The Detroit times., 1914-03-20
SAYS CHRISTIAN
SCIENCES BASE
IS ABSURDlTY
Rev. H. Lester Smith Pays Re.
spects to Healing Cult in
Lenten Service
POINTS TO CHRIST AS
GREAT PHYSICIAN
Game Into the World to Mend
The Broken Lives
Of Men,

IL Is never too late 10 mend" was
the subject Of Fridays MONDAY Ler.
ten address, by the Rev. III. Lester
smith. In the Detroit opera house.
Some extracts follow:
"The healing cults that have arisen
in the United States in the last two
or three decades have furnished Q
most interesting psychological study
for the student OF human nature.
Some OF them, like Christian
Science. have been founded npon
absurdities through and through. 9th
ers like the Emmanuel Movement and
certain forms OF faith healing havs
been founded upon certain we'll
known psychological facts and spirit
ual principles.
"But they all have produced re-
suits. and even Christian Science. the
most absurd OF them all. has reported
certain cures.
Immediately we have had our ears
filled with the unqualified claims OF
] the discovery OF a panacea for all
human Ills. But these wild and
sweeping statements have not been
substsntiated by the facts. The real
explanation is to be found not In the
Z PCNuiAoA tC0SuihSo VI 0StiNOo VA Ivy
cult, but rather In the fact that
ever active healing principle that con-
tinually operates in mighty power TO
cure and heal in body. mind and soul
whatever Is weak or sick or broken.
IN bush and tree. in plant or how.
or. this force starts its work OF
restoration as soon as the injury oc-
ours.
In organs, bones and tissue as
soon as the fracture. cut or weakness
develops Immediately the work OF
healing and rebuilding begins.
Upon this principle the healer de-
ponds absolutely. and such II its po-
tency that in many cases 1t Is entire
~ suficient. The physician cooper
ates with this principle and assists
It by removing the debris and by pro-
vi6ing the best conditions for It's
operation and thus he Is able to cure
not only a much larger proportion OF
cases. but also much more serious
ones.
The mending of broken lives de-
ponds primarily, however, not upon
healer or physician. but rather upon
the constant and benehcent healing
power Of God as operating through
the laws which he has established,
and upon our intelligent, cooperation
with those lays.
I'VE observe the activity OF this
same divine power In the healing oil
the hearts and souls Of men.
Jesus Christ came - the Great
Physician to mend the broken lives
of men. The supreme fact Of the
gospel Of Christ Is that It Is the pow
or Of God unto salvation to everyone
that believeth IT,
There are no cases too hard Tor
Jesus to cure. There are no lives eoo
badly broken for him to mend. In
this sense, therefore the proverb u
true and II Is never too late to mend
There Ia q sense, however, In which
Il "a not true. It. In often used 10
mean that II ID never too late to en-.
tirely recover the lost ground ana
and oneself in full possession OF our
original endowment In this sense
Il Is q lie Of the devil. II n always
too late to restore, to recover that
which sin and folly have broken and
wasted and lost. The great TRAGEDY
Of human life h that the powers and
talents. the time and opportunity
which are misdirected by careless
and prodigal hand can never be re-
covered. God himself cannot bring
them back into q mans life. The
only possible work Of the grace OF
God "a to forgive the past, remove
its shame and corruption. bring the
remaining powers Of life to their best
and teach a man how to make the
best out of the rest OF the life"