The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-29
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
Clarence w. Chadwick, c. s.. a. Spoke Last Night Before keokuk
Audience o Subject "christan Science; A Religion Of
Right Thinking"

blesses him who gives and him who
takes" 1t is no %respecter Of persons
or ailments. 1t appeals to all classes
of people, bidding them awaken from
the day dream of life in matter.
Those who listen to its message of
"on earth peace, good will toward
men," experience moral and physical
healing.
1t is very plain to the student Of
Christian Science that the direct eff
fects OF wrong thinking upon the
body, such as the indulgence Of NAL
ice, anger, hatred and revenge, can
not be healed either by drug or knife.
The root of the trouble is not visible
in any physical manifestation, but lies
hidden in the dark recesses of mortal
consciousness. In this consciousness
must we grapple with every mortal
belief, theory, opinion and suggestion,
and silence its self-assumed right to
existence, before real healing can be
accomplished. Only through mental
surgery, in other words, do we make
practical use Of the ounce Of proven
ton. Dragging the poor innocent
body to correct the effects Of sinful
thought is little else than trying to
oAidooW oi tLo wax W1tAhout
interfering with that which Is re-
sponsible for the shadow.
Christian Science deals directly
with the moral fault in the treatment
Of disease. If one is receptive to the
true idea of God. ready and willing
to be shown how to change his habits
Of thought, this idea will quickly sup
plant a multitude Of theor-
les and opinions and often bring i'm
mediate relief from suffering.
The greatest reform movement on
earth today is Christian Science heal
ing, because it means the coming Of
Christ to human CONSCIOUSNESS. One
who honestly approaches Christian
Science, even as a remedy for some
~so-called physical ailment, will meet
with the greatest surprise Of his life.
.t Our Leader.
Mrs. Eddy's vision of the Christ not
only healed her of the effects Of a so
called fatal accident. but enabled her
to reach a purified mental height
where she could spiritually discern
the deep things of God and give them
to the world. She named her discovery
Christian Science. She was, to use
her own words, only a scribe echoing
the harmonies of heaven in divine
metaphysics' (The First Church Of
Christ, Scientist and Miscellany, y
115), consequently she had no excuse
to offer for inditing the pages of Sci
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures The world owes a pro-
found debt Of gratitude to this noble
woman for what is contained in this
unique book. There are many thou
can1c Svh1 oor to,tiP, <hax A. NH.
was a sealed book before Science and
Health came to them.
Mrs. Eddy as. the Discoverer and
Founder of Christian Science, Tough.
the good fight and bravely won her
laurels. Her works which have fol-
lowed her have proved her one of the
greatest and yet most humble Of re-
ligious Leaders and Teachers.
False Teaching.
The world is burdened with false
teaching. There Is much in the world
concerning health and disease which
is misleading in the extreme. It is the
province of Christian Science to cor
such teaching by turning the
thought Of humanity to Christ Jesus
as the sole authority on all subjects
essential to human progress and hap
piness.
Who could accuse Jesus OF ever es-
5tablishing a clinic? He paid little at
.tent1on to disease or it's symptoms,
but he constantly healed the sick by
the spoken word, and he bade his
followers do likewise. His ideals Of
Life embraced no knowledge Of dis
case as an entity II reality. His mis-
sion, as we'll as that Of Christian Sci
ence, is to prove such knowledge u n
real, e ~nonentity. This was not and
cannot be done by human argument or
reasoning. 1t requires spiritual un-
Outstanding, and according to Scrip
ture this understanding is a "knowl-
edge of the holy or holy one.
Would years of study Of counterfeit
money enable one to detect a spurious
bill sooner than could one who Is thor
oughly familiar with the genuine bill?
Would the musician who advocated
a systematic study Of discords eve
succeed in bringing out a true sense OF
harmony to his pupils?
Has anyone ever heard Of a school
Of mathematics where mistakes in
calculation are specialized to the ex.
clusion Of the rule Of exactness which
alone enables one to correct such
mistakes?
Would a human parent be very liable
to advise his child to make a special
study of malice, envy. hatred and re-
venge as a preliminary to understand
ing of everpresent divine Love?
Then why make an exception in the
case of disease and insist that It alone