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I 10 - ' .JiL-0.-?' STANDARD: OGDEN. LTAH. FRIDAY. APRIL 4, 1919. I JOI RANDALL 001 I SPEAKS ON CHRISTIAN I SCIENCE At the Woodmen hall last cnlpf a lanrp numbrr of Chrlatlaxi cWnttoti and frionds of the church llMned to splendid addreaa by member of I the Board of Lectureship of the Moth- , er church, (he First Church of Christ ' Scientist, Boston. Mass. John Randall Dunn wns introduced by George Tyler who said: "In the preface to Science and Health wi i h Ky to th rripturep. by Mary Baker Eddy, v.e na.l: The, time for ihinkers haa come. Truth.! independent of doctrines and lime honored systems, knocks at the portal of humnnlt v ' "People of the present day want something more than promises. They , want a demonstrable religion, one( that they can prove for themselvs, one that is of some use here and now. When we se so-called incur- able dlscaf healed and people whni were wretched and sad made bright and happy, we are forced to admit that Christian Science has something demonstrable to offer. "We have with us this evening one who is well qualified to speak on the subject of Chrintlan Science I take j great pleasure In Introducing Mr. John H Randall Iunn. C. S. of Salt Louis, fl ! Mo a member of the Board of Lec ' tureship of the Mother Church, the H' First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston, Mass ." H The speaker said: ', "The widespread Interest in the Mib- , Ject of Christian Science, in Ihll and i other lands, is traceable directly to j the fact that enslaved mortals arel finding in its spiritual teaching that liberator crapliicallly pictured by, Isaiah as sent to preach good tiding! Hj I tinto the mrek to bind up the 1 1 brokenheartecl, to proclaim liberty to m the captives and the opening of 'he I prison to 'hem ih.it ar' bound.' The I attempts of some misinformed critics to prove that Christian Science Is not I thin liberator, that the. sick are not healed, the sinning reformed, nor he j sorrowing comforted through its min istrations, are of course of little mo ment In the presence of an ever in creasing host of witnesses testifying to the fact that whereas they were bound physically, mentally, or moral ly, now they are experiencing through the teachings of Cnriltlaa. Scicnco a greater measure of health, freedom, and happiness than they have ever known. "What would those who fancy them selves opposed to this spiritual teach ing have its students do? Would 'hey ask the man who states, and who..e I family corroborates his statement, that he has been freed from the tor I ments of alcoholism, to go back to bla appetite and his bondage? Would I they bid the Infidel who through Chris tian Science has become a bellerer in and lover of the Bible, discard that holy volume and tread ac.itn his cheer less godless road? Would they bring back the pain and anguish which in the cases of thousands of men and women and little children have been banished by the touch of this healing evangel? Surely this is no time to op pose the coming to saddened humanity! of a spiritual message the certain ef fect of which is the uplift and com fort of mankind. If might be rrcom-, mended, therefore, to those who feel called upon to ridicule and revile the Christian Scientists, th.v peehapa 'he1 safest and most Christian attitude fori them to assume is to be found in Gam-) aliel's sound advice to the would be, persecutors of the apostle as record-j ed in the fifth chapter of Ac's: "Andj now I say unto you. Refrain fromi these men, and let them alone for ifl this counsel or this work be of men. it will cpme to nought; but if it bO of Clod, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haplv ye be found even to fight against God." This Tragic Moment in History. "We are without doubt lling in one Of the most tragle moments in history. On all .-Ides are evidence? of the most terrific upheaval the world has eer witnessed. Nation has rised against nation, wars and rumors of wars abound, desolation and disturbances of nature eem to prevail, and want, woe. and discord stalk abroad in the earth. What does it meaa? How are we to stand Christian Science gives tho only rational explanation of this mighty world-wide fermentation. II tells us not to be dlsmaked, but to re alize that as the mud in a river's bed must bo stirred and brought to the surface in order to purify the stream (see Science and Health, p. 540), Just eo must tho lutrnt errors of the earth, national as well as Individual, be brought to the surface and carried off, I In order that the kingdoms of this ' world may become the kingdoms of 1 our Lord and Hia Christ. Aa Jer.us ' says in th twenty-first chapter of Luke, "When theso things begin to , come to pass, then lookup and lift j up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." A Christian Scientist cannot fall to read the signs of the times and