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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-
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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.
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I on We have it in alt our popular
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H Eagle label in a coat, you know you have all
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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.
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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
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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.
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