The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-10
BY JOHN
| RANDALL DUNN
hoard Of Lectureship OF the
.,..r church, First Church Of
Christ, Scientist,
Boston.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
:. eeino "christian Science, the
.ue discovery of the Age
speaker introduced by
First Reader.
vss intmduced by

-chr;stian Science Is NV "
lni Smhv not the product OF fer
SO s..,r,an brain" 1t Is the reve-
as n If the spiritual facts or being,
sum .ralatjon of the truth about COO
% ,an taught by Jesus and the
na ~. MS and it is all to be found IN
lie Bible. -, ~ tho NOM.
ha .blazed" trail? A large piece
!. ~ mark is cleft from tree ana
Z, oneration is repeated on otner
als W If freuuent intervals through
,he length of the trail. No mat
" how the trees may grow, the
$3.50 remains, and SO the trail IS
'ast.sd nut for generations to come.
L aa,a,e the world seemed immersed
M tha materialism of Jewish theol-
~ - and Roman paganism. there
snneared one whose mission was to
1 ref the way to spirituality, to de-
siyerance and healing, and he
.hlszed" trail to the Fathers
,0se so plain, so simple, that a
ss Su could follow it. But in after
centuries fast-growing weeds Of
rinal and human doctrines, of politi-
esl mower and ecclesiastical worldli-
ness obscured the trail, and mortals
seemed content to follow the devious
maths of creeds until in our time
vonan-pilgrim came upon 1t and
raye to her discovery the name
christian Science, or the Science of
CHRISTIANITY, and she rested not until
she had written a book. showing you
and me how to find it.---This guide
book is called Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" and is
the textbook which Christian Scien-
i fists use in connection with their
manual of life, the Bible. re-.
Mrs. Eddy discovered that the re-
ligion taught by Jesus IS as exact a
science as is the science of num-
bers; that Christian should be en-
abled to overcome sickness. fear,
Encouragement, poverty, or any
other discord, with the same readi-
ness and certainty of correct result
that he takes TO his problem in
mathematics
A story is told of a shiwrecked
sailor who was cast upon a far-off
isle inhabited by semi.savage tribes.
One day he came upon a group of
wrangllng natives, and, inquiring the
cause of the comm otion, learned that
there was certain supply of cocoa
nuts brought to the island to be
equally distributed among these men,
and no one could decide as to 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 will have four as his share"
imagine his surprise when the ma.
yves straightway flung themselves
al his feet, called him a god, and
to worship him! Try as
nf might, he could not persuade the
SIMPLE folk that his instantaneous
ejaculation was the result of an I'M
outstanding of the principle Of math-
thatlcs and was in no sense miracu-
lous.
~, 10 the bewildered and heartsick
, ~ of men came a Saviour.
understanding the great Principle Of
eng. he solved their problems,
ringing instantaneous answers In
i Ia and reformation and regenera-
io ~, lie plainly said that of him
!, ne did not the works, and that
! liev would but understand his
nss,on and his Principle, they too
~, solve the problems as did he.
,ut ,hey called him wonder-worker
'orshlped his personality. and cruel.
ed him! ~ w.
: anu the human mind has continued
I. I. hllsapprehension down through
- centuries. with the result that
: sun see thousands protesting
anas.I and worshiping the per-
, ity or Jesus, but following him
practical demonstration of divine
ower-not at all!
NV o you know that Jesus once
;a out a very simple method of
a true Christian? The
vtea.s are to be found in the
NV with chapter Of Mark, and fol-
y, Immediately the well-lknown
III to preach the gospel to
Iy creature" His words are:
%. ana .hese signs shall follow them
g. oelleve; In my name shall they
~ out devils; they shall speak
, va new tongues; they shall take
= s S,erpents; and if they drink any
~ auiy ming, it shall not hurt them;
a, snail lay hands on the sick, and
ey shall recover"
!, stlans, are we measuring up to
= standard? Suppose we are trav-
N distant land, and a would
,, .,onvert says to us, "Are YOU a
1h ,r And upon receiving an
vs "a 1--WE reply, suppose he next
~ ~, On, how glad 1 am that YOU
me me see by your Bible that
,A' are to follow the true beliey.
Il now | am possessed by a VERT
h., ueVii- | am a victim of the
, ,n,, habit. Do. I beg Of Won.
: su a your beautiful religion, cast
,,,, LEVI QUIT What would we saw?
,,.a we recommend a well-known
S, famed for it's treatment of
nna us habit. or what would we doo