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Show CHRISTIAN SCIENCE; I IS IT REASONABLE? "Gome No, Let Us Reason Together, Saith Jehovah." Remarkable Growth of Thia Cult Ita t Adherents Their Realization of a Supernatural Power An Outgrowth of Prosent Conditions Are Its Teachings Teach-ings LoowaJ 7 Perplexing Problema. . , m m Masi Binghamton. N. fBfeffBtiQmm Y , April 25. -Pas- ''rB tor RusaeU's dls- 9 course here today lni 1 was based upon jWn? Wtm the text, "Come 9 MM novr. Vet u reason flnL ,jB ! your sini r Hk M scarlet, thpy sha I MHaHII-ieWy nnovr." lsainb ffPASTOe gl)55LL)J The sermon began be-gan with the statement that what a man bclievee Is hie own business, and not subject to vtfttr criticism, but that when a body of people associate themselves, them-selves, publish their doctrines to the wotM and InviU members, they lose the individual privilege, and their dr.--triors are open to public criticism. But doctrines alone may be criticised; and they pbonld be honestly treated, not rolsrppresented. The Paetor then traced the remarkable remarka-ble growth of Christian Science. Its teachings appeal io a very Intelligent class of people-a well to-do class, of considerable mental Independence. So far as bo has converged with Cnridan Scientists, he finds that physical healing heal-ing seems mor" or 1pb associated with their conversion to their cult Either themselves or their friends have been healed. Their realization of the cure convinced them tbnt there 1 a supernatural super-natural power mitPkie of man. and arousrd religions Mtitiment such a- they had never before known. Bewildered unTisienaosn. Tho reason for this Is that nominal Christianity is merely a form of godll ness. without power or conviction, which has spread to such an extent that, the whole world Is styled Chiis-tendom-Christ's Kingdom. Additionally, Addition-ally, during the last fifty years a sincere sin-cere class of christians have been greatly perplexed because of the stupendous stu-pendous nonsense. Intermingled with Truth, wbkh was handed dom to us from the Dark Ag. Under the Increasing In-creasing light thinking peo'le could not swallow some of the monstrous statements of the creeds as readily as did their forefathers: and each denomination denom-ination has found it necessary to say little about Its creed. Thus people are bewildered as to the dlffcren'-es between be-tween the various denominations, fend many have concluded that the only difference dif-ference Is In forms, ceremonies, etc. The doctrine that God had foreordained foreor-dained 'J90 out of every 1.000 to an eternity of torture In fire became too horrible to believe. The alternative doctrine, that God did not foreordain matters thus, but had not the wisdom or the power to avoid such a catastrophe catas-trophe for His creatures. lecame equally equal-ly repnsrnant Consequently preachers began to tell that the destiny of humanity hu-manity was not literal fire, but gnawing ot conscience, etc. each preacher manufacturing man-ufacturing a Hell of his own. Under these conditions Christian Science Sci-ence was born. Three things especially especial-ly favored it. (1) its acceptance of the Bible; (2i its rejection of everlasting torment; r3 its teaching of Divine healing. heal-ing. Mrs, Eddy, its acknowledged head, had a keen mind and considerable wisdom wis-dom in Its exercise. She held to the Bible, though she perverted its teachings. teach-ings. She laid stress on healing, and settled all doctrinal difficulties with the dictum that there Is no evil, there Is no sin. no death; that what havie been so called are merely errors of the mind. The very absurdity of some of these statements advertised them. At first rwinnl an irl ilnnrili T i i j r- ' ' ! " l u . l-UC i We will see how Christian Science explains ex-plains death, sickness, pain, sin. Thus curiosity led them into the metaphysical metaphys-ical labyrinth which Mrs. Eddy had constructed. Having no Intelligent knowledge of the Bibie, they were in condition to fail an easy prey to "Mother Bddy's" errors. la Chrietlen Solenee Logfoalr The Pastor then disco seed some pro b-fcms b-fcms which Christian Science presents pre-sents to all logical minds. Thta cult declares that there Is no death, and that whoever dies merely commits l "mortal error" The fact that for six thousand years mankind bare (Med ll surely against this theory. If everybody every-body commits "mortal error," everv-body everv-body dies. Even "Mother Eddy" final- 1 7 succumbed. The speaker wondered what solution Chrietian Science offers for this problem. Again, if disease is error, If death Is the greatest of errors, and If the escaping es-caping of "mortal error"-death-brinrs everlasting life, how do our Christian Science friends expect to get everlasting everlast-ing Irfe, when at the last moment of their trial they make failure? The J corollary would be hopeless death to I STv m conclusion the Bible agrees: j The ees of sin is death." Sin brings l , Tnortal error" death But the Bible logically points out j Cod 6 provision in Christ for mankind's K recovsry out of this death condition bv ll a resurrection from the dead (1 Cor. 1551. 22.) Those who deny that there Is death must of necessitv denv that J Jesns died, and hence deny the Ran- I som-Prlce given for the world's sins !! |