Show TIAN N SCIENCE S TOLD BY BYO I II Of O W. W D. D AN ie May Arena Ile MD D. D McCrackan A. A M M. of the First Church of in Boston Mass cate t The follo following m paper teaming r of Christian Sd- Sd William p. p D. D McCrakan 1 A. A f special interest to our old will twill remember his Wrena r ria a which appeared soon f founded Mr Ir McCrackan r turned returned from a a. so so- years in in Switzerland rone fJ to consult original formation for his compre- compre pry ory ry of Switzerland The which he pr prepared pared and edt ped d in the early nineties heral ral attention among mongo the ul uland and fundamental think admirable history The Swiss Republic Mr r. r Mcauthor Mc- Mc author of several scholar scholar- King eting works when hen so much space is is be- be ma magazines as well as sto s sensational and irre- irre on Christian Science Isder er written by people ace nce of the fundamental Christian Science is as evier evi evi- hostility to it the clear er of its mean- mean meant Vho h ho understand and accept prepared by bv so well as Mr Me- Me Reader of the First brist ir st Scientist in Boston welcomed by all thinkers of fairness and love of ater Ster than the of preconceived opinions opinions' Sirena Arepa as he right to ask and to of a just God the necessary for forthe the cure of es It is entitled to be way by which it may flown salvation complete and on happiness on good food will toward men mei i stion arises are aio tho the m meth- meth th- th nd commonly used correct understanding of involved or of the tho proper I results to b be bd obtained conceded that at no no time It history have reformative and progressive impulses tent ent than th they y are today sense nse is expressing itself e of f ways The desire to toto to them to help them them- to the tho forlorn lorn and anti 5 distressed to set on their I led and Sud ud incapacitated in iu inI Fal the sick s save ve the sin- sin I ort the the sorrowing and be be- arnest est desire is more a and nd men niep to seek a scientific uman woes and problems J among think thinkS Ir must be he first S r some ig g- g of existing r en ome complete method and precise way of meet meet- ering evil and revealing heaven on earth here r there is such a way To art arf of if mankind however ver II till unknown The rhe ret regret theories do hot fluently and that prevalent means eans merely alleviate th the of o which man maD iM with without ut destroy destroying ing that more fu fundamental dame tal is necessary it Reformers formers JC of those who have r reforms forms have com com- grooves z grooves of hardship and he her have hae suffered d each in 1 r e Some have placed their 1 false phantoms and aud con- con ir desires have not borne They havo have been pointed in in friends in the- the ain ala arts and sciences in charities in reforms so- so j and ind economic from which too much They have still hours pondered and they nave have been ht for their convie- convie J r fest est men seemed to fall faIl or Lil right did not seem to nIcan we be satisfied that I tried and the re- re j obtained were ri right ht and le ord with divine divin J stice enables one to think thinh lines correct lines It ange Cange of thought making J Think right and you J md and be right Be a manS man nian I yourself and do no not not take possession of oi hat turn around and help heIr a believe in whole in l iss iss and in its realization I They Whey to share this I IC hV all C men They once onci tion in other fields o of en en- ideals n now now w the they i n new nw w interpretation of life I Imo me mo to them through th the i 1 Science and Health with I by Mary Baker Bake i kes them better men inca an and S useful in their several oc oc- I ii stations in life Can an any r 4 ore than an understand understand- and d plenty health and an at 1 of This is what genco ence gives ives and it equips equip C rive tive for the tho mastery over ove L. L the necessary power powei t to help others alon along th the I I 1 learn about Christ Christian an anS an'S I S 'S he avera average e reader He Ill ito to ninny many advisers before f good sense will say to t tsee for yourself Where 0 5 one onet expect to learn what n really is except amon among V 0 e eady dy understand and there here is is one thing needful desire The i ary ry honest inquirer have hav I has entered upon his in in- Christian hristian Science with a S mental moral maral or will almost invariably bly r benefited even before B Bitis Jt itis is done in any case caso h he heed a aed ed cd with the tho general ai air r health and intelligence ence a Will C ranks of Christian S hey are not tau taught ht to be be- is long faced i w keen a sense of humor a as asi S i p if people In fact joy joy- Pf iV good tood od nature characterize e towards all men More More- rant ant to every critic full ful sn opinions provided h he erroneous opinions opinion theirs In common with wit they demand that L I ased upon correct stater state state- r- r S I in ments of fact and shall be honestly p presented resented Unfortunately a curious feature of th the e hour is is the attempt on the part of so some somo who do not practice Christian S Science themselves to try to th the e public that Christian Scientists do n not ot know what they are doing r. After m more ore than forty years of