New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07
William R. Rathvon, of Boston,
Lectures in This City.
TWELVE HUNDRED PRESENT
Many. Unable to Get Into Third
Church, Stand in Vestry
Room and Foyer.

,rbich more than twelve hundred persons
were in attendance.
ur Rathvon was introduced by WILL
,an y. Porter a member OF the Second
church Of this city. who said Mr.. Rath-
Won was a graduate Of the Christian
Science College. of Boston. where ne OBJ
tanned his degree. Mr. Rathvon was born
in Denver.
The church where the lecture was de-
Iivered last night has a seating capacity
Of one thousand. All the seats were taken
before Mr.. Rathvon appeared on the plat
form and more than two hundred per-
sons were standing In the rear and in the
side aisles. 1t was said that about four
hundred persons were turned away be-
cause Of lack Of accommodations.
Before and after the lecture there was
an organ recital. Many Of those unable
10 gain admission TO the church proper
stood about in the foyer and vestry room
until the lecture was over. Mr.. Rathvon
spoke as follows:
Christian Science has but one textbook.
Science and Health with Key 70 the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. IL Is
not a book 10 be quickly read or hastily
thumbed over as one would shallow
novel Nor is II TO be approached with
bias or prejudice II one would share ITS
riches: but its truths may be proved ana
IN turn impaired by child or sage who
turns it's leaves with an open mind.
Only the open flower il is that catches
the dew and yields its honey 10 the bee
It has been asserted that Christian
Scientists place their textbook above
the Bible as the guide 10 righteousness.
no one can honestly make this alleSa-
ton who has read the book Sarelui,iyy.
for on. page 4s' Of Science ana hea "a
are printed these words. the nrst OF
series of tenets of our religion:
LAS adhCrents Of Truth we take the
inspired Word OF the Bible as our sufh-
Client guide 10 eternal Life.
What more emphatic and eXplclt ne
cation OF such q charge could be de-
The truths of Christian Science do not
originate in the book Science ana he the,-
They find expression there put thelr
origin is in God. They have always eA-
listed and will forever exist what erect
then, II may be asked, does the STUDY
OF this book have upon those VINO nav 1aEe
II supplant the Bible in their reverence
and admiration? Is the Book OF DOCKS
less precious to them than oeIpre' -
Science and Health harmonizes many
seeming incongruities in the Bible when
have long perpleXed layman and theo-
Logan: II explains apparent contrduIC
tons: II discloses unexpected rlches II
gives new significance 70 favorlte pas
sages and brings neglected ones into
The study and application of its teach
ines by those who nave had little OF ~
familiarity with the Scriptures nave nlaue
them Bible students and Bible lovers.
The one time atheist. the scorer ano the
blasphemer are finding the Gospei
treasure house of JOY and consQlatlonn
whose untried doors had been oaTreu
against them until unlocked by the Key
forged by the hands OF gentle "olIian
who loved all mankind. No other I DOB
IN modern times has made so many blOie
readers.
Shared Mrs. Eddy's Counsels.
II las fallen 20 my lot 10 have known
its author intimately IN the lasl Ie"
wears OF her earthly activity. one Ia
vemDer day In l.Ve MIS-. Euuy Ie az
mo 10 her side from my home IN Coio-
,ado 10 become a member OF tnat ms
tOric household at Chestnut nm Whl.h
she oTce publicly desiSnatSl t.e mop
piest group OF Christlan S cleill-reS bar
daily counsels for more tnan TWO yeaIs
and from the time Of my 1Ist nan noun
heart-tO- heart talk with her uoMH a.
The afternoon when standihS al heI So
7 saW her marN elloUs hands shape ne,
last vvriften WORDS God rs my lie,
have rever wavered in my cOnNlct loii
that she has been the CHOSEN eNdii5 FISi,' u
Truth, intrusted with those soou tlN I.i-s
~ great iOv that have been WAITING
mans readiness since the Gays WIZ
Jesus trod the dusty fields OF syria anu
sailed the blue waters OF Galilee. -,
could by the hour reclie 70 SSu s M,
dents of Mrs. Eddys wisdom ana sasa-
citv OF her courage and steadIasthtss,
OF her wit anG humor, or her loNe ioi
little children ana ner deneHt ~ ~
beautiful o. the ineXpressiOIe cnai m o.
her manner and the eloquencS OI He,
80 "a n,1r n iS NOT of these things that
she would nave me SPEAK. ALL. ox
IL was her dcsire-dlinOst daiy eN
pressed-that her followers shoula uIsIS 5-
gard her personality and address the4I
thought to the things Of COD wmch she
has disclosed 10 them. she WOuld nave
ne study her books and not her person
gslitv. she would have US know ner ~
what she wrote and not by now hhe
lacked Years ago she Instructed her STU
dents TO follow ner only as she folioWeu
Christ. and though she was rare Lead
or she was an ideal follower Oh all that
NJ COMPREHENSION of the problems
~ NE Is 10 be measured by ms under
STANDING of God. lie holds 10 contrary
and widely divergent bellels dDout Nou
and hence his interpretations OF lie are
conflicting and discof dant. II ne con
.cedcs 10 GOd.--the primal cause OF ali
being, illimiIable power-OInIip "o'5n1,,.-,
ana illimitaDle MISUNDERSTANDING H. ~,
and In the next breath ATTRIBUTES 10 nm
f6e sffiictions and disasters Of human
sxnsrtence he is setting up a god OF good
ana evil OF beneVolence ana crueilS,
whom ne may Try 10 love Out 10 DOuhu
The anthropomorphic idea Of God as
man-uke being OF human attributes anu
qualities enormously magnlled, hsir
ts3e OF mythology, handed down 70 10
through generations OF orthodoxy ~ re-
pudlated in Christian Science. For us
deanition of GOD Christian Science CON
sistently turns 10 the Scriptures
Christian Science Defined.
Christian Science stands before the
world as demonsraole renei on
that Is 10 be lived, not merely believed
The standard OF proficiency for the Chris
tan Scientist is not how mucn ne pc
lieyes but now much of that BELIEF ne Is
using in mis- daily life. In his dealings
With his fellow men and in the sanctity
OF his lnnermost thoughts ->.,..,.
Hence IL IS that there - no suCh i iItlne
as a purely theoretical Christian Sclen-
list 40 man can become a CHRISTIAN
Scientist by merely DeLeNlns III the
teachings OF it's textbook without pIaC
Using them We are Christian Sclentlsts
knowledge OF our religion, Dc that kno"i-
edge great or small We are CHRISTIAN
Scientists only as we are Kind and heIp-
ful IN thought and deed, only az We
think health and talk health instead OF
disease and disaster. We are ShIlstlahi
suggestion, Peace, be still only as
We are loving and courageous and reso-
lutte and unWavering In our warfare
against sin, sickness and death.
IL Is often charged against CHRISTIAN
scientlsts because they rely wholly upon
the sick When the average man con
eders tne needs OF sick person, his