Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-17
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
Large Audience Fills Grand
Theater at Lecture Yester-
day Afternoon
AN OPTOMISTIC DOCTRINE
Christian Science Has Done
Much to Change Thought
to Higher Ideals

Grand theater was filed yesterday
afternoon by an intelligent audi
ence. gathered to hear a lecture on
Christian Science, by Mr.. Bliss Knapp
c. S. B.. member of the Board of
Lectllreship of the Mother Church, the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Boston, Mass.
Mr. Knapp was introduced by Mr..
f. c. Miller, who spoke in part as
follows:
at must be admitted that the world
is the gamer by any belief which tends
to make its followers hopeful, help
fnl and cheerful in adversity as in
prosperity. | believe that the Chris
tian Science religion is doing much
to make this better and happier
world for all. | have noticed that the
members of the Christian Science
church are looking always for the
best in others, for the good in life.
Many of my friends are Christian
Scientists. and | have been Impress
ed by the fact that without eXcep-
ton they seem to be happy. content
ed, generous and hopeful. That
Christian Science is cheering and sat
isfyins, is proved by the constantly
increasing number of its adherents.
If any of the statements made by
the speaker who shall address you
this afternoon, appear too good to
believe. please remember that Chris
tian Science asks you to believe moth
ing, except that which can be proved.
Mr. Bliss Knapp, who will address
us, is a member of the Board of
Lectureship of the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.
take great pleasure in Introducing
Mr.. Bliss Knapp
Mr. Knapp is fluent speaker, and
with no attempt at flights of oratory,
held the marked attention of the aud
ience. He said in part:
1T is generally conceded that Chris
tian Science has given tremendous
impulse to higher standards of con-
duct in daily life. Its ethics or rules
of conduct are generally approved
and its optimism has made vast
contribution to hope, brightness and
human happiness. The one thing in
its teachings that is most criticised
and the one thing that is most re-
spOnsible for the tremendous spread
OF this movement, is the healing of
the sick through prayer Christian
Science has restored to it's rightful
place and authority that pearl of Je-
sus' commands. Heal the sick;" and
those who embrace its teachings are
first impressed. as a rule, by the joy
and comfort promised to the sick and
sOrrOwing. Then it is learned that
the ability of a Christian Scientist
to heal the sick and SHINING is Who'll
ly due to a better understanding OF
God, the divine Principle of man.
This is in accord with the Scriptur-
al command to "Acquaint now thy
self with Him, and be at reace."
The most unerring faculty for as
certaining truth has always been the
sense. 1t was the spiritual discern
made him the profundest logician
and the most truthful one the world
has ever known He came to save
men from a mistaken belief and to
this end he did Eot address himself
to their intellettS; he appealed to
their natural tenderness and spiritual
nature. and he was understood even
by the common people and children
ioi tIt Slulp4ltltS vi HIS speech. re
recognized that man is natvely and
inherently spiritual, possessed. of those
qualities that link him to God. Jesus
addressed himself to that real sense
of manhood and effected the cure of
sickness and sin. His process of
salvation was to awaken men to their
true. spiritual nature, which is as
indestructible and imperishable as
the divine Principle from which it
is derived. Mrs. Eddy's book. "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures has presented the spir-
it and power of the Christ-law with
such simplicity as to bring return
OF primitive Christian healing. These
fruits of Christian Science, spread
over a period of nearly half cen
tury, have done more to change the
thought of the world to higher ideals
that any religious statement or teach
ing of modern times. They have
challenged attention to the fact that
spiritual teaching improves the health
as well as the morals of men. Such
divine characteristics as health and
life, which are reflected through man,
can no more be annulled, disinteg-
rated or destroyed than can God him.
self; and We save ourselves by the
conscious recognition or that fact"
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