The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-09
We THINK WRONG
Health and Happiness Are Men,
tai, Says E. w. Palmer.
Christian Science Lecture Be-
fore Big Crowd Last Night.


Ezra w. Palmer, c. S. B., of Den
yer, Colorado, a member of the board
of lectureship of the Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scien-
fist, in Boston, Massachusetts, de-
livered lecture on Christian Science
at the Grand opera house last night.
He was introduced by Robert w. Cop
pedge, who defined the message OF
Christian Science to the world to be,
that health and happiness are men
tai Our troubles arise entirely from
wrong thinking.
Mr.. Palmer said in part:
The gr--: exponent of the omnlpo-
tence of God was Christ Jesus. by
reason of his sinless birth and sonsh1p
with the Father, he knew and eX-
pressed the will of God. The rehglous
systems of his day claimed to teach
the true worship of God. But these
systems produced no results to prove
their unity with the Father Jesus
not only knew the power of God-he
proved it by results. He proved that
what claimed to be real on the evil
dence of the corporal senses was not
real but illusion. He reversed the
false claim that matter has life, in
telligence, or power, either to injure
or bless mankind. The false, carnal
mentality which St Paul declared was
"enmity against Cod, Jesus stripped
of all pretence and characterized IL as
"a liar and the father of it. He new
err taught that God created matter. or
that God was in any way responsible
for sin, sickness, or death On the con-
trary, he exposed the unreal basis OF
these errors and destroyed them thru
the might of Mind.
Saving Power of God.
,afe-
the everpresence of the Christ, the
Messiah, the Red eemer. Moses smote
the rock in the wilderness and foun-
tain gushed forth. Elijah restored
to life the widows son; Elisha healeo
Naaman, the Syrian captain the ne
brew captiveS were preserved IN tHe
fiery furnace; Daniel was safe IN tIe
lions den. The Old Testament is full
of accounts of the saving power OF
God.
When we turn to the New Tesla
ment we find that the twelve d1sclples
went forth and healed; the seventy
did likewise Paul, who was not at
first a disciple, healed the sick and
raised the dead. And for long per-
iod of time%aS great as that from the
landing of the Pilgrim fatners at
Plymouth Rock till the present day
the early Christians healed as a part
of the work of the church. Contem-
borate the healing work of the early
Christians Irenaeus assures us tnaI
all Christians possessed the power OF
healing; that they prophesleo, cast out
devils, healed the sick, and sometimes
raised the dead Practically, every
one of the early Christian writer's
from the time of Justin Martyr for
two hundred years, mentioned heahng
by prayer.
christian Science was discovered by
Mary Baker Eddy in the year 1853.
Recovery from an injury-the result
of an accident-thru the spiritual I'M
Outstanding of a passage of Matthew
gospel was the falling apple Whlch
gave her the clue to the embodiment
of divine, scientific Christianity me
time was propitious for a new SPIRIT
uaI advance of the race. A great war
had lust terminated. Great reforma-
lions in religion had taken place; the
grip of hard and dogmatic creeds was
loosening and the heart of humanity
was being stirred by a clearer sense or
the Fatherhood of God and the broth
erhood of man. A more liberal spirit
was permeating politics, literature, and
religion Ideas of social service were
taking form, and education OF the
masses had become firmly established
in the more advanced civilized nations
Mrs. Eddy was well fitted for her
Il
was reared in the atmosphere of
Christian home. From childhood she
had been deeply religious. She was
profound student of the Bible and
meditated upon its truths She had
knowledge of Greek and Hebrew. She
had sounded the depths of scholastic
theology and found it inadequate to
give the bread of life. She had tested
the various systems of medicine and
healing and found them wanting She
| investigated spiritualism and hypno-
tisn and cast.them aside. because they
failed to enlighten the thought.
Went Into Retirement.
After her healing she withdrew
from society for three years. studied
| the Scriptures, and searched for the
scientific basis of Christianity. In
| 1875 she gave to the world the text
and Health with Key to the Scrip
| tureS''
"I have set forth Christian Science
and its application to the treatment
of disease just as 1 have discovered
them. I have demonstrated thru Mind
| the effects of Truth on the health
| longevity and morals of men, and
| have found nothing in ancient or in
modern systems on which to found
my own. except the teachings and
| demonstrations of our great Master
and the lives of prophets and apos-
ties. The Bible has been my only
authority. I have had no other guide
in the straight and narrow way of
TRUTH
The Science of Mind which Mrs.
Eddy taught in Science and Health is
the science of knowing Truth. 1t is
the science Jesus meant when he
said: Ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free" How
can we know the truth except thru
thought? If we can know truth only
thru thought, then truth itself must
have its source in Mind The Scrip
lures teach us to know God to love
Him. and to obey Him How can we
follow these commands except thru
consciousness? The Scriptures teach
/ that man was horn of Cod