realize with courage and without dismay that this mighty inter national upheaval mean? the blasting away of the rocks and stumps of ty ', ranny and oppression and the prepar I ing of the soil of the human consclous I ness for the seed of truth, the seed of I scientific Christianity Thus to say thnt the world is being made safe for democracy, means that the world Is being prepared for scientific, liberat ing Christianity. The Work of the Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, the international dally paper published by The Christian Science Publishing So ciety, is conceded by many non -Scientists to be one of the great forces for righteousness in human affairs today. Its object, Mr- Kddy has stated, "is to injure no man. but to bless all man kind" (Miscellany, p 353). and it is ever the champion of lofty patriotism, good government, and htgh civic Ideas. It is doing more to awaken humanity to a clear metaphysical view of earth's problems than any other news Journal on the globe. It is bringing to the very doorstep of the reader's heart the problems, the hopes, the trials.; and the achievements of his brethren t over-seas and over-continents. In, other words, as it has been well said,, the Monitor is teaching mortals "to think in hemispheres." Thus it is lay ing a sure foundation for a truer co- opt-rntlon and lasting fellowship( among men and nations, and when the smoke of this conflict lifts, the! Christian Scientists in all parts of the world will be found offering a cup of! cold water in Christ's name, as they have been offering it for the past gen- I m Waist-Seam I (flS Models I They Have The l Spring I flf ! l'T C The war is over and every one I Jr' unconsciously reflects the spirit of I vicbry in his clothes. I Hirsh- Alive to this natural result cf I Wickwire peace, wc have been alert for the I Co. Clothes new peace models. I The waist-seam is IKE STYLE. I on We have it in alt our popular I to es makes. When you see the Slyleplus, H p Kirsh-Wickwire or Griffon clothes H Eagle label in a coat, you know you have all I Shirts the style, all the quality and all the I value that your dollar can buy. I , Stetson We sell clothes that are known to Hats be LEADERS the nation over. Also a big assortment of con J. E. Tilt servative models for older men. , CL I The prices are as attractive as the clothes. j "SEE US FIRST' I Watson-Tanner Clothing Co. aajjjaa i eration to the receptive thought, heal ing the sick, comforting the sorrowine. and wiping out unhappy memories, en I mlties, and hates. Armageddon. Certainly it must be recognized by ; every thinking person that tho sign j Ing of a treaty of peace, favorable to human interests as it may be. will not alone usher in the millenlum. To bo sure, the yielding of autocracy to dc- mocracy. and the establishment of J equal rights and privileges among men are absolutely necessary steps toward t the ultimate liberation of tho race I But the great battle of Armageddon ' is not ended, for this battle li the conflict between the flesh and Spirit, i between Truth and error; the stntg ; gle whereby mortals finally shall be I freed from the bondage of material sense, from sickness, hate, animality, limitation, imperfection, old age-, death. Down through the centuries enslaved mortals have echoed Jere miahs plaint: "Is there no balm In Gllead; is there no physician there' why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?" j The Coming of the Remedy. Now It has been proven true in the world's experience, that every great human crisis has witnessed the ap pearance of some courageous God-prc- pared teacher or leader proclaiming la remedy, publishing deliverance, or pointing a way of escape. The enslaved and outraged children of Israel yearned for deliverance, and a Moses, and later a Joshua, appeared to lead them from bondage' Out of the night of religious Ignorance, super stition, and error shone the light of j la Martin Luther. From the shoreS where then thrived the hampering l weeds of religious intolerance and blg-j otry. sailed the Pilgrim Fathers. And I when the freedom of their descen dants was at stake in 1776 and their unity threatened in 1861. there step ped forth a George Washington and an Abraham Lincoln to meet the hu man need. And now in this age. this material mammon worshiping age. which in spite of its wonderful ma terial inventions and achievements is so hungering after spirituality, after healing, bodily and mental, In this age that Love divine which "always has met and always will meet every hu man need" (Science fcnd Health, p. 494) has spoken again, proclaiming to the sons of men that there Is balm in Gilead. and that Gilead is not far off. but within our very reach, here and now. And should it be surprising that it was the gentle voice or a woman that was apponited to bring this mes sage? We have only to remember the pure Jewish maiden