Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-01-23
BOSTON LECTURER BEFORE
NORWICH CHRISTIAN scIE,

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Church.
Mr.. Palmer. who is a. member of the
board of lectureslip of the Mother !
church, in Boston. was introduced by ,
Frank Coxeter. first reader of the Nor I
sleh society. Mr.. Palnier's lecture WASH
entitled Christian Science, The Science
spoke substantially as follows:
All men desire peace of mind, Thet
world has been searching for it for thou
lands Fl years. In their endeavor to
solve the problem of being and to estab-
Ash happiness on an enduring basis, NOR
tals have formulated many creeds, rules
OF conduct, and organized numerous
conflicting sects and denominations Blu.
ihese various attempts to establish hap
piness have not stood the test of time
nor have they rendered mankind immune
from the ravages of fear. sin. disease
ana death These ereeds and sects have
IN a large measure been predicated on |
the teachings of the Bible but they have /
tailed to demonstrate the promises of |
the Bible in saving men from the my !
riad ills that beset them. Failing to !
ind the relief from human ills so des- |
perately longer for, mortals have turn
ed from the Bible and sought relief in
! symtems of healing frankly based o..
t SAlC SpPOStte VI Nfctt that ana
I because these likewise have failed them.
/ they have to a degree accepted a theory
! that since human ills cannot be over
| come. they are inevitable a part of the
divine order of things. ana must be sub
mitted to
Christian Science is demonstrablA
| religion That is its reason for exist
! ence. Christian Science has come TO the.
/ world and il says: here is a religion that
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sick and SHINING, and offers the world
full salvation from all mortal ills
through a right understanding of God
| The adherents of Christian Science have
Il adopted no propaganda formulated no
+ system of proselytism. No lure of self
interest or personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT has
| actuate3 them. They. have not been in
terested in gaining converts. Christian
| Scientists have Elo war with other de-
| nominations. nor do they feel the slight
est Jealousy of them Their warfare is
to pull down the strongholds Of evil. heal
the sick, free the sinner bring men to a
| right knowledge of God. The business
Of Christian Scientists is to demonstrate
the evernresence Of God. evering the Ills
of mortality.
When we examine the teachings OF
Christian Science, W. find that It has
. much in common with the best relig-
leus thought c5ltside of the Christian
Science movement Mrs Eddy was for
: many years member of the Congrega-
tlonal church, and While under the in.
struction of some of the noted Cfivines d
| that church, she began the profound
: study of the Bible. and that tireles:
/ search for a spiritual cause of all thing.
e | which eliminated in the revelation ant
: i4discovery of Christian Science There
e Is, therefore, no gulf fixed between
: Christian Science and what is know
g as orthoaex Christianity When we ex
4 anime the doctrines and ereeds Of differ
/, ent denominations we find much tina,
5 is cohf1icting-but we also find tina
!, practically all Christian denomination.
d | agree on certain great fundamental con
eepts Regarding the Supreme Being.
People agree that God is spirit an
: that spirit is omnlpotent, omniscient an
o111i1a'resem- They. agree on these thre
II great fundamentals because they ar
taught i'll the Bible, and because on n
;, otIer basis can we conceive of a Su
preme Being We. cannot divide God
power and still have Him supreme. an
| If His power is divided TO whom viii w
- assign the power taken away from God
II We assign it to another agency Gale
eVll we divide the universe; the on
SOD, the great | Am would no Ionee
ne supreme, and there would be ty
Y powers arrayed against each other. til
I'd powers Of good and evil with the resu
IS "a universe of conflicting forces. {
ne chaos and disorder Christian Sciens
ne accepts and teaches these three gre;
rel NerIties Of spirit ornnipotence ornn
n presence omniscienee, not theoreticsl
IN ~ nor abstractly, but as Nivihg real
e lies, and 1t teaches that in the unde,
t. standing of these fundamentals lies n
OF Solutlon Of all human problems Thus
in a CHRISTIAN Scientist faces sickness, l
It'll relies on the omnipotence of God
tie neal 1t :; if he faces a condition. wba,
be ignorance prevaile, he turns TO Cod an
ne reiles on the omniscience-the infinit
'ail-knowledge of CSoG-to sus,ply hi,
r. the wisdom and light to meet the stu
ne tlon. If evil seems to hold SWAY
IN knows that God is ornnipresent, nnive
IL sal good, and that the divine presen
a IS at hand to destroy evil.
,ie On the other hand. the adberents
~ current religious teachings do NOT as
rule rely wholly upon the aII-power. a
a. presence and acknowledge Of God
lsr SICK, they will usually rely upon dr1,
N OF other material means and turn
ea COG only as last resort when hone
US rehet from other sources has utter
~ Jesus of Nazareth brought fl man /,
NASAA VI Jig FdlHefnOOd OF God a
the brotherhood of man. He taught a
demonstrated the gospel of love.
taught that the whole duty of man is
". love God stBpremely and his neighh
as himself. The consciousness of Chr
lie Jesus SO perfectly reflected God that
nd | suggestions of sin or mortality cor,Jd 6
en- ter In the presence of his unparallal
on knowledge of God, sin, disease and dea
a ned as darkness fees before the I,g
icy Christ Jesus never conceded that ~,
was an such thing as an incurab,as i
OF ease. He knew that disease was a =,
OF the sum total of human error !.
% mat the irresistible power Of div
M | Love was able to destroy it. Djsea,
m OF whatsoever nature were all co1frs
"a to the divine purpose and he dastrroo,
Mo them all equally. The modern clss
is hcaflon of diseases as functionaflIn
yous and organic he disregar1ed s,t =
". He proved this for others by he
ing the sick and raising the dead j
asc then he proved IT by the supreme +
INST OF destroying death for himself
of proved for all time that the pbvsi
lay senses cannot bind man. He rosa
, Of perior to those senses becanse
to thought Gods thoughts He had an
,fe- parafleled~ victory over. the nbvs,
us- senses, and because of that victory
inns career stands out in history a bea
au- light inmeasuraiblX. franscentEng
52a. other human experiences.
Mary Baker Eddy, the dscoverer
CHI | founder. of Christian Science, srasl
the eternal truth Of existence which