Show fROM THE Iii CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SENTINEL 1 t J ley Wright ht in the tho theIstic Mystic Lo London clon England re ire are always three st stages s in the of on any and antI every ery f has bAs its base p. p on Truth or an any II fl thereof First that of bitter second parleying parking with it its jents because 0 01 of the truth it conrand con con- rand and third acceptance of its fun- fun funGtaI tab Christian Science e may beto bo be boTo To 0 bo be at the tho present timo time in a of of chrysalis between the seconda second e a third thira of the these e three stages Cl In Inc eale sic c teachings s it is accepted b by outside tho the ranks Tanks of ot I beli vers Even tho the worn well ment ent that it t is is neither Christian 15 is beginning to bo be forIn forIn for- for p. p In order to remove nn any mi mis mis- tion lion I must state that T J am not nott t n Scientist as there is within L horror of an any label of any delion de de- lion ion in tho reco recognition of the truth underlies all aU religious ious systems au aul awl l teachings tree is known bv by the tho fruit it i pro- pro raud and Christian Science openly ini in- in i and nd welcomes a t test st st. an invitation tion Bontly Lenty ac accepted with th salutary re- re r Here aro are two cases within w my mv knowledge e n names for obvious rei- rei rea- rea iTS are omitted omitted- A gentleman hoMin holing holding b position in in one of tho services t efficient officer whose great greaty eat ty y led Jed to many of his yer very serious He I and sad faults bein being condoned bei be- be i eventually such a victim to drink unwillingly enough h an example to be made mado and he be was dismissed dismiss d. d ame me e u under der the influence of Chris- Chris Scientists placed himself in in tho the Is of tho the practitioners with the r re- re that he be has been restored to his hison flon Ion on and nd is now frequently selected he be commission m of very difficult and lt its t diplomatic tasks by high hish oWIn oW- oW In place of the tho worn om out broken body he is in perfect health able dure fati fatigue e and acquit himself perfect satisfaction s to who who- oy 7 him bun Christian S. S Science is 18 no not t a re religion I. I l on ono He o b rich alone as is sometimes ned by those thoM who know least it it There Thero W- W was WS S not lon long since a f woman worn woman an in one of the tho London dis dis- living in ono one room in receipt of I relief and suffering from what hat men chose to term an in- in blo io 10 complaint of the tho eyes The tal La authorities had hai told her that iras ras no possible cure for her corn corn- It t that not cot even an be successful By Dr some means WAS AS discovered by a Chrisi Chris- Chris i Scientist who rendered aee asce as- as ace ee ce in in the provision of material and put her on the way to ery and complete restoration t to I i. i She was w-as completely cured and w 10 tie course presented herself to the tal sur surgeon eon who had bad pronounced His professional reserve overcome by his bis astonishment and st ox-st forth with tho statement ill 11 yon you are certainly cured and all say Bay is that it is a 8 miracle The i IS is now earning caminA a good living asteria prospects nave have greatly im- im dand L and there is no more rc regular lar atit att at- at Lat it t at one of the churches of Chris- Chris Scientists in London t today oda than 1 II tot Korial anal in In the Journal Gazette If I Sidney 0 O. fter ter dinner and a brief siesta I 1 went says faya opera house houe to attend a Chris Chrie- ienco lecture by Mr Bliss Knapp Knap Knappa Boston a n. n The house was w-as TV We well ell filled fille A It splendid lookin looking audience of It k at least a score or more bein being p Sidney It was a n calm ulm Christian h. b which i h no no one however howe ortho- ortho xina una and ana no collection ken to give civo it a worldly air I Ift opt ot hear any doctrine in his address s n ft did not comport with w-ith true Chris Chris- Ity y l nor hinder a belief in in it and anda JIB be a consistent m member of an orx or- or Ox x church hureh Christian Science goes We- We le farther that is all and in in doo do do- tp 10 o it docs does not transcend tho the teachings chin s of ot Jesus th the tho sick a as well cIl as preaching ran i n a obedience to Christs Christ's command comman a a. part of the disciples disciples' duty duly l Ie e early times Is it not possible movement is but a renaissance ance te e custom in the early days daya which b work wonders w-onders 1 fany orthodox lent preachers are making healing a pl ot cf their work but they claim that attempt to cure no ills except IJar ely m mental or susceptible to influence Do you think person k person to mo me after tho lecture I the tho Christian Scientist st can heal beal I Un n leg lee remove a n cancer or tumor orm in the realm of sur H I surgery do doliDo d l Do liDo you think that Christ who zed wed ed the tho withered band hand cleansed the ale v Vision to tho blind and W the dead could do it 1 H IF tOl ly said he be But I said II did did et t say Ray to his disciples I The Thc works I i do shall shaU e do also ye and greater because I go SO unto my Father Ii apt to think that the O 0 30 yo of smith stands in tho the Heaps way ny or tho duplication of what is is M rd the miracles of Christ Ghrist I know Ns S in m my case but I hope to out out- r it even ven if I have bavo commenced H a ate Jott d d B. B Coato in tho the Springfield fic 0 O. News pj istian tian Scientists have ban such faith r vL in tho the Promises of Christ 1 thaL that the they prefer to rely upon them p. p T r than material remedies theyS they thoy S to trust God und and t the tho o promise promises