The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-25
SCIENCE LECTURE
WELL ATTENDED
J Able Discourse Delivered by William
D. Fitzpatrick G. s. Of Detroit,
Last Friday Evening.
SPEAKER ON LECTURE BOARD
Lecture Draws Crowd From Distance
Below is Given a Synopsis "
of the Lecture Delivered

eITOm SdrTOll, MdHllld dAu Aoho Wv"
attended. Also many from the rural
districts attended. Mr.. Fitzpatrick is
forceful speaker and explained his
subject very clearly and held the
closest attention of his audience.
Following Is a synopsis Of Mr.. Kill
patrick'C remarks:
/ have chosen for the subject OF my
discourse christian Science; The
Law Of God"
i Present day interest In Christian Sci.
ence Is finding expression In demand
for wider dissemination Of its mes.
sage Of hope and good cheer-in hun
gering and thirsting for fuller I'M
Outstanding Of this pure gospel Of the
Christ. 1t is being universally asked:
What is Christian Science2 What does
It teach? What are its accomplish
ments? On what authority does this
religious movement within the short
epan Of generation command the r.
0pectful consideration of world?
It is the purpose of the Christian
Science literature, of Christian Science
church services and of Christian Sci
ence lectures to answer these ques'
lions, and, If, perchance, we shall have
been able this evening to throw some
little CLEAN of light on that book OF all
books, the Holy, Bible; If, perchance,
We shall have been able to awaken the
smouldering spark of hope and en-
couragement in the breast of some
sinburdened, sick, hopeless or suffer
ing man or woman we shall consider
the hour well and profitably spent.
ik~r hnc ixyoH n
where 1t demands a religion which IT
believes to be wholly true, untainted
BY human opinions and conjecture
without one element of error, founded
on the Bible and restoring the teach.
ings and works of the Master. That
10 what the world demands today, and
that, my friends, is why it Is turning
10 Christian Science. The proof Of its
divine origin rather than its profession
has set the face of the world towards
this religion.
Definition Of Christian Science.
Probably the briefest and one Of the
most comprehensive definitions OF
Christian Science Is to be found in the
book Fundamental Divine Science" by
the Discoverer and Founder of Chris
tian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, where
she describes 1t "as the law OF God,
the law of good, Interpreting and dem.
onstrating the divine Principle and
rule of universal harmony 1t will
he noted that universal harmony" In
this definition is the ultimate and It's
accomplishment the result of the inter-
probation and application of 1.-THE law
of God"
81 Law Is unchanging and inexorable.
Law knows no opposing power or prln;
chile. The laws of mathematics can
not be hindered, fthwarted, usurped or
ret aside. No matter how erroneous
our opinion Of the laws of mathemat.
les may be, its laws remain ever the
same, unchanged throughout all time.
4 II not one person on the face Of the
earth ever knew one single, simple
law Of mathematics, that would in no
wise alter its laws or the fact that its
laws exist and always have existed I'M
changed in their perfection. And so
We And that the law of God always has
/ existed, unaltered, eternal and perfect,
hut that, except in few instances,
this law has been hidden from man
kind throughout the ages.
Y UniversaIity Of Gods Law. u
The object of all Christian endeavor
should be to prove the Masters teach
ings to be true by doing the works
that he did. The healing works OF
Jesus were not given us merely to
show what he could do. Christian Sci.
!, ence proves that, these works were CIV
an to the world BY Jesus in demonstras
don Of i divine everspresent,. demon;
Stable law, that humanity, through
hlsl example, might know and t14qdef3
Gta4d this law and be able to- lntelli1
Eently apply this knowledge. This law
0f God must, from the very nature OF
God and his relation to man and the
universe, be universally and externally
applicable. 1t must be at the COM
mand and for the benefit of all OF
1 Gods children throughout all Of, Gods
creation. Thus we find that the law
employed by Jesus In his mighty
works is the same law that enabled
the Israelites to pass on dry land
through the Red Sea, that restored her
SON whole to the Shunammite mother,
that delivered the three Hebrew young
men from the fiery furnace, that en-
abled Daniel to dwell unframed in the
den Of lions, and the same law where
BY the apostles and the early Chris
tians for some centuries after the
time Of Jesus obeyed the Masters
commands by doing his works. And
this is the same law through which
Christian Science Is today bringing to
humanity the world over relief from
It's sufferings and misery.
Christian Science and Matter.
~ Christian Science has received its
Inspiration from pure, spiritual In.
terpretation Of the Scriptures from
Genesis to Revelation. Bible teach
ings constitute the warp and wool of
Christian Science and in it's somewhat
startling assertion that the spiritual ts
the real and eternal and matter the I'M"
real and temporal, it points to the
Bible, tOsthe words and works Of Jesus
and tooits own accomplishments in
0ubstantiati0n of the truth thereof.
Christian Science is proving itself to be
the truth by proving the Bible true.
Christian Science shows us that mat
ter is the veil of misunderstanding
through which mankind have been la.
boriOusly peering throughout the cen.
furies, and that underneath this cover.
Ine Of mortal unreality lies all the sin,