Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-01
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
HEALER OF ALL ILLS
Bliss Knapp Lectured Before an
Appreciative Audience in First
Church of Wilmington.

The announcement of lecture on
Christian Science, explaining the reason
tor Christian Healing by Bliss Knapp,
{. =. II. os Boston brought q large and
apprcciative audience to- the First Church
oi Christ, Scientist, in Pork Piece, yestcr-
dAy afternoon. As usual on such occasions
there were visitors from Philadelphia,
Chester. West Chester. Camden and
scveral downstate towns.
In Introducing Mr. Knapp, Sanford W
>nwln. First Leader of the Church thus
p1faced the lecture
est Paul SAWS IN his Ep,stlc To the
Ephcsinns, Awake thou that sieopcSt
and srise from the deed. and Chilst shall
give thee light and also TO the Romans
hs writes. For to he carnally minded II
death. but To- be spiritually minded s life
and ?eaco This is the call and the aSsur-
nce of Christian Science to suffering
humanity The call TO throw of
the shsckles OF mortal lief and enter
INTO the freedom which comes to all who
understand even III small degree tho
Science Of practical Christianity.
II darc say that most of us hsvt had
and perhaps some Of us may still have
somewhat peculiar or hazy ideas of what
Christian Science is We can oil recall
how we have had our mental vision
olesrcd and the way pointed out 10 us
by the spoken word of one more advance
on the journey.
Mrs Eddy clearly realized tho helpful
ncrs Of tins spoken word and founded "A
board OF LcCturrship to supply this need.
II have the great pleasure Of introduo-
lng 20 YOU this afternoon q member of the
Board OF Leeturcship of The Mother
Church The First Church Of Christ,
Scientist in Boston Massachusetts, MIR.
BlrSs kanpp c. 5. b.
Mr. Knapp whose lecture occupied
more than an hour, said in part:
Christian Scientist learns that
disease is essentially mental ~ its cause.
As long as he believes Il % he entirely
ph,sics he msy we'll feel helpless before
q In TACT there could he no such thing
~ Christian healing If disease we're sctu-
ally phvsical The medical schools Of
today have been employing experiments
which indicate the mental cause of disease.
There can be no doubt that In every
case Il is tho result of wrong thinking
Medical experiments have proved con-
clusively that the individuals thinking
~sriotIsly affects the circulation of the
blood, and some interesting conclusions
have b. ar drawn from the observation Of
the effect Of wrong thinking on the body.
Perhaps the most common observation Is
the flushed or pallid face thst results from
angrr People have been known TO die In
~ az anger and also from extreme fright
since the discovery of the X-ray, phvsi-
clans have been able 10 learn the effect
" thought on the digs stive system. The
method il simple enough. Some harmless,
Opaque substance like bismuth is MIXED
with the food Then as one cats the pre-
pared food, the entire process Of its di-
gestion may be observed with the N-ray
Ry that method, physicians have proved
that the digestion Of students taking a
scvcrc examination m great fear, has been
retarded fully two hours Anger also
hndcrs digestion and poisons the system
Tn T suits Of other experiments might
10 presented but these are sufficient to
Indicate the necessity Of correcting
thought whom desling with disease
Suppose, for example one has eaten
@omcthins and soon after is seized with
distressing pam IN the stomach. The
pain Is distinct physical sensation
which cannot be ignored. A Christian
~eience practitioner Is summoned nd he
remembers the testimony Of
q 'hrist Jesus. Not that which goeth into
Z be mouth defileth man; but that which
ccncth out of the mouth this deileth a
'usn, a saving which once offended the
lharisecs.
The disciples sought an explanation OF
the parablc fvom Jesus, remarking on
the ofTen~e which 1t gave to the Pharisees
surprised at their lack Of understanding.
Jes,,s proceeded to explain that ''whatso-
tver cntercch IN at the mouth cccth into
he belly, and Is cast out into the d-Rught
But those things which procfed out Of
he mouth come forth from the heart
and they deflle the -nsn.' Regardless
nf what thought or act may occasion
he pain, if the patient would only refuse