The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-27
A LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
BY EZRA w. PALMER, G. S. b.
of Denver, Colo.
Member of the Board of Lectureship Of The Mother
Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston, Massachusetts

Science in this city was at Convention
Hall last night TO hear a message
from Ezra W. Palmer OF Denver.
'oio. The lecturer held the close at.
rtiop Of his hearers throughout the
evening" He w0s introduced by Mrs.
dnue i Bonn,u. clerk OF the loc4l
society who said.
Jesus tle Christ said John S,l2, T
Am the light .. thu world, he that
foiloweth me shall not walk in dark.
ness, out shall have the light Of
Life"
Mary Baker Eddy, the dlscoyerer
and founder Of Christian Science, on
page 2l5 Of her text book Science ana
Health with Key TO The Scriptures,
has said Whatever is governed by
God, is never Tor an instant depriv.
ed Of the light and might Of intcli-
Rence and Life And on page 1 OF
Rudlmental Divine Science, another
OF her works, she asks the question
How would you define Christian
Science?" and answers it thus: "As the
law of God, the law Of good interpret
ing and demonstrating the divine
Principle and rule of universal mar
uony."
Christian Scientists are proving by
precept and practice that, as Mrs.
Eddy teaches light is symbol Of
Mind and that Mind is God and that
God does govern the universe. They
nave learned from the study of the
Gible through the light OF Christian
Science that the same Power which
in the beginning said, Let there be
light" IS sin operating that light
They know that it was through the
power obtained by their obedience TO
law as cxpounded 10y Moses, chat all
Inc Children of Israel had light IN
ier dwellings when the Egyptians
gere cnvelopcd ia darkness-Ihey
NOW that It was their obedience to
re teachings Of Christ Jesus, the
Master Christian, which included both
aw and gospel, that enabled his ear
ly followers a. cast out darkness by
healing the sick, comforting the sor-
rowing, and releasing the sinner-Aud
they know also that it is only by
their own obedience to the teachings
and rules of Christian Scence-the
gift 70 the world Of a womau-Aiary
Baker Eddy-that is enabling her fol-
lowers everywhere to shed abroad the
light that is today healing all the
HIS OF mankind.
Speaking for myself-when the beau
tiful light Of this wondrous teaching
attracted me, | was made happier
than l had ever been before, although
then thought that I was happy
woman and every day since | have
had proof that Christian Science is
THE law of God, the law of good, in
terpreting and demonstrating the di-
vine Principle and rule Of uniyer-
sal harmony"
One of the many ways provided by |
Mrs Eddy for giving this light to the |
world was through the Board of Lee
tureship Of The Mother Church, The |
First Church of Christ, Scientist in |
Boston, Mass, and we have with MS |
tonight, my friends, q member OF |
that Board whom you have been in /
vited by Christian Science Society or /
Ardmore to hear. 1t is my pleasure /
nv privilege and my honor to intro |
duce to you Mr.. Ezra w. Palmer OF
Denver, Colo.
The Lecture.
The Christian world has recognized
for centuries three great veriues OF
Sprit-that God is omnipotent, omm-
scient. and omniprosent. meaning ny .
rnis that God has all power, is ever
present, and is the creator and source
of all knowledge. These immortal
fundamentals Of Deity have been ac'
cepted by Christians, because on no
other basis cen we conceive of Goa
rs infinite and supreme, God OF
love who sends only good gifts 10
His children.
But while men and women have
accepted theoretically these eternal
attributes of God. they have not as
n matter Of fact actually understood
them, nor have they ordered theH
lives according to them. Christians
have accepted in theory the propo-
.itlon that God is good and all pow
erful, but they have lived on the
basis that there are ether powers 10
be feared, avoided, or propitlated.
Now God Is good the source OF al
power. That fact eliminates at once
aud forever any other power or good
ness. Therefore, il we fear disease
are avaracious. hate our neighbor, or
find pleasure in any sin, We are de-
nying the omnipotence of God-no .
matter what our pretenuons TO the
contrary may be.
-"ris in deeds we serve the Master
Words are idle, empty prayer;
All our Christian life q prctense,
II the deeds are wanting there
says the well known hymn.
Now, Christian Scionce corrects
this discrepancy between reality and .
practice. No matter what the tesu- |
mony of the material senses may be
rs 10 the seeming reality Of evil |
Christian Science holds firmly, logl- .
callv, and consistently, to the eter.
NJ fact Of the omnip tent goodness |
" God, which overrules all power |
OF sickness and sin. The writer OF
the Anocalyrse had n demopstrable |
k,rv'ci-e of this when he declared.
9th Lord God onnipoteut re'rncth'
Christian Science in teaching re-
liarce on the omnipotcnt goo mess
Of God, has reinstated primitive CHRIS
tianity. The great Bible characters
proved that right understanding OF
God DESTROYS fear, heals disease, and
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