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1 An audience of more than 2,000 per sons gathered at the Metropolitan op erahouse yesterday to hear the address of Miss Mary Brookins, C.S.B., on Christian Science. Several hundred, whom it was impossible to seat, were turned away. The lecture was given under the auspices of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, and in addition to the great interest in the topic of the day, there was the warmest regard for Miss Brookins, who is a Minneapolis woman, and who has so proven her powers as an eloquent and convincing expounder of Christian Science that she has been for nearly two yearB a mem ber of the Christian Science board of lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. As it hap pens, however, she has not before been heard in Minneapolis since her appoint ment, and the size and deep interest of the audience were thus a genuine trib ute to her as well as to her theme. Miss Brookins, far from disappointing her friends, evinced her undoubted ability by delivering a long and eloquent dis course, which held the close attention from first to last of that vast audience. The speaker was introduced by Weed Munro in ^he following words: t* 4 "The privilege of introducing the speaker of the day is granted to one who is not a Christian Scientist, to one who has studied the subject without avail, to whom the refulgence of a re vealed light has been denied, but who Btands aside and watches the devel opment of the denomination with joy and pardonable envy. "The marvelous growth of the Chris tion Science Church and the unswerv ing loyalty of its members, is conclu sive evidence of the justness and so lidity of its foundation. Truth and Love seem to be its base and sweet repose, cheerfulness, unfailing happi ness, peace and fearlessness its super structure. "To the uninitiated who is just, careful watchfulness discloses that Christian Science accepts and fol lows the teachings of Christ, un burdened by and shorn of doctrines the teachings of Him, to whom alone is due the Christian significance of such words as Charity, Humility and Humanity whose one great message was Love and the power of whose in fluence was due to his absolute sinless ness. "We shall hear today from a mem ber of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Science, in Boston, Mass., one of the nineteen persons only, of the entire world, who are empowered to speak with authority, publicly, upon Christian Sciencea resident of our city who has been honored and exalted to this position. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Miss Mary Brook ins, who will speak upon the subject of 'Christianity Js Science: Seien/ee Is Demonstrable.' MISS BROOKINS LECTURER ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Two Thousand Persons Gather to Hear Her Ex- pound the Theme With Eloquence and Convincing SincerityIntroduced by Weed Munro. Miss Brookins then spoke as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen: Whatever may be the various motives that have brought us together at this time, it is more than likely that the greater number of us have been eye witnesses to the vast panorama of hu man strife, and stress, and want, and woeand, noting the inadequacy of all commonly known and applied means of relief, are turning, with more or less faith and expectancy to Christian Sci ence as a possible deliverer or more the subject of Christian Sci ence, and it is my wish to present it to you in the light of a practical religion and remedy showing Christianity and Science to be one and demonstrable. Looking closely into the face of hu manity today, one must be impressed with two salient features in its general aspect, namely, a wholesome discontent with what it has, and an eager, ener getic effort to obtain what it has -not. If there were no sense of loss, or lack, or limitationno throes of dire destruction or distress, there were no need of a remedy. If the reign of health, and righteousness, and peace were consciously established in the experience of the people today there were no room for further redemption, and no use for the continued offices of a redeemer. But auch is not the case We are not content "to bear those ills we have" any more than We are to "fly to others that we know not of." An instinctive impulse in the heart of man protests against the heritage of evil, entailed upon the race of Adamand either beats its hopeless wings against the boundaries of its supposed environment, or industriously occupies its time in a more or less intelligent effort to escape. Mor that this, we have, as a race, readied a point in progress where we WHAT IS THERE IN IT? Scott's Emulsion is a care ful blend of the purest cod liver oil, hyCfhosphite of lime and soda, glycerine and a dash of flavoring. The com bination of these valuable ingredients emulsified as in Scott's Emulsion represents the greatest remedy yet dis 7 covered for weak lungs, poor blood, low vitality, child weakness and all wasting diseases. ICOTT a SOWKX., VmA ft**. Yk are no better satisfied with a negative good than we are with a positive ill. Thru a still diviner discontent we object to a merely indifferent and pas sive sense of existencea life lived from