whose uplifted sense beheld and brought into demonstra tion the fatherhood of God; the.re ipentance and gratitude of the magda ien; the faithfulness of the women j "last at the cress and first at the sepulchre;" and likewise the fidelity and devotion of the woman-thought through all the centuries, to that which points to faith and purity we have only to remember these- should the human mind find it difficult to accept the fact that Truth has spoken to this age through a woman. Prejudice Against Mrs Eddy I regret to confess the fact lhat be fore I knew anything ah.j.it r.;i - ;;in Science, before I had read a line of its authorized literature, or attempted to prove by demonstration its truth or its error, 1 was one of that now rapidly decreasing number of persons who seem to take a special delight in makiug tlippant and unchristian re marks nbout Mrs. Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, and in laughing ;.t the movement in gen eral. I was quite sure that Christian Scientists worshipped Mrs Eddy, and that her system of healing was based upon will power, or the human mind over matter. In fact my fund of In formation as to what Christian Science did not teach, reminds me of the man who was endeavoring to Impress his pastor with his extraordinary famil iarity with the holy Scripture " hy. parson." he exclaimed. "1 know that Llble from Genesis io Exodus!" Christian Science Not Suggestion But when at last I read the Chris can Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." and when I had attended a few serv ices, I foirnd that which no impartial Investigator could fail to dieoover, that Christian Scientists worship the su preme and only God, and entertain for the revered leader of their movement only sentiments of affection and deep gratitude. I found, instead of a sys tem of material philosophy, dealing with ihr action of will power and sug- I gestion, tho purest Christian metaphy- i slcs, based upon a spiritual sense of I the Serlptures. Well may we rejoice1 that Mrs Eddy during her search at ter truth had investigated so-called I magnetic healing, and mind cure based upon hypnotic control, and found such' systems not only devoid of spirituality, but positively Iniquitous. And eve n a casual glance through the pag.--s of the textbook must convince any lair minded person that Christian Science is as far from hypnoilsm and sugges- 1 tion as is Christ from Belial. Mr. Eddy As to that revered gentlewoman, through whose spiritual vision the simple, healing truths of the Hiole are' today made available for those M-ho sit In darkness, I may say only this: Her: character needs no defense at human hands. By her fruits shall she be i known. History is replete with an nals wherein are recorded the unreas oning and unfounded misrepresenta tion which has inevitably pursued the apostle of a new idea. Even the lm maculate Jesus did not escape Think of it! Blind, perverted material sense said of him. "He is a winebibber, a1 glutton, a friend of publicans and ' sinners!" Mrs. Eddy writes in Science1 and Health (p. 28): "Remember, thou1 Christian martyr. It la enough it thou ' are found worthy to unloose the san dals of thy Master's feet' To suppose; that persecution for righteousness' ake belongs to the past, and that Christianity today is at peace with the; world because It Is honored by sects and societies, ia to mistake tho very nature of religion. Error repeals It self. The trials encountered by pro phet, disciple, and apostle, 'of whom i the world was not worthy.' await, in; romt form, every plom r of truth-" Mrs. Eddy Ditcovery Christian Scientists know that Mr Eddy did not originate Christian I Science; she discovered it. brought it to light. The balm of Gilead which she has revealed for the healing of the nations Is not of her creating. nor is it a restatement of ancient or modern material philosophy. It is the pimple, unadulterated spiritual teach-' Ing of Jesu and the prophets who1 preceded him To this iertion some, may say. "Bat 1 believe, and have been endeavoring to follow, the teach ings of Jea u my life." Yes. this is unfortunately the remarkable pro dicamcQt of ChrlaUaa pcoplvs todsy. 'llllll ! IIMMIiL. Mrs. Josephine White DENVER'S NOTED ORGANIST Will appear tomorrow afternoon and evening and Sunday evening at THE ALHAMBRA: j I In bringing Mrs. White to Ogden Manager Skinner has secured for the music-lovers of Ogden a real treat. One special feature will be "Annie Laurie" on the Italian Harp. DON'T MISS THIS MUSICAL TREAT hundreds of differing sects acknow ledge Jesus as their guide and their king, and the n proceed to place their human interpretation upon his words and works. Thi leads to endless di versity of opinion and the sad differ ences among Christians, causing one to say. "I believe this." another, "My belief is that." Yet the plain fact of the matter is this: It matters not what any man or set of men believes about Jesus' teaching. The all-important point is. What was Jesus' actual teach ing? What did he believe and teach'' Is there to be found in his word a practical present day salvation for you and me? Salvation I once asked a woman seeking help1 in Christian Science if she understood the meaning of the world "salvation." Indeed I do." was her response. "1 'was saved when I was eighteen." "From what were you saved?" 