The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-01

Boston Christian Scientist Elk.
plains Principles of Cult to
Detroit Audiences
HAS WARM PRAISE FOR
FOUNDER, MRS. EDDY
Says She Lived Pure, Unselfish
Life, Seeking Greater KnOwl-
edge. of Bible

Bliss Knapp. c. S. b.. member OF
the board OF lectureship OF the mother
church. the First Church OF Christ,
Scientist in Boston. delivered two lee
lures to overlooking crowds In De-
troit. Sunday. on "christion Science.
its religious and healing elements
The first address was given In the
Detroit opera house. at 3 o'clock In
the afternoon. and the other In the
evening. In the Scientist church, on
Alexandrieave. Mrs. Martha IL.
Vogue. OF Detroit. introducing the
speaker. who said In part:
The ability OF a Christian Scientist
10 heal the sick and SHINING throug :
PRAYER is wholly due to better un-
Outstanding OF God. VINO is the u,s'u -
principle OF mans existence. This Is
In agreement with the scriptural conf
mand "Acquaint now thyself with Rim.
and he at peace. one who is SICK u
not At peace One who is distressed
either In mind or I'm body Is not AT
peace Acquaintance with the divine
nature endows one with that peculia
intelligence which inspires him with
the power OF peace. and thereoy rules
out all disturbance. whether medtai oil
physical. Therein do you have pre-
scented In the briefest possible state
ment the precise method OF Christian
healing--acQuaintanc with divine ma
ture. How then shall we acquaint our
selves with God? Jesus adore ssed
Himself not so much TO the intellects
OF the disciples as He did to their
spiritual faculties. to their natural ten
derness aud spiritual aspirations he
recognized that one who has never en-
3oyed the advantages of an education
develope IL not outshining those OF a
student. This is evidenced in little
child. He has not had time TO develop
his intellect Nevertheless be has well
developed spiritual faculties. By ad-
dressing Himself TO ones spiritual
faculties that gentle Nazarene was
able TO impart TO humble fishermen the
actual understanding or divine law
an understanding that endowed ther'
with the power OF divinity to heal sick
ness and sin.
II an individual is made TO believe
that he has no faculty for apprehend
ing spiritual law. he is cheered n
Christian Science by the sweet assur-
ance that men are inherently spiritual
Even the supposedly wicked man may
know Gcd and be saved from his evil
ways. This is not mere high sound
ing theory for IL Is familiar saying
must be ut least a spark OF goodness
In him Suppose. then. that you ad-
dress yourself TO some very wicked
man and ask him if he has ever ex.
perienccd the desire TO be better and
TO do better: has he really desired &c
be good? Few will deny that there
have been periods when they have en-
tereained such desires. Where do the %
desires to be good come fromf Wha,
I. their origin Do they originate with
their origin In the infinity Of good. AND
that to US means God.
II. on the other hand. the individual
believes himself to be the originator CT
-. - a. Il
sonal possession--it could not be oil
God. and would net, therefore. be good
but evil.
with the recognition OF one good
who is God. IL naturally follows the: {
can be but one goodness 10 express
Him. which expression must character.
ize all alike. Indeed II IL 80 pure AND
simple as TO be recognized and obeyed
by child. The activity Of that righi
desire in the consciousness OF Job en-,
TO It's divine source and declare that
wonderful vision. Yet In my flesh
shall 7 see God" Those words are en-.
tirely In agreement with what Jesus
Himself later declared In the Sermon
on the Mount Blessed are the pure. in
heart: for they shall see God" Jot
therefore acquainted himself with the
divine nature, not so much by the
human intellect. as by the understand
ing of his goodness In Its simple pur-
ing power OF God was actually com
munic/ted to his human consciousness
through the law OF goodness. scien
tifcaily understood. Honesty In not a
tribute OF God, for there are not al
many kinds OF honesty as there are
people There -is-one honesty which
IL law or attribute OF God reflected
through all alike. The man who IL
honest from principle has the power
Of divinity to overcome temptation. In
deed he can not go contrary to the
power OF Its government. Therefore
honesty from principle communicates
the divine power to overcome dishon
communicates: the divine power ia
It IL true that orthodox Christians
generally accept this teaching ~ II re-
tian Science accepts the same teaching
a. II relates TO temptations OF sick.
ress. That 10 to say. we recognise that
health u Just as much a characteristic
or attribute OF God a. are honesty and
makes the same mistake who believes
that his health 10 q personal posses
sion, a. he does who believes that his
goodness and honesty ara personal pos
sessions.
Ones enemies never could do one
Justice In writing ones record, and u
follows that only the friends OF MCrs
Eddy-those who have known her most
can really give a correct estimate Of
her. II was my pleasure and privilege
20 known Mrs. Eddy personally for
nearly % years. She lived az pure .
life. as unseinsh and Christian q life.
a. 10 possible for "a denizen Of thls
world: and in all .hat she did she con.
siderod herself but humble disciple.
seeking to learn more Of the spiritual
meaning OF the Bible that she might
impart Il TO the world, and to its great
advantage.
Although II In generally admitted
that Christian Science heals both sick.
ness and elm by q mental process, fully