Article June 17, 1905 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from John D. Works

Correspondence

Between three and four thousand people filled the Temple Auditorium, April 25, to listen to a lecture on Christian Science delivered by Edward A. Kimball of Chicago. The lecturer was introduced by Judge John D. Works, formerly of the Supreme Court of California, who spoke in part as follows:—

My Friends:—All good people are, or should be, endeavoring to better the condition of the human race, spiritually and physically. This endeavor involves a continued and unremitting warfare of good against evil, of truth against error, in all its forms. Millions of dollars are expended every year, in this country alone, in this humane and beneficent effort. The various Church organizations are regarded as the most fitting, the most potent instruments for the elevation and regeneration of man, spiritually. But thoughtful people are beginning to inquire whether this is the whole duty of the Church, Christian Scientists believe and teach that it is not. Jesus not only preached the gospel to the poor, but healed the sick and all manner of diseases. He commanded his disciples not only to "Preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand," but to heal the sick.

We believe that the command to heal the sick was as binding and imperative as the command to preach. We believe that a Church that only preaches the gospel, is not doing its whole duty to God or man. We believe that sickness and disease are evils to be overcome, the same as sin, and that they are healed by the same power, as Jesus demonstrated over and over again. We believe that one of the most practical and efficient means of regeneration from sin is to heal from sickness and disease, of mind and body, and make man healthy and happy. And these beliefs are no longer confined to Christian Scientists. Even the old Churches are beginning to say, as one of the foremost preachers of Los Angeles said to me, only a short time ago, "Why cannot the work of physical healing be done in the old Churches? Why was it necessary to organize a new Church for that purpose?" The answer is simple enough. It is because the old Churches have failed in that sacred duty, and it was left for Mrs. Eddy, the Founder and Leader of Christian Science, to revive the teaching of Jesus in its fulness, and demonstrate to the world that God's arm is not shortened since Jesus' time, but that physical disease can and will be healed by divine power now as it was then, if we pray not amiss.

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