The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Mr.. Adair Hickman, c. S. B.
OF New York City, Speaker
Christian Science: The Revelation of
Gods Nature and Omnipresence." Topic


high school auditorium Friday eve
ming al : O'Clock The visitor spoke
under the auspices Of the First
Church Of Christ. Scientist Of Ia
coma. He is member Of the
Board Of Lectureship Of The Moth
Or Church. the First Church OF
Christ Scientist. in Boston, Mass
The subject Of the lecture was.
christian Science: The Revelation
OF Gods Nature and Omnipres-
.nce. Nj. Hickman spoke substan-
tally as follows:
one Of the most urgent ques-
tons throughout all Christendom
today is: What must we do to re
flute the insidious and misleading
suggestions. so widely prevalent
that Christianity may yet prove
unavailing to meet the great hui
man need. or indeed has already
failed
In the first place. Christians
themselves must be fully con-
WINGED that Christianity as Jesus
taught and praoticed it Is the
Science of Mind, because It Is the
complete and exact knowledge Of
God. Therefore 1t has never failed
it cannot fail. The main purpose
Of this lecture is TO show that, by
its very nature and law, there
can be no possibility that Chris
tianitv in its primitive purity and
practice can ever fail to fulfill Its
God-ordained mission. The GER
taintv of this. the great prophet
Isaiah foretold centuries ago, IN
these symbolic words: As the
rain cometh down. and the snow
from heaven. and returneth not
thither but watereth the earth.
and maketh it bring forth ana
bud. that it may give seed TO the
sower. and bread to the eater; SC
shall my word be that goeh
forth out of my mouth: it shall
not return unto me void, out II
shall accomplish that when
nlease. and ii shall prosper In the
Thing whereto l sent it
Christian Science has come 10
,his age in fulfillment Of TINS
nromise The truth which is TO
enlighten. feed. and sustain man
kind has gone forth from infinite
Mind and cannot return void
Many years ago. Mary BAKER
Eddy foresaw and courageousiy
declared in her textbook, science
and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" (p. 342), THE hour
has struck when proof and DEM
orstration. instead of opinion ana
dogma, are summoned to the sup
port of Christianity"
This is the obvious demand upon
all Christendom today, namely
proof and demonstration. Christian
Science teaches (Science ana
Health. p. 323) that good is not
understood until demonstrated
II therefore demands of its stu
dents practical proofs Of COD
ever-nresence and al n ess'
Through the application Of HIS
sniritual law as revealed IN TINS
Science. its students are learning
how practically TO overcome the
limitations and discordant condi-
tions Of mortal existence.
In the earliest years Of her
great discovery Mrs. Eddy drafted
a constitution for the first Chris
tan Scientist Association. In that
constitution she gave this care
fully formulated statement Of
scientific Christianity, which II
found in the Historical and BIZ
ogra phical Papers. compiled by
Clifford p. Smith, Series tp. I'd;
a Divine principle and given rule
applicable TO every condition OF
man. and constituting the Divine
plan Of his salvation from sin.
sickness. and death, exist in the
order of Eternal life. Truth and
love. Jesus demonstrated for
mans example and his redemp-
ton thiSholy principle of Divine
Science. clearly showing by
this Divine understanding and
proof. the indivisibility Of Science
and Christianity
II is this divine "indivisioility'
this oneness Of Science and Chrls-
tianity. that must be the revltaliz-
ing element Of religious faith IN
this hour Of stheistic and ma
terialistic challenge 70 the Christ
ideal. For centuries II was the
general conviction in pu II c
thought that religion and Science
were wholly incompatible. The
acceptance Of one precluded the
possibility Of the acceptance ana
Reaching Of the other. II was be-
lieved, and taught in some instan-
ces that religion was an emotion
al experience in which faith was
hased largely upon an unknown
Co. Many who reasoned logically
upon all other subjects seemed
unable 10 20 beyond blind faith
IN God. and accepted as real all
thai claimed TO be unlike good,
namely sin. sickness. and death.
These errors were believed TO De
known 70 God. and therefore were
thought 70 exist as realities.
Mrs. Eddy was deeply impressed
~ the necessity TO bring back 70
TIE Christian church an under
handing OF the primal order Of
the first great cause. thus estab-
lishing the divine nature Of Sci
ence as constituting the exact
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