todaylike that of the mpllusk or the polyp, aimply to breathe and tread the narrow round of physical ex istence. A life lived within itself and for itself, however exempt from pain or sorrow or loss it may be, soon condemns itself. Christ Jesus expounded and exempli fied Life that means power, authority, dominion over the flesh. It was not after the storm had subsided, but in the very midst of its fury that He said: "Peace, be still," and there was a great calm. He did not wait for the ascension before declaring: I have overcome the world." In view of these assurances of man's dominion over all material elements, illustrated by what has actually oc curred, it will never be found in the mind of man to be content with any thing less than the conscious possession and exercise of life that is in perfect consonance with absolute good. If all the desires, aims and aspira tions of life that are pure, and right, and upward-tending should be collected together and seen at once they would be found all converging in one objective point, all looking toward one common goalnamely, haVmony. Indeed, it has been the common habit to so summarize the realization of all good under har mony's synonym, heaven, and then to group around that name all satisfying conceptions of rest, and peace, and free dom, and health-of prayers answered, of hopes fulfilled, of life expanded into immortality. No one ever thought of associating with his idea of heaven such anomalies as limitation, weakness, want, sin, sick ness or death. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven.'' Hence none of their attendant ills can be pres ent there. Laboring under the seeming presence and power of these enemies of peace, mortals are in a constant state of unrest and are continually wishing and striv ing for better conditions, putting forth every possible effort, as they suppose, to break the distasteful fetters of evil, and gain something of an experience of man's rightful heritage of dominion. But right here mortal sense touches the limits of its self-imposed boundaries. It has placed its heaven away off, some where in the distance to be found and enjoyed at some future time, and while it cherishes a hopeiof sometime, some where, reaching that beatific state, it is well assured that there is no such possibility this side the grave. But heaven is not a place of abode where one may go and find or make for himself a home. Heaven is the presence of God, and God being present every where, heaven must be everywhere, too. According to the teaching of Chris tian Science heaven is harmony itself, the absolute reign of Spirit without a rival powerthat condition of Mind in which Principle actually does govern and control all with supreme and undi vided sway. This definition has no reference to time or place. John the Baptist, in announcing the Messiah, said: "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Jesus preached and demonstrated the kingdom, of heaven at hand, and in sending out His disciples into their field, the world, He charged them: "As ye go preach, saying: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' And when questioned by the We have met to consider for an hour Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God should come, he said: "The king dom of God cometh not with observa tion, or outward show, neither shall they say, 'lo here, nor lo there,' for behold, the kingdom of God is within you."' When He taught His disciples to pray Thy kingdom come'' it was to declare the great fact of God's kingdom already come, ever present and universal. If then, this kingdom of heaven, this reign of harmony, this complete fulfill ment of all promises and pledges of good, js here, even now at hand, what hinders the possession of full citizenship in the heavenly estate, and when may mankind enter into so desirable a heri- 'rrpp kno thereby at once determined. The in dividual and his ideal are one and can not be separated. Our universe is to us just what we bring into manifestation to our sense of things. According to onr consciousness of good, will we bring its sweet harmonies into our ex perience. Now let'n$i ask you: Are you satis fied with the amount of knowledge you have? Are you content with your pres ent conception of Being? Are you not fearful, or at least doubtful as to whether much that you suppose you know is true? Do you wish what you believe to be the present facts about God and man and their mutual rela tions, to be eternally true? Yet Truth is unchangeable and eter nal. Everybody knows that. Best assured that what is really true now will be so thruout the endless ages and what is not good enough to be true to that extent is not true now and never was true. So then, Pilate's query: "What is Truth?" Is a ques tion, not to be deferred to a dim and distant future, but is the all-asorbing inquiry of today, and surely, a most cordial welcome should await whatever may offer anything like an acceptable answer. Those who, in any degree, are read ing the signs of these times, know that a marked and important change in. hu man affairs is pendingthat we are standing today in the dawning light of a new era. As to just the nature and meaning of this transitional period there are