White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13
McRACkAN SPEAKS
ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

at the Bio theater, Thursday, to lis
ten to an exposition of the Christian
Science tenets, as discussed in an in
ieresting manner by w. B. McCrack-
an of the board of lectureship of the
mother church.
Mr.. McCrackan said in part:
To-day as in ages past suffering and
SHINING humanity utters the cry OF the
keeper of the prison to Paul and Silas
What must | do to be saved? What
must do to find the way of escape
from sin and sickness; TO assure my
self of the future; TO d~isentangle my
self from the grasp OF relentless foes
TO protect myself from the assaults OF
outrageous fortune? Is there a God
who saves and heals, and, il there is,
is there any tangible proof that he has
answered the cry of humanity in the
past and is ready to hear my cry to-
day? Where shall | find the assur.
ance of all this which my mind de-
mands-where the safety, peace, quiet,
tenderness and satisfaction which my
heart requires?
Christian Science answers this cry
for help for Offering practical proof
that there is a way out, and that this
way is the way OF Christianity and
OF Science. 1t instructs humanity In
the true understanding of God, and
points To the irrefutable testimony
drawn from the history of Christianity
grace is eve ready to be showerea
upon His faithful followers in all ages
in answer to their right thinking and
obedience. 1t assures that doubling
questioner hat the way OF salvation
Is traced by the finger of God and
that the sound of the still. small voice
directs those who walk In that way.
Until the middle OF the %ninteenth
century had been passed no n had
been able to explain the eve operative
law, equally applicable In the past. the
present and the future. which correlat-
ed the acts of the patriarchs and pro-
phets, OF the great Exemplar, OF the
disciples and apostles, and of the early
Christians. TO the acts of those who In
more modern times had been able to
demonstrate Gods ever-wiIlingness to
save and to heal.
This great discovery was reserved
for Mary Baker Eddy. the Discoverer
and Founder of Christian Science and
author OF its textbook. Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
Finally there had come some one who
having experienced physical healing
By spiritual means was not willing to
rest until she had found it's Principle,
demonstrated its present availability
and made 1t accessible to all mankind.
In her work entitled Miscellaneous
Writings" p. "a. Mrs. Eddy tells US
how while lying disabled by an ac-
cident which was considered fatal. she
called for her Bible and on opening
1t at the ninth chapter of Matthew
read the story of the man sick of the
palsy who was healed. She tells us
that as she read, the healing Truth
cawned upon her and she rose, dressed
herself and ever after was In better
health than she had been before. This
was in the year 1855. nearly fifty years
AGO. For three years after her discov-
cry OF the healing power of Principle
Mrs. Eddy devoted her life to the
working out OF the science which
should make this healing available
for mankind. She searched the Scrip
using the Bible as her only text
book. and healed the sick to prove
the correctness of her conclusions. un-
III she had demonstrated beyond the
shadow OF a doubt that God is az
powerful and as willing to heal the
sick today as He has been In ages
past. and that His law OF harmony IL
perpetual, unconfined By time or space.
First of all, Christian Science prac-
tise places no reliance whatever upon
matter as a curative agency. II does
not resort to medication, manipula-
ton or material applications. II does
not prescribe drugs or diet. II does
not expect to heal man through change
of climate or through the exercise OF
the body. Its practice is not the prac-
tice of material medicine and no legal
enactments al make 1t so. 1t is Who'll
ly mental and spiritual. 1t recognizes
disease as a false mental belief and
relies solely upon God who is Truth
to correct this falsehood.
What. then. is the answer of Chris
tan Science to the cry Of humanity
for help? 1t gives to all men the as