The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-22
Lecture On Christian Science By William D.. fitzpatrick

with Life and with Truth. whereby
we can go with confidence to the
bedside OF the sick and bid them
"arise and walk; TO the charne,
house of the sinner and command
the "evil spirit to come out Of him
and to The tomb Of the dead and bid
these asleep in materially 70 come
forth"
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus taught and demonstrated con-
clusively this Law Of God, but non
Of the writers in the New Testament
have left us a practical, disable rule
for its application. Just as the DEM
onstration Of this Law has appeared
throughout human history from time
to time, when the spirituality Of the
age permitted, so the discovery of the
rule of its practical application was
to have come at the proper time and
in the proper way. 1t was destined
to come at a period when mankind
should be ready to receive it, n
through a people capable of under
standing and p%erpetuating it among the
nations. So it was only natural and
in accord with Gods Law, that it
should have been revealed first Ia
a nation in whom spiritual freedom
had beer cxemplified in political and
religious freedom-a nation whose
struggles for freedom had prepared it
for this higher light. This great light
was revealed to Mary Baker Eddy,
the %discoverer and founder of Chris
tian Science, in the year 1866. Her
discovery was made at the proper
time. 1t could not have come sooner
nor later. Christian Science is not
an invention nor is it what some
nave been pleased to call tome of
the new religions" 1t is the Law
Of God. Mrs. Eddy's discovery and
her wonderful achievement in estab-
fishing a Church for the perpetuation
TO this discovery are not the results
Of chance nor Of circumstance. Chris
tian Science is the fulfilIment of pro-
phecy and has come to US in due
time and order in accord with
Gods directing. Mrs. Eddy ley
claimed TO be anything but the dis
covcrer and founder Of this great
Truth. but it will be long before the
world Will have begun TO properly
appreciate what she has done for
mankind and what trials and vicissi-
tudes were her lot in standing before
the tremendous opposition to her
first lispings in the new tongue. The
discovery Of this Science which deliv-
ers mankind from all bondage. is part
of the divine plan for humanity's sal
walton extending throughout the CEN
turtles. This guiding light has been
placed in the hands of Christian
Scientists to be kept burning. Let
us all see to it that the light be not
dimmed by carelessness, by negli-
gence, by faithlessness, nor by any
lack of appreciation of what Mrs. Ed
dy has lone for humanity, lest, per-
chance, the world be again engulfed
in the gloom of a fruitless Christi-
anity.
With tine charge placed upon Mrs.
Eddy to plant the vineyard, came also
the charge to water and care for it
the charge to provide the means
whereby this great discovery could
be perpetuated to posterity. This
charge to provide the means whereby
this great discovery could be per-
potuated to posterity. This charge
Mrs. Eddy has faithfully fulfilled in
the establishment of one OF the great
est and grandest church organi2a-
tons the world has ever seen-the
great Mother church, The First
Church Of Christ, Scientist. in Boston.
Massachusetts, with its network Of
branch churches extending to nearly
every part Of the civilized world. No
M individual in all history has ever
accomplished what Mrs. Eddy ac-
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