1 en- Itured to inquire. "Why. I was saved." she explained. "You know Jesus died I to save me." "To save you from what0" I persisted. 'Have you been saved from sin all these years?" "No," she admitted honestly, "1 cannot say that I have." "Have you been .saved 'from sickness" "No." she replied sadily; "I have been a terrible sufferer for years." "Did your salvation in clude deliverance from heartache, from fear, from worry, from poverty?" "No," she sa:d; "I suppose my salva tion was reserved entirely for the fu ture life." Jesus' Definite Instructions Is it not strange, this Meaningly unl veraal misunderstanding among pro fessing Christians regarding the teach -bigl f Jesus upon this vital point? Many Christian denominations unite 'in teaching the attainment of heaven 'and of spirituality through death, as well as the possibility of an eternal punishment for those who have stray- icd. Now that fact of the matter is that si'ch notions have absolutely no connection with Jesus' teachings. Be- ; fore his coming the Jews believed that the falthfnl were gnthered to Abra ham's bosom Jesus would have brought no, new message had ho f night the raining of heaven through dying. The Chinese have always be lieved In an after life, and even the Indians have clung to a hope in a hap py hunting ground. Let us examine- I the instructions given by Jesus to his .-indents, a.s recorded in the tenth Chapter Of Matthew: "Go to the lost sheep of tho house of Israel. And as ye go. preach, saying. The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye hae received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, for the workman is worthy of hb meat." "The kingdom of heaven fs at hand!'' In ih- t'hriftlan Science text book we read thAt heaven is harmony. Therefore the message of the Savior, which indeed is good tidings of great Joy to the bound and afflicted of earth. II that harmony, deliverance, salvation, are at hand, and are lo be realized in the proportion that we lift our thought from the material and lay hold on the :-piritual facts of being. Eternal Punishment Unthinkable The notion of a place of eternal tor ment Is absolutely foreign to the teachings of Illm whose keynote was love divine. In the parable of the prodigal son Christ Jesus showH that the suffering and punishment of the wayward boy were not inflicted b the father, but were the results of sin. and lasted only while the sin lasted. You remember, do you not. that the young man goes Into a far countr and there wastes his substance "with riotous living." And we read that "when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine In that land: and he began to be In want. And he went and Joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him Into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with (be husks that the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him." It has been ray privilege to address the prisoners in several penitentiaries thfe last year, and on each occasion 1 have read to the men this parable of the prodigal son When I have come to the words Just quoted. I have stop ped, and said to the prisoners. Men, where was that man?" On each oc casion, absolutely unprompted, has come this one response, "In hell'" Yea. he in hell. He was In the only hell there was. and those poor prisoners knew all about It. They rec ognised It the moment they heard It. But. I said to Ibem. here Is a feature of Jetus' teachings which has sppar- ntly escaped many of us all these ears': Here la a man who was sble to get out of hell We read that "when he came to blmsvif" in other words, w be he had suffered enough to wake him up. when he had hsd tormnt nough to turn him from his Mn wlh loathing, he ssld: "How many hired servant of my father's hav bread nourh and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my fitter and will asjr unto him. Father, I hae sinned against heaven, and be fore the and am no more worthy to be railed thy son make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose. : and came to his father ' Now had , Jesus meant to teach the idea of a place of everlasting punlshnunt. of a torment or hell -fire from w b,leh there was no possible escape, here would have been his opportunity to have shown the father's gate closed to the erring child, and the father standing there saying. "No. son no! It Is too late, too lai. ' The- sin has been too grievous, the stain Is too deep. De-j part from me. depart from me'" And I haven't we heard just that, just that, preached in the name of a compas sionate Christianity ? But what do we find in the Scriptures? "But when he was yet a great way olf. his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran,' and fell on his neck, and kissed hlra. jj And ' the father said to hi- serv " J ants. Bring forth tho best robe, aH put it on him! and put a ring on hia 1 hand, and shoes on his feet ; for this my son was dead, and Is alive 1 agriin: he was los-. and Is found." J : ''"I CI" : I. !