Article May 8, 1915 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Ernest Klette , George A. Fleming, Frank Ottermann, Clara S. Hill

In the White Theater, before an attendance of one thousand people, Clarence W. Chadwick spoke on the topic, "Resurrection and the Life." The speaker was introduced by Ernest Klette with the following remarks:—

When Jesus trod this earth nineteen centuries ago, one of his greatest works, if not his greatest, was that of healing the sick. The gospels are filled with recitals of where he healed mankind of all manner of sickness and disease. The great powers expressed through him were also expressed, although to a lesser extent, through some of his disciples, and even St. Paul, living more than half a century after the time of Christ, was able to heal the sick. After about three centuries the great power of healing expressed through Christ and his immediate followers was lost to the world, and the world came to look upon it as belonging to Christ and his immediate followers only.

However, in our own day and age there lived a great student of the Bible who believed that the command of Christ to his disciples to go forth and "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead," did not apply to that day and the disciples alone, but that the command was given to all mankind for all ages. She believed that the statement of Christ Jesus, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also," was not an idle one, but meant what it said, and that he who believed in Christ could do the Master's works. Mrs. Eddy believed that if the disciples, who before becoming his followers were but plain, simple men from the humble walks of life, could do the great works which they did, so all mankind that believed and understood could do the same; and believing these things, she set about to demonstrate them. That she did prove to the world that our Lord's message of healing was a message for all mankind and for all time, is today established by hundreds of thousands of authentic cases of healing. The world owes to Mrs. Eddy a debt of gratitude for the discovery of the great truth of Christian Science.—Fresno Republican.

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