THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1900. AN ADDRESS ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DELIVERED BEFORE A LARGE AUDIENCE IN THE LYCEUM. Speaker of the Evening Wns Judgo William G. Ewing, of Chicago, 111., Who Spoko on "Christian Science, the Religion of Jesus Christ" Ho Wau Introduced by D. N. McKeo, the First Reader of the Christian Scicnco Church of This City. lion William G. Ewlrig, of Chlcapo, 111., a former judge of the Superior court of that state, delivered a lec ture In the Lyceum last night on "Christian Science, the Religion of Jesus Christ." There was no ndmls nlon fee charged. The lecture was un der he auspices of the First Church of Christ, of this city, and was at tended by a larg-o audience. Tho speaker of the evenliiK was in troduced by D. N. McKee, tho first reader of the local cnurch. lie &ald the object of the church in brlncing the lecturer here vaa to give the pub lic an oi'portunlty of learning what Christian Science really la, most peo ple having an entirely false conception of tho tenets of the faith. Mr. ISIcKee, after warmly eulogizing Judge Ewing as a man, lawyer and jurist, intro duced him to the audience. After a few preliminary remarks, the speaker took up the subject of the- evening's discourse and spolce as follows: JUDGE EWING'S ADDltESS. There could be no clearer demonstration of the intelligence and cosmopolitan thought o( this community than tliis magnificent assemblage of men and women, of all phases of religious belief, intent upon a candid investigation of the intellec tual, Scriptural and eclentiilc equipoise of Chris tian Science. This meeting is an omen of jour profound interest in all questions touching the active relationship of the creature to tho Creator, and man's present and eternal welfare. f fully appreciate the courtesy of jour presence and shall present to jou my views upon the subject of Christian Science, with the einicstnci of my convictions, I trust, but at the samo time with Mich due regard for jonr rights of opinion as will lead us all, as members of a common broth erhood, with one origin and one destiny, to rea son together about the things of eternity and with the simplicity and heroism of truth to "hold fast to that which is Rood," alhough we stind alone amid the dismantled beliefs of our fathers. It is cafe to assume that nine-tenths of this au dience are Christian religionists of some school; that you are honest and sincere in your church association and your religious tenet: wherefore it must not be expected that you will surrender the convictions jou have concerning Cod and your duty to Him, unless your reason is convinced and your conscience satisfied that to do bo is at once your greatest privilege and highest duty. I am her to throw, if I can. a ray of light upon jour pathway; to add, if 1 may, something to the Joy and sweetness of jour life and not to lessen jour denominational strength, or add to my own. If you arc happy, contented, satisfied in jour present religious beliefs, God forbid that I should disturb them; for I know of no power, human or divine, that car id a joy to satis faction. In the early morning of the world the psalmist sang as his highest eulogy of tho glory and fulness of Ood: "I shall bo satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness." 1113 J1ISS10.V. Xiy mission is to talk to those who are not satisfied, who deem it within tho range of human possibility that there is a light in reserve that may gild with a subllmer splendor and crown with a sweeter and tenderer loc man's appre ciation of the infinite l'athcrhood of God and "His ways to man " To all such I wish simply and earnestly to talk; not to preach to jou a ser mon I am not a preacher; not to soothe jou into a brief dream of content by flowers of speech I am a stranger to tho pleasing, but ephemeral, devices of tho orator; I simply want to talk to you as man to man, as friend to friend, brother to brother; my only art will be the simplicity at the inside as well as the outside. Mark the difference of tailoring in our Suits and those you have bought at other stores. We have kept on improving our Ready-to-wear clothes. The cut, finish and cloth qualities have all had our personal atten tion. We are now prepared to prove to any man who has his clothes made to order that the style, fit and finish of these Ready-to-wear Suits are equal in everv wav to the suit he nnv j ti it r uouuie ine price Tor. examine our selection for this season of . ytfu tM.m-.i..q 1 Samter Brothers, Scranton's Leading Outfitters. and courage of conviction; my only argument, a statement of facts; and, after