The Washington herald., 1912-04-29

riperS ana natures mentally.
Now, that which concerns US in this
lecture is not. primarily, the conquest
of the earth, the sea, and the air. Mar
velous as that conquest appears to the
human senses, it sinks into insignih-
canoe when compared with the con-
quest of sin, sickness, and death, which
is being accomplished by Christian Sci
ence through the recognition of God
as the divine Mind, the creator and
controller of the universe, including
man; the Mind which not only forgiveth
our iniquities, but also healeth all our
diseases.
This is the real wonder of the age,
this discovery of the Science which
causes the passing away of former
things and the making of all things
new, which explores mental phenomena
and lays bare the powerlessness of evil,
which teaches the omnipotence, omni-
presence, and omniscience of infinite
good, which brings the recognition OF
Emmanuel, or God with u.s." and so
makes possible the ful6llment of the
prophesy of Isaiah:
%Then the eyes of the blind shall be
opened, and the ears of the deaf shall
be unstopped.
"Then shall the lame man leap as
an hart, and the tongue of the dumb
sing" (Isaiah IS: S, 6)
In such an age, characterized by i'm
proyements al! along the line of hui
man endeavor, Christian Science comes
before you for your courteous and
kindly consideration. 1t claims your
attention because it is the science or
understanding of that which is eternal
and indestructible, itself unmoyed in
the presence of changing beliefs, be-
cause founded upon the Rock of Ages.
After more than forty years of trial
and test, during which time It has COM
passed the destruction of much evil and
built up the substance of much good in
human consciousness, Christian Science
stands before the world to-day ap-
proved by reason of its good works. In
the midst of an ebbing and flowing tide
of opinions concerning theology, medi-
cine, and science, Christian Science
stands firm, proving itself to be stable
support for the faint and weary, a
guide for the distracted and lost, a
solace for the sorrowing, a cure, for
the disabled and suffering. 1t is an
established fact in modern history, and
in no sense debatable question, need
ing no defense and no apology, but
bringing with it its own justification in
good deeds.
FULFILLs THE LAW.
Let me assure all those who are with
in reach of my voice that Christian
Science comes not as a destroyer, but
as builder; not to disturb the founda-
ton laid by Jesus, the Christ, and His
disciples and apostles, but to build upon
this same foundation a superstructure
worthy of His teachings and of His
works. Jesus said that He came not to
destroy, but to fulfill the law. This is
the mission of Christian Science, to
fulfill, to so explain the nature of God
that he who runs may read and under
stand and in the end attain eternal
life. Thus the teachings of Christian
Science do not imply that God, who
constitutes the basis, foundation, and
principle of all true religion, ever
changes or progresses; not that the
teachings of Jesus, the Christ, the Founder
of Christianity, need to be revised or
the Bible rewritten. We read in the
Scriptures that with God there is
neither yarisbleness nor shadow of
turning; We also believe that the pre-
cepts and warnings of Jesus can never
become antiquated, and that the Bible
of our fathers, the great treasure-house
of Christendom, when spiritually inter-
preted by Christian Science, sufices for
our daily needs. The thread of gold
which CLEANS throughout the fabric of
the Bible will shine forth forever TO be
apprehended by the receptive thought
everywhere. So it is not a new Bible
which Christian Science contempIates,
but one and the same Bible, explained
in a spiritually progressive manner. 1t
is not new God which it procIaims,
but the only true God, our Father
which is in heaven. 1t makes no at
tempt at an improved Christ, for there
is but one Christ, who is in the bosom
of the Father, perfect, eternal, and in
destructible.
But there are certain particulars in
which Christian Science differs from
the generally accepted doctrines of re-
ligion. First Of all Christian Science
calls for a very decided change in the
human point of view, in mans compre-
hension Of eternal verities. 1t means
the application of Science TO subjects
which popular thought has in times
past been taught to regard as shadowy |
and visionary 1t throws the strong
light of Science upon the nature and
attributes of Deity, upon the teachings
and works of the Christ and it makes