Show ELECTIONS IS fROM THE 1 I f CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SENTINEL mes nes P P. P Sherwood oo in th tho El Paso Tf Tex Evening E 1 s critic says ays that Chris uris IA t L Science denis denies s the tho atoning 1 n n Christ rift for sin oi that thai it t teaches di dis- dis It nce to Christ's Christs commandments to and nd to preach the gospel l of ot fiR sal sal- I I. I pent ept thi to th tb the lo lost t everywhere Inkin In Akin Akin- IkiD kin tb these claims it jI is is r il c evident Sat the the gentleman ha has an imperfect imp at c Of the of Christian i Benee enee re rardin sin lin for it H is is Known no-II no j st at Christian Scientists as 35 u class have hav keener sense en of sin than have e moot oIe taught a as th thy they r are to knon know that T t. t TOr lon fonz as s sin i i iE indulged in it brings s rth Buffering here an and hrand now tio- and that e ie suffering fering o occasioned ca ic e 1 by sin in will willM and r T re- re as M only when hen ceases cancel the c and reformation ive ye e of sin iU in and th practice pr of it Mrs rs dd idy the revered I loader leader of Christian I of her Mii Ii JO 10 on lOT I says page pago sa i 41 Writings Without a I e of his sins and sd SO o i T ere vere r that it d destroys tro S them no p I f i or can ean b bo be a Christian Scientist t. t Christian Science c teaches that only onis- 1 trough rough rou h the atonement of If hrit brist is i ere jere escape from sin and its its dire of- of I Ct cu and this atonement is understood Include a practical repentance and abandonment of sin sin and an im- im im- im licit kit obedience in following in the I PS of who said paid If It I n will como corno after me mc let him IT y m man z nv ny him himself elf and tak u up hi his crr g I lily Hy and sad follow me In Gos- Gos Is we learn that when our Master fast r sent rth irth his diE to preach tho tho king king- oni om of heaven is at hand he added d dis is admonition Heal Heal the sick ristian Scientists understand the thed gosI gosel gos- gos el d I of ot salvation to mean salvation from ekness and all tho the distressing ills of'S of well salvation S 'S niman existence nce as as ron rom sin and I r am confident that when at brother comes omes to know of the tho treat great rel t B. B umber of good men and women in inis is and in n foreign lands who are en en- the theD aced day and night in preaching D dom of heaven heaven- i is at hand band minis mini rin ring to tho those who are afflicted heal heal- I ig ig If the sick siek reforming the sinner and andI andIng i Ing n to lives li of usefulness those thoe who I I r D dud dead in in trespass and sins Eins when he heom tows om these results are being wished and are being witnessed ed to asI as I Christian Science Rc w ice he will rejoice with us and be ore inclined to pr praise ise than to censure dem demonstration of Christianity that I making makin the world so mu much better I T W. W S. S Morris orris Jr in th the tho Times Dis patch Richmond Richmond Va Christian tian Sd Science nce teaches that all reality is b of God Spirit that therefore there there- fore ore the spiritual is the real and that he Hie material and its accredited phe- phe omena are Im unreal ea J In its treat treat- pent tent ent of di disease ease Christian does docs not rely on or ue me an any ph phase se of the m ma- ma Aerial rial It in insists that th the tho only way in In to com combat hat sin Bin and disease successfully success fully ally is ia to lain gain a proper understanding if t f the reality and permanence of God Gods and the thc yea von a he unreality of all that I is not of him od's creation creati n is really a f spiritual p ri ual cr ore ere ilion tion tion and is is perfect That it is mate mate- ial al and anti imperfect a Is it seems Chrisian Chrisian Chris Chris- ian Science denies It holds that I he oes not sen send t sin in arid aiM sickness upon h hi bis and that as 39 all be ho creates crE is IS and nd constitutes s the r real al it f fol- fol l OW that sin Mn and di disease ase which he ho lid did didlot ld lot ot create are transitory an and from the standpoint of a perfect t creator who d only make a perfect creation th they y yr r ro unreal unreal the the result and passing sin pho- pho tomena omena of human belief belie of he be real and rood good Evil il is neither a actor ector nor a n fact in the real reil creation esus sus proved this to he be so 60 when he lie d de- de troyed the wor works of the