all, how realities Is the potency of a fact! The sole purpose of inquiry in every court of Justice in Chrlstenc'oin Is, and ever has been, to Invoke tacts; the woild is weary of theories, It longs for facts; it Is am felted with dogmas, arguments and platitudes and cries out for tacts. The great difficulty in presenting any new Khaso of religion to the world Is the people's In erited religious beliefs, the opinions of their fathers. Ivo one thinks it strange that wo should discard our fathers' thoughts respecting dress, habitation or form of government; vet the idea seems to be almost universal that filial duty de mands tint the child shall think rcllglomly.thlnk of God, only as his fathers thought. And Jtt we know indeed that our fathers questioned the be liefs of our fathers and made us happier by it: that their fathers questioned tho beliefs of their own fathers and made the world brighter by it No one can know better than 1 how very dif ficult it Is for one to forsake the traditions of his fathers. I speak from cvperlence, for mv ancestors were Scotch Irish Calvlnlsts, with much of the assertive impetuosity of the Irish, with some of the solemn piety, and all the dogged stubbornness of the bcotdi; In that faith I was born and educated, and have jet tho profoundest respect for the learning, high charac ter, sublime faith, and sincere, though awfully solemn piety of the great Presbyterian church, in infancy 1 received its baptism; for more thin a quarter of a century I was In its communion, and so tenacious do the teachings of jouth abide with the min tint it was jears alter 1 had In en rescued from the cold clutch of death, by Chris tian Science, before I could give up tho early lessons learned of God, life, death, hell and heav en. SIOTIIE1VS SUBMME I'AITH. My mother's sublime and beautiful faith In tho measureless goodness of God I have not surren dered, nor shall. Its simple memory is an abid ing benediction, Jeweled with Joy and luminous with love. My own experience awakens the pro foundest sympathj for tho man or woman who struggles with a sense of present duty in conflict with adhesion to long clcrlshcd ancestral opin ion. However, reflection satisfied me, and doubtless will satisft jou, that every advance in religion, as In liberty and moralitj, for cen turies, is the result of the children battling tho beliefs of thtlr arcistors If .John Calvin had not questioned the beliefs of his fathers, thoro would have been no l'resbjterian church; if Mar tin Luther had lint raised his mighty voice against the beliefs and practices of his fathers, tho world would never have rejoiced In the light and glory of the Kcformatlon; if the Weslejs had not forsaken tho tenets of their fathers, the mih llinc devotion and heroic sacrifice of the Method ist circuit rider would never have gladdened, purified and sanctified the bumble homes of l.ng land and America God be praised, say I, for the moral courage, the intellectual integritj', tint places duty before sentiment The history of the Christian era is replete with demonstration tha, rebellion against the rellgioui beliefs of the fathers, not less than "the blood of the martyrs," Is "the seed of the church." I do not undervalue the effect of our ancestors' thought upon the civilization ard Chrlsthnluttlnn of the world" but clearly its worth lests in tl patent fact of tho indestructibility and restless progression of good, and tho further fact ot the good in tho experience and knowledge nf eicli generation furnishing vantage ground to its sue lessor for something better Vic arc stupid, in deed, if wo arc not wiser than our fatheis, wc have tho accumulative knowledge of jcars that they did not have. Ot all the counties! dead at the beginning of this century, not one, if he should revisit the scenes of earth, could even understand the simplest nomenclature of the great discoveries ot the practicality of electricity and steam that have girdled tho earth with light, brought tho distant places near and made a conversational convocation of tho nations as speedy and practical as was the asscmblege of a presbytery or diocesan convention in their ilaj. Goii be praised for the moral courage, tho in tellectual Integrity, that enables men and women to discharge tho duties of today in tho light of today, rather than by the mere pride of ances tral opinion; for the important question is not what was our fathers' conception of tho mission of Jesus, but what, in fact, was that mission, and what duty docs it impose upon us. THE "PRINCIPLE 01" L1EK." I cannot explain Christian Science to jou In an evening's interview, or in many times tho limit of