The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Mother Eddy's
 Predictions True
Christian Science Lecturer Points to Vision of Founder - Gives Logical Interpretation of Scriptures *a

William Duncan Fitzpatrick, c S. B. of Detroit, Mich. spoke in ths Waterbury Women's club auditor. ium last evening on the subject oi Christian Science. His theme wal Christian Science It's Logical In depreciation of Scripture" The lecture follows:
 In her various works on the sub- ject, the discoverer and founder ot Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, has included many wide and far-reaching predictions. History has proved and Is constantly prov ing not only the verity of these predictions but the further fact that they evidenced a keen spiritual faculty, vision, and foresight. In her book entitled Pulpit and Press" (p. 22) Mrs Eddy makes this statement: If the lives o1 Christian Scientists attest their fidelity to truth, predict that Tn the twentieth century every Chris tian church in our land, and a few in far-off lands. will approximate the understanding of Christian Science sufficiently to heal the sick in his name. Christ will give to Christianity his new name, and Christendom will be classified as Christian Scientists.'
 This prediction was made rela- lively a short time ago. Very re- gently, according to reports ap- bearing in the press of the coun- try, one of the large Protestant church denominations in the Unit- ed States, at its regular, general convention, was presented with a report submitted by a joint com mitte composed of bishops and deputies of that organization, after six years of careful study and in- yestigation on the part of the com mittee, which report finds as fol- lows:
 1. That Christian healing has
 passed beyond the stage of ex-
 pertinent and its value cannot
 be questioned. e.,
 2. "That throughout the world
 spiritual healing Is no longer the
 hope of few, but the belief
 and practice of a large and rap-
 idly increasing number of per-
 sons.
 3. "That such healing is an ex-
 perience of mankind that can no
 longer be questioned.
 4, "That while faith in any
 supposed remedy produces some
 effect, vital faith in God, as re-
 vealed in Christ, is followed by
 results which, are e.s.more sure,
 more lasting, and Of a more
 evidently spiritual character"
 That report was signed and sub. mitted not only by bishops and deputies of the church but by some of the leading physicians and sur geons of the United States.
 God.
 The foundation of the entire re. velation which Mrs Eddy has giver to humanity in Christian Science is the clear concept of God and man which she gained through hel ceaseless and prayerful search ol the Scriptures. Therefore 1t is tt the scriptures we all must go If we would know the true God revealed in Christian Science. By way o1 deduction let us see if we canno, come to a clear concept of God In the first chapter of Genesis we read this: And God said, Let u: make man in our image, after ou, likeness; and let them have dom. inion over the fish of the sea, anc over the fowl of the air, and ovel the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing tha creepeth upon the earth. So. Got created man in his own image, II the image of God created he him and God saw every thing tha he had made, and, behold, 1t wal very good" Here we find man. perfect image of God, pure, holy spiritual, and upright. , Now, turning to the very nex chapter of Genesis, just six verse! farther along in the Bible, we reac this: But there went up a mis from the earth, ......and the Lore God formed man of the dust of thu ground, and breathed into his nos trils the breath of life; and maI became a living soul." Here WI have a second account of the crea ton of man diametrically oppose' to the first account in the frs chapter of Genesis just six shor verses removed. Then going ol a little farther, the third chapte of Genesis has this to say abou this man made from the dust of tn ! ground, this man who goes by tn nameof Adam, this man Of hesl and blood and bones: And unit