devil il evil vil ind nd taught his disciples how Low to over over- orne evil evI with good f i It is a assume sume that Chrisian Chris Chris- hris ian ian S Science recognizes the bearing of I h he he- nervous on the thc physical system J It t that nervous Denous and physical aJ phe- phe lomena omena are lire the thc results of th the tho beliefs pf of Ic be human mind and that it is this mind caus causes S and produces in mortals all he discords and In ailments to which th they ire Lre re subject Christian Science shows t t. t to be impo impossible imposible ible to evolve ol with the human inman niman mind a as a basis an effectual tT and amI system for tho the cure of ilif lif ace ae because its premise that that e-that that mi mind nil ts in matter an and 1 is something sop sop- eprat Irate rat and apart from God God is is wrong rt t places no Ct in ill the belief of ura eura- lYe ive properties in jn dru F and it teaches hat nat if dru drugs s were a benefit and a lp hr-lp n S healing the sick Rick Christ hrit Jesus the c t of all 1411 ph would have d them theta in m his h t in work and roe rec- their use ut-e to his biR followers a Christian t Science teaches that it is he lie power of God nood good alone which au heal Ical man physically mentally and florally orall I It teaches the pre eminence lIe of forces over fiver the material and t t. does OC not recognize nor regard I time the lie uman jaa mind as a factor in J its treat- treat ent Dent of disease and aud sin sin in Christ I au aught C hl the reality of the tho spiritual I and V bo on unreality allty of oC the material immaterial bris I ian Ian Sione accepts and ancl emphasizes his i t alls ralls h if int interprets x I hem liv upon on mon men lo to know fiol ol pint ae 95 a nt h besides 5 lle whom thoro is i LO red o other l power if the th would U 1 b ue be del from i m ever er ver-v ver ife tation of evil jl nd gain eternal l life I It u jr is that mra-er mra r i is I the tho chief un i-an r resort ort fort of the fhe Chrisian Chris Chris- I and l our critic might t a aye gone farther and ad aid that prayer cr S IS ian hi wiy only re resort orl and ancl rC resource Jn In n bris Ih hS hat roat at e it A is the thc pra of faith reform tb th the sinner and heals the tho I ick I From it we learn that true r p s a the rt ot of the unity unit which Ix cx- cx JUi s bc cm n Go Goi Spirit aurl man nin-nalI nin man ut hit eade In n hj his image o anti antl not of tho dust dut Flie that Otras Trayer ro- ro the 1 and nl heals heals' the tho sick siok irn is ir- n faith that all timings ntA art arc Sl lc r I tl to a God J a spiritual under of him an his i e and Health p. p J 1 t TESTIMONIES OF HEALING m A About a I year and nd half a ago igO C w while tading an and for m hud hu hu- d' d my T of hit hit-ce Severe ere o lel throat and heart e The doctor had told In m iii I hat t Sat beart ar Was vas I very vcr serious URI and that a I T ni II would care re have hw to r rent roat Jt OD Once e inc Hut litti I a J pf 91 working of K Christian r tempted Science I was to 11 drugs Lu but t rm on hought i I i- i f took ok Science 1 ai anil nce Health pi o and read ad it if nt until 1 all ll 6 ml m 1 l rew awn had bad P Thou Thlu I J awa all the I 1 had been Q to ur ui-p. V I have ble It 1 6 n I many nol riol n. In my mv all of este u lom are in in- in pI 8 lie I ry fy r who i is 7 70 years v far ars t that t the w ln n with a trouble he e sent Scat r i incurable D er I ConSulted for tor fi n but before orf I went nt to toi with a 3 i ho practitioner oner avo IJ nie 1111 vc-ry vc T much antI and me entered te d Into L 1 the the closet shut the door door- o material md tried ro but the lh cc of jOlt Lifo Life wh when n I r rl readied d hd m ms mother mf I felt able ahlo t to mOst meet the tho trouble I en her room room t therefore and nt I throw threw open the HIP windows window letting in the light and aDd r realizing th allness of God the tho nothingness of evil evil- that all was light ht and In a litte while after reading read Tead in ing irig aloud to her i from front Science and nd Health m my ray mother began hegAn to grow grov row better bet bet- tot ter and in t two o days dave she sho was sitting up and paling eating thing anything nth n she wanted improving im im- tin tin- roving proving all th the time Wh When u I went w-nt to to take tako leave of her br she he a d for the hook book that sh she mi might ht read it for her her- self Since that flint time she he has m made