widely divergent opinions and much speculation. But the gen eral trend of thought and expectation is in the direction of the hopeful, the optimistic, the triumphant view of things. Moreover, there is a very noticeable tendency away from the old moorings, and a growing favor of meta physical interpretation and research. This explains why preachers who ex pound least of creed and dogma and most of vital, spiritual love of God, have the most numerous and ardent hearers, and the best success in their good works of reform. These better thoughts, loosening their hold upon the grosser commodities of the senses are able to echo somewhat the finer har monies of the supersensible and ideal. But the highest point yet reached or that ever will be reached in the upward flight of the human intellect must still be "as far as the East is from the West,'' from the Divine Metaphysics of eternal Mind. And here let us note, as we have seen before, that there is that native quality of aspiration, inherent in humanity, that will never, in its hope, and ex pectancy, and eager pursuit, stop short of the absolute, the infinite, the ever lasting Truth itself. This being the case, there must be an exact and unmistakable way to this acme of achievement, this longed-for goal, this "the desired of all nations," and we believe such a way to have beej an revealeddto thi a Job said: "Acquaint now thyself with Him (with God), and be at peace. Thereby good shall come unto thee." Jesus said: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." and again, These things have I spoken unto you, that in me, you might have peace. These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you, that your joy might be full. What things had he spoken? Even the eternal Truth of Being that makes free in an unqualified, absolute sense. He had been preaching and practicing the Divine Science of Being, making it one with the highest order of Chris tianity. Through signs and wonders he had been showing them the Father and the conduct of affairs under His spiritual laws. He also said: "This is life eternal, to know Thee,Hhe only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent." Life eternal must be the Life that is good, perfect, all harmoni ousfor no one could live eternally in any other sense of life. Discord itself must be mortal, for it has not one ele ment of Life or immortality about it. In this saying of the Master's, "Life eternal" is made equivalent to the con sciousness of harmony, heavento knowing God and His Son. It is no ticeable that Jesus did not say that it is Life eternal to know something about God, to hold opinions or theories about the Supreme Being and His creation but Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent to so understand Truth, to so know God and the mutual relation exist ing between Him and His creation as to participate in His own harmony and immortality. Thus the whole problem of life re solves itself into a question of know ing. Given the quality and extent of your knowing, and your individuality beneficent offices. and your individual experience are^Thuc it is that our Lealer bdiscovered our Eevere.da Leade an Teachs er, Bev. Marj Baker Eddy, in what has been named by her, "Christian Sci- ence." We also believe that the teach ings of this Science, onoe thoroly understood, and rightly practiced, are fully adequate to the accomplishment of even so infinite an end. I am well aware that this is a mighty assertion and that it may seem to many a preposterous claim. But anyone who, having ears will hear, or having eyes will read what we have to say, will find that we are ready to give many a reasonable reason for the hope that is in us, and, that it is simply and wholly out of deep interest in humanity's weal, and in loving solicitude for its woe, that we ever offer our doctrine for your con templation. First of all, be it known that Chris tian Science is not something that Mrs. Eddy has invented, or manufactured in some storehouse or workshop of human conjecture. It is not a system of men tal therapeutics in which the muscles or organs or elements of mortal mentality are manipulated for the benefit of the sick. Permit me to go back here and re peat a statement made a few minutes ago, namely: "The whole problem of life resolves itself into a question of knowing." To know is the main ob ject in living. Knowledge is generally regarded as the one thing needful, ffie good part that cannot be taken away. The only thing that can be known is Truth. We believe, and think we know a host of things for a time, but pres ently, upon further investigation, and with larger experience, we come to doubt, and question our supposed knowledge, and finally to disbelieve and to discard it altogether. Then we see that it was only belief at best, and not real knowledge, because it was not founded upon the rock, Truth, and did not bring out the desired re sults. This may be said of all the so called sciences that are based upon a belief in matter. As the process of revising and rejecting goes on, each one of these material systems under goes such changes as to be scarcely recognizable from one generation to another. Their literature that is in vogue in one generation is quite out of