Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 271, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1920 — Page 11

FAITH BLENDS *WITH MEDICINE, SAYS SPEAKER Christian Science Topic of Lecture at Murat Theater. ‘BASIS OF RELIGION’ “Religion and medicine are question* of vital import to all mankind,” said Willis F. Gross, member of the Christian Science board of lectureship, addressing a large audience at the Murat theater yesterday afternoon. He was introduced by Miss Josephine Robinson on behalf of the three Christian Science churches of this city. They have been vital questions from the earliest periods of human history and the search for a more satisfying religion and more successful method of healing dls"ease has gone on continually. Today there are hundreds of religious denominations and well nigh countless professions of faith, all of which are constantly changing with the progress of human experience. On the other hand the various theories as to the cause and curs of disease, advanced by scores of medical schools, are changing so rapidly It Is exceedingly difficult to keep pace with them. Every change Is deemed progress by the advocates of material methods of healing, and the person who hesitates to accept any new theory advanced Is considered behind the times. It can be seriously questioned, however, whether the theories of today are In advance of those of yesterday, If they are to be Judged by results accomplished. There are many hopeless invalids who would gladly exchange all their worldly poesessions for the prloeless blessing or good health. They have tried every known material remedy and tested every method of healing, but all to no purpose. When all earth’y things have failed and there is not a ray of hops to lighten the darkness, the sick have frequently voiced their anguish In the language of the prophet. “Is there no balm In Gilead; is there no physician there?'* FAILURE OF MEDICINE INJURY TO FAITH. Thus the failure. of material remedies to heal has caused not a few persons to lose faith In the efficacy of spiritual teachings and while It may seem strange that one should lose faith In religion because medicine had failed to restore him to health, yet such Is the fact and it has come about in this way. Many persons have turned to religion, after the skill of physicians has been exhausted, hoping they might find In the teachings of the church something that would help them. When they asked whj( they were not healed of their infirmities, they were told it was evidently God's will for th“m to suffer. They were assured that the affliction would In some way work out great spiritual good for them and for this reason they should be resigned to the divine will. Finding no comfort in such a doctrine they turned away in despair and In many lnstanoes they even rebeled against God. How different has been the experience of the many thousands who rejoice to tell the great good which came to them Christian Science at this point In their experience. When they turned in this direction for help they were told that disease and suffering are no more a part of God’s plan than is sin. and this sweet assurance brought hope and courage in the hour of darkness and doubt. When they were restored to health through obedience to God’s spiritual law, as taught in Christian Science, It was to them proof positive that the fundamental teachings of this Science are scientific, Christian and practical. Is It any wonder they have not ceased to give thanks unto God for His goodness ar.d for His many wonderful works? Should they be considered a strange people because it has been their sacred privilege to experience the healing benefits of primitive Christianity? Should they not rather be accepted as living witnesses of God’s love and power to heal the sick In this and every age ? TRUTH REMEDY FOR BICKESS AND SIN. The experience of those who have found healing In Christian Science proves that Truth is the remedy for both sickness and sin. Humanity seems to" have lost sight of one very important fact which was demonstrated in the beginning of the Christian era. namely, that religion and true medicine are from the same souree and can npt be separated, either in theory or practice. It la the prevailing opinion Jhat there can bo no connection between -religion and medtolne because the former has to do with Spirit and spiritual l&wa, while the latter Is altogether material. This la true of medicine as generally defined and practiced, but It should be understood that medicine means a way of healing, and has a higher signification than that usually attached to It by material systems. It Is a fact so well established it can not be questioned that the most effeotual system ever brought to human recognition and Christianity as It was taught and demonstrated by Its (Founder, Jesus of Nazareth, are one and (identical. When the Chrlstlanly scientific iroethod of healing sickness and sin 1h understood, the oneness of religion and medicine will be acknowledged by all. The healing of sickness by spiritual means alone continued throughout the 1 first three centuries of the Christian era, or Just so long as It was considered an essential part of religious teaohlng and eractloe. In this ago Christian Science i demonstrating that spiritual understanding Improves the health as well as the morals of men. This shows that Christian Science Is essential, because the teachings of Jesus can not be rightly ap?lied to the problems of dally life except hey be correctly Interpreted. When they are correctly Interpreted and rightly applied It Is understood and proved that the remedy for sin Is the only effectual remedy for sickness. BASIS OF TRUE RELIGION.

