Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-22
FAITH BLENDS
with MEDICINE,
SAYS SPEAKER
Christian Science Topic of
Lecture at Murat
Theater.
BASIS OF RELIGION


Science board of leotureship, addressing
a large audience at the Murat theater
yesterday afternoon. He was introduced
by Miss Josephine Robinson on behalf Of
the three Christian Science churches of
this city.
They have been vital questions from the
earliest periods of human history and the
search for a more satisfying religion and
- more successful method Of healing dis
ease has gone on continually. Today
there are hundreds of religious denornina-
tions and well nigh countless professions
OF faith, all of which are constantly
changing with the progress Of human ex-
perience On the other hand the various
theories as to the cause and cure of dis
ease, advanced by scores of medical
schools, changing so rapidly 1t is ex-
ceedingly difficult TO keep pace with them.
Every change is deemed progress by the
advocates of material methods of healing,
and the person who hesitateS to accept
any new theory advanced is considered
questioned, however, whether the theories
Of today are in advance of those OF yes
terday, If they are to be Judged by re-
suits accomplished
There are many hopeless invalids who
would gladly exchange all their worldly
possessions for the priceless blessing or
known material remedy and tested every
method of healing, but all to no purpose.
When all earthly things have failed and
there is not ray Of hope to tighten the
darkness. the sick have frequently voiced
their anguish in the language of the
prophet, 'Is there no balm in Gilead; is
there no physician there?"
FAILURE OF MEDICINE
INJURY TO FAITH.
Thus the failure of material remedies
to heal has caused not a few persons to
lose faith in the efficacy Of spiritual
teachings and while Il may seem strange
that one should lose faith in religion be-
cause medicine had failed TO restore him
to health yet such is the fact and IL has
come about in this way. Many persons
have turned to religion, after the skill OF
physicians has been exhausted hoping they
might find IN the teachings of the church
something that would help them. When
their inhrmities, they were told It was
evidently Gods will for them to suffer.
They were assured that the affiiction
would in some way work out great spirit
ual good for them and for this reason they
should be resigned to the divine will.
they turned away in despair and in many
instances they even rebeled against God.
How different has been the experience of
the many thousands who rejoice to tell
cf the great good which came to them
through Christian Science at this point IN
their experience. When they turned. IN
this direction for help they were told that
disease and suffering are no more a part
of Gods plan than is sin, and this sweet
assurance brought hope and courage IN
the hour OF darkness and doubt. When
they were restored to health through
obedience to Gods spiritual law, as
taught in Christian Science Il was to
them proof positive that the fundamental
teachings Of this Science are SCIENTIFIC.
Christian and practical. Is 1t any won
der they have not ceased to give thanks
unto God for His goodness and for His
many wonderful works2 Should they be
considered strange people because it has
been their sacred privilege TO experience
the healing benefits of primitive Chris
tianity? Should they not rather be &C
cepted as living witnesses of Gods love
and power to heal the sick in this and
every age7
TRUTH REMEDY FOR
STCKESS AND SIN.
The experience Of those who have found
healing in Christian Science proves that
Truth Is the remedy for both sickness
and sin Humanity seems to have lost
sight OF one very important fact which
was demonstrated in the beginning of the
Christian era, namely, that religion and
true medicine are from the same source
ana can not be separated, either in theory
or practice. It Is the prevailing opinion
Athat there can be no connection between
Srelgion and medicine because the former
has TO do with Spirit and spiritual laws,
while the latter Is altogether material.
This Is true Of medicine as generally de-
fined and practiced but It should be
understood that medicine means q way Of
healing. and has higher Specification
than that usually attached to It by mate
rial systems. It Is a fact so well estab-
/ lished 1t can not be questioned that the
most effectual system ever brought to hu-
man recognition and Christianity as II
was taught and demonstrated by its
Founder. Jesus of Nazareth. are one and
identical. When the Christianity scientific
tnethod OF healing sickness and sin Is
understood, the oneness OF religion and
medicine Will be acknowledged by all
The healing OF sickness by spiritual
means alone continued throughout the
I first three centuries OF the Christian era,
or Just so long as 1t was considered an
essential part Of religious teaching and
practice. In this age Christian Science
is demonstrating that spiritual under
INN
the morals Of men. This shows that
Christian Science IS essential because the
teachings OF Jesus can not be rightly ap-
Piled 20 the problems Of daily fife except
they be correctly interpreted. When they
are correctly Interpreted and rightly an
piled II is understood and proved that the
edy for sickness.
BASIS OF TRUE
RELIGION.
It Is apparent from what has been said
mat We are considering religion in a most
1nderstaKd is true basis, Tbs n bsS,s 70 70
true religion Is a right apprehension Of
COD This includes the understanding of
low men There are two vital meta
physical points in the teachings OF Jesus
which must not be overlooked First Is
the definite statement that God Is Spirit
Second Is the teaching that man az
created by God is absolutely dependent
on his creator and inseparable from Him.
Atc great Ie&cueT SAID can of NINA
own self do nothing" This Statement
Jusufes the conclusion, reached In Chris
9an Science. that all men are dependent
% goa Whetner they realize II or not
tails have accepted the erroneous belief
tat man can be separated from God:
of his creator. This false sense Of mans
relationship to God is responsible for All
the discords of human existence sin and
disease Included. Christian Soienca co.,
reefs these errors of mortal thou1bt 80
oeiivers humanity from the bondage Of
sin and suffering.
created In the image and likeness Of, God.
and yet this teaching seemed TO have ~
definite place in human thought end ac-
scence: If man is created in the image
and likeness Of God. Spirit he must be |
spiritual, put the prevailing systems of re- |
lief that man is material and therefora
subject to sin, disease and death ms
generally accepted theory Is not in accord |
win the semitic Interpretation OF tha
Scriptures. John caught a GLIMPSE of |
mans real being and he wrote ''I3eIoved |
now are we the sons of God" How few
have realized that this eternal truth is |
lens Of daily life.
The statement that man is the son Of |
God has been accepted as a matter of /
faith by Christian believers, but there has
been little understanding of what CON |
stitutes the divine likeness. In Christian |
Science IL is learned that these words an |
the apostle declare what IS even now the
truth about man. He is the child of God
Infinite Spirit Notwithstanding the testi- |
monY OF the material senses to the CON |
trary AS the likeness OF Spirit man can |
express, or be conscious of, nothing unlike |
the divine nature. The apprehension of |
this great truth, even In small degree
brings hope, courage, and assurance to |
those struggling with disease and SIN
and here is the proof of Christian Science
and the evidence of its adaptability to hui |
man needs,