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Restorative Ministry Of Christian
Science Subject OF Lecture
by DR.. John M. Tutt.

"Chr;stiap Science: Its Restorative
ministry was the subject OF a lecture by
DR. John NJ. Tut, &. 5. b., OF Kansas
City. Mo. delivered last night at Science
Church, Park Place and Van Buren
street. before n large audience. DIR. lutt
i a member of the Board of Lectureship OF
the First Church of Christ, Scientist, IN
Boston. Mass, and is a forcetul and mag
netic speaker. He was introduced oy the
First Reader of the church, SANFORD W.
Sawin. :, eu ru
Tho Board Of Lectureship OF the Chris
tian Science Church was founded ny
Mary Baker Eddy, founder OF the church,
In correct false impressions concerning IL,
and 10 answer unjust CRITICISM Dr' iu'e
said in part:
If each individual in this audience were
asked 10 give a reason for his presence
lore NO doubt it would be possible to
classify the replies under two great heads-
rcligion and medicine. These may be said
10 be the paramount human interests, Tor
second only to a future salvation, man
kind Is concerned In the preservation OF
h;s bodv. Christian Science has ANAL
ganeted these interests so that, fighuy
,.,cur,d religion and medicine become one;
and SINCE Christian Science, IN It's saving
and healing grace, is applicable TO all
manner of discords, physical, mental ana
moral. If. may be termed the uniVersai
panacea. a. .,;a., .,,s
IL is significant that the earliest sys-
tens of religious philosophy mace hlo
separation between religion ana heuic,ne;
The pagan gods of medicine were oaiie9
upon TO heal sickness, Just as the gods oi
war were appealed to Tor victory anu Vue
,,ods of pcace for plenty. Medicine began
,r.tt "a
rarne moro material and religion grew less
~ Material medicine had so developed
into a system apart from religion, that
when Jes,s began his restorative MINIS
nv and healed the sick by purely splr-
,t,,al po,vcr no was termed both by the
thcologians and the matter physicians,
miracle worker, so unheard OF had " PC
come TO invoke the healing power ol ,rod'
The only reason mankind has not turn-
ed 10 Cod. the great physician, IN the time
~ phvsical distress, rs because OF the ma
tcr,aI has ol it's education. Mankind has
been taught to look to God Tor salvation
trnm Sun. but to-relv upon matter Tor the
..uro az matter and its dire bclleis Be
cause of the seeming increasing power oi
false material education, mankind mas
bccn unable to grasp the simplicity aod
adequacy of the spiritual laws OF God ap-
piled to the dlscords of the hesh'
Jesus knew these laws. employed theth'
and laid upon all Christians the ,nluno-
ton to initiate His healing works. ~ may
lie argued that Jesus conferred the power
10 heal upon His contemporary dlsGlp'eS
only. Yet He said uncqulvocally: nese 1
signs shall follow them that believe but
Il the contention be true, how did Paul
who was not Jesus immediate disciple,
acquire the art Of Christian heaIing2 1t
must be admitted that Paul used none
INIT sniritual power in bis restorative
ministry. The Master, alluding to His
DIVING principle. the healing and saving
Christ, said. 'Lol am with YOU alwa,y,
This Christ was available to Paul ana ne
rnse in sp,rit,,sI consciousness to the
realization Of it. The power Of God to heal
and TO save, so wondrously present with
Jesus, and with the early Christians toI
three hundred years, is available 70 al
today and when understood and employ
ed. in Jesus way, becomes the witness oi
Christ in you, the hope of glory.