It Is apparent from what has been said that wo are considering religion in a most practical way, and therefore need to understand Its true basis. The basis of true religion is a right apprehension of God. This Includes the understanding of what man Is and his relation to his fellow men. There are two vital metaphysical points in the teachings of Jssus which must not be overlooked. First Is the definite statement that God Is Spirit Second Is the teaching that man as created by God is absolutely dependent on his creator and inseparable from Him. The great Teacher said: "I can of mine f M , do no < hln " This statement Justifies the conclusion, reached in Christian Science, that all men are dependent Oh Ood whether they realise it or not. Not understanding this great truth, mortals have accepted the erroneous belief that man can be separated from God: that he can think and act Independently of his creator. This false sense of -nan's relationship to God Is responsible for all the discords of human existence, eln and disease Included. Christian Science corrects these errors of mortal thought and delivers humanity from the bondage of sir and suffering-. The Scriptures declare that man was created In the Image and likeness of God, and yet this teaching seemed to here no definite place in human thought r.nd activity until the advent of Christian Bcenoe. If man is created in the image and likeness of God. Spirit, he must be spiritual, but the prevailing systems of remedicine are based on the belief that man is material and therefore subject to sin, disease and death. This aocepted theory Is not In accord rwlth the soentifle Interpretation of the Bcrlptures. John caught a glimpse of man's real being and he wrote, "Beloved now are we the sons of God.” How few havg realized that this eternal truth is available in working out the \ariou problem# of daily life. The statement that man is the son of Cod has been accepted as a matter of faith by Christian bellevera, but there has been little understanding of what constitutes the divine likeness. In Christian Science it is learned that these words of the apostle declare what is even now the truth about man. He is the child of God infinite Spirit, notwithstanding the testimony of the material senses to the contrary. As the likeness of Spirit man oan express, or be conscious of, nothing unlike the divine nature. The apprehension of this great truth, even in small degree, brings hope, courage, and assurance to those struggling with disease and sin, and here is the proof of Christian Science and the evidence of its adaptability to human needs, THE THEE AN I) ITS FRUITS. It is a truism aocepted by all men, that a tree can be Judged by its fruits. The freat Teacher said, "A good tree oan not ring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit." In reply to the question. What are the fruits of Christian Science? we would answer, The mck are healed, the sorrowing are comforted. sinners are reformed, the weak ■re made strong, and those burdened by ■a sense of failure and dread of the future lere made to rejoice in the realization of I the ever presence and omnipotence of [good. Christian Science has a rightful i place in ?very field of honest endeavor. Everything that in any way contributes to the welfare of humanity becomes more productive of good when it is understood how the fundamental teachings of this {science touch at some point every problem of man's experience. „ Because one la neither an Invalid ncr a fcardeaed sinner, tt does not follow that