date in the next. The young medical student, fresh from college, turns eagerly to the library left by his professional fa ther as to a rich legacy, but finds there only two or three volumes that he can use in his practice. Well did the wisest man of his day on the material pkne say: "This much do I know, that I know nothing." Knowing is knowledge, and real knowledge is Science and, as Truth olcne can be known, the only absolute knowing or knowledgej ors Science, must be that which pertains to Truth, and achieves the purposes of good and it is our purpose to show that hristian Science is just such Christly knowledge, or Christian knowledge. To us Science, in order* to be Science at all, must be Christly, or Christian Sci ence and must always, from everlast ing, have been Christian Science, co existent with the Ancient of days. Then the advent of Christian Sci ence at this time" simply means that the discovery was made through the pure, spiritual discernment of Mrs. Eddy, that there is, and ever has been, avai'able to man, a Science so Christ ly. so unerring, and so comprehensive in its nature and operation as to ac tuary ,meet the needs of the race in overcoming its varied ills that this Science is the knowledge of God and His eternal laws and that coincident vit her discovery Mrs. Eddy founded a system of practice, teaching and preaching, which is calculated to bring this knowledge within the reach of all who wish to avail .themselves ot its THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. ii in1 deed the accredited Discoverer and founder of Christian Science. Claim ing nt infallible grasp of the ways of Infinite Wisdom and no monopoly of the reins of divine government, she an nounces" herself in the preface of her book, "Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures." She refers to herself as an earnest student, humbly waiting and working for the solution of the great questions of Life. This very attitudf of humility indi cates the absence of personal sense and shows her fitness to receive a high er message from above. The glory of the sunlight floods tne landscape, but it must find freest access into your room through the window that is cleanest and clearest. The light of Truth is evciywhere present, but it has even found its way into human conscious ness through the thought that was freest from material hindrance. The|ist held in Chicago some years ago a Head of this movement, through whose clear consciousness this most spiritu ally metaphysical teaching came as a divine revelation, and through whose boundless patience, energy and faith fulness it has been established, is be yond question, the greatest Teacher and Leader of this age. She has amply earned this distinction because she has broken the error of human belief in bondage to the flesh, and has made known the divine power which, when properly understood and applied, re deems from sickness, sin and death. On the very verge of the grave when all earthly hope had failed, she turned unreservedly to God for help, then her ear caught Truth's triumphant tone, proclaiming that God is Life and that man is His deathless child. Her speedy and complete recovery and the suc ceeding years of utmost devotion to her divinely appointed task amply at test the verity o her revelation. Through wonderful works of healing, through her written works, chief among which is the textbook,.'' Sci ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures," she has impressed upon the thought of this generation the one ness and allness of Mind and its har monious and' immortal manifestation. This conviction of Truth came to Mrs. Eddy at the point of well-rounded womanhood, characterized by more than ordinary mental and spiritual en dowments. Having received a liberal education under the careful guidance of well qualified instructors, her thoughts found ready and graceful ex pression in both prose and poetry and she was a frequent and valued contrib utor to the papers and magazines of the time. Born of deeply religious par ents, and reared in the atmosphere of strictest morality, she was early imbued with the love of the things of Spirit. From early girlhood she was a consistent member of the Congrega tional church, and her whole life has been devoted to the purposes of good. With loftiest ideals before her and un daunted integrity and fidelity of pur pose within, she has discovered and made known a plan of salvation that has already emancipated a multitude fronr the fetters of false and needless bondage to sin and suffering. Christian Scientists do not worship Mrs. Eddy, as some suppose. They simplyN thank and love and reverence her for the good she has done. Should not the children ,of Israel have loved and reverenced Mbses for leading them out of bondage? And did they thereby worship him? Is there any question or criticism of the fact that the early colonists of our country ap preciated and loved George Washing ton? That they designated him "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his country- men?" That their filial affection for their loyal leader and deliv erer, combined with their patriotic zeal, found expression in the endearing name of "Father of His Country?" Surely it would be a