Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-18
DR.. Walton Hubbard, G. S. B., De-
livers Address on Christian
[ Science at the 0rpheum
Theater.
MANY OUT OF TOWN VISITORS
Speaker of the Evening Is introduced
in Capable Manner by
a. Anthony sparboe.

was largely attended, many being
present from Fort Dodge, Iowa
Falls and other neighboring towns.
DIR. Walton Hubbard, the speaker for
the evening, was introduced by An
.thony Sparboe, who, in performing
this ceremony, made some excellent
remarks in a very capable manner.
The doctor was for nine years sue
cessful practicing physician of Spo-
kane, Wash, before accepting the
teachings of Mrs. Eddy, and his lee
ture in consequence was of special
significance and interest to the
members of the Christian Science
faith. Mr.. Hubbard spoke as fol-
lows:
There has never been a time in
human history when men have not
yearned for some sure way to rid
themselves 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 mater
ial met ~od to another in the vain
search for physical relief, too often
to be told that there was no further
hope. They have found it impossi-
BILE to escape in any great degree
from sorrow or worry, discord or
despair. until they have come to
believe that these conditions must
in large measure be endured. More
and more through this failure to be
rid of their sicknesses and woes have
men been turning away from mater
iality and cropping for something
lknore satisfying to meet their needs.
They have often prayed to God for
healing when in sickness or dis
tress, but only occasionally 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 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 through the understand.
ing of the Principle of Christian Sci
ende and the application of it's
rules, that we may confidently ex-
pect healing in every case, and that
there is a spiritual law sufficient for
every material condition.
Christian Science was discovered
and founded by Mary Baker Eddy,
woman of unusual spirituality and
of deep religious sense. She wa
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 every benefit which she re-
ceived.. This persistent search for
Truth was rewarded by the discovery
OF the divine laws of God, which
she named Christian Science.
For three years following her dis
covery Mrs. Eddy devoted all of her
time to deep study of the Scrip
lures, seeking a solution of this
problem. These are her own words
(Science and Health, p. 1902: u
knew the Principle of all harmoni-
GUS Mind-action to be God, and tina,
cures were produced in primitive
Christian healing by holy, uplifting
faith; but must know the Science
of this healing, and | won my way
to absolute conclusions through di
vine revelation, reason, and demon
stration. The revelation of Truth in
the understanding came to me grad
ually and apparently 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 thought Of
God as Love that she saw 1t was i'm
possible for God to do less than to
provide all good for His children.
and such a 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
" that a right understanding of
God has always brought dominion
over all material conditions, and that
when the knowledge of Truth has
been correctly applied it has always
been attended by healing and regen-
nration The ScrintvreS abound in