mo DO moa DOn a n visit isit and hns has attended the Christian Science services II How ow grateful rn t ful I tool fool for the truth 1 I know kno and I 1 pray every Ir Ird d day y to learn more mom of If Mrs Eddy's Eddys s 's leach leach- h. h iD ings inga MRS ns MARY ny L R. R A ATKINSON OX Tallahassee fe Tin Im I in Having tried rie num ninny many other systems of healing wit bout permanent help 1111 before I knew knew- of If Christian hristian ti n S Science T I was very vry I slow flow to Accept it a as the truth During Ih the first three years aft after r I became in interested in in- fester in Christian Science T I was healed heale 1 of ninny many diseases with the help beh of ofa a practitioner but not understanding I the process and failing to find formulate formulated formulated formu formu- late rules rule for treatment nt in the thc t text textbook textbook book at t the end of ol this time I still sUlI thought bt that the cures were brought about in some mysterious Wl way Li it Living at this time timo in a country h house use which had no telephone I woke up imp one Ono morn morn- in mug with a pain so severe te that it frightened fright fri t cited ened me I thought my slight h ht understanding under tinder standing of Christian Science Scie was not sufficient to relieve me and after trying for a few minutes to read Science and Health I had to go o back to bed bd Every Everyone one else ese in the house houe being asleep I d dud did d not see how I cou could d reach a Christian ChristianS S Science practitioner or a doctor in less than an hour and Ind I was afraid I would be dead sooner Booner than that so I called a member of the family an and when hen he came caine I asked him to read to me from Science and Health As I told 1 him I had heard beard of people people- being healed simply by reading in the thc hook honk and although I di did not believe it I thought it was a 3 good chance to try it especially as I wa was sure b by this time that I r. was going oin to todie todie todie die an anyway Wa He Ho began to read and much to my surprise in a little over half an hour I r went sound asleep sn and woke up later late feeling so o well welI that I went to business as usual Considering that it t is 35 s impossible to go co to sleep when one is in severe e pain and that nothing was done in this instance to relieve me except ex cx- to listen i ten to the reading of Science and Health I could not help concluding from this that experience Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Scriptures' by Mrs Eddy contains the healing truth About six Bix months after this a most serious nervous disease which had grown no better for H seven Hen en years left me inc entirely That Christian Science Si can prey pre pre prent nt t I seasickness s was clearly proved pro to im mu when I crossed Lake Lako Superior in in a north I east cast storm in the summer 5 of lO 1902 The rIme boat I J was on was one of the largo large ar steamers which ua j navigate the Great Lakes and aud carried over O a hundred h pa pas rl I had never nC been licen Jen seasick oo asil IJ be j fore but when every r one around iron ml in m be ht gait gan to be he ill I was wa v vry y ry much afraid I. I J I should hould be lW to tot ton Having then but a aj I sli slight bt und understanding of Christian Sn I and not knowing what elt else ehe e to do clo I went ent to my mv stat stateroom room and find began read cad ing jug Science and Health as well a thinking over owr Isaiah's s 's statement a When thou sest through the tho thoa a tors I will ill be lie with th thee e. e Mv l tion hon of God Gods God's S 'S protecting presence 11 be lie came to so o strong that all fear left m-l' m me and ami in about ten minutes I IlIS was lIS able to go cn up upon upon on leek deck n again in and enjoyed watching w I Ithe I th time the ship rile ride the time great creat waves waves Tim I experience was all the more remarkable I Ito to joe ue because I 1 found th there re wa was tn imone im on onon on one other OH on hoard board wit win h ws aa not ot seasick ick and she too wae waz a 3 Christian i Scientist When one has hns sought ou ht for runny man manHar year Har r-ar r I without success UC for demonstrable t truth frutti rut ti is it an an- wonder onder that ho feels grateful to Mrs Mra r l for ering erinc and teat teat-h ing tins this great truth which is js both demonstrable hie and practical f KENNETH D. 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