Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-19
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE.
Rev. a. r. vosbureh Of Rochester, NJ.
r., on Tsnets Of That Belief

hev. arthur Reeves Voehurgh. c. 8. B.
Rochester, n. Y, a member OF the Chris
tian Science Board OF Lectureship of the
First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston,
delivered an address on "The IdeaIism OF
Jesus" to an audience of about one hum
dred assembled in Bethany church last
Thursday evening. Besides people from
brookheld and Braintree there were pres
ent from out Of town Mr.. and Mrs.
henry Matson, David Matson, Mrs.
Frances Wellesley aud Miss Anna Brown
OF Bethel; F. n. Chase and his daughter,
Lila, Mr.. and Mrs. Gloss and Miss Flow
or Of Barnard, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kins-
man of Rochester.
The speaker was introduced by Prin.
e. q. Ham who spoke substantially as
follows:-
"We are all searching, trust, for the
truth, not in the spirit of PLATE, who
asked contemptuously, What ia truth9'
nor like the old Scotch woman, of whom
Mr.. Bryan speaks in one Of his speeches.
Said the old lady, 4 am willing to be
convinced, but ! would like to see the
man that could convince me- Such an
attitude can never lead us to the truth. /
believe that today more than ever before
men are seeking to know the truth, let it
lead them where it will.
"9reat changes have come about in the
last twenty years, especially in New Eng
land, in the matter Of liberality and toler-
ation. ! can recall the time when in
many parts of New England the name Of
Democrat was anathema, as am told, the
name OF Republican has been often re-
garded in the South. Those days are
passing away. Men today are broader
and more tolerant, and mere names are
not today an object Of alarm or contempt,
as in the past. what Is the truth p is
the question that men are asking today.
81 am glad to stand shoulder to shoulder
with any man who is honestly seeking to
know the truth, though our views may be
far apart. So only can we be fair to each
other.
Tonight Bethany church opens her
doors to believers in Christian Science,
not because she believes in it, but because
she does believe in fair play. This
church Is taking broad and progressive
stand on many matters in this commune
ty, and is honestly searching for the
truth. She will not deny to others what
she claims for herself. She asks that
we lie honest and open-minded in
matters OF religious faith, that we do all
in our power to make the truth known.
that stand before you tonight to intro
duce a representative of the Christian
{ Science church"
/ Mr.. Vosburgb, who, one would inter
from his remarks, once preached as a
/ Presbyterian clergy first called at
tention to the fact that every great relig-
+ ious movement, which has marked a
/ spiritual epoch, has Always been dominat-
ed by some transcendent character. There
has always been some Moses or Samuel or
4 David. some Paul or Luther or Wesley to
4 go before and lead forth the people of
God. And every movement that has
I brought humanity nearer to God has, in
/ doing this, elevated human thinking and
living into realms where they have be-
come more gentle and pure and good. So
when such a movement as Christian
Science should come into the world, it
| was inevitable that there should be di-
I vinely ordained one 10 reveal and lead
the way; and because il is inevitable that
/ the knowledge which is Divine power
shall come in gentleness, beauty, purity
and light, it was in the native order Of
the divine fitness OF things that this one
should be woman.
It is matter OF common knowledge
that Mary Baker Eddy is the discoverer
y OF A0TAsIlAu CGtGuNGs anu t0bA AuAb 4A5GON~
cry came about through her own healing
"a healing that came through the touch
I OF divine power, when human resources
could offer neither help nor hope.
1t is by no means a thing anomalous
and Unprecedented in Christian history
that one should be healed through faith,
in answer to prayer. It is 3 matter of
authentic record that spiritual healing
was known in the work of Wesley and
his early followers, among the Quakers,
or Friends, among the Scotch Covenant
ers. Luther healed his young friend,
MeIancthon. All down through the pro-
cess OF the Christian centuries, after elm
mating everything that seems TO bear
the stamp Of fanaticism or superstition,
there vet remains in the Christian church
a continuous record OF those who came so
near to God that in the hour OF need they
proved that He is one who not only for
qiveth all our iniquities, tut who healeth
ali our diseases One of the great orthodox
thinkers and writers of the last century,
one whom some have thought even the
greatest, DR.. Horace Bushnell, has said
this:-The first thing arrived at by one
who prosecutes this kind OF inquiry apart
from all prepossessions and laws OF tradi-
ton. will certainly be that the clumsy as
! sumption community heAu "a . OoosoeiSn
OF the original, apostolic gifts at about
the same date, is forever exploded; for, al
in fact they never consented to be stayed
or concluded by any given time, so IN
history they persist in running by al
|, time, until finally the investigator comes
into the discovery that the stream is I
|, river flowing continuously through al
ages, and always to flow." Mature and
the SupernaturaI).
Mrs. Eddy felt there was law back o
, her healing, and that she must know
what il was. Under this divine impul
sion she retired from society for thre'
, years and giving herself to study OF tn
Scriptures, "sought the solution OF rhi
problem OF mind-healing;" as she hersel
has put il, ssdevoted time and energies t
discovering q positive rule" Through
this search and research she came 20 tn'