The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-22
LECTURE on CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE BY WM. d. KILPATHICk


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eompushod in so short a time and
the fruits Of her planting bear ample
evidence OF her fitness for the role
If d~iscoverer and founder of this great
movement. For q part of the plan
established by Mrs. Eddy for the per-
-petuation of her discovery TO mSn-
kim we have the Manual Of the
Mother Church. This Manual con
talus the Church hy-laws and the
method OF Church government devised
by Mrs. Eddy. On this Manual rests
the entire superstructure of The
Christian Science movement. My
Christian Science friends, in this Man.
pal YOU find the stability of your
Church. Cherish it,! Guard il. Obey
il!
AIRS. Eddy has incorporated the
fund mental teachings OF Christian
m A.r book, Science and
..l 4..l t,e. 90 the scriptures,
ri- is lle l..too,6 Of ta. Christi n
se.lucc danomnatou Through its
study the secrets and obscuriuos of
Holy Writ have been made plain and
instead OF q book of mystery the
Bible has come TO bo the chart of life
TO thousands upon thousands 90 whom
Ii has heretofore been closed.
II is wonderful to note, when we
stop to think Of it, how completely
Mrs. Eddy's teachings have changed
the thinking OF almost the entire
world, and in SO short a time. There
are not many departments Of the
worlds daily routine that have not
fel. the effects, in some degree Of the
great change in method of think
ing resultant Of the teachings Of this
modest, New England gentlewoman.
It may not be generally recognized,
but the fac, is that the practice Of
medicine itself has undergone prob
ably as great a revolution since the
discovery OF Christian Science, and
because thereof, as has any other one
department of human activity. To-
day you will find many physicians
Who VIII tell you that they seldom,
ever, resort to the use Of drugs
or medicine in their ministrations TO
the sick. And they will go still
AllLUOl tlA AIlA NNA AAAAN NANF 'rN
ognize that the mental attitude OF
their patients has much to do with
the recovery. The medical schools
are now including in their curricula
studies tending to direct the medical
practitioner in mental methods in his
practice. To be sure, some of these
changes may not be altogether for the
best, for it is recognized by a Chris
tan Scientist that mental manipu-
lation unchecked by Christian moral
ity is often more dangerous than
matter manipulation, but, neverthe'
less, this decided unrest in medical
practice and the tendency to dror
matter and to drift towards mind
unquestionably results from the nee
essity occasioned by the growth OF
Christian Science.
One day during the recent World
War 1 was walking down Michigan
Avenue, In Chicago, when l came
upon a huge triumphal arch erected
on the lake site of that beautiful
th~oroughfare to the memory Of those
brave lads who had made the SUI
preme sacrifice in that terrible strug-
gle. Imagine my surprise on look
ing up to behold, embla2oned TO all
the world these momentous words
THERE IS NO DEATH" DO you
think that would haves been possible
fifty. yea twenty-five years ago.
Does any one doubt for a moment
that Mrs. Eddy's Science and Health.
with Key to the Scriptures" was not
directly responsible for that reassur-
ing sentiment?
Only a few months ago at the tri-
ennial convention Of the great Episco-
pal Church, held In Detroit, at which
convention there were hundreds OF
delegates from every part Of the
United States, a very urgent demand
was presented that the lost art
Of healing be incorporated a part
of the Church activities TO prevent
the wholesale apostacy from that or
ganization. Resolutions We're adopted
by that great body looking TO thu
establishment at no distant date Of
spiritual healing in the Church.
In the city Of Los Angeles, very
recently at q conference Of clergy
men and laymen. representing all the
principal churches Of that city "reso
lutions were adopted urging the for
nation Of a Christian League o.
Healing" along the lines Of Jesu.
appointing. None could deny tina
this constantly growing tendency OF
the part Of churches quite generally
TO incorporate healing q part o
their church activities has beer
brought about by the success o
Christian Science.
On this point It is interesting nov
to note the words Of the discovereI
and founder of Christian Science. Mrs
Eddy, penned many years e an'
recorded in her book, pulpit an'
Press" as follows:
II the lives Of Christian Scier-
tists attest their fidelity to
Truth, I predict that in the TWEEN
tieth century every Christian
church in our land, and "a few in
far-off lands, win approximate
the understanding of Christian
Science sufficiently to heal the sick
in his name. Christ viii give
to Christianity his new name, and
Christendom will be classified as
Christian Scientists"
Conclusion
7 often think OF Christian Scienc