Arizona republican., 1917-10-31
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE AT
 ELKS THEATERF|LLS AUDITORIUM

! thou wilt. thou canst make me clean : And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will be thou { clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed."
 1 Furthermore, he specifically com manded his disciples that they should continue the healing work, counseling 1 them
 1 And as ye 80, preach, saying, The i kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers. raise the dead, cast out devils; freely ye have received, freely give"
 : ''Verily, verify. I say unto you, he | that believeth on me- the works that 1 l do shall he do also; and greater cause I go unto my Father And ! whatsoever ye shall ask in my nanie. ! that will | do."
 ] Peter, Philip, Paul and other fol lowers healed paralysis. lameness. de formity. insanity and even raised the dead in connection with their mis- sionary work Indeed, healing was very generally practiced among the carly Christians.
 Teachings Not Understood
 Many have always believed these ,achings and works, but they have not presumed to understand them, much less have they thought even to attempt to repeat them. They have accepted the Bible but have not ap- prehended practically much of it's in spring truth. Yet even partial rec Ognition of the demands made by our Masters teachings upon our life and conduct, reveals their supreme inn portance, and their redemptive great ness. Hence, these questions must appeal to all thoughtful Christians: Is it possible for Jesus teachings to 1 not? If not true, where is the basis not their healing demands fulfilled May it not be because they are not understood?
 Believers in the Bible cannot ignore the fact that spiritual healing was accomplished during Jesus time by himself and by his disciples, and later | hv his followers for several centuries. | Admitting that this healing occurred we can hut see that it must have been effected through the operation uI some law and that there must have
 neen Principle and Science bach Iol 1t. Moreover. 1t is very evident that if this divine Principle and Sci -nle were known and applied today the same healing results would fol I0u
 | Nou- believers in the Bible and il what are called miracles are confront
 cd with the fact that this healing is taking place today, in their very
 midst and through purely spiritual
 means which fact can be determined ny any sincere investigator; yet they
 deny the availability of spiritual
 power over material things because
 hey do not understand spiritual law l nd the Principle which operates ir J'hristian healing.
 Healing Done Spiritually l Let us then consider this Science
 if Christian healing, it's Principle and | fI'le. and see how these may be ap-
 oiled today. At the outset we should
 ecognize the fact that a careful study of the gospel records shows hat Christian healing was effected trough spiritual and not material means; therefore, it can be explained understood and practiced only spirit ually. This is point which should
 he clearly seen, for there are many
 who disbelieve in Christian healing IS well as in Christian Science heal
 
 explained on the basis of physical O,
 medical science. These opposite
 methods have nothing in common, anG t is manifest that spiritual things must be spiritually discerned. Since
 this healing is accomplished spiritual l ". no other means being used, it car
 be discerned and demonstrated only spiritually; that is, on spiritual
 hasis, which means a metaphysical | hasis. basis beyond physics, anC
 therefore apart from matter. Here is where the trouble lies, for it is very difficult for most of us to see how physical results can be obtained
 through spiritual means. To the ma 1 terially minded, matter and materia
 iaw are supreme, and they have lit
 tie belief in any power beyond physics
 or apart from matter. and yet less
 understanding of it. Metaphysical ol
 spiritual power is thought of as be- longing to the supernatural which
 many people reject associating it as , they do with mysticism and supersti- tion They do not believe in the eff , cacy of prayer for they fail to under stand how a mere mental effort car
 bring about a physical change. They either deny the spiritual healing. O. the early church or declare it to have heen a mere phenomenal exhibition o l divine or superhuman power, an,
 they therefore make little effort to re- late spiritual power to present human needs.
 One cause for this difficulty is tn } failure to apprehend the relationship
 between the inner world of though and the outer world of phenomena and thus to grasp the mental nature l of existence This is due mainly t'
 the prevailing belief in matter. whicf } is conceded to be the greatest stun } rlirg block to an understanding O
 Christian healing and to belief in tn , Pihle itself. Let us then conside' this question, though very briefly . with the hope of overcoming thi l stumbling block. and let us do g first from the viewpoint of the phy sical sciences.
 kinetic Nature of Matter
 To human sense there is creative ~-o7'arning controlling power or ir,