- the. I God of infinite Love and coropaaslol and Justice, a Cod who Is not the auth 1 or 'of suffering or sickness or sin; J and It Is this God which ChrlstlajH Science la revealing to the world after, 1 lo. these many weary heartsick yearafl Have uiu ei r heard the story that J ia told of the man who was such ('Continued on Page 14) They Really Believe It The grocers who r.dvertise us as being deceptive, giving short weights, selling small eggs, infant bars of soap and poor quality meats really believe it is true. We can't .honestly blame them. We know they are told these things by those seeking more cred it, etc., and the grocers naturally want to believe anything that is bad about Skagp. Not so long ago one of the Washington B avenue markets who had always sold meats at a very high price, I stocked some poor quality meatj and told people it was the sort of meats sold by Skaggs. His argument was so far from the (jj truth, and people who knew our meats were so severe on him, I that he was not slow to stop such tactics. You hear no more of I "cow beef and steer beef." HERES ANOTHER ONE This market goes ever farther than the market on Washing 8 ton. It claims the meat we sell is the sort that is used in railroad j camps, etc, Says it is clean and healthy and all that, but just awful bad quality. He plans to offer meats of Skaggs' quality at much less price. The poor fellow, he has tried every con" ceivabie means to discredit us and our prices. He feels the public is interested in his troubles, forgetting that everyone knows him to be one of the onlooker when Ogdcn was at the mercy of the grocery trust. He offered, or gave no relief at that time, His object now in attacking the quality of our meats R is not to help the consumer, bu ke thinks even at this late date A he can help himself should he in any way discredit Skaggs. HERE'S OUR GUARANTEE J Perhaps not more than a dozen people will be attracted to purchase this fellow's cheap meats from the description he gives 1 I of them. His intentions, no doubt, are to sell you his high priced 1 meats when you come for the cheaper quality. Now wc guar- j I antee our meats to be equal in quality to his very best and you 3 may think them even better. WE GUARANTEE EVERYTHING WE SELL OLD MASTER COFFEE BUTTER EGGS Sells now at most stores for 50c Skaggs' fresh churned creamery I to b5c per pcund. Our price is only butter ....... 60c I 5c more than before the wjr price. Fresh ranch butter, pound . 55c I 1 pound carton or cm Old Mas Cocoonut butter 32c I tcr coffee 45c ' i or whole Y A. cheese, pound 35c I 3 pound can Old Master coffee .5 M.ld sweet cream cheese, pound 35 I 1 5 pound can Old Master cot'- 1 N?w York uncolored cheese. 35c pound carton green Japan pound 3c tea Fresh local ranch eggs (every. 65c 11 pcund carton basket fed one guaranteed' dozen . . 35c Japan tea . 55c 1 pound can Upton's tea . . . 80c SUNRIPE OATS, 59c pound can Upton's tea . . . 42e Large ,ack Sunr)pe roed 0Jt '0 pounds cane sugar .... ' 00 ony 2 PO""ds brovn sugar 25c 1fJ poynd ,ack, corn mfa - 5?c J 3 pounds powdered sugar . . 40c irj pound, Jap rlcc $. i 3 pounds loaf sugar 40c r, pound, Jap r(Ce 55c GOLD DUST 2 pund prl barly 25c Not the new 5c sue. but the old 10c cize which contains more. ONION SETS i 5 10c packages Gold Dust . . . 25c Seta are growing some but art K ppCCCRVFQ ,r ,ine ccndit'on to plant, any rrr-OL.I VEO amount, quart 10c $1.00 full Mason quart jar rasp Fu at,ortmen, dfn jnd f(o. . flj berry and strawberry pre er ,eed$ serves, each $160 V gallon Jar pure Mjar c a ? unit F and ap-.cot preserves $1 25 3ALIV1UN 5 pound stone jar pure J'Hy $ '5 Small flat cans red salmon . . ?2c 25c 15 ounce tni pure preserves 19c Tall cans red salmon ..... 23c I 2 tall cans milk 2Sc TJ'l cant pink salmon . . . 12 tall cans mitk .... $1 45 3 can ol sardines 25 jH 12 small cans rmik 79c 2 large cans sardines either in M 100 POUNDS SMOOTH nFJXZr " S & POTATOES, $125 oyster. 15c Medium s'ze seet oranges dozen 49c , I Large sire ju cy lemon dcim Be 1 carton 5 large boes of New solid cjbb.ige. i pounds 25c matches 30c Fresh roasted peanuts. 3 quarts 7i y OUR STORES CLOSE AT 7 0 CLOCK on Saturdays. Do your grocery shopping during Saturday morn ing if possible. We can t maintain our usual store service if all wait until Saturday afternoon. SKAGGS j Government license G32932