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he has not need of Christian Science. If he desires to become more successful in hs chosen vocation, hoping thereby to render a more effectual service to others; if there are any evils to be overcome, any good works to be done; if he foels tho need of a greater freedom, a larger sense of God’s love, or a more enduring consciousness of peaoe and harmony, Christian Science will help him to attain the realisation of his hopes. As thought is awakened to perceive the realities of apirtual being, he will comprehend more fully the deep significance of the Master's loving benediction, “Lo, I am with you alway,’’, and he will be inspired with a greater desire to understand and acknowledge God in all Hla ways. Christian Science has restored the teaching and practice of primitive Christianity, which Included the healing of sickness as well as the overooming of sin, and so has enlarged the borders of Christian activity. It is causing men to see that the Christian religion Is based on a divine Principle which can be understood and demonstrated. The Christian religion is the most potent influence for good the world has ever known, and the better It is understood the more important is the place it occupies in human affairs. ALL CLASSES TAKE CP CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Because of the great good Chretion Science has accomplished, men and women of all olassee aro conscientiously devoting themselves to the study of this subject and earnestly striving te put its teachings into practice. There Is a rapidly increasing number of Intelligent persons who rejoice to be known as Chrstian and it is impossible to say how many thousands are convinced of the truth of this teaching who, for various reasons, have not as yet openly declared themselves. Christian Science has rendered practical the essential truths of the Scriptures, ana this is the reason for the marvelous growth of our cause. As Chrstian Scientists!, we bslleve In one God. as do all other Christian people. This God Is the only cause and creator. In St. John’s gospel we read, "All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.” We believe in one power, omnipotence. Paul declares. “There la no power but of God; tho powers that be are ordained of God.” We believe in one Chrst. the Savior of men. “There is nor.e other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved," is the teaching of Holy Writ. We acoept the Beriptures as containing the revealed word of God; we believe In the power and efficacy of prayer; We believe in the triumph of good over evil, right over wrong, and truth over error. Furthermore, it has been proved that the highest type of manhood is attained through living in obedience to the unchanging law of God as revealed in the teachings and works of Jesus Christ, the Founder of the Christian religion. Christian Science has demonstrated that as this law becomes more generally understood, and men aro willingly obedient to Hs requirements, the immediate result is the working out of countless problems which in the past have seemed to be of ! such magnitude as to discourage any attempt at their solution. I It Is apparent to every one who has given the rnater any Berious consideration, I that Christian Science departs from the i trend of other relgious doctrines. Tho { question naturally arises: Where, or how. | did Christian Science originate? What | was Its starting point? What was It that j gave to Christianity this new Impetus, ‘demonstrating the divine energies of good? | SOMETHING INVISIBLE IN THE MULTITUDES. Every revealed truth, every important discovery, every successful invention, every glorious achievement, every unfolding of good, bears faithful testimony to the fact that at some time there was one who caught a glimpse of that which was Invisible to tho multitudes. At first ho may have seen as It were ‘through a glass, darkly,” but as the vision grew clearer he was able to tell the pooplo ; something of what he had perceived. I Then the eyes of ethers were opened and | they saw what they might never have ! seen had it not been for the clear vision |lof someone else. I In the same man nor as other great truths were discovered ad rendered practical, Christian Science was brought to . human recognition. There was one whose , eplrltual perception was Rble to penetrate the mists which obsoured the vlson of I others; one who reasoned more cor--1 rectly and was more faithful In making a practical application of what had ali ready been revealed. In this Instance the world’s benefactor was a woman and fu- ; tare generations will regard her as among j the foremost thinkers of her day. This i woman, Msry Baker Eddy, will be known throughout the centuries as the Dlscev- ; erer and Founder of Christian Science, for 1 such she was. No religious teacher of ! modern times reasoned along the same lines as she did. neither has there been anyone who arrived at tho name definite conclusions concerning God, man and the universe. These conclusions are clearly set forth in her writings. Mrs. Eddy was possessed of a keen analytical mind and a deeply religious nature. She was carefully Instructed by her pious mother In the things pertaining te eound religious doctrine and was reared amid surroundings well calculated to bring out the best in human nature. The responsibilities of a broader experience, when she was called to leave her father’s house and take her place in the world's activities, afforded her abundant opportunities to test the practical worth ot her early training.

Mrs. Eddy was ever faithful to what she believed about God and this la the secret of her sucocoa She was moat positive in her convictions and yet he always expressed a kindly sympathy for the honesty and sincerity of those who held to contrary opinions. She left others free to follow the leadings of truth, as they understood truth, acoording to them the same sacred right* and privileges which he desired for herself. Faithful as she knew how to be faithful, consistent in the endeavor to make her Ufo a blessing to humanity, a loving friend to all who knew her, she was being prepared tor her mission, and when the time oame she was ready. She learned many lessons in the school of bitter experience, but these only caused her to cling even more steadfastly to the teachings of Holy Writ, and to realise more fully that It is possible for men to trust God at all times and to rely on Him to direct their ways. Without this preparation, and an earnest desire to understand spiritual things, she might have passed through that wonderful experience of her restoration to health, without seeking to know how that good work had been accomplished. Mrs. Eddy's healing in 1868 was the beginning of anew era in religious teaching and practice. Prior to this time many good men and women had been healed through a pure, uplifting faith in God's goodness and love, but tnoy accepted the blessing as something not to be understood—too deep for human comprehension. Mrs. Eddy pondered upon her experience: she studied her Bible even more closely than before and earnestly prayed that she might so understand what had healed her as to be the means of bringing the priceless blessing of good health to others, even to those more unfortunate than herself. Her prayer was answered end In the fulness or time she disoovered tho divine Principle of Chrstlan healing. She demonstrated the truth and avallabtlity of her discovery by destroying sin and restoring many hopeless Invalids to perfect health. After she had proved her faith by her works, she taught others how to teal the stok and reform the sinner by means of this practical application of sprltual teachings. Mrs Eddy was a most successful writer, teacher, and leader. In all that she did she evidenced her fitness for the great work to which she was called. She was well prepared to go out into the unknown country of a broader religious life, wherein the sick are healed by the same means as sinners are reformed. She met the Goliath of materialism face to face and demonstrated the might, majesty and supremacy of the ever living God. For many years she stood with staff in hand, ready to move onward when God pointed the way. It is to her untiring efforts, her unceasing vigilance, her countless heroic saorlflccs- -it Is to those that the world is Indebted for the unprecedented prosperity of our cause.

