The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-12-16
A LECTURE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Ry Frank n. Leonard. c. S. 3.
Member of the Soard of lectureshlr
of the First Church of Christ, SCI
enlist. of Boston, Mass.

Friends, On behalf OF FIRST Church
OF Christ Scientist OF Richmond. l bid
YOU hearty and cordial welcome 10
this our annual lecture on Christian
Science. These lectures are not gwen
tor the purpose of proselyting or un~
duly influencing any one 10 accept
Christian Science. but for the purpose
OF correcting and explaining any false
or erroneous impressions that may
have obtained in the minds of the peO-
pie as 10 what its true teachings are.
also 10 make plain what We under
stand TO be the way of Salvation as
exemplfled in the Life and Works Of
our blessed Master Christ Jesus. So
we have witt, US this evening a gentle
man who is duly authorized and emi-
nently qualified 10 talk TO us on this
subject. And I now have the pleasure
of presenting to you Mr.. Frank h,
Leonard c. S, B., of Chicago, a mem
ber of the Board of Lecturship of the
Mother church. The First Church of
Christ Scientist in Boston. Mass. who
will now address you-By ReeCe Mar
latt)
A Celt being asked to define a critic,
responded. A critic is one who is
most down On what he is least up on
No one has ever believed he has criti-
cized Christian Science from the basis
of knowing what Christian Science is.
Ignorance of this great subject can no
longer be excused on the basis of ina.
bility 70 gain correct information as
TO what il is, whence il comes, and
what it accomplishes. Christian Sci
ence lectures are given so that those
who desire may become familiar with
it from the standpoint of those who
have studied Christian Science, have
applied and proved it.
The Bible teaching, "Ye shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make
you free" is familiar to all. The ques-
tion arises, What are We to know the
truth about, and from what will this
knowing free us? We are to know the
truth about God, and this knowing
will free us from all misapprehension
and false educational theory relative
to Him. which has held humanity in
bondage and misery, wretchedness
and woe, for uncountable generations.
I Mrs. Eddy started her investiga-
tion with the realization that God is.
and that as cause and effect agree, all
things that really are must be like
! God in quality and character. So, in
spite of the testimony of the physical
sense. regardless of the wrong educa-
tion of the ages, she took her stand
against the things temporal though
seen, and with the substance of things
hoped for but not seen; and the re
suit of this standing revealed to her
the glory of God and the great Truth
relative to Him, which is the founda
ton of all the redemptive and healing
work that is accomplished in the min.
istry of Christian Science-namely
that God is infinite Mind.
| 1t is not prejudice that makes the
Christian Scientists stand like a rock
against the suggestion that the reli
| gion of Jesus the Christ does not heal
! 1t is the knowledge that the Comfor
! ter of promise is In our midst, Scrip.
ture is fulfilled, and the Word that
heals is doing its work individually
and collectively for all those who, in
meekness and humility, are willing to
| lay self aside and let the Spirit of the
: Christ enter their thought.
! To summarize the teaching of Chris
! tian Science relative to reality and un
reality,-it means simply.-Life, Truth
and Love are real because they are
! like God; sin is unreal because sin is
unlike God. Disease and pain are un
real because disease and pain are un
death is unlike God. whom to know
Alright is life eternal and in whom 1--WE
! live, and move, and have our being"
| Christian Scientists have had and
t still continue to have love for Mrs
/ Eddy that language can never express
because she has taken us near to God
! She has taught us what He is She has
made Life. Truth. Love, Mind living
realities, and has taught us our natur
al environment and cur spiritual birth
right.
! In her writings, Mrs. Eddy has set
| forth the Truth realtive to the Spirit
! of the Word of our Bible in so simple
and direct a form that he who is seek
! ing after Truth in the spirit of the
/ Word, may instantly comprehend anC
! the veriest child understand.
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