The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-04
INSTRUCTIVE LECTURE
ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

There was a la ge ss1emt1a e OF
people, representing all shades CT
opinion and denominatonal belief, at
the Mai ic theat e Friday night to
near the Lecture CT Mr.. Frank Eell of
Harrisburg, Pa, on Christian Sci
-ence Mr. Pell is member of the
board of lect ireship of the Mother
church, the First Oh rch of Christ
Scientist, in Boston. Mass, and VIII t
he said may e re arled as an author
tr;nes and teachings of the creed he
represents.
MIR. Bell is an interesting, philoso-
rhical. iilumiI at ng S, .ker and his
discourse Friday evening was devoted
largely to tDe theological aspects Of
the Christian Science creed; what it
had done and what it is doing for
the eXaltation of is adherents and
what allurements it holds out for the
beneit Of mankind. 1t was a general.
explanatory review of the prize. pie
on viii the Chril ii Science cLu CT
rests ard which are accepted S the
guiding infiuenc in the Ives Of its
devotees. Ee referred 10 all CT its
primary teachin and discussed at
length those doct ines regar-e ty
the world at large as being abstruse
and di ficult of comrreAers on; dwell
ing pa ticular,y upon the he iling of
disease and the unreality of matter.
Without following Mr.. Bells rea soning
in support of these propositions We
quote him in saying there is no deep
mystery about Chri tian Science, ex-
ceat in the mistaken opinions If those
who do not understand it," and that.
the co. recting processes do not in
yolve any change in the individual
exec. in his mental conce. IS a-d t e 2
effects" Abiding TO the exransio 1
of the Christian Science church and
the reasons for it he said:
The extraordinary growth Of the
movement is in itself an impressi, e
testimonial to the efficacy of its heal
ing. Although the fist Christ an
Science church was established les
than forty years ago. there are today
more than fifteen hundred such bodies
In various parts of the world. While
the largest numerical representation
is in the United States, where Chiis
tian Science had its beginning. its
churches are to be found quite nun
erously in England. Canada. and Ger
many. and also in France. ireland
Scotland. wa'es, Holland. Italy. Nor
way. Sweden. Switzerland. South Afri
ca. Australia, New Zealand, China.
the Philippines. Argentina. Mexico.
Panama. the West Indies. and Ber-
mnda- From virtually every quarter
come reports OF continuing and sub
stantial growth, corrorboratiye evil
dence OF which is found in the fact
that the demand for the authorized
literature is increasing SO rapidly as
TO tax the constantly enlarging publi-
cation facilities.
AhtSc aaAd are tiNtu Ol
niticance in the light of the fact that
this movement. which in so brief a
period has become wor wide. he's
heen recruited largely from among
those who turned TO IL for healing. G.
The proposition OF Christian Science
from its beginning has been to all
men. as it is to you. namely. tn moth
ing need be accepted with regard 10 &,
that cannot be demonstrated TO salts.
faction in the individual experience of
the student. Christian Science S
no means Of attracting or holding fol.
lowers except It's ability to me Their
human needs. and IL it had ia led to
do this TO any appreciable extent the
closing cha ter in its history wo Id
have been written long ago. So then
the rapid. widespread. and steadily
increasing growth OF the movement
constitutes inferential evidence of 4
peculiarly forceful character tn
Christian Science healing is a fact"