Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-27
SHOWS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
 APPLIED TO MANKIND

A free lecture upon Christian Science was given Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock before large congregation at the Com munity House by Harvey Bathurst, c s. B., of London, England, member of the board Of lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston.
 MT. Bathurst spoke in part as follows upon Christian Science Applied to Man kind:
 In the year 1866 Mrs Eddy made the discovery which she named Christian Science" It came about as the result cf her instantaneous recovery from the ef- fects of a severe accident which physi- clans had declared must terminate fatal ly. Mrs. Eddy had always been deep and constant student of the Scriptures, and it was therefore natural that, in her eH@nity she should turn to the Bible. It was then proved through her instant aneous recovery to perfect health, that the method of healing taught and dem onstrated by Christ Jesus was the nat ural fulfillment of divine lava law just as operative and consequently just as available in this age as it was nineteen hundred years ago.
 Healing
 Broadly speaking, there is, and 1 think you will agree, no difference between what mankind needed in Jesus time, and what mankind needs today. The remedy also is exactly the same now as it was then. Was there not sickness and suf- fering in Jesus time? Was there not also envy, hatred, malice, dishonesty, de- ceit? Were not exactly the same condi- tions or claims of evil apparent among men in those days that we see today ? And were not all these conditions healed by Christ Jesus and his disciples? Did not the Master reveal the only remedy, | and is there not abundant proof that the remedy was successful? Why, then, was that remedy ever dropped, and oth- CTS substituted which have failed of sue cess? Is it not time that the practical nature of Christianity as it is demon strated by Christian Science, be univers- , ally recognized?
 Do not think, however, that Christian Science is merely a system of physical healing. Indescribably wonderful as is 1 the experience of physical healing which 1 it brings it is a small thing when com pared to the spiritual regenerations which l is inseparabie from it's physical healing. The question which naturally arises at this point is. How is physical healing brought about by Christian Science treat. ment, and without drugs or recourse to 1 materia medica? To find the answer to | this question we must go back about two l thousand years when the humble NaZa- rene declared that he had not come to | destroy but fulfill the law and the pro- phets. He showed that the fulfilling oi Gods law consisted in the healing ot l sickness and the destruction of sin, sor. row, fear and all discord. through the l correct concept of God and man.
 believe you will agree that the law oi God, which Jesus fulfilled has not 1 changed. If, therefore, it was not ir accordance with the law of God nine. teen hundred years ago that man should be sick or bound by sin, anC 1 the understanding of the law of Coo at that time healed the sick and reform l ed the sinner, surely the understanding liar results today In order that WI i may understand the law of God, VI i must, however. first understand God The healing through Christian Scienc.
 is brought about through spiritua understanding. or the knowledge of tn truth.
 The Works Must Be Done
 The question here arises, Are not we you and I, and not only all Christian Scientists but all Christians to heal tn Lsiek and do the other works that Jesu and His disciples did? The answer i
 most emphatically, Yes. Did not Jesu say "He that beIieveth on Me, tn works that do shall he do also" Now the day when people were willinl to accept blindly whatever was toll them, whether from the pulpit or any where else, is past. This is said to b essentially practical age; therefor people are demanding, practice rathe than theory. This is why so many, i the hour of misery, disappointment, 0 sickness, turn to Christian Science. The. know perhaps of friends who nav been comforted or healed of some seri ous physical trouble through Christia Science treatment, and so have bee given g practical understanding of Go as very present help at all times an
 under all circumstances.
 God
 Tine beloved disciple stated clearl
 that God is Love, and Jeremiah indi
 cates with equal clearness the omni presence, or all-presence. of God. Is not logical then, to state that a cor l rect understanding of God includes tn
 recognition and demonstration of tn ) omnipresence of divine Love? And doe
 it not inevitably follow that such a
 un0efScand1nS must hnally enm1nat the belief in hate? Let us amplify thi : statement. Picture to yourself a loca ity9 where no one is hating, no one i
 feeling even uncharit2bly toward hi neighbor. Would not happiness of thos individuals be assured in such circum
 stances? Would it not mean for ther the elminiation of misery? And if
 sufficient number of individuals cease
 entertaining any thought of hatre l through their recognition Of the omn presence of divine Love, would it nc
 mean the overcoming of strife the en
 of war--War or conflict between ind
 Yiduals. between communities, betwee
 nations?
 Perhaps the synonym for God mo:
 frequently used in Mrs. Eddy's writing
 Is divine Mind" defining ths "a knowing, all seeing" ever present Go, .l