a lecture; and my opinion of the legiti mate length of a lecture is quite in keeping with tho great Dr. Robert J Ilrecklnridge's, who, when asked in a class by a theological student how long he thought a sermon shouhl be, prompt ly replied. "Thirty minutes, with a leaning to the side of mcrcj " In the limited time at my commind, I can, at best, in the simplest form of expression, tell ou but a little part of what this wonderful revel i tlon of truth has done, and is c&pablo of doing, for a sin burdened world; "Principle of Life" upon which Christian Science depends, with the hopo that you may bo induced to make such in vestigations as will enable sou to determine for jourselvcs, after careful and faithful research of all the avenues of truth, whether Christian be I enco brings to jou Dead Sea fruits that turn tn ashes with a touch, or rather a beautiful and We Hold Our Place as Leaders in this city only by true merit. Giving best values, newest styles and good workmanship has brought us to the front. We are always searching the market for new things. The artistic energy put into our Ready-to-wear Suits stamps them equal in everyway to custom tailored garments. When you buy a suit here we want vou to be particular. 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Doubtless there arc many points involved In Christian belief and londuct respecting which jou and Christian Scientists are in perfect accord; a brief reference to these will, I think, bring us a little closer together, possibly lnspiro in m mutual confidence, and enable us, at least, to prosecute the inquiry of the hour in the pleasing assurance that we aro equally earnest and honest In our search after the ultimate good a knowl edge of God "of whom to know aright is life everlasting " 1 certainly am safe In assuming that you aro In favor of whatever makes men and womui let ter, happier, purer, more loving And lovable? So are we. jou will aid whatever will lessen the burdens and sorrows of men; whatever v HI banish superstition and minimize fear? will we. You, I am sure, will encourage whatever will destroy avarice, selfishness and lust; whatever will exalt manhood, sanctify the homo, enthrone virtue, affection, sympathy and love? ho will we. You, I trust, believe in ono God and I'allier of all, inflnlto in wisdom. Jostle c. goodness, mercy, truth and love a divine, spiritual. Incor poreal Intelligence, without form or parts, be ginning of days or end of jears; who fills alt space; is omnipresent anel omniscient; who mado all that was mado and pronounced it good. on believe in, love, worship and adore such a God? So do we. IN' ACCORD WITH CIIIUS1IANS. You believe In Jesus Christ, the only legcltcn Son of God, who taught in the Temple, preached the Gospel, hcalcil the sick, made tho lame to walk, gave sight to tho blind, hearing to the deaf, purity to tho sinful; was crucified, bulled, and on the third day arose triumphant over death, and with tho radiant splendors of the tronsflgura tlon spanned the heavens with a bow of tninlse and dispelled forever tho shadows of earth by the demonstrated truth of lifo immortal .'.s God. lou believe in this dear, lompassion itu, loving, heal ing Christ Jesus as your Lord, jour Sivlour, jour exemplar? So do vie. You believe the lliblo Is the divinely inspired revelation of God to man? So do we. You believe the Ten Commandments ore God's laws of requirement and restriction, to be resolutely and absolutely obeyed, ono not less than another? So elo we You believe tl at prajcr is both a privilege and a duty? to elo we You believe in the tncat commandment, "Thou shalt love the lord thj God with all thy heart, with all thy soul and with nil thy mind", and the second, which is like unto it, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"? to elo wo Thus it Is found that wc are substantially in accord upon tho essential requirements of the religion of Christ as jou understand it And is tliis not sufficient to establish the conclusion that wc should not antagonize each other, even If we have different wajs of reaching the same Omnipotent Good we in common profess to love? Now let mo tell jou in the most general way something of what Christian Science is, in the hope that upon reflection and investigation we nuj agree upon the essentials ot Christ's religion, as Christian Scientists understand, believe and prictlce it. Christian Science was discovered and revealed to the world some thirty odd jears ago, by the llcv. Maiy Hiker G. 1 dih, a native of New Hampshire, anil now a resident of Concord In that state The whole philosophy and practice of Christian Science is published to