The work of greatest Importance accomplished by Mrs. Eddy was the writing of "Science and Health with Key to the Sarlptures,” the first and only textbook en Christian Science. The book contains the complete statement of Christian Science ad gives the rules for demonstrating this purely spiritual method of healing sickness and destroying sin. The last chapter of Solence and Health contains one hundred pages and Is entitled "Fruitage.” Here we have the fruits of Christian Science —the testimony of those who have been healed of sin and almost every known disease by the study of this book. The great good whloh these parsons have erjerienced is within the reach of all mankind. Those who are fa'thful In the study of Science and Healtn In connection with the Bible gain sufficient understanding tt demonstrat > the truth of Chrlstan Science, and their progress Is Ip proportion to their fidelity and steadfastness. MUSSTION OF EVIL AND CHRISTIAN FAITH. Jbet us now consider briefly a subject ■wtoloh has occasioned ami a little contro-

versy, namely, the question of evil. The teaching of Christian Solence concerning evil is not in accord with generally accepted theories because this Science denies tho reality of that which claims existence apart from God. The understanding of the reality and supremacy of good demonstrates the nothingness of evil and so establishes health, harmony and success on an enduring basis. The problem of evil has bean a perplexing one throughout the centuries and few persons have reached a concluson satisfactory even to themselves. Having accepted evil as a reality, men have labored In valfi to account for its origin. The belief that evil Is a real entity Implies one of two things; either evil Is self-existent or God made it. To accept the first propoßtion is to declare that there Is more than one creator, and this is an emphatic denial of the fundamental teaching of Christianity, while to affirm that God created evil, or made It possible, is to say that evil is good, for the Scriptures declare that “God saw every thing that ho had made, and, behold, it was very good." Christian Science teaches that evil is neither person, place nor thing, because it is no part of God’s creation. When this conclusion Is reached It Is understood that evil possesses neither Intelligence, power, nor reality. On this basis It Is posable to demonstrate the nothingness of evil and to deliver humanity from sin, disease and, suffering. To deny the reality of evil la not contrary to tho teachings of the Scriptures, as some aver. On the other hand It has been demonstrated with scientific certainly that an Intelligent rejection of evil gives one dominion over evil not to be gained In any other way. Jesus said to his disciples, "I am the way. the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” He taught that the way to the Father Is not through belief In the reality of evil, but through the understanding of God, good, as the only power, cause and creator. He taught men to think and do good. To the extent that one does good, he makes nothing of evil, for good and Hs supposed opposite can not nave place in the human consciousness at the same time. REALITY OF GOOD KEYNOTE OF TEACHING. The reality of good was the keynote of the Master's teachings. He required Implicit obedience to the law of good at all tlmea His teachings leave no room or opportunity for the Indulgence of evil. He taught men to love even their enemies. If one has the abiding consciousness of God as Love he will manifest love and he will experience none of the 111 effects that result from a sense of hatred. Jesus demonstrated that evil is to be overcome with good; it is impossible to gain the vlatory over evil In any other way. The illusion of evil always seems real to a false sense, but sense testimony regarding evil should never be accepted. Is not all sin a deception? Is it true that there Is pleasure In wrongdoing as material sense would have mortals believe? Did a man ever gain anything really worth while by resorting to tho methods of evil? If nothing that evil can say of Itself be true, wherein Is it to be accepted as a reality? Let us go back to the first appearance of evil as recorded In the third chapter of Genesla What was at the bottom of it? Was It not a lie, even the belief that man would gain something by accepting evil for what It claims to be? Jesus called evil a lie and the father of the lie. Where Is to hs found a better definition of evil? Knowing that all evil Is a Ho. the Master said to his followers, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." If one gain the vli tory over sin by malting good real In thought and deed, and this can be proved in the daily experience of anyone, he can overcome alckneas in the same manner. Sin is an error of thought In the beginning and so It Is with slcknesa Even from a medical point of view, based wholly on material hypotheses, thinking and talking about disease and suffering Is never helpful. No good can possibly result from this practice and It Is to be coi demned. Most persons admit that thought affect# the body somewhat, but they question whether the belief In sickness and the fear of it could produce a sick body. If the effect of thought on the body Is accepted as an established fact, where can one draw the line and say, “Thus far and no farther?" Just how much la it possible to think and talk about ricknesa and experience no bad results? Since there Is no satisfactory answer to the question, would It not be well to be on the safe side and eliminate all thought of disease and Inharmony?

