Arizona republican., 1916-11-13
MIR. STR|CKLER TALKS ] T0 MESA AUDIENCE

An interesting lecture on Christian
 Science was given at the Majestic the
 ater in Mesa yesterday afternoon by
 Virgin O. Strickler C. S, of New York
 City Over three hundred people were
 in attendance and it was evident that
 the lecture was most favoraby re-
 ceived. The speaker was introduced by Mrs C. C. Howard. second reader of
 the Christian Science Society of Mesa.
 Mr. Strickler said in part
 As it becomes more generally under
 stood that through the ministry of Christian Science, people are being healed of sickness. sin, unhappiness, worry fear, and other discordant con ditions. there is an -increasnig de sire upon the part of the general puh-
 lie to learn how these results are ac- complished. IL is the purpose of this lecture to explain how Christian Sci cnce does these things There is no
 mystery about Christian Science heal
 ing, nor is it difficult to understand. It can be stated without any reservation whatever, that every person who is willing to do, may learn how to heal sickness and to destroy the desire to sin for himself and others through Christian Science.
 In approaching the investigation of this subject one should do so with an open mind Christian Science is produc- ing certain very definite and very ben oficial results, and it behooves every
 thinking person to try tOs understand 1 how they are accomplished.
 Both in the medical profession and among the clergy there are many such open minded students, with the result that some eminent physicians are now
 sending to Christian Science practi-
 tiOners those of their patients who do do not recover under medical treat
 ment; while many clergymen are open
 ly declaring from their pulpits that the fruits of Christian Science are good,
 and not few of them have left their
 pulpits to become Christian Science
 practitioners. These facts are worthy of serious consideration.
 Although the healing of physical and mental diseases by spiritual means was , widely practiced. both in old Testa-
 ment and New Testament times. and was expressly commended by Jesus, and, although Christian Science during the last fifty years has actually healed in this way large numbers of people
 from all kinds of physical and mental diseases, there are still . great many people who honestly find it difficult to understand how it is possible for the sick to be healed without drugs, and entlfelN bN SpifitGal means Even
 among those who profess to believe in
 the Bible and in the omnipotence of 1 God. there are many who have honest doubts that the power of God is sui ficient or available to deliver from
 sickness, and these doubts often pre-
 vent the effort to gain an understand ing of the way by which spiritual heal | ing is accomplished.
 ! To all such. il can be said that Jesus i healed the sick without drugs, and i what is more important to us, he taught other people how to do so, thus ! proving that his method of healing physical diseases by piritual means could be taught to others, and under
 stood and practiced by them.
 | Later these same disciples taught the | principal of spiritual healing which l they had learned from Jesus to their
 own disciples. and history shows that
 on down through a period of about ten generations the healing of the sick bN spiritual means continued to be a part ! of the regular ministry Of the Christian church and that the dead were raised during the first and second centuries. Moses and the prophets also healed the
 sick and raised the dead and did many