deplorable state of things if the common and universal impulse of the heart were not in the di rection of due appreciation and grate ful acknowledgement of benefits re ceived, and of just recognition of ob ligations to. the benefactor and natur ally, the depth of gratitude and affec tionate regard would be commensurate with the extent of the benefaction. Who, then, shall lift up his voice of protest when even a tithe of the debt of gratitude, and reverential love due for such full deliverance, such un bounded benefit, has been discharged? When Christian Scientists, out of the simple sense of the fitness of render ing to all their well-earned dues, or out of their transporting joy at finding their lost heritage of freedom, and health, and peace, have given un abashed utterance to honest thanks to their wise and loving Teacher and Guide, and, in remembrance of their own childish and ineffectual efforts to find the light, and of her ceaseless ten derness and care and self-sacrifice, have voiced their reverence and love accord ingly? When mortal thought misjudges or misrepresents or maligns Mrs. Eddy it must be out of total lack of apprecia tion of her mission, and of the wonder of her fulfillment of it. No one, hav ing any adequate conception of her history, can but be stirred to the depths of his being by the unutterable pathos, and the unmeasured majesty of a life lived so near to God. As a direct result of the advent of Christian Science more unity of pur pose and more concerted action are in evidence along all higher lines of human progress. The teaching reveals one fundamental Principle named Life, Truth, Mind, Love, Spirit, God, Infinite Being, hence the only One. In this profoundly simple doctrine of the one ness of Mind, of Spirit, of Life, of Pow er, is found a basis of action that pre cludes friction and insures harmony. The claim has been made by those who believe in minds many, that influ ences for good may be exerted by one human mind acting upon another hu man mind through mermerism, or hyp notism, or mental suggestiton. But the one divine Mind that is Om nipotent mus*t include within itself all the power there is. Hence there is no agency nor potency for good that is not involved within it. Why look for mere than the all? Or why expect to find something outside of or beyond the Infinite? Besides, it is a well-known fact that the thoughts and purposes and activi ties of the human mind are by no means confined to the offices of good. Who would willingly entrust his wel fare to hands that might work good or ill at pleasure, when the infinity of Divine Good is ever at hand, assert ing its undivided right to rule and to bless the race? r?~,"- Spiritualism, and all other systems learned speaker made the statement that the world was waiting for the man of genius who should come for ward and establish union between science and Christianity. Little did this good brother know that the woman of genius had already come for ward and established, not only the union, but the unity of true Science with all true religion that, rightly un derstood, these two are not antagonistic and destructive to each other, but that they have a common basis, mo tive and object. Science is simply knowledge made practical and applied, and all real knowledge must be divine. Christian Science is then the practical application of the doctrines set forth by the Nazarene Teacher, explicating by precept and proof the deep and everlasting import of His words and works. Religion has been defined by one deep thinker aB A daily walk with the Eternal,'' and by another as The con- through extensive class teaching, and scious relation between man and God, and the expression of that relation in human conduct." In answering John's inquiry, "Art thou he that should come?" Jesus rested the evidence of his divine appointment upon his works rather than upon his words: "Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them." What were the motives of Jesus' life? Surely not worldy ambition for possession and power. It is tersely said of him that he went about doing good. The one mighty incentive in all his works and words was love for God and humanity, a love so all-absorbing that it controlled his every action. He well knew that real Being is God, Spir it, and that all the illusive belief in material life must be dispelled. He was the highest earthly representa tion and embodiment of the one eter nal Christ, the spiritual and perfect idea of God, who said, "Before Abra ham was, I am," and whose perpetual promise to all ages is: "Lo, I am with you alway, even un to the end of the world.'