TIIXNi.ING MAKES MAN U HAT HE IS. Thinking makes a man what ho la Hie present mental condition is largely the result of the thoughts he has entertained in the past. Hie morale too are the outgrowth of his thinking. Some day he will realize that his thoughts have had a greater effect on his physical condition than he supposed, and then he will understand why he should give more attention to the trend of his thoughts and leas consideration to what he ha* been taught to believe ate the laws of health. The persistent effort to eradicate the thought of sk-kni-ae will do for him far more than has been accomplished by mat ora I methods of healing. Even though one may not be prepared to accept the teaching of Christian Science that sickness Is not a reality in the absolute sense of the word, because It is no part of God's creation, he can at least understand that the less he thinks and talks about bodily Ills the better. The question Is asked. How is one to apply the teachings of Chrlutan Science in vercomlng physical and moral evils? In the first place It must be understood that mortal man Is unable to save himself from either sin cr disease. He Is as helpless In the one instance as in the other. Jesus said. "I can of mine own self do nothing." but “the Father that dwelleth In me. he doeth the works.” IV hat over of good any man has accomplished was due to the reflected activity of the divine Mind, end not to any effort he was able to make in his own strength. In his epistle to the Ephesians, Paul write*, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: It Is the gift of God.” It Is through lalth that man Is brought Into harmony with the law of Ood and receives according to his deserving. Faith is that quality of thought which elevates human existence above the falsities of mortal belief. It is evil, the supposed opposite of good, which seem# to make man a sinner and on invalid. When tho evil sense, or sense of evil, is destroyed, the effects of evil disappear for there is nothing to prolong the Illusion. Tills is true of the evil of sickness as well as of the evil of sin.

FRAYEB OF FAITH ANTI GOOI RESULT. The Chrletianly scientific method of treating disease and sin meet# the human need today as eurely as it healed the sick and reformed the winner in the first century of the Christian era. The apostle James left a word of Instruction which was intended for ait men In all ages and not merely for those who lived in his day. In the fifth chapter of hie epistle we read; "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil In the name of the Lord) and the prayer of faith shall save tho sick, and the Lord shall ralee him up; ana if he have oommltted sins ‘hey shall be forgiven him.” No distinction Is made between types, or forms of disease. The method of practice here outlined will suffice in one case as well as another. Jesus did not teach that some diseases are curable and others incurable; on the contrary he healed all manner of physical and morel Infirmities and taught his followers to do likewise. Jams:: instructed the siok to "call for the elders of the church." It in evident he did not mean that the sick should appeal only to those who had been elected or appointed to some offialal position in the church organisation, for in the same epistle he tells them to pray one for another that they might be healed. By the elders of the church, the apostle must have meant those who were advanced In spiritual understanding; those who had gained such a grasp of the teachings of Jesus as would enable them to do the healtng works which he declared would bo done by all who understood him. '

