The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-05


Scieace, the Supreme Discovery of the
Age, was given last night before a
good sized audience at the Missoula
theAter.
Attorney Richard Fl. Smith, who in
troduced Mr.. Dunn, said:
A well established fact of Bible his
tory is that Christ Jesus healed the
sick. cIeansed lepers. raised the dead,
cast out devils. His words as recorded
in the 18th chapter Of John, 18th verse
are Verify, verify say unto you, he
that believeth on me. the works that
do shall he do also, and greater
works than these shall he do, because
! go unto my Father" Christian Sci
entists are unable to read into these
and other words of His. of like i'm
port. anything, except what they seem
literally to say. If 1t be said that
demonstration Is not only evidence,
hit also proof. then it becomes an
established fact that these words have
heen accomplished. because instances
without number are not lacking where
substantially every disease known to
human sense has been met and over
come. It Is perhaps proper to say
that the speaker embraced Christian
Science only after a positive cure in
our family and after subsequent care
flu! study had overcome positive in
credulity.
In Christian Science, there is an
unwritten, but wen established canon
against proselyting. Christian Sci
entists are always eager and anxious
to explain to the earnest inquirer or
to aid those seeking relief from the
letters that bind them. but it is never
their purpose to coax or persuade the
abandonment OF your theology. When
once convinced. however, that 1t Is
the truth. hearty welcome awaits.
The Missoula church has brought to
you tonight member of the board of
leoturship of the Mother church. the
First Church Of Christ Scientist, in
Boston, Mass, whose purpose 1t will
be to explain to you as best he can
this happiness. harmony, health and
life giving principle. Before retiring
to my seat among you. it is my great
pleasure to present to this inquiring
audience, John Randall Dunn, c. S., Of
st. Louis, Mo.
The text OF Mr.. Dunn's speech in
full follows:
II have chosen for the subject of my
message, christian Science: The SUI
preme Discovery of the Age" To
some of you such classification may
aeem arbitrary, may appear even pre-
sumptuous. But a few moments con-
sideration of the great subject of
Christian Science. its origin, it's prom
Use, and it's fruitage, should not fail to
convince the most skeptical that the
revelation of this truth to the world
may we'll be denominated The Su-
preme Discovery of the Age. And 1t is
not an extravagant statement to say
that it Is vastly more important to the
human family than the most notable
achievements chronicled in the realm
OF natural science or human invention,
for it concerns you and me more than
the discovery OF the thousand and one
marvels which on all sides spring to
our service at the touch of a button
or the motion of a lever
0rsakina Of Greater Spiritual Light.
It should not seem unreasonable to
anticipate that an age which has
brought forth such material marvels
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 grandfather's candle
with a modern incandescent lamp, I'M
blushingly prefers an automobile tt
an ox-cart. and yet hesitates to accept
the thought that he should expect ad.
vancement along the line of spiritua
embodiment an we'll as. advancement
in the realm material. He prob
ably tells you that the religion Of
his fathers is good enough for him
and on this point he will find no argu
ment with Christian Scientist. To-
the religion OF the fathers is goot
enough for him II, by the father
he means the early Christian fathers
The religion of Jesus and the earl,
Christians, the religion which was evi'
deaced by the healing OF the sick, tn
stilling of the tempest. and the feed
ing of the multitude, is indeed goo'
enough for all mankind; in fact. II i
the only panacea that is good enough
for. the aching heart OF man. And 1t i
10 this seifsame religion of Jesus tina
Christian Science. this great Tween
tieth Century religious movement
turns the sick and weary Of earth.
Christian Science Is not moderl
philosophy. not the product OF fer
tile human brain" 1t is the revelation
OF the spiritual facts Of being. tn
revelation Of the truth about God an
man taught by Jesus and the prophets
and 1t is all to be found in the Bible.
The Path. Married. by Jssus.
Have you ever seen in the mountain
d ...blaxed" trail? A large piece OF bar
II cleft from tree. and this operatio
IL repeated on other trees at frequer
Intervals throughout the length Of tn
trail. No matter how the trees ma
grow, the "biaze" remains. and 80 III
trail II marked out for generation
to come. When the world seemed i'm
mersed in the materialism Of anciey
theology and Roman paganism, the'
appeared one whose mission was
point the way to spirituality, to deliN
efaY,ce and healing, and he "blazed"
trail to the Fathers house 80 plain, I
ample, that q child could follow
But in after centuries fast-growir
weeds Of. ritual and human doctrine
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