The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

Large audience gathered in the
: FIRST Church OF Christ. Scientist.
last right to hear William d. XII
uatrfck of Detroit, Mich, in inter-
estfng and enIightening talk upon
the fundamentals of the churcn
doctrines.
In mart. Mr. fitzpatrick said:
You have been invited here this
evening to listen to a lecture upon
God. to hear what Christian
science has TO offer you relative TO
cod and His Christ Many OF you
are familiar with the teachings OF
Christian Science, some of you
have a slight knowledge OF what
Christian Science is, while re-"
of YOU. possibly. will tonight gain
your first Impressions OF what
Christian Science brings TO the
world. In any event, you are all
welcome and we shall strive, IN the
brief period at our disposal, 10 pre-
sent DUR subject n the simplest
possible manner so that even ne
who runs may read.
Men are beginning to think TOT
themselves as they have never done
before; the great impetus OF Tree
dom and democracy which has OF
late come to the world, has. in
large measure, freed thought from
its letters of conventionality and
Journalism and has rendered ii re-
Inarkably receptive to truth. Men
are rapidly learning not to depend
on the dictum of others for their
insight into heaven nor are they
longer content to sustain them
selves on the broken reed of mS-
terialism in their search for bodily
health. That dogmatism, scholasti-
cism and religious creeds, together
with drugs and physics, are being
weighed in the balance and found
wanting has ample proof in the
whoIe-hearted, eager and enthus-
iastic manner in which mankind is
gradually and certainly embracing
the saving graces of this new-old
religion of Christian Science.
Christian Science comes TO you,
my friends, with a glorious promise
and with a reason for the hope that
is in il. Christian Science offers
you sure surcease from sorrow and
fear, ii has a panacea for all your
Ills and your misfortunes and 1t
comes with a heart full of love and
compassion, with healing in its
wings and with a world of Joy and
happiness for all. In Christian
Science the sackcloth and ashes are
exchanged for the oil of gladness.
The pathway of Christian Science
has not been an easy one to ira
verse. The movement has not
reached its present position in the
world over a pathway strewn with
roses. Its progress, from its very
inception, has been beset by ire
mendous odds, both from within
and without. 1t has not been with
out its Judases Other religious
denominations have not rendered il
the right hand of fellowship which
might have been expected from
them nor has it met with ready
favor at the hands of differing
forms of healing. 1t has been tn,
object of much open opposition
finding expression through pulpi
and press and legislative enact
ments instigated by it's opponents.
Discredit Material Healing.
And why. pray. do you suppos
- Christian Science has found itsel
" the target for these arrows of op
" position? Why has it been S
maligned and misrepresented? Why
foy the very same reason that tn
Holy NaZarene was prosecute
from city to city, from country t
country; for the same reason tina
he was vilified and ridiculed; TO
the same reason that He was stone
and spat upon; for the same reaso
that He was sentenced to death o
the cross and for the same reaso
that He suffered and endured tn
Rgonies of Calvary; because
simply because-He healed the sic
and brought comfort to the sinnin
and sorrowful; because He heaIe
the sick through prayer and b.
spiritual means alone to the com
plete discredit OF all material so
called methods of healing.
Had Jesus never healed the sicl
spiritually; had He never laugh
that it is sinful to resort to mater
tal means for healing; had H.
never comforted and reclaimed thi
sinner without the show of hollow
cant and more than worthless cere
mony. the world never would hav,
witnessed that awful tragedy OF
Calvary and there would be n;
Christian religion today-no scien
tific religion.
Likewise. had Christian Scienc,
been unable to accomplish thes,
same healing and regeueratini
works of the Master in the sam,
manner and through the sam,
means that He did. in strict obed
fence to His commands, His teach
ings and His precepts, it never
would have been the object of tn,
Misrepresentation, persecution anC
intolerance TO which it has been 81
often subjected.
Christian Science has come t.
humanity to restore to it the los
art of healing which the greai
Master Christian. Jesus the Christ
declared should exemplify the un
Outstanding of those truths Of
existence which He gave to the
world some twenty centuries ago
One can hardly read the new tesla
ment without a firm conviction
that much of the vitality given il
by the life and works of Jesus has
been lost or eliminated through
ouI the intervening centuries
Jesus taught that it was His under
standing of God and Gods govern
ment of His universe which en-
abted Him to do,the works of heal
Ing and regeneration He SO freely
accomplished throughout His brief
ministry and of which He said in
no unmistakable terms He that be-
heveth on Me, the works that /
do shall he do also"