The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
STRIVE TO HEAL
As CHRIST D|
Judge HANNA Says fihat IS 4uif
pose of Scientist Followers Of
Mrs. Eddy.
MAYOR INTRODUCES {
Colorado Lecturer Sets Forth
Tenets of His Faith at Acad-
envy of Music. E

christian Scientists do not ciafm
10 be able at this period to do ali thSs 4
works that jesus and some Of his dts-E
cipIes did, but they do sincerely claim {
to be making an honest and unitea
effort IN that direction. declares
Judge Septirnus j. Hanna, of Colo
RADIO Springs IN lecture on 'Chrta-
tan Science. che Religion of the bl-
ble," Friday night at the Acauernys
OF Music.
And even thus far" he continues
their labors have been crowned villa
such wondrous and gratifying EuecesA
that they may well be encourages t0 II
go on and on In the Christ way. VITA
the full hope and expectation ana
knowledge that II they are true 10
their sacred trust, sooner or iater
there shall be accom- pIished here upon
this earth AL CT the great works. tna1
Jesus did and taught his disciples -
do, and which he commanded theM
to hand down to all the nations or
the world, as we have clearly shown.
Not only so. but the greater works
I ri v-t1frf1 fIr- rrortsster gnHtr nrsu nv
accomplished"
Introduced by Mayor. ,N
Judge Hanna was introduced by
Mayor Richardson and in the courses
I oil MS iPGIQI6 UAl0- a-UlR0 -AlA11At,-lAk
/ Mrs Mary Baker Eddy, founder Oh
the Scientist faith.
THE subject of my lecture" began
Judge Hanna. indicates fairy We'll
/ it's scope and purpose, Christian
/ Science. the religion of the ftbie. Wa
do not mean by this that Christian
1 Science is the only religion which,
/ claims biblical authority. but are
( aware that 1t is enc thing to claim
scripturai authority from the scripr
tures
Some arc Skeptical
Before proce sding to this branEns
OF my remarks. however, and .acunK
| upon an assumption upon which am
II, the habit of acting. namely, that
| there are more or less present whn
are not of our faith--sor1e H1ayp0
| who are investigating, but not thor
| oughly convinced, GONE who are sker-
| teal as t. whether Christian Srt~
| ence is what it purports to be. Yet
/ others who have come for the brSS
time to hear the subject publicly pre-
/ scented, | will say that Christian sci
ence has text book. 1t is a treaties
! on healing through the power OF G0d
I or the Divine Mind. Or, as we clattns
! 1t is a thorough exegesis Of the Scrip
turaf method OF healing all manner or
| diseases. and of curing all manner 0E
| sin through the understanding of God
! as all-present. all-powerful, all-wiss.
| In short, il Is a spiritual interpreter
ton OF the Bible.
God Is Almighty.
Christian Science teaches that Go0
Is In truth Almighty II He 10 Al
mighty, then surely He is correctly
defined by the other terms Omnipetents
Omnipresent, omniscient. Supreme an
Infinite. He who is all powerful II III
ways aii-powerful. He, who In OmI1l-
present Is never absent. He who Is I'LL e
wise is never less than that, could not
be by the very necessity Of His ali-s
wisdom.
objection Is sometimes made that
Christian Science is heterodox. be-
cause, as the DIRECTORS claim, II dee
Iciares against Gods personality.
THE Christian Science definition OF
God does not describe a more imper-
sonal God, as that term is commonly
used and understood, than does the
torthodox definition as contained in the
Westminster Confession Of Faith.
Leave Out Passion.
THE Mex .odist Episcopal Church
adopts substantially the Westminster.
definition, but leaves cut the word
passion thus describing God AZ be-
ing without body or parts. And yet
cur orthodox ministerial friends---tn~
Guiding those of the Methodist Church
oppose Christian Science largely
upon the ground that. as they claim,
1t teaches that God is not q person.
1t remains for our orthodox friends.
not for Christian Scientists. to explain
how Il God who is infinite, who Ii
spirit who is eternal who Is with
lout q body. parts or passions, can hs
a person I'M the ordinary sense OF the
term, or q merely big man, as lie H.
SO commonly understood to be-"
Matters OF History.
Judge Hanna said that 1t was mats
ter of church 1istory that for two hun-
dred years after inauguration of the
Christian era the sick were healed ~
the early Christians without resort -
material means or remedy.
There are instances. he Went ON
"in which persons, some of them Well
known Romans, high in official an
thority, who We're healed OF diseaasa
|, pronounced incurabie BY physicians -
those days. The early Christian latin
ers wrote exhaustively on this sup1ects
going into minute details as 70 the
healing OF the sick and the raising rs
the dead by the early Christians.
EfficGcy OF Prayer.
at is also "a matter OF church hiss
tory that a number If Ghrig,san secto
in their earlier eiiurch life were believ-
ers In the efficacy OF prayer alone -
heal the STICK This Ia true OF the wal
denses, Moravians, Huguenots Friends
or Quakers Methodists and DaptistA
y According to the life of John Wesley
founder of Methodism. he for many
wears was a firm believer In Tire dtrecs
nower OF God to heal the sick through
i the efficacy OF prayer. and practices
It not only Tor himself but for others.
at is likewise n matter OF record
I'm connection with the Methodist Ep1.
4 copal Church, when the early bishops
OF that denomination we're ordaineds
they were instructed. among cth6E
things, to heal the sick. not az edu-
Gated physicIans nor with drugs ami
I medicine, hut by VIRTUE of their uffres-
| suit Against Ola Donainion. g
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