the world in Mrs. Lildj's book, entitled "Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures" The lat ter part of tho title "with Key to tho Scrip tures," of this marvelous book is very signifi cant, for in fact the great value ot Mrs Eddj s work, or, as I believe and am pleiscd to call it, revelation, is found in tho light she has thrown upon tho real, reasonable, and demonstra ble meaning of the Scriptures, the dl'inc uveal ment of God to man; and it hciih to mo that nil merely captious objections, by Christian people, to Christian Scincc should be sllenceil by the fact that Mrs Eddy distinctly announces how in her search after the Truth, she took the nible as her onlj guide, and I am sure that she does not announce any doctrine or pricteco of Chris Han Science that she did not inii and that J oil may not find, in tho Riblc OtTEKS NO NEW 11IDLE. Let us, thcrefoie, start out with the distinct announcement that Christian Science offers to the world no new Illble, and no vague or mjthir.il construction of the old one, it enthrones no new divinity; but tho "ono only living and true Cad," so long iguorantly worshipped, Hlm.Chil' tian Scientists re-enthrone and pioclaim unlo jou Indeed, the very substratum of Christian Science, its initial principle, tho premise of nil its reasoning, is tho declaration of, and insistcneo upon, the patent fact that "God is all in all " This premise, I venture to sav, no intelligent be licver in God will picsume to question; and jet. If conceded, the genius of Ilicon or Locke could not imperil the logie of Mrs. 1 ddy's con clusion, name! j, Christian Science The older Christian churches urge as an ob jection against what they conceive Christian Sil ence to be, that it is sheer impiety for any per son to assert that lie is clothed with power of (,od to heal tho sick. The striking weakness of tills objection is that Christian Scientists do not . V J HO, $12, $15 and $18 WasliBlouseSuit Good qualities at 50c. Wash Blouse Suits, with large fancy col lar, 75c A new design with sateen collar and shield front. A large assortment, according to quality. $1,00, $1.20, $1,70 Up to $3,00 profess iny luch thin?, A It was In tti time ot Jesus, to now tho power that heal! tho sick ii the power ol God. Christian Scientist insert that the beneficent Ood of nineteen hundred years ago, who soMorcd the world that Ho Rave III Bon to suffer what ever might bo ncccwary for Him to fuller to reconcile man to Ood, to enable man to know Cod, is our Ood today, with all tho rower all tliu tenderness, all the love, all the sympithy for man that He manifested nlnitecn hundred jears ago, and that It is the same power and love that now makes the lame to walk and the blind to ace, Iho only argument that Jesus ever used to es tabllsh Ilii divinity was tho one He sent to tho questioning John', Oo tell John "tho blind re ceive their sight and tho lame walk"! and that Is the argument wc used today to establish tho divine origin of Chrlsthn Science. Iho lame do v, alk and the blind do fee, and all the logic in tho world cinnot les'en the force of this fact. If. as Christian religionists, Jou believe that God by the word ot His power created all tho worlds, whirled them into space, and set them "forever circling round the sun," jou must be llcve that He has tho power to keep His creature, man, in the Imago in which he was created free from sorrow, sickness and suffering, as well as from ln, jou must believe that He who fash ioned tiie ejo and the car, and strung to cv qulslte harmony what jou call the marvelous as sociation of human nerves, has the power to re move a dim from the ejo He treated, a thickness from the drum of the tar He made, and inhar. mony, discord, or Jarring, from the nerves created for song and Joy and not fur nrches and groans Now vou really believe, or think jou believe, that God lias the power to do tills, and jou also be lieve that God Is willing to exercise that power, and heal tho sick, give joy for sorrow, peaco lor crying, roses for ashes. MAYERS FOIt Till'. SICK. I say this, because, in jour churches every Sabbath, and at jour family altars dally, I truvt you pray to God for the Bicl. and suffering. It is jet fresh In the memory of us all that tho whole clvlllred world was redolent with tho prayers of Christian people for Grant and Garfield in their hours of dreadful anguish; andct I can not be so harsh as to presume that Christian people would indulge the impiety of petitioning God for relief whllo they questioned either HU rk-wrr or His willlngncs to lestow. It is truo jou come a little tardily to the Great Physician Willi jour cherished sick, and