The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-30
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LECTURE DELIVERED
BY JUDGE F. C. HILL


Judge Frederick G. Hill c. s., mem-
Der OF the board of lectureship Of the
First Church Of Christ Scientist, IN
Boston, spoke here Sunday as follows:
Christian Science is, as its name
implies, ESSENTIALLY Christian and its
practice being predicted upon absolute
law, 1t brings healing from sickness
and deliverance from sin
There Is within the so-calied human
mind a fixed and abiding conviction
that 1t is legitimate to be healthy
and happy. This inherent conviction
Is evidence per Sc of the fact that
health and happiness is the normal
state of being. This desirable end can
be accomplished only through right,
semitic thinking hence 1t must
be perfectly clear that Christian
Scientists, looking toward the ideal
istic or spiritual, are concerned about
the mental rather than the Outward
or material.
Bible Revelation
have assured You that this science
Is essentially Christian. This being
the case. Christian Science, as a great
religious movement must be based
upon a revelation of the teachings
and practical truths presented in the
Bible. Lest there be confusion In
the thought of those who have never
investigated this subject, I assure you
at the outset that Christian Sciep-
lists use for their study and in all
their church services one Bible author
fly, that of the King James version
Of the Old and New Testaments.
There are many religious denomina-
tons and bodies. each claiming to
teach and practice the Christian
religion; each claiming the Bible
as authority for creed and doctrine
and each claiming salvation as the
desired goal There are wide and
seemingly irreconcilable differences
OF opinion among these Christian
bodies and an utter disagreement as
to the fundamentals of salvation
There Is but one conclusion to be
drawn; individuals have ceased to do
the one natural. normal thing-that
is. have ceased to think spiritually
and have accepted as facts many con-
illusions which are not true. AS
natural consequence confusion fol-
lows, as that which Is untrue can
never be made the foundation for that
which is enduring and true. At this
point 1t is well to understand that
there is one absolute truth about
everything, and regardless OF ones
sincerity in believing otherwise, that
truth remains infallible and undis
turbed for nothing IN human belief
can ever change that which is abso-
lutely true.
Diseoverer and Discovery
Christian Science as it Is present
ed to you and to me came through
the discovery by Mary Baker Eddy. OF
the operation of absoluteI fixed spirit
ual law. In an impartial investigation
of Christian Science it is desirable, In
fact quite ESSENTIAL to know somewhat
of its discoyerer and founder. feel
quite safe in assuming that my early
experience In the investigation Of this
subject Is similar to yours. My first
impulse was to inquire, "Who Is Mrs.
Eddy?" what did she discover and
found?" The answer to these ques-
lions is simple and helpful.
Mrs. Eddy was a devout and lovable
New England woman, deeply interest
ed In the Bible. Early In childhooa
she displayed keen perception OF the
underlying truths contained IN Bible
narratives. Through her research and
study of the Boble she noted that per-
49,
laws were followed by permanent and
6xed results and that blessing and
healing were part and parcel OF His IN.
finite plan. She concluded that God
governs His universe His creation
through Infinite intelligence or abso
lutte law and that this law, being spir
ituaI. could be understood and applied
and that when so applied renders null
and void the false beliefs Of law In
herent in the so-called human mind
She concluded that this law could be
definitely known and stated and was
as fixed and unfailing as its divine
Principle She further concluded thai
since disease has no more authority
than sin it could be cured and health
restored to the body in exactly the
same manner and with the same Ger
tainty of results as sin could be de
stroyed During her investigation az
injury caused by an accident led her t
discover the spiritual law by which
she was healed herself; and later
upon her restoration to health, she ap
piled the same law to the relief anC
healing OF others.
Discovered Laws
In the Christian Science textbook
Science and Health with Key TO tn
Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy says: I'm tht
year 1866 I discovered the Christ SCI
ence or divine laws of Life, Truth ant
Love, and named my discovery Chris
tan Science" She had discovered tn,
absolute. fixed and eternal laws o
God and had proved that they ar
i present and operative and can be re
he'd upon to heal the sick as they dit
in the time of Jesus. She found thes
laws compassionate. helpful and spi'
itual," and named them Christian"
and because they constitute the abso
lutte laws of God, are available and ca
be demonstrated. she named then
Science" Hence Mrs. Eddy discoy
cred the divine laws of Spirit, tn
laws of Life. Truth and Love. Ate
this discovery she subjected it t