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40 W ILMETTE These signs · are apparent today in the fruits of Christian Science. To be denominated a Christian Scientist means that the ·individual so designated is an earnest student of the Science of healing; that he ha s voluntarily entered the army of those who arc waging ceaseless warfare against evi_l, sin and disease included; that he ts seeking to establish the reign of righteousness. the reign of right, in every department or activity of his life; and that he is endeavoring, as rapidly as he can, to leave all for Christ. P ra ctitioner' a Qualificatio ns One of the essential qualifications of the practitioner of this Science of healing is righteousness. ] ames tells us, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." Let me read it again, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." \Vith any other system of treating the sick, save this Christian system, the operator may employ his material, or humanly mental, method entirely regardless of righteousness on his own part; he may even claim that moral obliquity on his part will in no way affect the success of his system, but in Christian Science it is imperative that the successful practitioner be Christian, a disciple or follower of Christ Jesu s, not only in name, or in outward act , but in his inmost thinking. Our 1f aster said regarding his practice, "For their sakes I sanctify n1yself." Sanctify means "to keep holy, spiritually pure," and he who would today practice this Christly system of healing the sick must first forsake moral evils. B,· this we do not mean that mora lit\·-alone fits one to be a Christian Sdrncc practitionef',-f ar from it: but he \Yho would practice Chri~tian Science for the benefit of other=' must he moral in the highest and strictest sense of that term. A still further qua1ification is affection.- that kindly feeling \\·hich is charactcrized hy the giving out of unselfish love toward an object. \Vhat an affection Te sus had for mankind! How he \'t:an;<.·d to bless his fellows! He had ~trcngth to l)e tender. His affectiOn went out to all to gather thclll unto the truth of their spiritual manhood. To quote but one instance: you will rcmcmhrr that tO\Yard the end oi his ministrv it is recorded he sa id. "0 ] erusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which arc s nt unto thee, how oiten would [ have gathered tin· children together, en·n a-; a hc~1 gathereth her chicken~ under her wing~. and ye \\ oulcl not!" And all \vho would todav minister successfulh· to the sick nn1st have this Christlv affection. TodaY, as ne,·er beiore. humanit\· is appcali~1g for help. yearn\iJlg to· be sho\\·n the \Yay out o i the bondage of sin and sickness. There is onlv one way out. "Neither is there sal~·ation in -anv other: for there is none other name- under heaven given among men, whc·reby we must be saved." L I FE October 2, 1fJ2 .~ TELLS HEALING STORY Lecturer Comments Upon Newspaper Account of Accident that Befell Mary Baker Eddy By GAVIN W. ALLAN, C. S. B. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada .U rmbcr of tl1e Hoard of Lrctureship of The }.f other Church. The Fh·st Church of Christ. ScieHiist, in Bostou, Jfass. ~------~------~---------------~f l :1 ~ 0 E i ' EmroR's Kon:: The accompanying is an extract from a lect ure, entitled /(Chris- tian Scic11cc: The Science of Healing,"' dcli-z·crcd at The · First Church of Christ, Scirntist, in lf!ilmcttc, Thursday, September 24. Manv a time ha s it occurred that a news item in a · city paper, concerning one of the re sidents of the city, has passed unnoticed or unremembered. But seldom, indeed, · does it occur that such a notice is more widely known, and the possibilitie · with which it was fraught more clearly seen, a half century later. Yet that is just what has takt·n place concerning an item which appeared fifty-nine years ago. The Reporter. a newspaper of Lynn, :.Massachusetts, of Saturday, February 3, 1866, contained a news item concerning l\Irs. Eddy which stated: that she fell pon the icy street on the evening of Thursday, February 1, and was severely injured; that the doctor who called · found her injuries to be in terna1' and of a severe nature. and that she was removed to her home the following day, thot.t gh · in a very critical con~ clition. After the doctor's departure on Fridav sh refused to take his medicine and. as she Ia ter expressed it, lifted her heart to God. It was natural that a woman who had been, from her very childhood, deeply rdigious s hould in her extremitv turn to God. "In childhood." she tells us in Science and Health (p. 359), "she oiten li:-.tened with joy to these words, falling from the lips of her saintly mother. 'God is able to raise you up from sickness;' and ~he pondered the meaning of that Scripture she so oitcn quote s: 'And the~e ~ign~ ~hall follow them that belien·:. . . the\· shall lav hands on the ' ick. and the\' - shall recon·r.' .. E~periences Cure So on the Sunday following ~ he called f0r her Bible and began reading the . account of the healing, hy ] e-sus, of the palsied man, and a~ she read a great ~pi ritual experience was hers, the realization then and there of the presence and power of God. In that moment all pain vanished. She rose from Iter bed. dressed, and walked into the parlor where her cl<:rgyman and a few friends " ·ere ~itting.-friends \\:110 had withdra\Yn hut a iew moments before from \vhat they supposed \\·as her death chamber. In that moment ~~ rs. Eddy did more than experience a cure: she receivi:d a revelation for whi<:;h he had been fitting herself all her life. But to· hL' healed herself was not enough. She must know the Science of this healing in order that other. might be healed. For three years. ~~ rs. Eddy says, she "sought the solution of this problem of Mind-healing. se.a rched the Scriptures and read little else, kept aloof from society, and devoted tifl'I'\ and energie. to discovering a po. ith·e rule" (Science and Health, p. 109). She discovered the long-lost Science of healing, and submitted it to the very broadest practical tests in t~1e healing of disease of every kind for nine years before \\Titing the Chri tian Science textbook. ] e us attached great importance to the healing of the sick. To the disciples of ] ohn he pointed to instances of healing as a proof of his Messiahhip. He taught his disciples to heal, commanded them to heal, and commended their healing work. Not only so. but he stated that throughout the ages the hea ling of the sick would be one of the signs that would follow, and thus de ignate. "them that believe." Oriental Rug Prices I as never before in the history of the rug business in Evanston. As I have explained I must have cash at once because of my personal affairs. I am forced to sacrifice my entire Oriental Rug stock regardless of loss- I am cutting prices to still lower figures. 'I SMASHED ,. · f , y f tJH: COME TONIGHT! 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