.' Christian Science teaches that the two Christian offices of preaching-the gospel and healing the sick are so in separable, so equal in importance, and so identified in purpose and method that one's Christian life is incomplete if either one is omitted. In a system wherein science and religion are one, the theology must be curative. Christian Scientists have been called a prayerless people, but like many of the statements concerning them, this one is quite the opposite of the fact. Indeed, it is only through the teaching of this Science that we have found it possible to^obey the scriptural injunction "Pr*v -without c.easinsr." "Pra without ceasing While no one can be continually in the physical attitude of prayer, nor forever repeating its words or formulae, one can always be in silent spiritual com munion with his God. Believing as we do that we are created and sustained by the one divine Mind, who gives and does "exceeding more abundantly than we can ask or think," our prayers as sume less the form of petition and more that of grateful acknowledgement and thanksgiving. Does your child appear at your well filled table only to beg for bread? Does he ask you every day to love him, and care for him? Does he not rather thankfully accept your bountiful pro vision and rest in the serene conscious ness .of your protection and love? "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give good things to them that ask Him?" So far from neglecting to pray, the fact is the Christian Scientists rely so entirely, so absolutely, upon this avenue of the divine favor that they are, on the other hand, often called fanatical on this subject and even their common sense is called into ques tion because they do not exhaust the resources of materia medica before taking their sick to God in prayer. But why should infinite and ever present goodness and Love be made secondary to man-made theories, that lay no claim to exactness, but are in deed self-confessed systems bf experi menting and guessing, which often lack even the redeeming feature of agreeing with each other. Is the wisdom or the skill of man more reliable than Omniscence that we should give them the preference in time of need? Is human power wor thy to be weighed in the scales with Omnipotence in the hour of man's ex tremity? The best demonstrator of God's power was wont to say: "Of mine own self I can do nothing the Father that dwelleth in me He doeth the works." Thus he repudiated not only all material remedies, but all hyp notic influence and control. A habitual declaration of man's unity with the di vine and inexhaustible Life, the real and indestructible substance, the in finite and Omnipotent Love, is the effectual prayer that availeth much in that it heals and redeems the sin-sick and bodily infirm*and casts out all manner of evil. To the extent that prayer ceases to be an attempt to in form Omniscent Wisdom or to peti tion Infinite Love it becomes the prayer of faith that shall and does save the sick. Avpoet once said: "More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of," and this is very true. But how are they wrought? Not by changing the actions or pur poses of God, who is without "varia bleness or shadow of turning," whose ways are always right and wise above human power to conceive. Wonders are wrought by prayer in that one gains a nearer approach to a clear state of consciousness, through which are revealed the infinite resources and bated upon the theory of minds many, blessing of Divine Beingalways pres- held where, at a very low estimate, en March 20, 1905. spirits many, have the disadvantage of ent and ever operative for the con- a house divided against itself, and can- summation of the highest possible present the invincible front of one Omnipresence, Omnipotence and Om niscience, that admits no second ary, hence no conflicting presence or power. Mental healing is sometimes attributed to the action of mortal minds but Paul said: "The carnal mind is enmity against God." It then could never have been $he basis of any God-directed cures. The scientific unity of all things real is esj ecially noticeable in the two I history of the past nor a prophecy of great avenues of intelligence, science and religion, which are also the two generally recognized avenues of help. In no respect is the inspiration of this system more apparent than in this atatter of identifying science with re ligion At the great concourse of religion- good. Through the peculiar method of our Church service, in which the entire congregation is privileged to partici pate, our people are turned to closer and more general study of the Holy Scriptures. It would be impossible to find any class of people more devoted to the study of, the Bible than the Christian Scientists are, for they have learned to regard it, not so much a tne future as a revelation of eternal Truth, which is "the same yesterday, today and forever," and which conse quently applies with full force to the needs of the present time. So this Science that is religious be cause it is of God, and this religion that is scientific because it is founded I of it.'' One of the strongest arguments brought forward in support of evil is the claim that God is its author and sustainer that in some inscrutable way, that nobody under takes satisfactorily to explain, God has assigned to evil a large and useful place in the divine economy that His theodicy requires an admixture of two opposite and conflicting forces to brin^ about an ultimate result, which, after all, is a total failure, in that neither one of such contradictory elements could ever attain to supremacy. It has already been shown that God's creation must be like Him must fair ly express and represent that which is in God to be expressed, as an effect must always be like its cause. Admitting this, if we undertake to give evil