Arizona republican., 1917-02-19
AUDIENCE PACKS ELKS THEATER
TO LISTEN To NOTED LECTURER

Before an audience which packed the
Elks theater Bickned Young, C. S. j.
delivered a lecture on Christian Science
yesterday afternoon, which it is said
eQualled, if not bettered. any like lee
ture ever given in Phoenix.
Robert q. Grant introduced the
speaker in the following words:
The Christian Science church of this
city extends to you a very hearty well
come.
Mans right to the enjoyment of
health and holiness is his by inheri-
lance His hirthright as a Son of God
was revealed by the gentle Nazarene
and for nearly three hundred years the
realization of this divine relationship
was potent to heal the sick and SIN
ming. But. ritualism, ecclesiastical
codes and material methods darkened
his spiritual vision until instead of
seeking God as the source of all gooG
he sought for physical health in ma
terial remedies and for happiness, be-
Nond the grave. But law is eternal, I'M
changeable. The laws of mathematics
are not subject to amendment or re-
vision; the laws of harmony are as
they were when Music, Heavenly
Maid. was young" and the laws of
God are as potent as when The morn
ing stars sang together and all the
Sons of God shouted for joy" Anc
Gods laws are always available: their
healing power has been manifested all
along the centuries: in the healing of
Moses leprous hands. the raising from
the dead of the son of the widow of
Zarephath. the cleansing of the Syrian
captain in the River Jordan. in the
wonderful works of Jesus and his
apostles, and in the healing of today
fhrOllprh If ion
Science.
In providing avenues for disseminate
ing knowledge of Christian Science,
Mrs. Eddy. its discoverer and founder
in connection with other means, es-
tablished. under the auspices of the
Mother Church. The First Church of
Christ Scientist, in Boston. Massa-
chusetts, board of lectureship whose
duty and privilege it is TO elucIGatc The
subject of Christian Science and to
correct NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in regard
thereto. our friend who addresses us
this afternoon is a member OF this
board and is exceptionally we'll fitted
to speak on the subject. 1t gives me
great pleasure to present to you Mr..
Bickneli Young. c. 5. B.. of Chicago,
who will now address you.
When Mary Baker Eddy discovered
Christian Science in the year 1866 and
gave to her discovery that unique and
original name which promises to the
human race all that the idealists had
ever associated with religion and
much more than they had deemed hui
Tsanly possible to it. she lifted science
out OF matter into Spiritual Truth
and connected it with God. which be-
yond doubt is it's original and natural
place and its primary and final rela-
tionship
This discovery marked a new era.
Prier toSthats time all scientific re-
search was material. 1t had not oc-
CURED to less gifted and less original
thinkers that idealty was justifitd by
the universal longing for peace and
happiness. and that the realm of aspir-
alton, inspiration, revelation. mental
itys spirituality, offered legitimate
field FOR inquiry and experimentation
Her discovery glorified Truth and
exalted human ideals. She saw that
such ideals are not merely Ctopian-
On 2tlles contrary she discovered and
proved that the highest human ideals
but dimly indicate certain demonstra-
BILE facts which are not only the most
beautiful but also the most practical
that can be grasped by the human
mind. For the first time in human
history her discovery gave tangible
value to ideality.
She originated and carried out a
scientific system of research peculi-
arly high and uplifting. Her discern
ment, investigation and test of spirit
ual facts eliminated in her discovery
of that which all the world needs and
really wants the Science of Life,
which she so aptly named Christian
Science, and which she declares lis not
aft led btt+ ,fs.Jr
miscellaneous Writings, p. 364.
In certain very beautiful sense
every one must eventually carry on the
same scientific research in relation to
spiritual truth, and must learn to test
that truth in the practical experiences
and affairs Of everyday life.
For this reason you who have hon
ored US with your presence to listen to
lecture on Christian Science are i'm
mediately placed upon different foot
ing than you would be in considering
any other religious movement or teach
ing. We shall not ask you to believe
in Christian Science, nor. indeed in
anything else We shall not ask you
to believe at all. We have not invited
you for that purpose. The only thing
We ask OF you is that you shall think.
and think clearly, consecutively and
logically. Indeed it need hardly be
said that without logic there is no real
thinking going on. Therefore the rea-
soning faculty, that wonderful gift
which differentiates men from brutes,
that faculty which is the active func-
lion in all racial progress-it is that
which is required in the study of
Christian Science. and to that we ap-
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DISTINCTIONS DRAWN BY
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Life necessarily includes the phe-
nomena OF Life in all its aspects.
Christian Science being the Science of
Life. nothing divine or human is ig-
nored by its teachings, but on the con-
trary proper and adequate provision
is made for the observation, classifi-
cation and disposal OF all phenomena
and experiences.
All systems Of philosophy and reli-
gion practically agree that effects
could not. exist without a cause.
Christian Science agrees with many
of them as to the nature Of cause.
though even in this respect it is far
more practical than they, but disagrees
With them all as to the nature Of all
so-caned effects. They on the one hand
declare with Christian Science that
cause must be infinite and eternal and
at the same time they teach that all
Of ,al Ill.