Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-28
MANS 'SREDEMPTION
KEYNOTE IN FAITH
Rev. William Mckenzie Addresses
Large Audience on Purpose
of Christian Science
TEACHING THROUGH REASON
Experiences of PatriarChs and
Prophets Cited to Explain
Work of Healing
TEACHING THROUGH REASON

of Cambridge Mass, a member of the
board of lectureship of the FIRST
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,
addressed q great audience at the
Shrine auditorium yesterday afternoon
on christian Science, a Present Re
demptic7." Although the same speak
er had been greeted by packed house
at a lecture on Clean Journalism at
Simpson auditorium on Saturday night,
he faced even a larger throng at his
meeting yesterday. In part the lee
turer said:
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEACHING
The liberation or redemption of man
implies that he is enabled to pass
through the door of hope into enjoy
ment of that which he hoped for.
Through enlightened faith the things
hoped for become substantial and the
joy that was visioned becomes present
experience.
Where men have inherited their re-
ligious beliefs there is found opiniona-
tive or theoretical Christianity; but the
basis of happiness in this life is prac-
tlcal and individually earned Christian
ity independent of tradition, having
for it's keynote demonstration and
spiritual understanding. Christian
Science teaches men through reason
and revelation. Reason replaces opinion
since it leads back always to cause.
Revelation replaces dogma because it
always brings light" When man
walks in light understanding the law
which governs him and obeying it,
he is at peace.
No one should deny that the cures
of disease wrought by Jesus exhibited
causatiOn, and so were scientific. There
was power which was efficient to pro-
duce these results of healing. This
power existed then at the standpoint
of causation. Christian Science de-
clares that all the power which then
existed does now exist at the stand
point of causation, and by effects al
ready made manifest. it is proving this.
HEALING OF THE SICK
Causation is itself invisible, but eff
fects show its nature. The healing
wrought by Jesus was so kindly, so
blessed, that men glorifed God the
unseen cause. Today men are behold
ing results which can come only from
a source divine and loving, and are
becoming acquainted with the true God
thereby The healing of the sick
through Christian Science is accom-
plished by the law and potency under
stood by Jesus, and it has this test,
and sign, that those healed by it's min
istry find their lives glorited with
.
is reflected in universal kindness.
Christian Science introduces a man
into the comradeship of the noble and
upright men of all times. 1t shows
him that the saints of God and the
heroes of the faith are his own people
If he is willing to accept the same law,
obey the same power, love the same
ideal. So far as the divine nature is
concerned we have access always, ev-
erywhere, to God. The lost man Is the
one who has forgotten God, not one
whom God has forgotten. We have ac-
cess to divine law, we "listen to the
thoughts of Cod" only by obedience.
OF this obedience and its results there
are notable examples. We value the
writings of the Old and New Testa-
ments because we have therein the
life's problems Alright. They were sue
cessful in proportion as they under
stood Gods law, and had faith in it's
operation.
In the earliest times the promise
came to Abraham that he should bring
blessings to the nations of mankind.
To him Deity was "The most high God,
the possessor of heaven and earth"
Abraham had once served other GODS"
but when he came to understand how
man may be taught, guided, and helped
by the unseen presence, he became the
friend of God" and through his expert
ence blessed all believers with the
knowledge that God Almighty is mans
friend. This patriarch illustrated the
purpose of Love to create trust in
good" Mrs Eddy says. (Science and
Health, p. 579)
EXPERIENCES OF PATRIARCHs
If we follow the growing conception
Of the goodness of God as brought out
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in the lives OF the prophets, of Elijah
and Elisha, of Isaiah and Daniel, we
find at last the promised Messiah un-
folding the truth regarding the one God
through works of healing. Thus we
learn to understand the goodness of
this one power, eVer-enduring, ever
active, ever-available for the need of
man.
The initiation Of Mrs. Eddy's dis
coVery of Christian Science was an eX-
perience of healing, the story of which
is now familiar to the world.
The Discoverer of c. ristian ience
recognized that her experience of heal
ing was due to the fundamental law
whereby healing had been done by
Jesus and his disciples, and she deter
mined to find out the meaning and ap-
plication of that law, so that it might
be available for others. She sought
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Scriptures, and this was the proper
source to turn to. Take the Gospels
for example; what do we find recorded
there? Is it not works Of healing?
The Acts of the Apostles were acts of
healing. In the records of the Law,
and in the testimony of the Prophets
we are told Of healing.
EQUIPMENT OF MRS. EDDY
Were we to abstract healing from our
Scriptures their value as revel tion Of
God to man would be diminished in
conceivably. 1t was natural then that
one who had had an experience Of
healing should turn to a series of writ
ings which tell about healing in order
to find an explanation of that healing.
In this respect Mrs. Eddy was equipped
as an interpreter better than any COM
mentator who had preceded her. Pre-
vious writer's on the Bible went to it
as to an arsenal to find weapons of
defence, and of offence, for the sup
port of their accepted opinions. Hence
the hundreds Of theories regarding the
teaching of the Bible, and the numer-
Gus denominations founded in variant
opinions. If an understanding of truth
is supported by the demonstration
which corresponds to the truth, then
in all conditions it will prove to be
the same truth; whereas unsupported
opinions may vary with ever Veering
beliefs. She started with the demon
stration, and discovered the truth
which explained the demonstration to
be the same truth to which the