Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-02-07
JOHN R. DUNN in LECTURE TELLS
OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRINCIPLES

the nrst verse. said, "Read thatl" The
visitor read:
"And when he had called unto him
his twelve disciples, he gave them
power against unclean spirits. TO cast
them out and 10 heal all manner OF
sickness and all manner OF diseases"
When he had finished the reading.
the inmate caught at his hand. Send
me one OF those meni Send me one
OF those menl" he pleaded. But the
doctors smiled, shook their heads, and
murmured that It was a sad case.
Let each one Of us who dares 10
name the name Of Christianity. sol
EMMY ask himself this question: Am
! trying TO be one OF those men2 Had
been approached as was this visitor,
could i have said to the unfortunate
one, why, friend, ] believe In Chris
tian healingl I am trying TO be one
OF Jesus disciples,-'one OF those
men, and the power that banished
devils in the days OF the Master can
free you nowi"
The Power Impaired by Jesus.
What was the power which Jesus
impaired first to the twelve and later
10 the seventy disciples? II could not
have ga mysterious magnetic cur
rent flowing from the personality OF
Jesus to those about him, as some
would aver, for, as has been stated,
Jesus insisted that OF himself he could
do nothing, and that II was the Father
dwelling In him that did the works.
Again, in the well-known passage
from the fourteenth chapter OF John,
'he states that his mighty works shall
be done by those who believe on
him, or in other words. those who
understood his great mission and the
divine Principle thereof Thus we see
that the power given by Jesus to his
followers was a spiritual understand
ing. lust as a teacher in school gives
his pupils power to solve problems In
arithmetic when he shows them the
rule and principle basng ar thmetic.
But apparently no definite rule was
left by Jesus whereby this vital teach
ing was, discernible. Here let us offer
uu neaims OF thanksgiving In this
wonderful volume, Science and
Health, has been revealed that treas
ure which to the unenlightened sense
I remained lost in the pages OF the Bible
for centuries And today Christian
Is without excuse who. when asked 70
( heal the sick and cast out demons,
turns his back and says, IL am not
one Of those menl"
How Jesus Healed the Sick.
We are now ready TO consider one
Of the most important paragraphs In
Science and Health, for Il may be said
TO contain the pearl OF great price"
II tells us In the simplest OF words
how Jesus healed the sick.
Jesus beheld in Science the perfect
man. who appeared 10 him where sin
ming mortal man appears to mortals.
In this perfect man the Saviour saw
Godhs own likeness. and this correct
view OF man healed the sick. Thus
Jesus taught that the kingdom OF
God is intact. universal, and that man
IL pure and holyi" (Science and
Health, D. i76).
This then must have been the un-
, derstanding which Jesus impaired e
his disciples, which enabled them Il
duplicate his wonderful healing work
This is the understanding which today
is enabling Christian 6cientisD "a
confront undismayed, the appearance
OF disease and vice, and to rescue the
unfortunates In bondage thereto.
Evil Unreal.
The following illustration may help
to throw more light on the Christian
scientist's attitude toward sin and
disease. A slave to false appetite is
brought to one endeavoring TO be a
scientific Christian, or a Christian
Scientist The Scientist sees before
him no bad man, no perpetrator OF sin,
but victim of sin. He sees behind
the fleshly appearance the man OF
Gods creating. who Is not a sinner
who has no pleasure In sin and nc
sinful desires, but who is eternally
pure and free. He therefore bids the
sufferer to awaken from this mesmer
ism. He shows him that the bondage
which to him has seemed real and
powerful, Is a lie; for. as Jesus said
there Is no truth in the devil, OF evil
r and he Is assured that God has giver
b man dominion over all error Aud II
e thousands upon thousands OF casel
b where these good tidings have beef
= preached, have the victims OF wronl
= desire risen IN the glory Of a new
= found manhood. And through the sam
process. In numberless instances, ha
the sick man been awakened from hi
l. nightmare OF invalidism and pair
J. Thus Christian Science does not teac
= the ignoring of sin and disease, but b
h revealing their unreality, heals them