Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-27
(Lecture by Judge Samuel w. Green
at Pinney theatre last Sunday)

" HE history of men throughout the
ages has been an unceasing
search after some power or some
remedy that would transform and
make Harmonious every untoward and
unlove1y condition of human expert
snce. History shows this search to be
one of disappointment and failure I'M
til the discovery of Christian Science.
IL has generally been along material
lines. The exceptional instances where
spiritual teaching or inspiration has
appeared and been followed constitute
the great way marks of human pro-
gress. Christian Science accentuates
this historical fact and explains 1t.
Today come to point you the way In
Christian Science, which when rightly
understood and practiced, leads to
eternal harmony; for 1t reveals the
only true God and man as made in His
image and likeness, and the whole
earth to be transformed by the power
of this Truth. The promise made
through Christian Science as stated by
its discoverer and founder, Mrs. Eddy,
Is Divine Love always has met and
always will meet, every human need.
tScience and Health, page 494)
Christian Science is not. as some
have imagined, a patent cure-all nor
is it faith cure. 1t is not the action of
will power nor the action of the hu-
mand mind. On the contrary, ii
teaches that the human mind must
yield to the Divine Mind, to that Mind
which was also in Christ Jesus, and,
In the proportion. that Christian
Science is understood it makes the
life, words and acts of Christ Jesus
practicable for all ages and all peo-
pie.
Try as men will to see the bright
side, they arc always conscious that
there are the sick, the sorrowful, the
constrained to believe that the whole
earth is joining in one mournful la
ment Christian Science comes to such
with scientific explanation of the
comforting words of Jesus, Come I'M
10 me, all We that labor and are heavy
laden, and l will give you rest Be
hold | give unto you, power to tread
on serpcnts and scorpions, and over
all the power of the enemy, and moth =
ing shall by any means hurt you"
Now just why dc ] say that Chris
tian Science comes offering these as
have read them and know them al
ways. But have they been realized in
your experience? Have you made them
of any practical import? Christian
Science teaches that the kingdom OF
God, the kingdom OF heaven, is at
hand. is here and now. Through the
study and practice of its teaching. men
ana women in large numbers are being
hea1oi of IF IiSpnC nd
sin, and their lives. are being made
brighter, happier and more satisfying
The theory that eternal life and happi :
ness are to he had only beyond the
grave has always been a depressing
element in religion. Christian Science
shows that it is an incorrect theory and
that men do not have to wait for death
or a final judgment day before attain
ing an unending paradise. What is
generally designated as paradise, may
be realized in some degree at once, and
progressively through the study and
understanding of Christian Science.
Jesus, by his life. taught and proved
the possibility of solving all of life's
problems here and now. He healed all
manner of disease; he provided food in
the desert place; found tax money in
the fish's mouth; forgave sin; raised
the dead: and finally, after his three
days in the tomb, reappeared to his
disciples, thus conquering the great
destroyer, DEATH.
One of the last things he said to his
disciples was, He that believeth on
me. the works that l do, shall he dc
also: and greater works than these
shall he do, because l go unto my
Father" With such a positive promise
from Jesus, we must believe in the
present possibility of healing the sick,
of casting out sin, and of raising the
dead, provided. of course, that we be
lieve in him, that is, understand him
and his teachings, which is the real
meaning of the Greek word translated
= by our word believe" in the new YER
sion. Does it net seem strange that
the world should have waited so long
for one to rise up and call attention tc
this and other plain Biblical promise
and prove the possibility of this fulfill
ment? And does 1t not seem ever
stranger. that when a gentle. sweet
pureminded woman discovered the
practical nature of these promises and
began to call attention, through heal
ings, to them, and their fulfillment in
her own experience. that she should
have been subjected to persecution al
the hands of Jesus professed follow
ers? Ignoring, however, the lack OF
sympathy and interest manifested by
the world in her discovery during the
early years. Mrs. Eddy never wavered
in her course, but patiently and dill
gently studied the solution OF this
problem of mind healing. The result
of her study she has since given ia
the world in the Christian Science
Textbook Science and Health will,
Key to the Scriptures. AS the years
have come and gone during these more
than so years since her discovery, there
has been an ever widening circle COW
cred by Christian Science, and an ever
increasing army of adherents. men and
women who are constantly bearing
witness to its healing and saving pow