Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-30
Entitled Christian Science:
Salvation Through Spiritual
Sense By John c. Lathrop,
C. 5. B., Member Of The
Beard OF Lectureship OF
The Mother Church, The
First Church OF Christ,
Scientist, In Boston, Mass.

lit is my privilege this afternoon to
Introduce the speaker and announce his
subject, Christian Science.
We are enjoined by the Scriptures,
with all our getting to get understand
ing. 1t is through understanding that
the seemingly impossible is accomplish
cd, that miracles are performed. The
flooding of this room with light by
the simple turning of switch would
have been miracle in Franklin s time
Likewise carrying on aconversation
through distance of thousand miles,
communicate with shop at sea, or nav
igating the air have all in turn been
in the realm of the impossible because
of our lack of understanding. Yet these
things are rapidly becoming common
place
This being so. may not the miracles
Of bible times become supremely natur.
al when they are comprehended9 In
fact the teachings of Christian Science
reveal the underlying principle through
which Christ and his followers perform.
ed the miracles of their day, and assure
us that this same principle is available
for our use today in the solution of
every problem of life.
More than half century ago Mrs.
Eddy discovered as result of her own
healing that life was not mere series
of chances resulting in fortune or mis-
fortune, success Or failure, joy or sor.
row, but on the other hand was gov
erned by an exact scientific rule. Aft
er formulating the rule she sought
means of making it available to man
kind and among other things establish
cd Board of Lectureship, an accredit
ed member of which will address us
this afternoon.
I take pleasure in introducing Mr.
John c. Lathrop, G. s. B., member OF
the Board Of Lectureship of the First
Church of Christ Scientist of Biston
Massachusetts,.
Christian Science was discovered by
Mary Baker Eddy fifty-two years ago
Thirteen years after the discovery th'
"First Church of Christ Scientist ,
was organized in Boston, Massachusetts
Since then nearly eighteen hundred or
gsnized churches or societies have beer
established over the,awerld, forty-on
cities each containing two churches O
societies, and twenty-four other cite
each containing fro mthree to eighteel
churches or societies. At the Wednes
day evening meeting held in thes
churches and societies over ten thou
sand people each week publicly AM
voluntarily bear grateful testimony t.
the healing and regenerative benefit
they have received through Christian
Science. Scores Of additional CAREFUL.
authenticated testimonies appear week
Iy and monthly in the Christian Scienc
Sentinel and The Christian Scienc
journal. If these are some of the pres
emf fruits of Christian Science, Mrs
Eddy asks in her book, "Science an
Health with Key to the Scriptures" Ii
349l, "what will the harvest be, whe
this Science is more generally under
stood9"
DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER.
first met Mary Baker Eddy twenty
two years ago, when, on leaving tn
business world to embark in the prat
tiee OF Christian Science, she invite
me to visit her at her hame in Concor'
N. IL. In those early days there wer
conflicting stories afloat about Mrs. Et
DIV, and so l decided to keep on, as
were, my "business spectacles," ioc
at her through them, and thus not
be fooled by any possible personal Il
fIuence. Great was my relief ana sn
isfaetion on meeting person who di
not at all accord with what 1 had hear
I found myself in the presence Of
person Of marked gentleness and r
finement, whose manner was qule
modest, and deeply sincere, who spoA
with great earnestness, continually r
ferring to God with such unusual tru
and conviction that my thought SOC
left her personality and did not retur
to If. / discovered that instead of hi
human personality dominating m
something entirely above the huma
was governing Mrs. Eddy and in tm
strongly impressing me. l rememb