somewhat, it mint be confessed, in the spirit of the old elder who prayed: "O God, wo tome to Thee because we have no other plice to go." It is onlv after the dm ton, patent nostrums, sci en bark liniment, mud batlH, electrical hhocl s, bluo glass, pignut bread, cod liver oil and tepid water hive left sou desolate and hopeless, that jou go to God, the infinite fountain ot light, Joy and life, with jour loved sick ones, ami iven then, not trusting God for the relief jou ask, for the chances are many to ono that ou praj with medicines in jour pocket and doctors at your call. All of jou say, hive said a thousand times, "In God we live, move and have our being," but do you really Lelieve this? For it is sim ply equivalent to saving, "In God we live, have our health and linn ortalllj " I sometimes doubt whether jou do believe it, for jou let ns if this beautiful declaration of the Allncss of God were a piomlse made to tho ear, to bo broken to the hone, and tint, in fact, jour lifo anl health rest in human aids, materia things, the dull, ut pilling clods of eaitli. Ihls will not do; a moral belief that does not find ex pression in act is not an Intellcctuil convic tion; jou may deceive others, possibly jour selves, but you cannot deceive the Infinite I submit to jou this simple proposition. If joi believe jou live and move in God, should you not, as a mere act of intellectual intcgritv, of common honesty, trust jour life and health to their infinite Keeper. Iteall), jour lack ot tmt In God's healing powir is not very stnrgc, it is the natural result of the anccstnl opinion I spoke of a moment ago Our fathers believed, and taught us to believe, tint Crnel makes us sick, that God makes us blind and that and l&me, and, therefore, wc cm easily understand liow rcluct antlv and doubtfully one who believes that God Is tho fruitful bource of nil his sorrow nnd heartache would go to Him with a confiding petition for relief frcin the very sorrows lie ins wrought. And hero is the nnrkeil distinc tion betwteti tho old chiticl es' thought of God and our thought ot Illni Christian facientiats do not belleie tint God makes jou sick or blind or deaf or hilt, but we do believe that God is infinite love, "thu Greit riijsician who heals all our diseases " i)imm:T conci.ptions of cnnvTo-t. 'Iho fact is, my friends, our repectivc ton eepts of God aic wide apart. Christian Men tists do not believe that Infinite Goodness idled the world with reprobates and sinners simply to give Hiwclf oceupition in pardoniiu tluir slis "to the praise of His glorious grace," or in torturing them witli sicklier, anguish nnd ilamj "to tho pi also of His glorious Justice"; but thev do lelieve, and act ipon the belief, tint God is infinite Love, the bountiful Source w Preserver of life, the Gieat riijsician who heals all our diseases Christian 'dentists believe tint when Jeus went into tho svna'oguc on the Sabbath day nml read from the prophecy of l'silas, respect ing the "oflice of Christ," where it is writtm, 'The spirit of tho Lord Is upen me, because He Inth anointed mo to preach the gospel to the poor. He hath sent me to heal tho broken hearted, to picach deliverance to the tartives and reeoverIngof sight to the blind, to set iX liberty them that aio bruised," and closing the book, declared to tho eongrigatioi., "Ihls diy is this scripture fulfilled in Jour crs " Christian Scientists insist that when Jesus did this Ho tliereb soleinnlv m-ide pioilaniatlim to all nun, cf all time, of His God sealed nnibu sadorhsip, not only to preach the gospel but also to heal the sir., bieak the shukles nf the bound and ushir in "the acceptable jenr of th- Lord" nd thus we have iliarlj defined bj propherv and bv the unrquivoial words of Jesus tho sulM-inci, spirit nnd proetiee of the rtlumn Ho established, a religion of faith, works, free domfreedom from man's cpprc-ion, from sirk nes, sin and death, a religion of minlsm. cheer and love And Jesus literally fulfilled His high commission, preached the gesiel, healed the steL. cleansed the- lepers, broke the fetter of sin and gave liberty to the bound Ho taught His dis ciples to emulate His cximpic and told them tint the mighty worl s He did, nnd grcati r. they should do. Who in the old churches will bo so recklessly bold as to assert that Jesas did not mean what Ho said? . WHAT Till; JlinACI.I.S NUtf It must be remembered that the "works" of which Jesus spoke wete His so called mirarlis, His ministrations to suflcrlig, stumbling, enng lug, crj-ing nun; the restorition of health, sight, hearing, strength, courage, hope, liappl ness, life, to men, and all without the aid of any