The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-18
A LECTURE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
DR.. WALTON HUBBARD, c. SD.
Memeber II the Board of Lectureship
of The Mother Church, The First
Church Of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston. Mass.

said:
"Our revered leader Mrs. Eddy
recognized Jesus of Nazareth to be
the great Wayshower, and also said
that he was the most scientific man
that ever trod the globe; this man
that was infallible, that never did
wrong; this man that was directed
and governed entirely by Divine
Mind, the Christ, and demonstrated
that God Is all in all. 1t Is upon
the teachings of this man that Chris
tian Science relies. More than nine
teen hundred years ago he said, 60
preach, saying, the Kingdom of
heaven is at hand, heal the sick,
cleanse the lepers, raise the dead,
cast out devils. Freely We have re-
ceived, freely give. This command
is as binding upon us now as it was
with the deciples at the time it was
uttered. and this is what hundreds
Of thousands of Christian Scientists
are doing today. They. strive at
all times to keep in mind the prom
Use of the Master, that if We abide in
my word We shall know the truth
and the truth shall make We free,
and it is to learn more of this truth
that we have met here to night, the
truth that heals the sick as we'll as
the sinner. the truth that has always
existed and always will exist"
There has never been a time in hui
man history when men have not
yearned for some sure way to be
rid OF those conditions of body and
mind which have destroyed their
happiness, or kept them from the
full enjoyment of life and peace.
They have turned from one material
method to another in the vain search
for physical relief, too often to be
told that there was no further hope.
They have found it impossible to es-
cape in any great degree from sor-
row or worry, discord or despair, un-
til they have come to believe that
these conditions must in large mea-
sure be endured. More and more
through this failure to be rid of their
sicknesses and woes have men been
turning away from materiality and
cropping for something more satisfy
ing to meet their needs. They have
often prayed to God for healing when
in sickness or distress, but only oc-
casionally did the healing come, and
then it was thought that God had
set aside the existing order of things
for the one occasion and as a special
mark of favor. 1t has only been
since the advent of Christian Science
that primitive Christian healing has
been restored to the world, and we
are learning thru the understanding
of the Principle of Christian Science
and the application of its rules, that
we may confidently expect spiritual
law sufficient for every material con-
dition.
Christian Science was discovered
and founded by Mary Baker Eddy,
a woman of unusual spirituality and
of deep religious sense She was
a consistent and tireless analytical
student, and through years marked
by sickness and trials her deep re-
ligious sense led her to strive to see
and to understand the divine Prin-
ciple in everv benefit which she re-
ceived. This persistent search for
Truth was rewarded by the discovery
of the divine laws of God, which
ShS AUAASu OAAA otAoh oSACANC.
For three years following her dis
covery Mrs Eddy devoted all of her
time to a deep study of the Scrip
lures, seeking a solution of this prob
lem. These are her own words
(Science and Health, p. 1897, 81
knew the Principle of all harmonious
to be God, and that cures
were produced in primitive Christian |
healing by holy, uplifting faith; but
l must know that Science of this
healing, and l won my way to alb
solute conclusions through divine re-
reason, and demonstration. |
The revelation of Truth in the under
standing came to me gradually and |
through divine power"
To have discovered Gods law of |
healing as taught and practised by
Jesus and his followers meant that |
Mrs. Eddy must have approached the
Scriptures with such a thought of |
God as Love that she saw it was i'm
possible for God to do less than to |
provide all good for His children,
and such consciousness of God as |
Truth that she knew Gods truth was
revealed.
Mrs. Eddy's study of the Scrip
lures revealed the fact that the en-
tire Bible record teaches conclusive
ly that right understanding of God
has always brought dominion over
all material conditions, and that
when the knowledge of Truth has
been attended by healing and regen-
GRAFTON. The Scriptures abound in
evidence that to understand God
brings healing. Especially is the New
Testament replete with the state
ments of the liberty that comes
through "a right apprehension of
Him whom to know Alright is Life
eternal Science and Health, Pref,
.. wiz.
The fact that healing and the
knowledge of Truth by which we are
70 get it has been passed over as not
meant for this time or for all man
kind. has been due to no fault of
The Bible in presenting it, but to
our attitude of thought in approach
ng it. Because we had been educat-
I'd to believe that physical healing
must be brought about by material
means, we had not deemed it pos
'ible that God had provided spiritual
lealing from sickness and every form
# error, so we unconsciOusly studied
he Bible with the view of substan-
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