The Washington times., 1919-03-24
SAYS scientists"
|. BRING GOOD CHEER

William D. Fitzpatrick. OF Detroit
lectured TO q big audience at Polls
Theater yesterday afternoon under
auspices OF the First Church OF
Christ. Scientist. Defining Christian
Science. Mr.. Fitzpatrick declared that
Bible teachings constitute the warp
and wool OF Christian Science" He
said the religion is proving itself to
be the truth by proving the Scripture
| true
! The lecturer was introduced by Ar
! thur L. Hitchcock. first reader Of the
First Church Mr.. KiIpatrick's lee
ture was. in part, as follows:
Present cay interest in Christian
Science is finding expression in a de-
rnand for wider dissemination OF its
! message OF hope and good cheer-in
hungering and thirsting for a full
or understanding Of this Gospel of
the Christ.
Defined by Mrs. EDDY.
Mrs. Eddy defined Christian Sci
ence in the book. fundamental Divine
Science as the law Of God, the law
Of good, interpreting, and demon
strating the divine principle and rule
OF universal harmony. The religion
that is to bring about universal har-
mony' must necessarily be based on
an everpresent, demonstrable law or
principle. Its teachings must be ca
pable Of proof.
Law is unchanging and inexora-
bic. The laws Of mathematics can
not be hindered, thwarted. usurped,
or set aside No matter how errone-
Gus our opinion of the laws of math-
ematics may be, its laws remain ever
the same, unchanged throughout all
time. And so we find the law Of God
has always existed. unaltered, eter-
nal, and perfect, but that, except in
a few instances, this law has been
hidden from mankind throughout the
ages. 49,
"The healing works Of Jesus were |
not given us merely to. show wITat |
he could do. Christian Science proves /
that these works were given to the |
world by Jesus in demonstration Of |
divine, everpresent law that hu- !
mainly. through His example, might |
know and understand this law and be |
able to ihteHigently apply this knowI-
edge. This law Of God must, from !
the very nature Of God and His rela-
tion to man and the universe, be uni |
versally and eternally applicable. 1t |
must be at the command and for the /
benefit Of all OF Gods. children |
throughout ali of Gods creation.
Law Employed BY Jesus.
Thus we find that the law employed |
by Jesus in his mighty works is the
same law that enabled the Israelites
to pass on dry land through the Red
Sea, that restored her son whole to
the Shunamite mother, that deliv-
cred the three Hebrew young men
from the fiery furnace, that enabled
Daniel to dwell unframed in the den /
Of lions, and the same law whereby H
the apostles and the early Christians
for some centuries after the time of II
Jesus obeyed the Masters commands
by doing his works. And this is the
same law through which Christian
Science is today bringing to humanity n
the world over relief from its suffer
ings and misery.
THAT the teachings and practice OF III
Jesus were predicated on hypothesis
wholly spiritual to the complete ex-
clusion OF matter and its so-calIed
laws, Jesus own words and works
leave no doubt .-.--. II
There is no known physical law or
so-called law Of matter that Jesus did
not completely annul and overthrow
his intelligent application OF
Gods law"