“Lot them pray over him, anointing him with oil In the name of the Lord." Theeo words should not be Interpreted aa indorsing the use of material remedies. The oil had nothing whatever to do with the healng. It should be regarded as but the sign and symbol of that spiritual anointing which cleanses and purifies. Jesus once anointed the eyes of a blind man with clay and sent him to wash In the pool of SUoarh. Whatever the leeean the Master sought to teach on this oooaslon, surely no one believes It was the day which opened the eyes of one who hod bean horn blind, or that Jesus hero showed his approval of the use of material means for healing. If such had been hla intention there would have been some reference to it In hia teachings and his followers would have been carefully instructed on a matter of such vital Importance. Tills is the only Instance In the life of Jesus where anything was said or done which oould In any manner possibly suggest a material remedy for fleshly Ills, and yet we have no record that any school of medicine, or even one recognized practitioner, has ever attempted, by means of an application of clay, to restore sight to one who was born blind. The apostle tells us that "the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up.” There is no Question as to who, or what, Is the healer. The prayer of faith is the means by which man Is brought Into harmony with the law of supremo good, yet It is Qod. and not man, who heals the sick. Os himself man Is helpless to accomplish any good work; even the faith which makes possible his obedience to divine law Is the gift of God. The Christian Is here reminded that the healing of sickness and sin are one. "The prayer of faith shall save the sick," says -the apostle, "and If he have committed

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sins, they shall be forgiven him.” That which heals sickness destroys sin, and that which saves the sinner Is the effeoual remedy for disease and all bodily ilia The prayer of faith which heals and saves demonstrates the scientific unity of religion and medicine, and shows that true medicine is not material but spiritual. To the extent that dlvlno Love find entrance Into the human heart it oasts out evil, sin, fear, dlscourage-nent, anxiety—• all Inharmony—-an surely as light dispels darkness. The realisation of the divine ever presence leave* no room for tho thought of sin or disease, and they aro no longer manifest. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avalleth much," says the apostle. What makes prayer effectual? It Is not blind bsi]ef, Ignorance, superstition, will power, or intellectual attainment. It is righteousness, and righteousness Is more a theory entertained as to what constitutes right living; it la even more than moral development. Righteousness Is spiritual; it Is more than quantity or quality of the human mind; It is the reflection of the one Infinite good lifting humanity out of itself Into the glorious reality of spiritual being. It is learned in Christian Science that the purpose of prayer is to bring man into harmony with God and with the operation of His law. True prayer doss not seek to tnfluenoe the heavenly Father to do something Hs has not done and otherwise might not do God’s work is finished; divine Love Is fully expressed, and It ts not posable for man to direct the activities of divine Mind. The first chapter of Science and Health is devoted to the subject of prayer. On page 4 we read: "What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth In grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds. To keep the commandments of our Master and follow his example Is our proper debt to him and the only worthy evidence of our gratitude for all that he has done. Outward worship ts not of Itself sufficient to express loyal and heartfelt gratitude, since he has said: "If ye love me, keep my commandments.” The habitual struggle to be always good Is unceasing prayer. Its motives are made manifest In the bless Inga they bring—blessings which, even if not acknowledged In audible words, attest our worthiness to be partakers of Love. Simply asking that we may love Ood will never make us love Him; but the longing to be better and holler, expressed In dally watchfulness and In striving to assimilate more of the dlvtoe character, will mould and fashion us anew, until we awake In His likeness. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL. In Christian Science we learn that true prayer and righteousness are one and Inseparable. This enables us to understand what the Apostle Paul meant when he wrote In Ms epistle to the Romans, "Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." This transformation Ts the unfolding of good In human consciousness What ts It that prevents this unfolding? Is It not Ignorance—lgnorance of God and man mads In the divine likeness, and created to live In obedience to spiritual law? There te great need that meu be rightly instructed In spiritual things. The work of Christian Science 1 educational, and se such It Is both Christian and scientific. It imparts a higher and mom spiritual thought of Ood and man. and furnishes the rule whereby to demonstrate the allnese es good and the nothingness of evil. As one gains a higher thought of God. he galne also a truer concept of man. He begins to understand that the evils which seem to be a constituent part of human existence, are no part of God's creation and have nothing to do with man made In the llkaneee of Spirit, therefore he need not fear them or be in subjection to them. Cn'.eee human rights are more fully recognised. mortals will continue to submit to the evil# of sin and disease because they beileve there Is no way of escape Christian Science demonstrate# man's Inalienable right to health and freedom. Much has already been accomplished, but Increased understanding will demonstrate the Infinite possibilities of this Science. One proof of Oed's love and power In the experience of an Individual helps that one te see how It Is possible to gain still greater good. Progress is assured so long as one Is faithful to what hs undertakes. The unfolding of good brings greater blessings and added responsibilities, and these In turn lead to higher Joys. Christian bsllever# of whatever faith, have eald that Jesus' works established the truth of his dootrlns. Here arises the Important question. Do his followsrs realize the vita! connection between hie teachings and the works that were done? If so. why are not the works done today as In the earlier centuries of the Christian era? Why do men seem to have so little faith in God’s willingness to heoi? Is It not because they have been taught to believe that religion ad medicine have nothing in oommon; that there la one remedy for etn and another remedy for sickness?

