El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-13
STATES PRAYER
REALLY HEALS
DR.. John M. Tut, C. S. B.,
Has AppreciatiVe Au-
dience in Texas Grand

DR.. John NJ. Tut, C S. b. of Kansas
= City, No, a member Of the board OF
lectureship of the mother church. the
First Church Of Christ Scientist. in
Boston, Mass, delivered a lecture on
Christian Science at the Texas Grand
theater Thursday evening. which was
attentively listened to by a large and
appreciative audience. The lecturer
J was introduced by Ralph W. Still
first reader OF First Church Of Christ
Scientist Of Ell Paso.
The purpose of these authorized
lectures on Christian Science is to
give a concise and accurate statement
] Of some of the principal tenets and
rules Of the teaching; to correct any
I misconceptions that the public may
Z entertain concerning the subject, and
{ to bear reliable testimony regarding
} the life work Of the revered discov-
erer and founder of Christian Science,
( Mary Baker Eddy" he said
/ DR.. TUFTS Address.
/ IF each individual in this audience
were asked to give a reason for his
/ presence here, no doubt it would be
possible TO classify the replies under
} two great heads-religion and medi-
cine. These may be said to be the
Z paramount human interests, for sec
ond only to a future salvation. man
kind is concerned in the preservation
of his body. Christian Science has
amalgamated these interests so that.
rightly viewed. religion and medicine
become one; and since Christian
Science. in its saving and healing
grace, is applicable to all manner OF
discords. physical. mental and moral,
it may be termed the universal pan
acea-
1T is significant that the earliest
systems of religious philosophy made
no separation between religion and
medicine. The pagan gods of medi-
cine were called upon to heal sick
ness, just as the gods of war were
appealed TO for victory. and the gods
Of peace and plenty. Medicine began
to separate from religion as medicine
became more material and religion
grew less so.
Material Medicine.
Material medicine had so developed
into a system apart from religion that
when Jesus began his restorative min
istry and healed the sick by purely
spiritual power. he was termed both
by the theologians and the matter
physicians a miracle worker. so IN
heard OF had it become to invoke the
healing power OF God.
The only reason mankind has not
turned to God. the great physician. in
the time of physical distress. is be- !
cause Of the material bias Of its edu- |
cation. Mankind has been taught to 1
look TO God for salvation from sin. I
but to rely upon matter for the cure /
Of matter and its dire beliefs. Be
cause of the seeming increasing power I
OF false material education, mankind 4
has been unable to grasp the sim
plicity and adequacy Of the spiritual I
laws OF God applied to the discords Of 4
the flesh.
Jesus Employed These Laws.
Jesus knew these laws. employed I
them. and laid upon all Christians
the Injunction to initiate his healing 4
works It may be argued that Jesus
conferred the power to heal upon his .
contemporary disciples only. Yet he
said unequivOcally: These signs shall
follow them that believe, But
II the contention be true. how did /
Paul. who was not Jesus's immediate
disciple. acquire the art Of Christian .
healing? 1t must be admitted that
Paul used none but spiritual power in I
his restorative ministry The Master, +
alluding TO his divine principle, the
healing and saving Christ. said: Ioi
am with you Away. This Christ
was available to Paul and he rose in .
spiritual consciousness to the realiza-
ton Of it The power Of God to heal ]
and to save. so wondrously present /
with Jesus. and with the early Chris
tians for 800 years. is available TO all I
today, and when understood and en- (
ployed. in Jesus's way. becomes the
witness Of Christ in you. the hope Of
glory
Efficacy Of Prayer.
The mOdus operandi by which
Christian Science fulfills its restora-
tive ministry is prayer. By prayer
sickness is healed. sin is destroyed
and harmony restored. BY prayer ig-
norance Is replaced with understand
ing By prayer we draw near TO God
and enter into the heritage OF his son.
Prayer is that process by which false
beliefs are destroyed and right con-
ceDts restored To know the truth is
true prayer. Therefore the Christian
Scientist. when he prays. does not ask
God for any material thing. He seeks
to apprehend what is already existent
and bestowed He asks only for guild
ance. for wisdom. for true knowledge
SO Solomon prayed for an understand
Ing heart So Hagar athirst in the
desert fearing for the life Of her
child. prayed the prayer which opened
her blind eyes and revealed the well
Of water at hand. Such prayer has
never failed. for It is the prayer of
spiritual sense. that conscious, con-
slant. capacity to understand Cool
and the spiritual. real man
As Christ Taught.
Christ Jesus. in teaching how to
pray, said; Whatsoever things We de-
sire when ye pray. believe that ye re-
eeive them True prayer, then. is
in asking and receiving.
L is both desire and realization-de-
sire to know the will of God. desire
% express that will in daily life, de-
sire to overcome all that is contrary
o good realization of the unreality
u error and the presence Of God and
his manifestation. Prayer in Chris
ian Science includes the answer. and
[ this were not so. the loving Father
would stand convicted of capricious-
less and favoritism. The riches of
His kingdom are available to all who
lain their divine heritage.
"A little girl I know furnished an
adequate illustration Of the restora-
i've prayer OF Christian Science when
ihe freed herself from the bondage Of
sickness thus: If God did not make
{, how could 1 be it% Very little
process entered into her argument
against the false sense that seemed
o bind her but she rejected the err (
'oneous concept and realized the all /
less Of good. She sought refuge di- b
'ectly in the truth Of being and knew {