Article March 13, 1920 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Bicknell Young, Constance Palm, Beulah M. Bayne, Gerry H. Barnes, Oscar Sorensen, Allan Kennedy, J. R. George

Boston, Mass. (The Mother Church). — Rev. Andrew J. Graham, lecturer; introduced by Bicknell Young, who said in part: —

In the seal which our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, designed for the cover of her books, are inscribed these words from the gospel: "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons." Christian Scientists accept these words as a sacred admonition. They recognize that as an admonition they indicate the true way of preaching the gospel, for as the apostle well says, "Faith without works is dead." Any person who reads the four gospels without religious prejudice cannot fail to observe that Jesus made his preaching effectual by healing the sick and raising the dead, as well as by saving sinners. Many earnest Christian men and women in the old churches are coming to see that the most practical preaching is that of Christian Science, which enables one to avail himself of the sacred word in healing the sick. The gentleman who is to speak to us this evening spent many years in the pulpit, where he was loved and honored. His former creed did not, however, include the practical application of the Biblical admonition already mentioned, and when illness overtook him he turned to Christian Science and was healed. With the deep earnestness that had always characterized him, he sought to know the Principle and rule by which he had experienced such a blessing, and in due time, like many others who have had similar experiences, he became a minister of the church of Christ in the true sense, for he learned to heal the sick by the same Science which had restored his own health.

In the Manual of The Mother Church (p. 17), under the caption, "Historical Sketch," it is recorded that "at a meeting of the Christian Scientist Association, April 19, 1879, on motion of Mrs. Eddy, it was voted, — To organize a church designed to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing."

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