The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-17
ALECTURE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
BY John Randall Dunn, c. s.
Entitled

BY John Randall Dunn, G. s.
Entitled
Christian Science: The Supreme Dis
covery Of the Age.
A few moments consideration Of
the great subject of Christian Science
it's origin, it's promise, and its fruit
age, should not fail to convince the
most skeptical that the revelation of
this truth to the world may we'll be
denominated The Supreme Discovery
of The Age.
Breaking Of Greater Spiritual Light
1t 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, unblushingly prefers an auto
mobile to an oxcart, and yet hesitates
to accept the thought that he should
expect advancement along the line
of spiritual embodiment as we'll as ad-
vancement in the realm material. He
probably tells you that the religion of
his fathers is good enough for him.
and on this point he will find no arg
ument with a Christian Scientist. for
the religion of the fathers is good en-
ough for him If by the fathers he
means the early Christian fathers.
The religion of Jesus and the early
Christians, the religion which was
evidenced by the healing of the sick,
the stilling of the tempest, and the
feeding of the multitude, is indeed good
enough for all mankind; in fact, it is
the only panacea that is good enough
for the aching heart of man. And it is
to this self-same religion of Jesus
that Christian Science, this great Goth
century religious movement, turns the
sick and weary of earth.
Christian Science is not a modern
philosophy, not the product Of a fer
tile human brain" 1t is the revela-
ton of the spiritual facts of being.
the revelation of the truth about God
and man taught by Jesus and the
prophets and it is all to be found in
the Bible.
The Path Marked by Jesus
Have you ever seen in the noun
tains a "blazed trail?" A large piece
of bark is cleft from tree, and this
operation is repeated on other trees
at freqent intervals throughout the
length of the trail. No matter how
the trees may grow, the "blaze" re-
mains, and so the trail is marked out
for generations to come. When the
world of Jewish theology and Roman
paganism, there appeared one whose
mission was to point the way to spir-
ituality, to deliverance and healing,
and he "blazed" trail to the Fathers
house so plain, SO simple that child
coula follow it. But in after CEN
turtles fast-growing weeds of ritual
and human doctrines, of political pow
er and ecclesiastical worldliness, OBJ
scured the trail, and mortals seemed
content to follow the devious paths
of creeds until in our time woman
pilgrim came upon it and gave to her
discovery the name of Christian Sci
ence, or the Science of Christianity,
and she rested not until she had writ
ten 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 Scientists use in con-
nection with their manual of life, the
Bible.
Prejudices Against Mrs. Eddy.
1 regret to confess the fact that be-
fore l knew anything about Christian
Science, before I had read a line of
it's authorized literature, or attempted
to prove by demonstration its truth
CT it's error, I was one of that now
rapidly decreasing number of persons
who seem to take a special delight in
making fiippant and unchristian re-
marks about Mrs. Eddy, the Discov-
erer and Founder of Christian Science
and in laughing at the movement in
general. was quite sure that Chris
tian Scientists worshiped Mrs. Eddy
and that her system of healing was
based upon will power or the human