Jesus of Nazareth was the world's greatest religious teacher and he was also the most successful hsslsr of disease. He healed sickness as he healed sin, proving that these evil* require the same spiritual remedy. Today It is demonstrated that the remedy for sin le likewise the effectual remedy for sickness, and this le the evidence that Christian Science has given the correct interpretation of the Master's teachings. Knowing that divine Love is the effectual remedy for all human ilia Jcsue said: “Come unto me. all y# that labour and are heavy laden, end I will give you rest** This is the message of Christian Folence. There le reet for the weary, healing for the sick, comfort for the Borrowing, hope for those In despair, and Joy and freedom for those in bondage to sin and Buffeting. If the weary searchefor health and happineas is ever tempte.. to doubt God'e willingness to heal and t~ bless, let him recall these word# of the Master spoken to him and to all mankind, "It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Realizing the promise fulfilled; even in small degree, he will sing with the psalmist, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell tn the house of the Lord for ever." There may be those who regard Christian Science as a beautiful religious teaching but consider It too ideal to be practical, It should he remembered that the ideal of today becomes the Intensely practical of tomorrow. In all the wide world there is to be found nothing more practical than an Ideal in which men believe to such an extent that they are willing to labor and sacrifice for its attainment.

At one time the thought of '* government of the people, by the people and for the people, wa too Utopian to be taken sorlouely, but there wore those who believed In this ideal and they made it a reality. Today It Is Impossible to say how many millions of people believe that a democracy Is the only logloal form of Sovernment, conferring the greatest freoo*n on the individual and working out the greatest good to the greatest number. Thu* we see that high Ideals are practical when men are willing to make them so. This Is true In all tho activities of life. The attainment of health, happiness end harmony Is not Impossible. Good la lnflntte and men need not he hound by the limitations of mortal belief. Obedience to the law of God demonstrates the healing power of Truth today ao surely as It was demonstrated by the early Christians nineteen centuries ago. HEALING DEMONSTRATES TRUTH. A careful study of Bible hlstery shows that In all ages the healing of sickness by spiritual means has been accepted proof of divine presence and power. Isaiah foresaw that the Messiah would heal the broken-hearted, preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, and would sot at liberty them that are bruised. It Is recorded that Jesus “went about all Galilee, teaching In their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all mnnner of disease among the people.” In grateful acknowledgment of these healing works, Nlcodemus, a ruler of the Jews, came to Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do theeo miracles that thou doest, except God bo with him." Find Stolen Auto After Two Years After two years, the police today located an automobile stolen In Indlauapolis. Chief of Detectives Manning telegraphed Lieut. William F. Fitzpatrick at Buffalo, N. X., that his automobile stolen in 1918 had been found In Chicago. Lieut Fitzpatrick was statlouad at Ft Benjamin Harrison at the time big auto wag stolen.

CLUB OUTLINES JAUNT PROGRAM Nature Study Organization to Visit Interesting Points. The Nature Study club has outlined several trips into various parts of the state, to be taken during the spring and summer. The club members will visit the gand dunes along Lake Michigan on May 15 and 16, starting the walk from Tremont, Lake county. Other trips Include visits to the old Hartsoek Tavern at Bridgeport; a hike along Eagle creek, a two-day visit to the Shades and the state game experiment station, a hike to Buzzard’s Roost, on all-day trip to Brown county, an allday trip to Martinsville, Waverly, Blue Bluffs and Centerton and an all-day trip to Jackson county. A "sunrise meeting** will be held at Crown Hill, April 4. EMBALMER’S GRIM ERROR. DENVER, March 22. —An undertaker here placed the living sister of a dead boy in his casket anti was on the point of embalming the child when the mother discovered the error. The girl is on the point of death. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Rogers.

