The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-05
A Locture o.
Christian Science
Delivered At Opera House Last Night
By Frank h. Leonard, c. S. B.,
Of BROOKLYN, NY.

Of Brooklyn, II.
The following lecture was delivered
at the Opera House, last night. by
Frank 81. Leonard, Of Brooklyn. N. r,
member Of the Christian Science Board
Of Lsctureship Of The First Church Of
Christ, Scientist, IN Boston, Macs.
LADIES AND GENrLRMEN
The Christian Science Board Of Lee
turoship. Of which have the honor Of
being member, has been organized
and Instituted, under the direction Of
Mira. EDDY, for The purpose 81 aitording
those really deairoue az knowing what
Christian Science Il, and what &c teaches
and does for mankind, an opportunity
10 get this knowledge through an au-
thOrized channel.
The work Of this board e aupFemely
educational, and u accomplishing the
uplifting Of mankind 20 3 plane Of
thought Whereon e finds IL possible 70
accept God as being Inhnlte Good. with
out making any reservation, either GO
20 Himself or His creation.
Many people approach the study OF
Christian Science, or demonstrable
Christianity, with 4 feeling that. while
h NAV 90 and has done much for some
Of their friends, II cannot DO 80 for
them because they lack any faith N II.
For the benefit Of the skeptical, / am
going 10 tell you how absolutely vi b
out faith or even knowledge / was.
when frat went for q Christian Sci
ence treBtlnent how absurd Il seemed
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less of al this.
was born with sn ineurable organic
disease, according % the physicians, and
up 10 the time when Christian Science
was presented 70 me had never known
a day Of freedom from paln % e1heri
ing. Ihad taken medielne By theQuRfi,
the allopathic way, and By The attenns
ated hundrodth part % q d1op, the
homeopathic Way, and then alternated
the two ways, and that was eclectic,
and the conclusion Of the phYsiciane
was that dissolution was az hand.
At this point IN my experiences ~
told new way Of treating disease
being used with wonderful regall
That people calling themselves Chr.s-
tlan Scientists were saying that Ood'e
Word had not lost its power % oeel19
sin, disease and death. 10 vas sog-
gostsd, al everything else BAG failed
that ] cry this new way rs e Hllght
benefit me.
I had tried everything else and va
willing b try this. 90 went for my tirst
Christian Science treatment without
the sllghtest idea as 20 what vas going
% BE- done 20 me. When / reached the
home 81 the practitioner wb0 he'd been
recommended 10 me, l was compelled
10 walt some time because Of she niaay
ahead of me. When my turn came
was ushefed into a small room and
asked b BE- seated In q chair as Tar re-
moved from the one IN which the prac-
titi0ner sat az the size Of the room
would permit.
The first question asked was What
seems 10 be the Meter with you 7"
felt Il was adding insult 10 injury 70
ask me what seemed 10 be the matter
with ne. and I told tho practitioners.
who was q woman, tie physicians said
[ had 90 incurable disease. telling her
what name they hsd given H. she
talked 90 me Tor few moments. and
then said "a win treat you. Then
she seemed 20 20 90 sleep for about
fifteen minutes. She closed her eyes
and commenced rocking gently back and
forth IN her chair
Thebellef that she could do me anygood
while We were sitting az opposite ends
Of the room began % strike me as be
ing too funny for anything, and at last
i vas compelled 10 stuff my handler
chief 81 nv mouth 30 avoid the discour-
tr40 ~ laughing Ia her face After \
while che woke %. and said win
see Fou tomorrow ~ The same time. y
4 thonahf che would nQt-l had 20 IN.
tontion o. ever going balk there. ! asked
her how much / owed her. and che told
ne. and ~ paid her 'NhOdght L was
tha esaIs1t dollar I had ever been sepa-
ato1 from Then ! gent hose;
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was lhc tonIe che family phyalcian tod
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