The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-03-26
SATURDAY, MARcH rs, 1910.
LECTURE on CHRISTIAN SCIENCE


Frank II. Leonard, of Boston,
gave lecture Tuesday night in
the Opera house on the subject of
Christian Science. The house was
well filed with an attentive audi
ence. The speaker presented the
fundamental principles on which
Christian Science is based.
Christ and his disciples prac-
ticed the healing of the sick up to
the time of Constantine in the
third century. During these years
the spread of Christ's teachings
was unprecedented in the worlds
history.
Constantine (who, by the way,
was something of a modern poll
tician) accepted the Christian re-
ligion and appointed himself vice
gerant. From that time the heal
ing of the sick was abandoned.
1t is claimed by the clergy of
the present day that Christ per-
formed miracles simply to demon
strate that he was the Messiah.
The speaker said there are many
today who need the same evil
dences, and that they are now to
be found in the healing of sick
ness and sin through Christian
Science which takes up the work
which ceased under the reign of
Constantine. There is nothing in
the world today which is 80 occu-
plying the thought of the people as
Christian Science. 1t is great
relief to those who have lived all
their lives in constant fear of
death and the great beyond.
Mr.. Leonard gave his personal
experience, in becoming healed, as
follows:
Il was born with supposedly incur
able organic disease; had never known
a well day in my life; had taken all
kinds Of treatment known IN those days,
and had received no benefit. had
come to the place where the physicians
were unanimous in saying that dissolu-
ton was at hand. did not want to die:
l wanted to stay hereto live, and be
able to do rs other boys did About this
time learned that in Boston. Mass, n
body OF people calling themselves Chris
tian Scientists were claiming Gods
word to be as presently eiiicacious for
the destruction of disease as it was
when Jesus was on earth; and that they
were proving the truth Of their state.
ment by healing people who had gone
TO them for treatment after having been
pronounced hopeless and incurable by
their physicians. I accepted the sug-
gcstion that / try Christian Science, in
the hope that il might he Of benefit to
me and went to u Christian Science
practitioner for help.
The practitioner. a woman, ushercd
me into . small room which did duty AZ
an Office. and asked me to bc seated, she
at the same time seating herself in the
opposite corner VI tnc room. After be-
ing seated, she asked me what seemed
70 bc the trouble with the. ! ielt ~
though that question added insult to
injury. for to me my suffering was most
real and intense. NJ told her that the
physicians said had an incurablc
organic disessc, telling her what they
said It was. After few moments con.
vcrsation. she said she would treat me.
had not the iaintest idea what .
Christian Science treatment wax, no I
vas waiting with . good deal II curiosity
for her 70 bes,n ths Treatment, when to
my surprise she folded her arms and
closed her eyes. watched her for
moment or two. wonderiae when the
tssatmeot would begin. when Il dawned
O. me that this was the treatment The
ahsardity Il the belief that she could
Do No any good, sick - wss with an
iAcussbss ofessic disease. without even
layhg hss haads % me vas ~ apparent
b ~ that ! could scarcely avoid the
l1isooastaey II laughing aloud Ia her
enCo.