BASEMENT STQrT|P§|| A Sale of Women's and Misses’ Fine SPRING SDTIS

Unknown to anyone except to those on the inside we have been working on a plan to present to Indianapolis women a suit sale prior to Easter that would be an immense service to women who desire clothes of quality and beauty at a minimum expenditure. We threw the full measure of our resources and energies into this effort with the results—-that an amazing opportunity is created. The suits will be arranged so that choosing will be facilitated—other stocks will be pushed back— extra saleswomen will be provided. Tricotine Suits Wool Poplin Suits French Serge Suits Black and Navy Blue Suits

Every suit is fine and fashionable. They are silk lined, they show those little niceties in making that only good suits possess. Every one is splendidly made and finished.

Come tomorrow sare! —this opportunity is too good to be expected to last long! Price $34.75 The Wm. K BLOCK CO.

I Put it in the Cup Just as You Do Sugar- 1 - 1 HTHEN pour on boiling hot water —and the coffee is ready. Dissolves * instantly. Strength regulated to suit taste by the quantity used Scientifically and perfectly prepared at our refinery, by Mr. Washington’s refining process. Pure coffee —absolutely soluble —retain- J ing all the delicious flavor and quality. No coffee-pot — r- -a no bother —no grounds - no waste. Recipe Booklet Free. G. Washington. Sales Cos., Inc* 334 Fifth Avenue, New York COFFEE Originated by Mr, Washington in 1909

Turks Ask American to Stage Rum Fight CONSTANTINOPLE. March 22 William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, or some other American anti-saloon organizer, will be asked by the Turkish Green Crescent society to come here and direct the absolute prohibition campaign, opened on March 6, when the presiding officer was the Sheik Cl Islam, representative of the sultan, and actual head of the Moslem church, who said he would throw the full influence of the church to the support of the society which is carrying on the work. At present saloon* are not allowed within fifty yards of a mosque, and in districts already “dry" through enforcement of Moslem edicts no establishments where liquor is to be sold may be opened. SUmboul, the Turkish section of Constantinople, has no saloons. John D. Jr. to Make Tour in Church Drive NEW YORK, Match 22.—John D. Rockefeller Jr. will visit thirteen of the principal eastern and middle western cities early next month in a speaking tour in behalf of the Interchurch world movement, it was announced today. Gov. Allen of Kansas will accompany him on

Thirty smart new models —mainly of navy blue and black tricotine and serge —silk lined With a full knowledge of the seriousness of the statement, we have no hesitancy in saying that this sale of suits is one of the best in our career .

part of the trip. The itinerary Includes Washings®, Pltsburg, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St Louis, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Boston and Philadelphia. Girl, 10, Gives Life to Save Four Others CHICAGO, March 22.—Thelma Kenshaw, 10, who saved her sister, two brothers and two playmates when a can of gasoline exploded at their home Saturday, is dead from burns sbe received. The other children were unhurt Will Urge Economy WASHINGTON, March 22.—Howard Flgg, assistant te the attorney general, in charge of the department of Justice fight against the high cost of living, has left for a tour of the south In order to spread the department's economy campaign. He will address a series of meetings of Chambers of Commerce, civic and women’s organizations, and will eonfer with fair price commissioners. Mr. Flgg will stop in Chattanooge, Nashville, Birmingham and New Orleans. From New Orleans he probably will go to Florida and touch the southeastern Atlantic states on his return to Washington.

There are suits in high-waist models that misses will adore; there are other styles far more mature women. Tuxedo-front styles, box plaited effects, flared models.

Osborne Guts Hair and Enters Prison PORTSMOUTH. N. H., March 22. Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mott Osborne, who has resigned as commander of the naval prison here, will spend his last days at Portsmouth as a voluntary prisoner. He registered as "Tom Brown,™ and announced that he would remain In confinement until he relinquishes command tomorrow, as a final test of his welfare system. Before he assumed command of the prison three years ago he served a voluntary sentence, cutting ice and coaling ships with prisoners. He qjeo submitted to the prison haircut 5,000 Cheer Valera to Echo in Chicago CHICAGO, March 22.—One of tbs most enthusiastic demonstrations ever accorded a speaker in Chicago was given Fnrascnm DeValera when he pleaded the cause of the Irish republic here Sunday night His audience of 5,000, each wearing a shamrock and waving as orange, white and green flag, cheered him for ten minutes before they would permit him to speak.

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