The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-05
A VERY ABLE LECTURE
ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
BLISS KNAPP, BROOKLINE, MASS,
DELIVERS INTERESTING Lee
TURE HERE THURSDAY.
Several We're Present From Jefferson.
Janesyille and OcOnomOwOc.-
Col. Swift Introduces.

Thursday evening, Mr. Bliss Knapp,
C. S. b. OF Brookline, Mass, of the
Board Of Lectureship of the First
Church OF Christ, Scientists, Boston,
Mass, delivered lecture on Christian
Science, in the assembly room, Mason
ic Temple There was good sized
audience present, including many
from Jefferson, Janesville and Ocono-
mowoc The speaker was introduced
by Col p. H. Swift, president of the
board of directors of the local church,
who said:
These lectures are given not for the
purpose of proselyting, but to correct
any erroneous and false Impressions
which may exist in the public mind as
to what Christian Scientists teach and
practice They agree with their
christian bretheran on all the essen
tials requisite for salvation and strive
to be obedient to all the commands OF
Christ Jesus and regard him as the
mediator, who showed men how to
make spiritual adjustments with the
its destruction in each individual con-
sciousness, thus obtaining the bless
ing promised to all who shall live the
Christ life. They are kind, generous
and optimistic, which may account in
part, for the phenominal growth of
the past few years.
This evening we have with us one
OF our accredited lecturers who will
give you an idea as to what we really
believe and it affords me pleasure to
introduce the speaker, Mr.. Bliss
Knapp of Brookline, Mass.
Following is a synopsis of the able
address of Mr.. Knapp, which was lis
tened to most attentively:
The Comforter.
Before Jesus went away he promis
ed us another Comforter That no
misconception might arise, he took
tie precaution to explain the nature
OF this promised Comforter. 1t should
not be man, nor a person, but rather
tile impersonal Spirit Of truth" He
explained further that the Spirit of
truth" would lead mankind into all
truth, even to the very source of truth
which is God, and it would testify of
him. Now the spirit of Truth is its
laW,-the law which communicates
Gods healing power to humanity.
That law, moreover, requires sci
ence which can interpret it and be
reasonably understood. Since the
law is divine, it's Science must be a di-
vine or Christian Science. That is
what Christian Science is,-the spiri-
tual understanding of divine law as
applied to the needs of humanity. 1t
is not an invention. It is the discov
cry of what has always been true, and
what always must be the real Comfor-
ter to suffering humanity
Sometimes it occurs that one is SO
completely overwhelmed by sorrow
and grief that all the comfort and con-
ISOLATION of human affection seems
helpless to brighten the thought. Then
we need to remember that there is a
sorrow that purifies, and another sor-
row that works evil 1t will sweeten
or sour the disposition according to
the direction it takes. But in the ap-
parent helplessness of insurmountable
grief, there is the consolation that the
power OF ones right desire can steer
its course unerringly into repentance
and publication. In the momentum
can overtake US. Only good can come
out of it. Such an assurance removes
the fear and heals the grief. This is
the real Comforter at work in the hui
man consciousness. purifying ones
thoughts and motives. There is
therefore a grief that is salutary; for
it sweetens the disposition, chastens
the affections and enables one to be
charitable toward the faults of others
Mrs. Eddy's Discovery.
The preparation for Mrs Eddy's
great discovery seemed to include
much of the sorrow and suffering thai
purifies ones thought and purpose
Mrs. Eddy was gentle woman O.
deep religious experience, trained
from her youth to seek in divine gui
dance actual relief from sickness anG
distress. Added to that was an unus
ual intellectual ability which received
careful training and development, 81
that she had great personal charm b,
reason of her refined manners AM
well-balanced mind Then, in tn
flower of her youth, she was overwhel
med with grief at the loss of all ira
seemed near and dear to her. Their
followed long period of invaladisn
and the search for remedy, whicl
eliminated in the conviction that dis
ease responds most readily to a men
tai remedy. Still abiding in that con
victiOn, she met with an acciden
which was so serious that it was ex
pected to result fatally Knowin
that only spiritual things could saw
her. she turned to her Bible for hell
and as she read those spiritual truths
was in 1866. There was her proof @
mental healing, and that the divin
Mind is the healer to comfort III sol
row and in sickness. The next ste
was to learn the Science of that heal
ing and, as she states in Science an
Health, page 109, Il won my way t
lasto eN--q-50co encexcmfwypeeta
absolute conclusions through divin
revelation, reason and demonstra