the stately op op- op opt e rations of Christian Science after the h healin healing ealing of multitudes by this method from f rom every sort of disease after the b blottin blotting out of countless sins sins sms by its il means and the comforting of hosts hotts of t the the he iveary weal forlorn and friendless by its m Ministrations after it has reached the four f our quarters of the globe lobe through rh its g rood good deeds comes a vain and futile assertion assertion as as- s that Christian Science is not w what hat its D Discoverer and Founder and her h er faithful followers have always always' always's t thou thought hought ht it to be On the contrary it is d described as something quite different w which those who do not heal the sick n nor or reform the sinner by its means c claim laim to have found d out for themselves H Hence ence the need for the sako of the pub pub- h lie lac e of correcting r erroneous expression o of f opinion which may appear from time t to o time in iI- in public prints P Popular Misconceptions Indeed before describing what Chris Chris- Chrisi t tian Science means an and the way it t takes akes takers it is is generally found advisable to r rectify popular misconceptions ons Thus C Christian hristian Science does docs not teach the exercise exercise ex ex- e of what is commonly known a as h human uman will power It is not willing a anybody to todo do anything whatsoever C Christian hristian Scientists declare the divine w will ill concerning the patient or the 1 lem Jem cm and leave the issue to that will win and t to o n no other ther The divine will win is ascertain ascer ascer- tI t tain tamed amed d by understanding God spiritual spiritual- I ly Jy F by y recognizing and realizing him hint as w wholly holly good rood without a a i shadow of t turning and drawing ing inevitable de de- de- de d logically from this superb pre pre pre- preb m mise This spiritual reasoning which Chrisian Christian Chris Chris- Chriso t tian ian Science demands is neither mesmeric inel- inel mes m meric meric eric magnetic nor hypnotic but out c calm alm exalted and assured It literally s signifies pure reason and is is' is based on onan on onan a an n absolute Principle God who is Sir Spir Spir- Spir i it t Mind or It constructs its argument argus ment natural naturally normally and scientifically c caH ally cally to inevitable and beneficent conclusions con con- e bearing healing on its wings The T he practice of Christian Science is p prayer rayer in the Scriptural sense of the word i. i e. e it is scientific realization of Truth lruth rather than blind petition to an u god The teachings s of Christian Science h have hav been fully full set forth in the writings writ writ- i ings of Mrs Eddy They have ha been f further urther explained in accordance with t these hese writings from the lecture Jecture plat plat- form f in in the weekly and monthly peri pen o of the Christian Science denom denom- i I and as occasion has demanded S a also in in the public press pross This information information information mation is accessible to all aU who realty really d desire it Christian Scientists hold that God is ii i t the he only Creator and that the universe wh which ch he created is eternal and real Paul the great Apostle divided sharply sharp y b between the eternal real and the temporal temporal tem tern p oral unreal and unreal and so do they The r reader eader is referred specially to the last Jast Verse verse of Pauls Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians Whatever phenomena t then hen show the qualities of eternity and indestructibility i they call can real but phenomena phenomena phenomena phe phe- which reveal themselves as passing Pissing manifestations stations only and exhibit exhibit signs of decay and and death eath they class among the unreal Diseases fortunate fortunate- fortunately 13 ly cannot be counted among the eternal ane and indestructible ma manifestations of the universe or chaos would ensue Disease Disease Disease Dis Dis- ease is is therefore unreal in this metaphysical metaphysical meta meta- physical sense and only in this sense do Christian Scientists deny its existence Evil Only T Temporary The same reasoning applies to the concept called caned sin If it is JS eternal and indestructible then theu m man n is lost Jost indeed But Christian Science shows evil of every kind to be temporary and thus unreal in in the tho metaphysical sense so that it mav may maybe be overcome i. i e. e i reduced educed to nonentity in the human consciousness conscious conscious- ness by the power of God Christian Scientists do not then deny the existence existence exist exist- ence once of disease of the material body and of sin as universal beliefs of the tho human hutman r race ce but they affirm the unreality unreality unreal unreal- I ity of these concepts using using- tho the word I unreality in its metaphysical sense Christian Science explicitly teaches the i doctrine of the crucifixion the resurrection resurrection and the ascension but it lays special stress upon the distinction between between between be be- tween tho man Jesus and his title of The Christ It does not teach the tLe worship of the man Jesus but of his i Princ Principle God Jesus did indeed stiffer suffer suf suf- i fer on the cross