The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-30
THE SCIENCE OF SALVATION.
Text Of Address Made Recently at Local Opera
House by Prof. Herring.


of this city and Amarillo had the
opportunity of hearing Prof. H..
s. Herring, G.. S. b. in an address
upon the subject of "Christian
Science; the Science of Saliva
ton" at the local opera house,
and at the request of many of
the hearers we give the full text
of the address.
When the time came for the
lecture, $50 o'clock, Mrs. V Ed
Ma Henson of this city presented
Judge Penny, one of the leading
attorneys of Amarillo and of the
Panhandle, who in turn, with
well chosen words commendato-
~ of his work, introduced the
speaker of the evening. Protfes-
sor Herring then delivered his
message as follows:
In addressing an intelligent
audience upon the subject of
Christian Science: the Science
of Salvation" it is well, first of
all, to reach a mutual understand
ing as to the meaning of the
terms. Science means exact,
systematized, and demonStra BILE
knOwledges of facts, laws and
causes, while according to
Smiths Bible Dictionary saliva
ton means "deliyerance from
temporal evils and earthly des-
truction,' in other words deliv-
erance from evil. Hence The
Science of Salvation" means in
substance that demonstrable
knowledge which affords deliver.
ance from evil.
ST. Paul admonishes us to
work out our own salvation with
fear and trembling. This
Scriptural command means far
more than the common belief
that salvation is assured by sim
ply having belief or faith in Jesus
as the Son of God. Such saving
faith is vitality necessary, but it
is only the beginning Of our sal
yatiOn-ltS spiritual basis.
Then must follow the working
out of our deliyerance from evil.
our separation from sin. from
the bondage of this world, from
limitation, failure, sickness, dis
ease, death.
Saving faith, the recognition
that Christ Jesus is the Son of
God and that he brought saliva
ton to all mankind, includes not
only the glad acceptance of what
Jesus was and did but of what
we said we can and must do. He
said, Il am the way the truth
and the life, and he also said
He that believeth on Me the
works that | do shall he do also. .
What did his disciples, his i'm
mediate followers, learn from
these and similar sayings of the
Master; Their saving faith IN
Jesus as the Son Of God enabled
them to put into practice his
commands to Heal the sick,
cleanse the lepers, raise the
dead, cast out devils. They
literally followed his example
and did the works which he was
doing, and which he commanded
them to do. Their faith grew in
TO an understanding of the prin-
ciple and law taught and demon
strated by Jesus, and they had
thereby begun to work out their
salvation from sin, disease and
death. This same teaching and
demonstration is available to as
today. and our Christian duty all
twentieth century disciples is to
apply his rules and get his re
suits. as was done in his day and
for three hundred years after.
Working out our own salvation
means to secure the mastery
over the ills of the world, to DIES
troy them by the demonstrating
knowledge of God received
through Christ Jesus and to eS-
tablish harmony, health, happl-
ness in every day life. Hence
our salvation is not fully worked
out until we have dominion over
all discord and everything that
causes it. This necessarily IN
cludes dominion over matter and
its laws, to which we are in such
bondage, dominion over evil and
its sensation, sin and sorrow,
dominion even over death and its
terrors. 1t means to attain to
perfect harmonious living, to
bring about Gods kingdom on
earth.