The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-10-26
INTEREST VAS splendid
People Who Heard Were There To
Learn In Earnest Just What
the Teachings of New
Sect Are.

The Orpheum theatre was crowded
Monday night to hear the lerture on
Christian Science by Mr.. Frank H.
Leonard Of Chicago, one of the
board Of lecturers Of the parent
church at Boston, A number came
from a distance by train and auto
to hear him speak.
Mr.. Leonard was introduced by
DR.. II. A. Deeds. The audience, it
was evident, were there to learn just
what the Christian Science church
teaches. So much has been said and
SO many conflicting statements made
that these who attended wanted to
know the truth about it. There
were people from all. the churches,
many fronr no church. and many
who already believe or half believe
the Christian Science teachings.
Mr.. Leonard is scholarly appear
ing man an interesting talker. No
one had any occasion to 60 to sleep.
Among other things he said:
I've read of the wonderful hap
penings Of the times of Jesus, wish
they might be possible now and then
accept the universal belief that the
time for miracles has gone by. To
say the time has gone by for the
power Of the Word to be manifested
is literally "taking the name of the
Lord in vain," for he said, $50 I
am with you Away"
+. Webster defines miracle as
anything wonderful. What Jesus
did was in direct opposition to what
We term natural law; but instead of
our accepting and clinging, as We
have, to so called natural law as the
real law, We should recognize that
no law is natural or normal save
that which manifests in all was and
on all occasions good or God. What
Jesus did was not supernatural from
the basis Of real or God naturalness
but in full accord with all the
promises in the Bible as to the re-
demptive accomplishment of ac-
ceptance of his work as the direct
manifestation of the omnipresent
power of the Word.
We must accustom ourselves to
reasoning out the things of Spirit
and cease believing they are hidden
from us until after the change which
We call death. The things of Spirit
are eternal and it is as much etern-
ity now as it ever will be, so now is
the time when we are to worship
God Gin spirit and in truth and
cease giving willing ear to the cry
of carnal mind which is at war with
Spirit and is death INTO any pos
sihle knowledge of God.
The Bible teaches "be We trans
formed by the renewing of your
rainds' aud this means we are to
he cbaneed in substance by begin
ming again with Mind
Jesus the Christ Transcribed all
material belief and theory when he
healed the sick with the Word of
God and yet he said, 81 can Of
mine own self do nothing indi-
eating It was the "Mind" in him,
thc Father, God which did the works
The world at large has had great
lmisapprehension as to the position
accorded to Mrs. Eddy by the Chris
tan Scientists said Mr.. Leonard.
They have never looked upon her
as a Creator but simply as Reve-
lator, who through conservation self
abnegation and profound spiritual
searching of the Scriptures, discern
ed the great Truth of the life "hid
with Christ in God" which she tram
scribed in the Christian Science
textbook, "Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures so simply
that anyone who is willing to study
may comprehend and know the
|''Truth'' which makes man free.
The Christian Science textbook,
"Science and Health with Key to