thing as the truth ABOUT Goo
man and the universe, and 1t ought not
10 be denied that the truth of or about
christianity is the Science of Chris
tianitv: hence 1t is amazing that per-
son having access to dictionary snouln
contend that the conjoined words Chris
tian Science constitute misnomer'
Christian Science and Christian knoWl-
edge are synonymous terms, and their
use is justified according to the same
rule and propriety which justify the
word omniscienoe.
II ia sometimes said, 81 think Chris
tian Science is a beautiful religion, but
[ am not ready to espouse 1t, because
I fear that it will require me to give
IN so much" One reason why Chris
tian Science is a beautiful religion is
that il does not require one to give up
anything that is good or that will re-
suit in good for him. 1t calls for the
abandonment of nothing but misery
and that which causes misery. 1t sane
tions everything that makes for the
happiness, health, welfare and life of
man and interdicts only that which in
evitably makes for the desolation the
bankruptcy, the collapse of human eX-
istence 1t shows that 1t is evil alone
which lures mortals from their own
prosperity by the fatuous pretense that
sin can confer any semblance of joy that
does not contain the sting of suffering.
1t is frequently said, II would like to
know about Christian Science, but it
seems to be so hard to understand" p"
Now, on the contrary Christian Science
is simplicity itself, and the difficulty is
elsewhere than in the intrinsic sub
stance and presentation of the subject.
In her work, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy
writes of a person who at an early age
was confined in a darkened dungeon,
wherein he lived for years. Later on,
when liberated and taken into the light,
he was greatly distressed by what was,
to him, an unnatural experience and
he begged to be returned to his accus-