Show i 1 ELECTIONS FROM e CHRISTIAN CI k J SCIENCE SENTINEL 1 tl t M M. Ramsay In tho Edinburgh Scotland Dispatch The charge that lint tho the Christ healing g was x tho work not of God but of tho the dovil was brought lon long years cars ago c against us the great groat t Foun Founder er of ChristianIty Christian Christian- Ity sty himself and ho he warned tho faithful faith faith- fug ful followers of ot his timo that the they too would bo be reviled and amI tho goo good they should do be attributed to Bed The Tho people who brought these charges against the Master wore no not t the p publicans I cans and sinners but those Mho represented tho the torm formal l religion of ot tho the day scribes day scribes Pharisees and doctors doctors doc doc- tors of or the law It Is sad to havo hao to t o point out that some of or tho most must un un- attacks on Christian Science como come from tho the clergy clerc from men who arc aro not themselves fulfilling Christs Christ's a command com com- mand to heal the tho sick but who arc are doing their utmost to discourage am and discredit those who aro arc taking the tho first steps In this direction It need not surprise anyone to have hn-e e r our clerical critic assert that Satan Is a u very cry adroit and l intellectual being ho ascribes to him that powe power r which In his own wor words s heals bo bodies les and nd Improves morals that r which Christian Scientists firmly be Yr stove Ihno to bo ho nothing loss than tho pow pow- J or of or the Holy Spirit of or tho the ono one omnipotent om orn- compassionate all God Him Him- self Christian Scientists accept without without with with- out reservation atlon the tho definition of or the tho word devil given givon b by Jesus ChristIn Christ t In iii n Johns John's Gospel ho lie tells ua us that tho the devil abode e not In the truth because use there i ill is no truth in the tho devil and that tha thalie t 2 lie l is ls the father of lies In Lukes Luke's Gospel Gospel Gos Gos- pel and In n many other familiar r passes pass pass- v. v v es es our Waster Master speaks of Illness as 4 the tho work worle of or Satan of or the devil and d 4 tells us that tho the knowledge o of ot the truth shall mako malto us free tree This Is pro pre what Christian Science teaches teaches- namely that every cry form of ot misery r that tha din aln illness poverty is 18 tho the effect of o otho ot tho thu devil of ot a 3 false ignorant sense of or f life lite that It can bo be cured and is dally daily d belli being cured b by the knowledge e of or ther tho the r truth by tho the knowledge of or God as the 1 Spirit Life Lito Love the tho giver of allgood all allgood good with whom t Is no variableness r T neither sha shadow ow of or turning Our critic Ion dun tun the other othor hand assumes that are ar- procured by God Goll and healed 3 by JY the devil To our thought It is fact tact that a fountain cannot can can- 4 not sen send forth at the same samo place sweet waters atols and bitter that a good s tree x cannot bring forth evil e fruit neither i can an a n corrupt cor tree treo bring forth good rt fruit and that it Jt t is not tho devils devil's bus bus- mess iness to improve o mens men's morals to heal henl r the sick and to reform tho the sinner shiner In Indeed In- In deed we might go 10 a little farther tarther an and say If If the devil Improves mens men's morals mor mor- i als ale tho the world needs needs s a little more moro of or rl the devil Christian Science does not nor c teach that JUt thero there is no heaven no r J no pain It teaches that the t. t kingdom IJ dom of God Is within you ou It i n. 1 sun 1 1 tn dorn is as Is not nos a 4 10 u lo locality yr aUt but a state of ot consciousness Into which nothing that loveth or t a lie fa can ean enter and it Is showing r. r 4 f siren men and women of ot this time how to get rid of the tho wrong thoughts that make i this thle world a n hell heU ho how to take tho the first steps towards heaven Jet Jefferson tertian CUT City Mo ilo Mrs Jars Sue Harper Mims of or Atlanta Ga delivered a lecture on Christian Science In Carnegie Library hall to a fair sized and vcr very appreciative o au au- Tho The lecturer was Introduced b by the tho First Reader of tho tiro Jefferson City church Mr II Charles Opel who said in part Christian Science Is not a now science science ence it Is as ancient as aR the Ancient of Jf Days Das It has existed back through h all time and will over ever continuo continue We Vc sometimes hear the tho remark The old t Bible my mr- father and mother loved lovell and b d In in is good enough for inc mo pw w Christian Science does not bring you OU a new Bible Dible nor does docs It prout prout pro pro- ut for fot your acceptance a a. now no noor or a i God God- The Christian Scientist t ar la is the tho same simo Bible DillIe that 1 our saint saint- mothers loved IO It is tho the same Rame Word S f- f c- c i of God Gol that your our fathers wore were taught I to reverence re an and obe obey Christian Scientists have havo not tampere tam tarn pere with nor changed tho Scriptures In lit any way war the they have havo not subtracted from nor ad added ed to the Word of or God not i Jn In ono one Jot Jot- nor ln in one o tittle but the they h have vc learned from train this Bible I f through the tho revelations and demon demon- demonstrations V t God Is Es s as s of tho the Christian Bible teaches Science that Sv not net far tar r from every ono one of or us They h havo ho o also t Ia 15 through this Science learned that God Godi Godli f e universal raal eternal divIno i which i not and Love Lov tC i. i. i evil disease nor death Science no o r S r Health p p. p Christian and t not claim that Scientists do God Is ls on any nearer them t than ilian i to ol T who are re not Christian j Scientists ts for fOl this same samo old Bible teaches th that t God Is no respecter of ot 1 r f persons but thc they do O claim and dem dem- K r s 4 standing that of ot because of or their un under under- er- er Christian 9 have o been Science they n able iT to bie provo prove 0 the a ot of G God to Ills S1 nearness ito children n. n and that d t r leall really leally do live Uve and wea we move and h have hav t tt t our vc e being In God This realization