The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08

a packed house greeted join
Randall Dunn G S, at the Royal the
atre Monday night Large delegations
came from Oklahoma city, Edmond
and other towns. ar Dunn gave
highly illuminating lecture on Chris
tian Science He rs a member Of the
board OF lectureship OF the Mother
Church, the First Church Of Christ,
Scientist, Boston Mass Ilc said N
part;
A few moments consideration Of
tho great subject Of Christian Science
its origin. its promise and its fruit
age should not fail to convince the
most skeptcal that the revelation Of
this truth to the world may we'll be
denominated the supreh Discovery
OF The Age,
Breaking Of Greater SPIRITUAL Light
II should not seem unreasonable 10
anticipate that an age which has
brought forth such material maryels
should also witness The breaking Of
greater spiritual light To this thought
however, the average man comes with
more or less caution He willingly
supplants his grandiathers candle
with modern incanlescent lamp, un
blushingly prefers an automobile to
an OK cart, and yet hesitates TO ac-
cept the thought that he should ex
pect advancement along the line OF
spiritual embodiment as well as ad-
yancement IN the realm material He
probably tells you that the religion Of
his fathers is good enough for him,
and on this point he will find no ar
rumcnt with a Christian Scientist for
he religion OF the fathers IS good
nough for him If by the fathers he
neans the early Christian fathers. The
religion Of Jesus and the early Chris
tians, the religion which was evidenc-
cd by the healing Of the sick the still
ing OF the tempest, and the feeding of
sk, ,,pItttndo ;y fndoad oood ot4nuvh
for all mankind; in fact, II is the only
panacea that is good enough for the
aching heart of man And ii is to this
selfsame religion Of Jesus that Chris
tian Science this great twentieth
century religious movement, turns the
sick and weary of earth.
Christian Science Is not a modern
philosophy, not the product Of fer
tile human brain. 1t Is the revelation
Of the spiritual facts of being the rev
elatlon of the truth about God and
man taught by Jesus ant the prophets
and 1t is all to be found in the Bible
The Path Marked BY Jesus
Have you ever seen in the noun
lains "blazed' trail? large piece
of bark is cleft from a tree, and this
operation is repeated on other trees
at frequent intervals throughout the
length of the trail No matter how
~ tees may grow, the blaze" re-
mains, and so the trail Is marked out
for generations to come
The Mission OF the Saviour.
A story is told of shipwrecked
sailor who was cast upon far off
isle Inhabited by semisavage tribes.
One day he came upon group of
wranglng natives, and, inquiring the
cause Of the commotion, learned that
there was a certain supply OF cocoa ;
nuts brought to the island to be equal
ly distributed among these men, and
no one could decide as 70 the number
that each should have The sailor
counted the cocoanuts He found one
hundred. He counted the men There
were twenty-five Of them. Without
hesitation he said. Each viii have
four as his share" Imagine his sur
prise when the natives straightway
flung themselves at his feet called
him god, and proceeded TO worship
him. Try as he might he could no;
persuade the simple folk that his in
stantaneous calculation was the result
Of an understanding OF the principle
Of mathematics and was in no sense
miraculous
TO the bewildered and heartstek
children OF men came a Saviour Tn
derstanding the great Principle OF be-
ing, he solved their problems bring
ing instantaneous answers in health
and reformation and regeneration lie