The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-03-31
CHRISTIAN sOIEEOE
x.V. Dr Gauss Disc""--@ %hAs A"@
.orb.n. Quo.ii"n.


put 'Chri e UlberE 10 J'sG''9S 'pe''
leave II to H. sciencc.)
right to havia2 .hiugs / fad ia my
One "t The hrst ia lha; there aio
tour 0i investigation ,stuniar Eddy
t1o schools, the old b. M~'epsrture irom
school and II =cbisInatlc = - called the
the old and original scnool W. nsV5
.Hopkinsian -umd that the It SO
no dealing with each other >Sch
chances that there is d disciple 0I =
of IN, 81 schools in our town at preseDl, m
healing y amd teaching the SICK sno
the CrgduIUns,
came across pamphlet written by
a discip!, OF the "HOpEiusiaII, school
unh la IL iind nucD tniiit.7 as these'
'Mau WAS not Conceived IN sth,out Was
| made in tho likeness and image OF Goa,
. aud has in hiiu by mature the Same
moral and spiritual possibilities that
! Christ had
! "All diseases and sichness are me re-
| suit pt the thinking ot evil. Deiofhi'
! ties of body caused by violence or ahiS'
| natal causes were mol healed by Christ
| and the apostles, neither are thef nehi-
ed by Christian science except III rare
casGs.t
| 1.-The works of healing performed by
! Christ and the apostles are being re-
prated ia the world to-day by Christian
science.
took my little pamphlet and pointed
! out these things aud some others, amd
asked, "Is that ChristianE
Then | WAS told: ''Ehat Is the teach
ing of the Iiopkiusian school, ahn
there was put i'll my hand Il monthly
magazine, the "Journai Ui Health,
issued st Boston under the auspices OK
the Massachusetts NetaphI -icai college,
: which is al Institution under the
presidency VI Rev. Mary B. clover
Eddy.
: went home aud ! read: "Man IL
Gods idea, and is a5 much OF the aamo
substance with God Is thought is OF tDe
same substance with the inind tbSt
, thinks" What this means do not
know; | can understand that man Is
. the realization Of Gods idea, and that
= God carried out His idea by making
:, man out OF the dust oil the ground
i and breathing into him the breath Of
., life.
d Evil has no real existence" Il d"
n not recall the wcr,i .ailI" i'll any D;
their writings, aud Iroui what l have
l. read do not believe it isa word i'll their
u vocabulary j "Of COURSE" we aro
e told, "evil does not exist, because God
e ia All, and God il Good; therefore,
's there can be no evil" "The mission
s. of Christian science is not 10 destroy
- evil Tor evil does not exist; but to de-
Is stroy belief in evilr alt is this belief
rs that holds men in slavery land the truth
10 which declares that there Is no EVIL, ID
, to set them free"
l. The devil and his works which
III Christ came to destroy, the sin OF the
ie world which he came TO bear, Satan.
u whom He babe get behind Him, are
&c not never were, realities, only illusions
lr. i'm the mind OF Christ, ii Christian
u science is true. Toothache, earache,
g headache. and all other aches, rheuma-
10 usm, neuralgia, dyspepsia-these do
s. not really exist People only think
TX they do, according to "Christisn
!, Science"
Us am not surprised, however, that
er "ChrisIian Scieuce'' teaches that sick
w ness is all ..illusion"-for this is the
only kind of sickness it can heal.
ne II people only imagine they are SICK
and have strong enough imagination to
p believe they are well, these Christian
H. Scientists" may do them some bodily
DC good. just q word more as 10 the
al practical working of this thing, aud
t io close.
ne am called on to account tor cases Of
% reported healing. Here Ia one th"t
comes in on crutches, and goes out Will
i: none; here Is dyspep,ic OF years who
ul at once is able to eat hearty meal.etc
an Much disease Is only the result OF
eu morbid state of mind; cure the menta
10 condition and the body will sool
on be well.
me Nany cases recover IN tao Datnrq
Inc working OF physical laws. l can poin
to rs reina,uarkuble cases of recovery
III where no Christian scientist was eve
vas consulted, as we have brought betor
II; usby these people. The stopping o
NJ all medicine is often the very best thiDi
III tor a invalid. Constant dosing oite;
:en keeps many persons sick. nav
i.n noticed that the most frequent cases
~ recovery under these scientists are sue
ole as enable them in ten or fifteen minute
oie to eat hearty dinner or supper, ,Whici
se. they had not been able to do for years
III Possibly they needed uourishment.
oul These scientists claim That God heG!
ac' ac through them. This is very soiem
MS claim. ask Christian people il the
Ihu believe that God entrusts this healin
es power to a class who let il out 10 III
sick at 81 or 81 sitting2 Am to &c
bodily healing for myself and friend
're from God by going to him by wav I
OF the Metaphysical College, OF Boston
'me Massachnsetts2 This "science"
oc- taught in the Metaphysical college, 8
'ck' Boston, and the whole course cost
UT 5000 tuition, which is taken in 81
weeks, living expenses extra. Dar
ION any Christian think that spiritus
Use. power can bepurchased from God wit
nat money! | say to the "Massschuset
ex- Metaphy sical College," Thy none
=; 'ne perish with thee, because thon ha
lic- thought that the gift of God can
sold for gold; repent Of this, thy wick
end eduess, for perceive that thou art
mel the gall of bitterness and bond OF il
W iquity."
llhe These Christian scientists ha'
oi founded church which they call ii
re- "Church of Christi and Rev. Maj
b. Glover Eddy is its founder, and d
'arh works of her disciples are, they theu
"e selves being witnesses, "to glorlty
their teacher at Boston. and the MAJ
hsIy ter Metaphysician" of eighteen cent
'ocA ries ago.
Iask Christians: ala this Christian
Tue Is il not much more OF the nature Of
as New England invention" to mni
7nh- money out of the unfortunate Athlete
''iee of earth?
T.. | saw TO the sick and their friend
W. "Pray tor the sick" and expect l
ION, answer. But 20 directly to the Lor,
VI as men did when He was here amOi
ahd men in real human hesh and nature.
But | say again, learn patience
me bearing afliiction from Job, 50 that "
'ueu may say with Paul, whose request I
II oi the removal of the thorn iii his te
r, was denied, Il glory in Iniirmi'y, IL
me the power of Christ may rest upon me
n aen. Thus patiently praying you will Iii
inu' M that "your light Affections, which u
.nls I'M. but Tor q moment, will work ont I
',ice YOU a far moro exceeding and etcrr
l'e" weight of glory" until you shall
~ - ushered into that eternal life OF t
use perfected spirit and resurreGted bod
!ohN "wherc the inhabitant shall never sa
IL Ia L am sick ," q. W. GAUSS
q III -
ming PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO II
onal CONSTITUTION.