o ot of'S of f Gods God's S 'S nearness to His creation that that t man inan is really His child in made in His lip s Image linage and likeness has been f. f potent poten t enough when properly applied to ban ban- tell 1811 Christian sickness an and reform tho sinner day Jay and Science has not come como to this y ay ago age with pomp and splendor or dazzling the tho eve eyes cye s and e confusing contusing th the tili JU Judgment ment of ot onto men and nd women but I 1 It t has baa come as Truth has ha ever como t to mankind in in the tho still sUII small voice voice- gentleness meekness and work goo good fl ai do o not claim that they have havo S through their un under under- I stan standing er- er of Christian Science reached I perfection not by b ban an any means mans but they t do claim that hut beta because of their standing of ot this Un I and sickness has hns Science been banished much of ot sin their lives liven re from m Because of tho great help and benefit benent received through Christian 5 they are arc very cry desirous desirous that that you como come under Its beneficent influence ence and an rejoice with them in the sweet as assurance urance and realization God does he heal l that tho the sick alck S as ns well the inc sinner aa as s save savo 1 1 Te Testimonies i of or a 4 4 i l I ilave ilav Jav studied Christian Science for t f l' l f 1 the tha past year and when I stop to think how bow little I I iV formerly l Know now or of thet the truth truth I feel teel very er much ranch encouraged I iS have ove still y a a. great deal to but hut overcome V by Dut t. f S p each day studying I Science nn and lIeal Health th h gal gain n a better i i i- i P.- P. ing inti of ot f the spiritual truth understand understand- to 10 perfect which leads s harmony For tho the past vast t twenty years I had nover never known pasto what wha t It was vas to be free tree from tram rheumatic trouble trou trou- ble Last sum summer mol I ha had 1 a f attack attach and I l very saver science c Immediately turned turne t to tc o and Health for tor relief rollet The Tho first tars t three days dayo i I seemed to receive but I felt that I no help would do o so BO 80 and I w was wa ay encouraged to On the continue continuo with with m my study fourth day ay as I took text book up ou our oui r opened at to th the tho begin chapter my any reading g I elM Fos r For Footsteps t Pa of ci o f four tour hours I J read ead an and d studied this tills chapter r and I w wa was wan y com com- l healed of ot Jn my may trouble This 1 It la a 5 only onh one of or tho the many runny blessings I hav o received through Christian Science and I am awn ara Indeed grateful c to God Gad S am an aud d to our beloved belo T Leader a er Mrs Ed 1 this y fo toi toito tOE r healing truth 5 MRS ns JULIA G G. G ANDERSON Toledo o. o O. O I J wish to express at least a u. part art o ci ot t th the gratitude I feel reel for what tho now no t and lall larger er understanding understanding- of or Christ Truth has licis done dune for me mo through Chris Chrls- tiara tian Science Evet Ever since I was a child when hon I accidentally learned that my rn m y dear clear mother had died dle in an un asylum lum fo foi COi r the Insane I had bC been haunted with th tho o four of or hereditary Insanity and y those who have o had a n. similar lur lento ienco can have havo nn any J Idea ea of or how I suf stif lured fored Many Ilan times I wished that I might Wright die HO so that I might bo be spare d a a. fate tato which to mo ono seemed HO so mud much worse than death I ha had lizard heard urd o 0 o of t Christian Science but hut would not It for m IO myself and was much op 01 posed to It or what I thought It toI to be I After I had bud spent many years In seek Beck ing relief relle and arid had failed to find tind it i a little more than four years ago when whom who n I 1 felt there thore was almost no hope or hot hell heIr 1 anywhere for tor m inc me a dear friend persuaded ed 11 me mc to go JO ant and have IL a i talk taUt with a practitioner I shall never forget how bow at tho the firs t treatment that awful weight of ot fea tear r was lifted from me Inc never nevor to return and am anu bow how the distressed feeling in my hen head Was Imme immediately relieved ell I 1 felt like like Ilk an entirely different being baing when whOn I walked out of oC her hor house that afternoon That night for tho the first time In a good s many ninny weeks I went to sleep had hall not nota a trace of ot fear and slept as us soun soundly ly and peacefully as a child To mo me It was wonderful and alil tho most beautiful ex ox experience OX- OX 1 had over ever known I learned as I camo came to understand a n little or of what Christian Science really Is s is that t tIt It is Iii what I ha had always longed for It satisfies tho the hungry soul as elso else can and I am nm most grateful for tor or the many blessings that have ha to me through th the tho un understanding ln o of this truth Words are aro inadequate to express what I feol feel I am also moro more grateful than I can cun 1 tell 11 that one was found Cound pure puro and good enough who could bring this this me message of or Lovo Love to the world today today Mrs Irs Eddy has proved that sh sh she e 1 is worth worthy of th the tho trust and of all the tho love lovo and gratitude wo we give her T Tho ho anI only to proper wa way wo can express our de debt to her hor Is 18 by trying to follow tollow her example in n our dally daily lIvIn living I am ama sure sur that without the tho h help lp I received in Christian Science I should have become much worse In a very vory short time Ought ht I not then thon to o feel thankful for tor tho the un understanding understanding that Go God good docs does not make a law a w of or f disease for tor any of or His chiden children I am nm amso so Kind glad to know this is not true Ishall I Ishall shall be bo very glad and thankful if It th this Is testimony prove pro th the means of ot HelpIng Help- Help ins Ing another r poor sufferer to find U the 0 way to health happiness an and tho thop tho uno p peace ace of Go God which all understanding un un- LUELLA KIMBELL New cw York N. 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