The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-18

II FEmau1eus ht6SfeAs AoA AAe-
EDDY to give me, through Chris
tisn Science. that CLEAN OF light
and truth which has enabled me to.
touch, at least, the hem of the gar
ment Of Christ, Truth. and to be-
gin the regenerative process Of
spiritual healing, or being made
whole.
1t is right. beautiful, and neces-
sary that Christian Science should
have been discovered and founded
by a woman: and 1t is fitting and
proper that it should have as its
Leader a woman. Christian Sci.
ence owes its conception and in
ception, its origin and establish
ment. TO a woman. and the loyal
Christian Scientist gladly pays
merited tribute to this divinely
inspired woman. Nineteen cen-
turtles ago. a woman was good
enough and pure enough to con-
ceive and bring forth the child
Jesus, the personal or human
messenger of the Christ, Truth;
and in our own age a woman was
good enough and pure enough to
conceive and bring forth the inn
personal or spiritual message,
Christian Science.
Our Leader understood more
thoroughly, embodied more COM
pletely, and expressed more fully
the spiritual qualities or attributes
of God, divine Mind, than did any
other earthly inhabitant with the
exception of the Master. OF the
many characteristics reflected by
her I shall speak of but one
moral courage.
Moral Courage
1t takes moral courage TO speak
the truth. This is true today, here
and now; but how much more was
it true when Mrs. Eddy stood
alone, a pioneer in spiritual truth!
In a doubling and skeptical age,
rank with materialism and phari-
saical with scholastic theology,
she, single-handed and alone with
Principle, planted the Christianity
of Jesus upon the rock of spiritual
understanding and scientific DEM
onstration, thereby establishing it
on the firm foundation of infinite,
divine Science. She has made the
Christian religion safe and secure
for all time and for all men. She
has saved it from the attacks of
evil of every sort-from atheism,
agnosticism, hypocrisy, infidelity,
pharisaism, idolatry, within and
without. 1t is a fact worthy of
note that the span of the human
experience of Mrs. Eddy parallels
chronologically that period in
medical history known as the
Golden Age, that period during
which medical art and practice is
said to have reached its high-water
mark of progress and development.
Mrs. Eddy combined the courage
of a Daniel and a David in that
she, alone and unafraid, faced the
theological and medical systems
of her time; and, in the face of
their complexities and antiquities,
contradictions. and uncertainties,
presented the simplicity that is in
Characterization Science. Mrs.
Eddy knew that "the battle is the
Lords" and she placed her hope,
her trust, and her Cause under the
shadow of the Almighty God. The
Christian Science organization is
the direct, natural, and inevitable
outcome of the prayers of faith
and the labors of love of this
great woman" .
My purpose in dwelling on the
life and the character Of Mrs. Eddy
is that we all may render unto her
the honor, respect, reverence, and
love due her. This is but fair and
just request of a fair and just peo--
pie. Mary Baker Eddy is the Dis
coverer, Founder, and Leader Of
Christian Science, and the SOLE
author of its original and only
textbook, Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" 1t is
as such that she wished to be-
known, and it is right that she be-
ever known as such. :
Conclusion
am profoundly grateful for this
opportunity and privilege of speak,
ing to you and thinking with you
on the subject of Christian Sci
ence. I recommend that you dill
gently pursue the study and prac-
tice of this Science. 1t will bring
into your life-experience fruit
some thirty and some sixty, and /.
some an hundred"-each according
to his sowing, good measure,
pressed down. and shaken togeth--
er, and running over" The healing
Christ, in divine Science, is ever
at hand TO save and to heal. Re-
ceive him unto myself.
In conclusion / quote one of our
Leaders poems Poem, p. 75) en-
titled Communion Hymn" and to
be found in the Christian Science
Hymnal mos. 298-302):
Saw ye my Saviour? Heard We
the glad sound?
Felt ye the power Of the Word?
Twas the Truth that made US free.
And was found by you and me
In the life and the love of our
Lord.
"Mourner, 1t calls you,-'Come to
my bosom,