The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-05
Noted Lecturer Interprets
in Speech Here Last Night
John Randall Dunn c. ST. Member Board of Lecureship Of
Mother Church, First Church of Christ, Scientist
Before Missoua Audience.

lists use In connection with their man
ual of life. the Bible.
A Christian Scientist loves to tell
the story Of the discovery of Christian
Science. for the manner Of Truths APP
peaSing to Mary Baker Eddy ia in a
measure the way of it's appearing to
every hungering and receptive heart.
There is nothing of the spectacular
or the emotional in this coming Of
Truth. 1t is the natural. orderly un-
folding in the receptive human con-
seriousness of the facts of being. and
it comes to US. as angels have ever
come TO troubled humanity. when "in
the quiet sanitary of earnest long
ings" ,Scence and Health. p. l5) we
silence self and listen to the still
small voice" of spiritual sense.
Mrs. Eddy's Healing.
From her childhood Mrs. Eddy pos
sessed a deeply religious nature. She
was also a keen. analytical thinker
and long before the light Of Christian
Science dawned upon her thought she
was an earnest seeker after truth.
She sought it in medicine and in every
theory advanced by the human mind
at that time, but from no human
source could she find help when. in
the year 1866, she seemed near the
door of death. Then it was she called
for her Bible. Many another sufferer
has done this. especially when the last
enemy appears not far distant from
the bed OF pain. But Mary Baker
Eddy did not open her Bible to find
therein comforting passages relating
to the after-life. She sought in its
sacred pages the promise OF healing,
reliance on divine power, and she
turned to this verse in the ninth
chapter Of Matthew:
"And, behold, they brought to him a
man sick of the palsy. lying on bed:
and Jesus seeing their faith said unto
the sick Of the palsy: Son, be OF good
cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee"
Speaking of this experience in one
of her writings. Mrs. Eddy says that
as she read, the healing Truth dawned
upon her sense. and she was enabled
to rise from her supposed death-bed
with realization Of health and
strength. (See Miscellaneous Writings.
p. 2D.
How many ,smes has the Christian
world read this simple story Of the
healing of the sick Of the palsy and
yet missed the vital import Of its mes
sage! Let us consider the verses fol-
lowing that to which Mrs. Eddy
turned: -
"And. behold. certain OF the scribes
said NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. his. man bias
phemeth. And Jesus knowing their
thoughts said, Wherefore think We evil
AH~A, To- ctnys
to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or
to say, Arise and walk? But that ye
may know that the Son OF man hath
power on earth to forgive sins, (then
saith he to the sick OF the palsyD
Arise, take up thy bed. and go unto
thine house. And he arose, and de-
parted to his house."
In the light of Mrs. Eddy's teachings
we can discern plainly that the heal
ing of sin and the healing OF sickness
were one and the same to the Master.
Do you not believe that it Is possible
for a sinner to be instantaneOusly
awakened from the nightmare OF sin,
| IL through the crust Of his scared
mentality can break a CLEAN OF the
sweetness of more spiritual sense
Then You must concede that the sick
man can be as speedily restored, and
by the same method--that is, II you
accept Jesus statement in the passage
| from Matthew, For whether is easier,
to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; OF
to say. Arise and walk?"
| The Disesverer . Woman.
Occasionally one hears this ques-
ton asked, why should a woman have
been the discoverer OF an eternal
TRUTH" The most effective answer to
this query may be obtained in book
entitled, 1.-THE Life OF Mary Baker
Eddy" by Sibyl Wilbur. This work Il
an authentic record of Mrs. Eddy'i
| career, and 1t may be found In mos,
public libraries and in every Christian
Science free reading room. When yot
read in the Life Of Mrs. Eddy of her in.
finite patience during the trying ant
tdiscouraging formative periods in tn
establishment OF the cause Of Christian
Science when you read OF her perse
lcutions, how she was ridiculed ant
lrcviled and urged to drop the mon
sense" as 1t was called, you will SCI
THAT the leader Of this movement hat
Ito be woman. had to possess the in
tstinct Of the mother who ciings to he
Ichild when all others forsake It: hal
to be endured with the fortitude an
faith and perseverance which are tn
inherent possessions OF spiritually
minded woman!
/. shall not attempt to speak for an.
man other than myself. but I shall
tell You very frankly why l did no
discover Christian Science. 1t wa
because I did not know enough; wa
mot possessed Of sufficient spiritual
!, ,mindedness, because l did not searc
i the Scriptures. yearn and pray 10
!. light as did this dev6ut woman. In fac
. until beginning the study OF Chris
! titan Science. II was not my habit
. Indulge in any deep thinking alOn
religious lines. accepted the In
!. herited doctrinal teachings Of m
| church very much as I accepted m
: given name and features. with n
, questioning and little analysis. To
; have heard probably Of the old fish
/ terman who was asked how he passe
, 1.-THE time during the long winters whe
!. 1.-THE frozen waters precluded the posi-
3 bility Of plying his trade. WELL" sal
!, lhe, sometimes we set home and thinl
I and aometimes we lust ootl0 Il IL NJ