The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-07

On Monday evening, Dec. 6, lee
ture on Christian Science was de.
livered at the Grand Opera House
by William d. Fitzpatrick, c. S. B., of
Detroit, Mich.
The speaker was introduced bv
Mrs. Cora c. Reeves, First Reader,
in the following words:
Friends: All good brings added joy
if shared with another.
In the fifteenth chapter of Luke's
gospel we read of the woman who,
having found the pieces of silver
which were lost, called together her
friends and neighbors to rejoice with
her.
Christian Scientists have asked
their friends and neighbors here this
evening to hear the truth of Chris
tan Science, that they may gain
some understanding of why Christian
Science brings healing to the sick,
joy to the sorrowful, regeneration to
the SHINING and hope to the discour-
aged.
We have with us tonight one who
is authorized to bring to us this
truth.
take great pleasure in introducing
to you Mr.. VIM. D. Fitzpatrick, c. S.
B., of Detroit, Mich. member of the
Christian Science Board Of Lecture
ship of the Mother Church, The First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos-
ton, Mass.
The lecture in part follows:
Christian Science comes to you, my
friends, with a glorious promise and
with a reason for the hope that IS IN
it. 1t says to those who are sick,
those who are sorrowful, those who
are fearful and those who are pow
erty stricken, in the words of Jesus.
Come unto me, all We that labour
and are heavy laden, and l will give
you rest. Take my yoke upon you
and learn of me; for l am meek and
lowly in heart; and We shall find rest
unto your souls For my yoke is
easy, and my burden is light Chris
itian Science offers you sure surcease
from sorrow and fear. it has a
panacea for all your ills and your
misfortunes aid it comes with heart
full of love and compassion, with
healing in it's wings and with world
of joy and happiness for all. In
Christian Science the sackcloth and
ashes are exchanged for the oil OF
gladness. AS foretold in the vision
lof st. John, "And God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes; and
there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall
!: there be any more pain; for the for
mer things are passed away.
Christian Science has come to
humanity to restore to it the lost art
of healing which the great Master
Christian, Jesus the Christ, declared
should exemplify the understanding
of those truths of existence which
he gave to the world some twenty
centuries ago. One can hardly read
the New Testament without a firm
conviction that much of the vitality
given it by the life and works of
Jesus has been lost or eliminated
throughout the intervening centuries.
Jesus taught that it was his under
standing Of God and Gods govern
iment of His universe which enabled
him to do the works of healing and
regeneration he so freely accom-
plished throughout His brief ministry
and of which he said in no unmis-
taxable terms "He that believeth on
me, the works that l do shall he do
also"
Jesus mission on earth was to
iestablish with men that understand
ling of God which would enable them
Ito do the very works that he did.
Jesus taught that his works or
healing and regeneration we're not
of a. miraculous nature but were in
digenous to the correct understand
ling of God which he came to give
us. Jesus came to establish the
kingdom of heaven on earth for all
mankind throughout all time-for
you and for me, right here and now.
In that mighty prayer, given us IN
his Sermon on the Mount, we find
these words: "Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in
heaven" That which enabled the
disciples of Jesus time to heal the
sick, cast out demons and even raise
the dead was intended for you and
for me just as much as for the dis
ciples, otherwise the marvellous
works and teachings of Jesus are OF
no avail as our Savior. There is
nothing in the Bible and in the teach
ings and works Of the Master to
excuse us in the least for not healing
the sick by prayer and spiritual
means in accord with the commands
of Jesus. In the sixteenth chapter OF
St. Marks Gospel Jesus gave this
explicit command to all mankind
through the medium of his disciples
-"These signs shall follow them
that believe; in my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak
with new tongues; they shall take up
serpents; and if they drink any dead
" thing it shall not hurt them; they
shall lay hands on the sick and they
shall recover" And is 1t not glori
GUS thing to know that at last we
have been awakened. through Chris
Itian Science, to the recognition of the
fact that that command was for you
and for me, and that we have been
given, through Christian Science, thai
understanding of Jesus teachings
which makes the fulfillment of this
command present and immediate
posi- bility, and that you and l may
know enough right here and now tt
assist in establishing the kingdom o.
heaven on earth?
If you will carefully follow the
life of Jesus as given in the New