The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-19
Frank H. Leonard Lectures on Christian Science
Nashville, N. G.. caxette-Nsws.)

Nashville, N. c.. Gaxette-Ns~s.)
Frank H. Leonard. C. S. b., Of
Brooklyn. n. T.. 4 member OF the
Christian Science board OF lectureship
Of the First Church OF Christ, Scien-
list. OF Boston, addressed q number of
people in the Auditorium last night on
Christian Science; a Demonstrate
Religion"
Mr.. Leonard was introduced by
George s. Powell. who said in part:
The study of Christian Science In
connection with the Bible changes
thought from the material to the spir-
itual; it changes thought from death
to life. from sorrow to JOY, from sick
ness to health, and from poverty to
inexhausted and unlimited supply
The scriptures tell us that 'whatso-
ever things are true. whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things
are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely. II there
be any virtue. and If there by any
praise. think on these things
acknowledging God as the One
Mind and man as the reflection of this
mind, Christian Scientists are consist
ent in their efforts to change human
thought to the divine in order to bring
man back to his true relation to God
and to his fellowman.
1T ought to be self-evident that evil
thoughts produce evil effects. and that
good thoughts produce good effects,
and that good thoughts can not bear
their full fruitage as long as we be-
lieve that evil is power equal IL not
superior to good. This belief Is pro-
duct OF the teaching of the serpent and
is without divine authority.
THE gentleman who will address us
this evening is an authorized repre-
sentative of the Christian Science
church. and his lecture SO far as 1t
shall cover the subject in the short
time he has to speak, will present
Christian Science belief as taught by
Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health with
Key to the Scripture"
Mr.. Leonard said, in part:
There is nothing in the world today
which is SO occupying the thought of
luC pCopAC dS SuIlSlldu oCICuCc dIlu
there is vital reason why. regardless
of all the misunderstanding and mis-
representation relative to the subject,
people should still insist on knowing
the truth about it.
Salvation.
People are awakening to the fact
that the one great problem in life is
that Of individual salvation and the
more they think about salvation, the
more they are convinced that they
want it now. and the less willing they
are to wait for it until after they have
passed through "the valley of the
shadow" with all the mystery and
fear and doubt surrounding that pas
sage. Heretofore people have read the
Bible; today they are studying it.: and
the result is an awakening which car
ries with it the convictions that many
things formerly believed to be real,
essential, God-created and God-given,
are now seen to be put misconcep-
lions relative to God and what He
creates, misconceptions which need to
be corrected so that freedom may be
obtained from that bondage wherein
mistaken belief has held mankind.
Eternal Life. .
Unconsciously we have all fallen in
to the error of thinking that eternal
life will begin for each of US when
our experience here has ended, but
thoughtful consideration makes us
know that eternal life never began
and will never end, that it Is the same
yesterday, today. and forever. The
fact that life is and is eternal. is pos
tive proof that death is not, and leads
us to search the Scriptures that we
may find how to turn from death unto
life.
1t will be argued that this state
ment of Jesus referred simply to the
spiritual life: and this is true, for
there is only one Life and that Life is
Spirit. God. The work which Chris
tian Science is doing for mankind to
day is enabling us to eliminate from
consciousness the belief that there is
any life other than the spiritual, and
is bringing dominion and power to
the one who before was held in bond
age,-subject to all things, master of
none. When Jesus said, IF a man
keep my saying. he shall never see
DEATH" the saying he referred to was
this: 'He that believeth on me. the
works that I do shall he do also; and
greater works than these shall he do;
because go unto my Father" The
works He was doing when He made
this statement were these: He was
healing the sick, cleansing the lepers,
casting out evils, and raising the dead
by the Spirit OF od,"-to His glory,
and to the liberation of all those who
turned to Him.
There is no way whereby we can
demonstrate that God is true. other
than by doing His will and manifest
ing His supremacy in all things. The
Bible teaches us that God is "a very
present help in trouble" Mankind say
that He is in cases of sin. but that
II one be sick. he must turn to medi-
cine II he expects to regain his health
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