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Show CRITICISMS ANSWERED Christian Scientist Takes Issue With Conclusions of a Reviewer. To Ihe Kdltnr The review nf a brochure on Chrl tln Science which appeared In a recent re-cent Imuo nf ihe Telegram brought forward tome r the doerest and most elemental prnb , a for mlntlon The author of th hioehmo dl1 not underestimate under-estimate the s imueneaa nf hi HUhJeet na anme eiltlts hive been tempted to do, but he re miIkhI that If the teuch-Ings teuch-Ings of Chrlntliu Science were true then hla petaonal tlewa, nnd thone of many othem n utt be recontrui te I upon dlffeient lii , a He went hu far na to ftalo, If llu i hilstliiii Selenee position posi-tion weie true the whole sequence of muni development na vve actually know lt woull be joltilel) reversed a atntement which It not correct In Itself hut certainly concedes the Importance f Uirlatlin Silenec tenchlnge In the world of today After careful scrutlni of Burn quo 1 1 lions ne were reprinted 111 tho review under conalderatlon I find thnt the nu thor of the biochuro not only net him If ngilnst the tei hlngs of Chrlsilan Si lei oe but first of all ug un' Id il-hVn il-hVn , in T general and thu. nertin t tl e tendeno of mnn nilrn I " and pBychologlsts who a In It 'hat -Tatter I but a .ubjectlte im.ge ei 'Sense perception of mini Thl it Hude of his shoul I make It Incumbent ui ot him (lrt to dispose of the stit.n ma ot philosophic Idealism before ho iini tempt to attach Chilstltiti , S. leu whlih la ultimate oi splrltuil Idoui- Tt l a welcome ',ont"re,0lf.'h,lr.r';: chore that the poltlon of Ide llm la stued therein with great cP- irn ss n the author I quote tho fdlovt Ing ns Illustrating thl position ... .,, To conceive that nil perceptions ami oble tlte phenomena nn the creations nn I pioduits nf mind is to n ume that one lousness and I UiiHj- tlon nro Ft iteH existing prior In time t the oble ob-le live phenomeni supposed to hi rouni , if mind in the worll nl the hu mnn I eng Is the ill then lt must have within It reads male the Id il con p tie i s of cich of the so cillel miteriil forma of nature fiom the beginning Mnl then within Itself must be the perfect embodiment of nil f i ts nnd nil possibilities of the universe 1 1 pre eedea all things thnt seem nnd from t all thing are pro.lecte 1 It npi rehen Is them auble lively befoio It creites them wTthnut in an was admitting tint modern phisiclstn or psv hoIogMts hits Btated the precise leu hlngs of Chris-Han Chris-Han Sclen.e lt inns le well to nitote heie the statenientn of rerognlre 1 au-tlnrltles au-tlnrltles In these In nm lies 1-rof Huxles writes After nil vve do nnt know of this terrible matter except as Ihe name for tho unlnown hspothetlcnl cause of stnten of our own consciousness Prof Wllhelm Oswald ot the Unlve -sits of Lelpslg (lermnnv writes Matter In n thing of thought uh eh vve have eonstructed for ourselves rither rith-er Imperfecta to represent what I permanent per-manent In the clnnge nf phenomeni l'rnf Ziehen of Tenn Ciernnns In hla work nn I'hjslnloglcal I'sschology. IP 101-1 writes This o enllel matter apart from Ita hspothetlcnl eosml relation to the sensations sen-sations is otherwlBO nn entirely un-kne un-kne n element Prof Nnoh K Divls I'nlverslty nf Vhglnln though n mnterlillst Has in bin I lementH nf P5ehnlogS P s I Hearing Is n specific sense percep-1 percep-1 Hon a state of mini sotin 1 Is Ita nb Jut the thing perceive 1 Sounl. then, 1 n phenomenon of the briln ' Of the Bense of taste he ass p 6 ot the sums work It Is merels an excited ftnte of an Intracranial eensorv nnd whit la Im-medlalels Im-medlalels perceive 1 1 not something In the mouth but something In the sen-sorittm sen-sorittm ' . Prof Dorden V Howne, n modern Idealist professor of phllosophs In the Hoston university nas In hi Theory of Thought and Knowledge p 200 Objects exist for uh onls ns the mind bulldB up villd conceptions within It- poir In his work on Melnphssica" p SI) I, this ime nuthnrlts deel ire A thought worll In the onls know-able know-able worll nnd a thought-world Is the , only reil world N'ever wan the tren 1 of phssle Into metaphsle more pronounce I thin It In tndis The deeper so called miteriil i lu nre nbseriel the mnre mtrels do thev point to mentnl concept Hut ninnklnl proceed timidly from the supposedly known to the