drug, manipulation, diet, change of cli mate, mrrhanleil contrivance, mesmerism, hjn.1 notism or elfect of mortal mind upon human ills; but all, from the withered hind to the raising of I.aznrus, by the power of God tho supremo majesty of the all pervading feplrit of Good. This Is what Jesus did, and in His last al monition to the eleven, His iho-.cn faithful dis clples, is found the crowning cheer of His sub lime ombassadorshlp- "Go ve into all the woild ami preach the gospel to cverj' creature. And thfie sUns shall follow thein that beln In mj name shall they cv-t out dtviN the) shall speik with new tongues, they slull tak up serpents, and if they drink inv ilesdlj thing it slnll not hurt them, tin j shall lij lunds en the sick and they shall recover " I submit tint it is not within the range of intellectual Deration to apply this list com mand and blessed promise of Jisus to the eleven onlv, and not to all generations of men for cur and ovc, and consequentlj- to us, to jou ond to me, Jesus tho Christ has spoken it, spoken it to vou urd to me: "If vou believe, in my name jou shall ea-t out devils, if jou believe, in mj name jou shall lay hands on tho tick, and thev shall recover." Christian '-ncntista accept tlds call to dutv as addressed to them, and bv the must crucial tests, b the usands upon thousands of absolute cures, covering the whole lange of mortal af fliction, have denionstiatcd the eHlcacj of meta phvslcal healing and, theiefore, the absolute tn. tli of Christian Science I'rcm what I have said it must be apparent to jou that Mrs. lMdy, with peifeet propriety named her great discovery "Christian bciencc"; Christian, because it is the Christ tjstem, tho Christ practice, and Science because it is elem onatiable truth, infalliblo principle, WHAT IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED May I tell you some things Christian Science has accomplished in the fftcen years last past? It has drawn to its lojal sjpport more than W0.. 000 adherents; has organized more than 4() con gregations, has built during the last five jcurs many churches ranging in cost from 1,000 to (200,000, it Ins more than 10,000 practitioners devoted to healing the sick; It has restored to health, happiness and hope more than TJO.OoO of jour fellow men and mine, most of whom had hopelessly exhausted the remedies Usually known to nedlcal learning. The membership of tho Christian beleneo denomination has been drawn from all the churches Catholic, Protestant and Jewish and from nil the respectable pro fessions and callings in life Thera Is not a re ligious denomination in the woild that lias in its membership a larger percentago of educated, refined and cultured people than Christian hci entlsts have, and nowhere en earth, I am sure, and I say it not boastingly, but as a simple statement of fact, will jou find people freer from thu caics and worries of life, more con tented In their business and their homes, imro devoted to tho duties of home, state and chuich, prompter in discharging their obligations to neighbor and to God, stricter moralists, closer observers of tho proprieties, more munificent abettors ol every good work, or people richer In tho grace and amenities of pure manhood and womanhood, than Christian bcit-nco lias given to the world. I submit to the candid Juclgment of my fellow men the simple proposition that an organization showing such results cannot flippantly be ig nored, and, by all the tests of common candcr demands jour serious, earnrst thought. I will not discuss the stock objections urged against Christian bclcnce. They are. In fact, so contradictory that they are self destructive. For instance. I noticed In an ieonocUstio newspaper a eries of Interviews with prominent peoplo respecting Christian Science. A prominent doc tor of medicine, said "Christian Science U a beautiful religion; it It spiritual, devotional and The Mirror Is an Unbiased Critic O 9 It never flatters. It tells the truth in an unvarnished tale. Every Suit of Clothes, every Over coat, every pair of Trousers we make must be tried on the customer twice before it leaves the store. He must stand before the mirror and it must smile approval on every button, every little detail. 