a place in God's universe, we find our selves in the dilemma of either pro nouncing evil good, or else considering God capable of originating the opposite of good. It is not likely that any of us would willingly grasp either horn of this dilemma. Science eliminates the.false supposi tion of an element of evil that cannot exist in the Omnipresence and Omnipo tence of God who is good and restores the primitive and unadulterated knowl edge of the real creation, pronounced by divine wisdom "very good." That Truth, rightly understood and separated from illusion, demonstrates harmonious and unfailing Life, is being daily it tested by countless proofs, and "by their fruits ye shall know them." A noted physician states that ninety per cent of all known diseases are the re sult ofy fear. Then a religion whose fundamental Principle and only acknowledged power is Love, that is capable of casting out all fear, surely has strong claims to recognition as a factor in the realm of therapeutics. In all the nearly nine hundred and ninety organizations of this denomina tion weekly experience meetings are average of seven testimonials are heard at each session of cases which cover every known disease of body and mind and morals, chronic and'acute, organie and functional. One can readily see what a volume of evidence is thus all the time accumulating of the curative efficacy of Christian Science. Tho not much given to statistics, we can say without exaggeration that many hundreds of thousands of so called incurable cases of disease have been healed thru Christian Science. Notwithstanding this astounding state* ment its work is by no means confined to the cure of physical illsrather is this incidental to the vastly greater mis sion of healing sin and leading in all matters of genuine reform. It reclaims the sinner, not thru fear of punish ment nor anticipation of reward, but th 8uprem upon eternal fact, instead of fancy or I dispelling tneacy illusion of his love ogood,,f sin blind faith, are welded into one soun't! is plain that the physical senses do cognize matter and all its apparent con ditions. But, as they know nothing of God, Truth, then it cannot be that mat ter is Truth, but quite the opposite. Truth being real, its opposite must be unreal, and that is just what Christian Science says of matter. Again, spiritual sense, thru which we do apprehend and love God, Truth, reality, reports absolutely nothing in re gard to matter another very good rea son for placing matter outside the pale of reality. The Scriptures say man was created in God's image and likeness. Is God made of matter, either wholly or in part? No! What then is there in Oo^l that is the basis of, or resemblance to material man? If God is all Spirit, is not spiritual man really his likeness, hence the only real man? Origen. writ ing in the year 125, defined baptism as "an escape from matterthe Lord leading us into light that is shadow less, and is material no longer.'' From this it appears that the early Christians held this same view of the nothingness of matter. But it no longer rests wholly upon Christian Scientists to prove the non existence of matter. In these latter days of liquified air and purified thought, matter is rapidly losing its supposed consistency as substance, and all merely material knowledge is being relegated to its proper place among the superstitions of the past. Even to the sense of the more advanced material scientists, matter is rapidly dissolving under 'the more direct rays of Truth, and is being resolved into its original elementthought. A learned professor in a German university says: "Matter is a thing of thought, which we have constructed for ourselves rather imperfectly to represent what is per manent in the change of phenomena." Since God is good and infinite, to know'God is to know good only. Were we not from the first forbidden to know both good and evil? "Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shall not eat am of Mind that is ti and demonstrable doctrine, whose verity an enlarginpgiif hisn affection for it, that i*.ft tA W'aJoma following" "My he ceases to find satisfaction aughtdoo is attested by signs following doctrine is not mine,'' said Jesus, but His that sent me. If any man will da His will he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God or whether 1 speak of myself." Christian Science is a religion of works. Its adherents must express their overflowing thankfulness and praise and devotion to God in active service fn the name of Christ, in healing and doing good to the erring, suffering, wandering ones. Jesus did those things, prov them to be possible, and he indicated not only the possibility, but the cer tainty of the repetition of them. "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my Father," meaning that all true be lievers, in all ages and places, were not only to emulate the wondrous works that He had done up to that time, but were also to follow his further demon strations of control and dominion, until all personal sense and self were vanquished in the presence of the one real Ego, Spirit. That the first part, of this prophecy was fulfilled re peatedly for several hundred years fol lowing is a matter of familiar history, and