traditionally unknown clinking with one hind tn the testlmons of the phsslcal senses while wllh the other It giopes for that which can onls be spiritually apprehended appre-hended not knowing that It Is holding to the shadow before It touches the substance sub-stance The above quotations reveal some of the conclusions to which noted scholirs uhn arc nnt Christian Scientists have nrrlvel nnd they nre not In accord with (he- position assumed bs the author au-thor of the brochure In question In fact In explilnlng ' the growth of per-teptlon per-teptlon In Infants' he finds himself oblige 1 to use ns cause for nctlon n term which is Inexpllcuble except ns n mentil quility He usea the expression The Instinct for food which Ih ever present In the vers lowest forms of life What Is the nature of Instinct If It Ih nnt mental' Instinct Is cleirly u rudimentary desire of some sort, net-Ing net-Ing ns motive for nctlon Vow If phsslcift nnl ps$choIoglsts have arrive! nt the conclusion prevl ouwly quoted In regard to mind ind mntter what are the teachings nf C hrlstlin Science nn these questions' I enn best answer this question by quoting from the Christian Science tet book Science nnd Health 'With Kev to the Scriptures, by Mar Haker a rddy l'ige 511 rither mln 1 produce', or It Is produced If mind Ih llrst it enn-not enn-not pro luce ItB nppnslte -mitter If matter Is llrst It cannot pro luce mind I.Ike produces like In nnturnl hlstors. Ihe bird Is not the product of the least In splrltuil hlstors matter Is not the progenitor of mln 1 ' I'age 513 Mind Is the grind creitor nnl then enn le no power except thnt uhlci I derived therefrom If mini wn first chronologicnlls la first po-tentlilly po-tentlilly and must le first eternally then give to mind the glors honoi, do. minion nnl power everlastingly due unto Ha hols name " l'ige S09 the world would collapse without mind without the intelligence which holds the winds In lis grnsp ' Tngc 12S The term sell nee proper-lS proper-lS underHtool refers onls to tho Iiws of Ood and to hla government the universe uni-verse Imluslve of mnn Aeeoi ling to ms apprehension the ttnchlngs of Christian Science upon the joints unler cnnsl lerntlnn culml-nato culml-nato In the ' Scientific Statement of Ileing ' on page IHS There Ih p ..'s truth Intelligence or substance In matter All 1 Infinite tnln 1 nnd It Infinite manifestation for il la all In all Spirit is Immortal truth mnttet Is mortal error S Irll Is the real mil eternal, matter Is the un rial and temporal h Irlt is Ood nnd mun Is hi linage nnd likeness hence, man la splrltuil nnd not mnleilil The author whoso brochure wnn reviewed re-viewed In vour eolutnii Is quoted na wilting nf Chrlstlnn Science To shut our eves to itn evil consequencea In no linger possible Hut Judging from this lev lew he hin Hiieceedel In per-Pi per-Pi tiling the dllllcult task of HhiittlnB his en to the hlcHincl nnd henellcent conni nun e nf i hilstlnn Science nl-tin nl-tin it.li suih leaulta nie apparent nn v iv sll fiom end tn en 1 nf thin oiintij and In many quirttr of tho w I I it large Thi stn i t,th of Chrlathn Science Ilea In lis rr ii lh nl results it In n positive I rnice It arrests attention by its els niinl s On every hnnl people apenk 1 of ihe Inipy ihonges It Inn wrought I h Ir frlen In or families Ths know ot fermet liunknilH who through it hive lost all deslie for stlmiilann inniihliii fiends whu nre fieel fiom Ihe ding dishonest men and women male honest an I pure boorish and Belilnii pernnns becoming refined and loving llf. long tin ill, Is rendered bile and hearts rhrnnlc grumbler turnel Into iheerv good fellows consumptives healed and the Insnne restored to their right minds They see husband and win reunited and harmony enter home where discord once relgnel They Uriel grots miterlnllsts taking Plt.iBiiie In spiritual m litem nnd ag notlr and ho called atheism lomlnu-"kojlttlo lomlnu-"kojlttlo clillfl.cn to leirn ot the Seilp. If Christian S len.e hi done notn. I ng more thnn lo supply the Kes to he Wirlptuns which hu unlocked Ih. treasure of the niblo to those who I were once Indlffe n oi nttuuliy hoi. ' e'rn 'fo" ST Wk ' h" "'"' earn for It the h pin. e among lliii Ider 'Christian del minatlon which t It tnklng toil ty ii, nklng yoi, for your cotirUy J remain v ui tiuly y , . w n si i it vckajj. New York, Bept . idoj e.ii.i.. |