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I will not offend your tenso of "fair play," of warfare "In the open," jour love of juitite, exalted character and lilch endeavor, by enter ing upon a seriatim defence, in this magnificent presence, of Christian Science, that lias glad dened the world with luch surceaso ot soirow, or the benellcent woman who in hope and praver and love revealed Christian Science, and applied it to the dally needi ot men ajralmt the wanton nioaulti ot malevolence. Ignorance or frrecd.madc kiion either. M ono ot the tent ot thousand of beneficiaries of mctaphjilcal healing, with love imalloied I tay ot Mrs. Eddv, that time tu its utmost bound will be too brief for the world to discbarge to her its debt of gratitude. Her Ufa of elevotlon to God and humanity, her sac rillce of self for others, her ministrations to weary, suffering, dying men, her long yeats of fcarlets anl faultless association with perfect (rood are her Invincible panoply against eirry shaft of envy, ingratitude or malice. And of the science of life, lmmcrtal life, she has revealed, it is enough to know- that, If it is true, all the powers of earth and hell cannot prevail sgiinst it. ho detraction can mar it, and no eulogy can compass the sura ot its infinite greatnera. In tho upeulng splendors of this dawn ot 6 Branch, 402 Lackawanna Ave. the Parts That Celebrated Brass Lined Clincher Tubing Used in All Scrantons (flushing TfiSX TU8F.3 AMCsize 'iAVfiE, Buy Direct From the Factory trith, shall wo not with sublime conngo keep paco with tho mare.li of good manifest today? Alas tor blm who consttntly looks mournfully into tho future and depreciates tl.o present I believe in the progress of good in tho suhllino and Icautlful Now, in its breadth of intellect, iu conscicmr, its morality, its reach alter Hod. 1 (lampion this ilav as tho brightest and lest klnce the world began Every yei"crdiv was but the diwn of a grander today, and eacii today will tule In the subllmer splendor of to moriow. Iheio is more iiflnement, learning, gentleness, ami genius; mora cithetlcism and lomnion sense, moie contempt for hvtweris) , there is more truth and courage, homely honesty, simplicity and virtue, more unlabeling Christian faith, more devoted Christian pictv, more affec tion, love and chvrlty In the world today than ever blessed humanity in any yesterday in all the tide ot time. The world has learned that Its great need is not a more intimate acquaintance with mtcrob and germs, not a sciineo that will more accu rately measure the sun and weli.li the stars; not u loftier walk with the murf, or a more exquisite toue.lt ot bruvh or chisel, but rather a realiza tion ot the promise that flashed in Bplendor upon the world when the adiint ol the humble Nata. rene, a knowledge of the tiue Ood, to be adored, worsblppeel and loved, but not feared. WHAT CIIMSTIAN SCIENCE- IS DOINO Christian Science is hastening the fruition of that promise. Its sppreheiuiou enlargrv the moral stature of mm, quickens the kindlier sen tiqjcuts of his nature) makes tlie husband and orlHKIHM' ituXr'KHl7LW MkJjM LLLLH BfWU mmMsmmaEm. XSnaknETPi f- 'CSQaiaIZL nriinTimTiTnTiwl ki 'rtih'J n iiiti ft Mi 'iMrrfnfrTnf mftrml UUWJfllMitMTT' ' V.,tWifcilwaMa whom sp. .' . 'l!t Go Into I Nothing bnt Drop Forgings Used in All Connections, All Flush Connections Properly Brazed. SP Let Us Show You Onr Machine, Fitted with the Morrow Coaster and Brake & & sr. father mora devoted and affectionate, the xtlU and mother more tender and loving, works the negation of self and the development of love iar our kind; moves the heart to pity, spreads (he mantle of charlt), and lilta tho weary children of earth nearer to tho great loving heart of Gol. btrangely enough, the objection to Christian Kclenco is mado that It is the work of a woman 1 av strangely, becauso to my mind this fact Is i liu i,ti manual of its Integrity and purity. It seems to mo Hut to the most careless obsefver it must bo apparent that by the exercise of mental and moral forces woman gladdens tod), and hastens tho dawn of tho brighter tomorrow In the republic of letters; in every form ofjo. tellcctual combat I in every profession; in all arts, in all tho scltne-es; In eay walk of bumiu learning; on every field where humanity strug gles for humanity; woman panoplied with Truth nnd Love, moves to tho shining goal of every laudable human ambition, confessedly the gusref. iau of the "Duly of Hollos," tho spiritual thought ol the world Surely, the beautiful tomorrow Is dawning, when enlightened Ju.tloo will have, one code ot morals for all (lod's children, and not, tu now, one for the man and another for the womant when man will be more Just to woman, and we man will be moie Just to herself; when the vnlL not shrink with loathing from lier poor temp est tossed sister, who, In the uneven struggle for existenco has fallen, and leave her a help less and hojiclets wall upon a remorseless human sea; but in the spirit of the pitying Christ, Bicycles ! 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