Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
pr RickueII Young, C. S. B, Member
Of the Board of Lectureship OF Ihe
Mother Church, The First Church Oh
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, MASS

lecture on Christian Science was
given Sunday afternoon at Mt oilai
Temple by Bickneil Young, C. D D.,
If Chicago. a Member of the boaru -
Lectureship of The Mother Churcn'
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
- Roston Mass. Mr.. Thomas b.
Torsbou in introducing the lecturer
spoke as follows:
"Tbe nbenomenal growth OF CHRIS
49,. Soionce its wonderful heallng
noIrar and its elevating effect upon
tbo moral and spiritual life OF us
adberents is but the natural result Vi
tbe application of its teachings 10 our
daily living. On page 228 OF our teAl
GooLy we read: There is no power
mart from God. Omnipotence has all
Tp,ver and to acknowledge any other
ToWar is to dishOnOr God The know
inc of the lack of power in aught
but Cod is the keynote of Christian
science and by this knowing we can
overcome all sin and sickness. L con-
slider it a great privilege to introduce
Mr.. Bicknell Young, c. ). b., MEMBER
of the Board of Lectureship of the
Mother Church, The First Church OF
Christ Scientist, in Boston, Mass, who
will speak to us this afternoon on
Christian Science
Mr.. Young spoke as follows:
When Mary Baker Eddy discovered
Christian Science in the year 1866 and
gave to her discovery that unique and
original name which promises to the
human race all that the idealists had
ever associated with religion and much
more than they had deemed humanity
pOssible to it, she lifted science out
of matter into Spiritual Truth, and
connected it with God, which beyond
doubt is its original and natural place
and its primary and final relationship.
This discovery marked a new era.
Prior to that time all scientific re-
search was material. 1t had not Oc
Cured to less gifted and less original
thinkers that ideality was justified by
the universal longing for peace and
happiness, and that the realm of aspir-
alton, inspiration, revelation, mental
ity, spirituality, offered a legitimate
field for inquiry and experimentation.
Her discovery glOried Truth and eX-
allied human ideals. She saw that such
ideals are not merely Utopian. On the
contrary, she discovered and proved
that the highest human ideals but
dimly indicate certain demonstrable
facts which are not only the most
beautiful but also the most practical
that can be grasped by the human
mind. For the first time in human
history her discovery gave tangible
value to ideality.
She originated and carried out a
scientific system of research peculiarly
high and uplifting. Her discernment,
investigation and test of spiritual facts
eliminated in her discovery of that
which all the world needs and really
wants the Science of Life, which she
so aptly named Chrictian Science, and
which she declares ''is not a search
after wisdom, it is wisdom Miscel-
laneOus Writings, p. 364.
In a certain very beautiful sense
every one must eventually carry on
the same scientific research in relation
TO spiritual truth, and must learn to
test that truth in the practical ex-
periences and affairs of everyday life.
For this reason you who have hon
ored us with your presence to listen
to lecture on Christian Science are
Immediately placed upon 'ifferent
footing than you would be considering
any other religious movement or teach
ing. We shall not ask you to believe in
-
thing else. We shall Lot ask you to
believe at all. We have not invited
you for that purpose. The only thing
we ask of you is that you shall think.
and think clearly. consecutively and
logically Indeed it need hardly be
said that without logic there is no
real thinking going on. Therefore
the reasoning faculty, that wonderful
gllt which differentiates men from
DruteS. that faculty which is the active
junction in all racial prOgress-it is
that which is required in the study of
Christian Science. and to that we
appeal
Distinctions Drawn BY Christian
Science
Life necessarily includes the phe-
nomena of Life in all its aspects
christian Science being the Science of
Lie. nothing divine or human is ig-
nored by its teachings, but on the con-
trary proper and adequate provision
Is made for the observation, classified
uon and disposal of all phenomena
and experiences.
All systems OF philosophy and relig-
ION practically agree that effects could
not exist without a cause. Christian
science agrees with many of them as
10 the nature of the cause. though
even in this respect it is far more
practical than they. but disagrees with
'heh all as TO the nature of all So
called effects. They on the one hand
ueclare with Christian Science that
cause must be infinite and eternal. and
at the same time they teach that all
e"eSIS' however material, destructible
OF destructive. must have their source
III the same infinite Cause. Christian
science shows that such conclusions
are logically incorrect. 1t establishes
Ihe lncontroyertible fact that there are
true ana permanent phenomena in the
universe and by means of them. when
understood, II reveals divine Principle
Nni'h concluSively enables one to first
recognize and then step by step dis
pose OF phenomena which are not
permanent and which, consequently.
III 'he last analysis. are not true
material systems are often forced by
'helr own processes and through their
own proofs TO question the reliability
o' hingS which they assume to be
natural phenomena. Christian Science
Is never placed and cannot be placed
J." any such an inconsistent attitude
because II Is not based upon ephem-
Tr"i lhlngS, but upon permanent facts.
'ueSe are spiritual ideas. and they
S.e necessarily indeStructible and
e..thaI- When they are recognized
ana understood they are seen 10 he
r u foundation of true religion and
pure science, and then the reasoning
s sT11u1'y itself ascends to its serene
S ~i-1ie and serves to accomplish a
; .,oTS mission for mankind.
i rn.t,ilgenee Divine and Practical
ana ,s'' o,.. is both a PREREQUISITES
TN C 1rS of alllegitimate seien-