but tho the Christ Chiist tho expression expression ex ox- of his divinity could not be i made to suffer or die i Those who Those who hope for the cure of social and economic maladies through through- organized organized organ organ- charities may be surprised to find that the Christian Science denomination tion as such rarely records the activities activities activities ties of its members in this particular field of endeavor Individual Christian 1 Scientists arc are doing much charity work of the tho usual sort in a quiet way notably i in fl some Iome of the great prisons of this cpu country try where their services are arc wel i corned But their principal charity work is on lines Jines which have never been fully carried earned out b by any group roup of reformers re reo re- re formers since the days of or of primitive Christianity The almsgiving methods have b been il tried for centuries have been or organized with pith the utmost skill have enlisted the efforts of many nob noble 0 men and women women and and ye ret jet sickness poverty and crime continue Now Christian Christi n Science is showing a new Dew way and on one which has already proved itself successful successful success success- ful in numberless cases Christian Scientists Scientists Scientists are not only destroying the causes of poverty but ar are also spending lar large e sums in iii erecting what are virtually virtually virtually virtu virtu- ally free dispensaries which are in keeping keep keep- keeping ing with their faith They call them churches and reading rooms reading rooms and the latter are arc open every day and there those who are arc afflicted can find help in inthe inthe inthe the most Enduring way by learning to dr draw w nearer to God iod the source 01 of of all health supply and holiness There the Bible and Christian Science literature which certain critics profess to find so so expensive can be read free of Charge harge by all who choose to come year Jear in and year out Seats in the tho churches are free and strangers are given the best attention as a practical illustration of brotherly love No Christian denomination nation can do more snore for visitors display greater generosity or extend a heartier welcome S The Fee Pee Is Small I stipulated feo Leo for Christian Science Science Sd ence COdO treatment is is very small Practical I cal experience shows shows' that many paS pa pa- r Si S i Cj S 'S 1 4 feel that they can pay nothing r while others pay what hat they think they can afford But the law of compensations holds good in healing as in JD all other work and experience has proven not only to Christian Scientists but also alsoto alsoto alsoto to all groups of reformers everywhere that almsgiving brings rin s no permanent cure of erroneous conditions Moreover anyone any one who who hould hould attempt to heal by Christian Science methods for mercenary merce nary motives would shortly shortly- shortly lose lose the power to heal altogether Concerning the occasional failures of Christian Scientists there is this to be said A large percentage of the reports re- re v re-v ports p orts which are circulated ted through the th I n newspapers newspapers' have llave been found by actual i investigation to repose upon errors of s some ome kind kina the great number of e cures ules which are effected by Christian S Science are set over against the few c cases casos of actual failures by Ch Christian stian S Scientists the showing is in every way way- remarkable r especially since most of t the he cases eases which which come to them have previously pre pre- v experienced experience l failure under ma ma- material t treatment The failures of matena materia ma- ma t tena teria enia medica fill the obituary obituary- columns o of f the daily press without exciting comment comment com coIn rn ment whereas at one Olle time a sin single le sail sail- fail failure u ure re of a Christian Scientist used to be h heralded far fer and wide as a sensational e event vent In lu spite of every effort on the UH part o of the critics of Christian Science to beair be f fair air it is evident that a closer understanding under under- s standing of its aims and anti its practice is r required than a a hostile outsider can p possibly possess To thi this lack may be a attributed some of the tile errors made by the t writers of articles and items in the p periodical press It is sometimes assumed that Chrisian Christian Chris Chris- t tian ian t Science calls for special intellectual intellectual t proficiency an and ans surprise is ex cx expressed p pr pressed that people who are unlearned as i s the saying r g goes es can b benefit thereby i in in n body and mind But there is no oc- oc cas on cas c ason on for surprise Christian Science b bids ids us liS have havo Jave this mind which mind which was wag a also in Christ Jesus which surely m means ans to have ha the apprehension and nd l comprehension c of God which Jesus had No intellectual gymnastics no psychological psycho psycho- chocal cho- cho l logical inventions no complicated calculations cal- cal c are necessary to o realize that God is Spirit as J said to the S Samaritan woman woman or that God is l love ove as John assures us A little littlechild littlechild c child hild can grasp this fact and recognize recognize nize n |