The Washington times., 1925-03-10
SHOWS CHRIST
WAS REALLY
SCIENTIST
Frank Bell, C. S. 3. Of PhiIa-
deIphia, Lectures at First
Church on Spiritual Healing

I
Frank Bell, c. s, B.. Of Philadel.
phia, delivered a lecture in First
Church of Christ. Scientist. last
evening on "Christian Science: The
Science of Perfection. Mr.. Bell 10
4 member Of the Board of Lecture
shin Of the Mother Church, the
First Church of Christ. Scientist,
in Boston. Massachusetts,. He was
introduced by Elmer I. Baldwin,
First Reader of First Church OF
this city. under whose auspices the
lecture was given.
The lecture said in part:
.SuirituaI healing is recorded
throughout the Scriptures Il APP
r.ara TO have been practiced by
nearly all of the great figures IN the
Bible It especially distinguished
the ministry Of Jesus.
among various theories IN e1-
PLANTATION OF this healing, the one
generally entertained by creedal
s,eIirionists is that 1t was miracu.
ions in the sense of involving q
ansnension or suppression of natural
law. Certain psychologists pro-
fess to believe that it was the ERECT
Of metal suggestion or hypnotism.
Recalls Jesus Reputation.
.Iesus repudiated both these the.
orfes. He said he came TO fulfili
The law, not to destroy or TO annui
1t: not a jot or little or the law
should pass tilE all De IulLllicu
The works that ne ola, ne salu'
his followers should do in proper
zion to their understanding.
ssThat Jesus was not q mesmerlst
mr. hvnnotist Is shown by the rule
he repeatedly expounded for him
self and his followers Not my
win. but Thine. be done. The effort
81 mental suggestion is to impose
one human win upon another. JESUS
denounced human will and pro-
claimed the win OF God to be the
only real will-power. That rule
brought healing to the sick nine
teen centuries ago, and it brings
healing to the sick today.
ssThe rule, Not my will, but
Thine. be done, is, of course the
rule Of perfection. Gods viii is
perfect. Thought that is open to
the fundamental rightness OF being
catches something of the spiritual
import of Jesus, teaching, and this
improved state Of mind nlanifests
itself. after its kind, in outward
conditions and affairs. Jesus must
have meant this when he said re-
garding one Of his healings. They
faith hath made thee whole
Explanations Are Clear.
what did these unhealed ones
need to understand with their
hearts that they might experien &c
health2 Was 1t drugs, or serums,
or germs. or antitoxins, or diet, or
exercise, or Galleries, or. health laws
that they needed to learn more
about7 Must they await the verdict
Of Chemist. bacteriologist, vivi-
sector? Surely it could not have
been for lack OF any such lxnewi-
edge that Jesus in certain Instances
did not His mighty works.
ssThe explanation Is clear. Their
minds were closed TO the truth He
understood and offered, the truth
which He declared would make free,
and which did make free wherever
and to the extent that II was ac
cepted, as it does, today. If they
should understand and be converted
they should be healed. The rule Of
Christian healing has not altered.
Heaven and earth shall pass away
but the Word OF the Great Physician
shall not.
Nor shall the requirement
change. The mental eyes must be
opened, the mental ears must be
unstopped, so that there may be un-
derstanding and conversion and
healing. You who are sick, weary.
afraid. how much of willingness Is
there in your heart TO listen to the
BE We therefore perfect of the
Christ?
This is good medicine; this doc
trine of perfection, this Christian
Science. Countless thousands of
your fellow-men have found II so.
1t Is Gods healing gift to you, yours
for the taking and the using