this fact gives fair assurance of the further continuance and completion of these divine- works when done in Christ's name. Now we believe Christian Science is a rediscovery of what Jesus taught and demonstrated as to what God is and what God does. It is man's discovery of himself in the image, the character of God, Spirit, Mind, instead of the effigy in matter, that physical sense testimony would have fastened upon him. The only evidence we have of mat ter is the testimony of the physical senses, which take no cognizance what ever of God. All will admit that God is Truth as the Scriptures declare. It hi 8ens oifn but the way of holiness. Hosts of peo ple have been and are being healed of the appetite for intoxicants, tobacco and opium thru this sort of temperance workproving it to be a prohibition that actually does prohibit the sin itself instead of spending its energies in tho fruitless attepipt to prevent the conse quences of sin. Thru the knowledge of the reality of Mind and the unreality of matter the varied vices of the flesh are annulled the Mind of Christy the Love that is God, is enthroned as the all-governing Principle of spiritual, universal man, and thus appears the divine manhood and womanhood of the sons and daugh ters of God. The immediate result is that human affection is purified an I exalted above the plane of instinct and thus rendered wholesome and perma nent. Family ties that have been rup tured thru the destructive belief in minds many have been reunited, and homes restored to wholeness by the unity of Spirit, which is the guarantee of purity and the bond of peace. Christian Science is not a profession for a few to follow, but a divine order of daily living for all mankind to adopt and practice. It is at once the messen ger and the message of Divine Love, coming to self-afflicted humanity to heal, to redeem, to uplift, to crown with blessings infinite. One common criticism against Chris tian Science is that its adherents lose interest in the public .weal: that they regard the usual methods and means of reform unnecessary for the benefit of the people at large that they do not enter popular plans for refining and ele vating the race. The fact is the advo cates of Christian Science do express a practical and active interest in the general welfare of mankind. They are, by degrees, proving that its Principle permeates and governs every avenue human experience and is ingrafted into every department of human affairs. While our methods may differ somewhat from those most in vogue by the ab sence of outward form and machinery in our enterprises, still the essenti?l elements of true progress are never lost to view, and we heartily aid and endorse all that educates, ennobles, re- SUPERIOR MERIT. Remarkable Curative Properties of* Remedy for Indigestion and Stomach Weakness. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, a prepar ation for the cure of dyspepsia and the various forms of indigestion and stom ach trouble, owes its great success as a cure for these troubles to the fact that it is prepared for disease and weakness of the stomach and digestive organs jl onlv, and is not recommended or ad Vised for any other disease. It is not a cure all, but for any stom ach trouble it is undoubtedly the safest, I most sensible remedy that can be ad vised with the prospect of a permanent cure. It is prepared in tablet form, pleasant to taste, composed of vegetable i and fruit essences, pure pepsin and Gol- "p"~ den Seal, every one of which act effect ively in digesting the food eaten, there by resting and invigorating the weak stomach rest is nature's cure for av disease, but you cannot rest the stomach unless you put into it something that will do its work or assist in the digea tion of food. That is exactly what Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablets do, one grain of the di- 4- gestive principle contained in them will digest 3,000 grains of meat, egg or sini ilar wholesome foods, they will digest the food whether the stomach is in I working order or not, thereby nourish ing the body and resting the stomach at the same time, and rest and nourish ment is nature's cure for any weakness. I In persons run down in flesh and ap petite these tablets build up the strength and increase flesh, because they digest flesh-forming food which the weak stomach cannot do, they increase the flow of gastric juice and prevent fermentation, acidity and sour watery risings. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can be found at all drug stores at 50 cents per package. THE PILLS THAT RESTORE FAILING STRENGTH Mrs. C. O. Smith, 0 6 Bowen St., Nashua, N. H., says: "My trouble began with hemorrhages of the bowels. I beoame white as snow, my heart palpitated and my head throbbed continually. My limbs swelled and I grew too weak to walk. Doctors said my ease was Incurable and that 1 had but a few weeks to live. Then my son-in-law brought me the best remedy ever discovered for wasting diseases, Dr.Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and they stopped the pain at onoe. My flesh and strength same back and now I am well and able to do all my houeefcoM work." sou) BY ALL eauaojarg^J, Jte- -rf-^ff^^-r,-^ ^ftfafrfti ~I f- 1