promise's f e L Master Chr Christ t Jesus JEBUS rather Plasters powders and Christian n Scientists have hav nU B-nU e c unkind P word u-ord to En say about bout thOsE believe in in using material rem rem- r neither have Christian Scientists Scientist 8 kind word to say bay a about out any oth for WP we f reco recognize al all I K I. I ur brethren God as M our father Jesus a as the i I Ute life wa hower t to I When the tho critics i of Chris Chris- have the same samo confidence be Is e simple faith of tho the gospel a oi of L Christ 1 that Christian 5 hey bey will no lon longer cr condemn their thoi r en in of the Christian Science do rIo Uon I a n most pleasing fact net to know Bot ot all minister of If the gospe L B unkindly of Christian tian Science nce aid d mention the names of ot a anum num num- eminent ministers who bo speak o of f J an n Scientists as Christians an and they roilY amy not fully agree on al all aU I riStian 9 tian n Science yet denomination they recognize e I an o D denomination as a I Phelps in n the News Manito- Manito I. I f woe o Wis tia ban Science re recognizes o nize y IP the tho suffering sense of he tho the pi pahe PH- PH L- L ne disease with which he be is a af af- i It f its quite quit real and patent but ut I it H t reality as a 11 God cr created ci en- en I- I ht- ht it exists in in consonance wit with h T of ot God the tho law of which Christ Chris it I I Jesus said I r I am sin not como come to destroy lroy but Lut to fulfil We Wo are arc told in the tho Bible that God is is a spirit that he made everything that was as made and without without without with out him was not anything made matie that wai was made madet and antI God saw lW everything e that ho ha had hod made and ond behold it was w vory ery good Wo We deny that God works through matter to carry carn out his hii pur pur- poses posts Jesus said id Tho flesh profit profit- eth nothing the tho father that dwell dwell- C eth in me mc he hc tho the works null anti Paul admonishes us Let ULet this mind be bo in in Qu which was also in in Christ Jesus Now Christ Jesus did always tho those c things that pleased the father yet ret he never ne required the patient to tobe b examined by a physician before healing him never no said that somo some kinds of dis dil dis- dis cases could be healed by a n direct appeal to Almighty God GotI while tho the more serious seri seri seri- Ions oils ous ones one must be he I left ft to tho the uncertain I effect of drugs druss and ami surely his hu example cample i is 15 the ono one for nil all Christians Christian to follow Alfred Fallow radow in the Boston Times A few critics seem cem to have a belief bief that Christian Science proposes to add something t new to the th Bible Bibe that Mr Mrs rr Edd Eddy has dis discovered ov r- r ri i something omet hinc to tho the Holy when in in fact she di distinctly status states 5 that tb in in hei search for Truth tho the Bible Bibie was nor ncr only text book and thu rho ho ho n ienco Science in the tho D Bib b 1 i in tho teachings teach teach- jugs ings of J Jesus Jestis Chri Christ Chrisi t V careful study of the Masters Master rs 3 teachings s Je er ertain tam tain propositions of nf wh cn reilly rc furnish the fur Cur brisLan Science No one could reid reli the New hew cw Testament without hC bomp n forcibly im im- im- im pressed with witti the great erM importance which JC Jesus attached to spiritual thin things s 8 and d the contempt which he hid had for mate- mate His statement It Hit is tho the spirit that quick t the hA flesh h nothing i is j as radical n a declaration that Spirit i is the only life substance and intelligence ence as anything contained in tho the Christian Science tl text t book and this is contin contingent ent upon upon his bis declaration God is a Spirit Beco that Spirit is tho the only first r t cause that all creation emanates from the deific mind Jesus unhesitatingly ly declared the un tin- profitableness of matter Tho The great importance importance im im- im which w-bich he attached to the statement God God is a Spirit may be understood by considering the circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances under which he ho introduced this teaching Ho lie hail had been in di discussion with th the woman of Samaria at nt the well w She Sho reminded reminded re re- re- re minded him of the Jewish idea that God should be worshiped w in ill J Jerusalem since that was as his residence while T the Samaritans Sa Sa- S- S believed that God should shoud be worshiped t in in a certain mountain accepted neither proposition but declared de de- de- de dared God God is a Spirit Neither in this mountain nor yet vet at Jerusalem I should men worship God for God is is Spirit Spirit infinite infinite everywhere present present- and antI must be worshiped t spiritually There are aro in the tho Holy Writ dU due evidently to mistranslations which w are hard to harmonize I can cin truthful say 3 that tho the word of God is more consistent to mo under the light of Christian Science than it was w-as before 1 understood this Science While some critics declare that Christian Science is not in in harmony with the Scriptures s Christ Christian an Scientists have the evidence within themselves es that this Science coincides co co- co with the Scriptures because its teaching has never neTer given them the impression impression im impression im- im that tho the Bible Biblo is wrong Surely a Christian Scientist one ono wh who w-hn has carefully care care- fully studied and applied this Science for years should be bo better qualified to detect any difference between this Science euco ence and the Scriptures than those who though perhaps understanding the Scriptures do not understand the Sri Sri- ence enco |