The Irish standard., 1890-11-15

| tending to originate, foster and con
! template that ssdelnsion of mortal mind
| known as sickness may be far TOO pow
| erfuI for his own ri2ht understanding.
together with all the spiritual influence
he can invoke and bring to bear on the
case to control or couDteract in order to
| bring the patient TO a realization OF his
real {?) condition Of health, and i'm
manity from all such evils as he is
wrongly disposed to contemplate as
real. Thus we find that this stupendous
fallacy, self STYLED . christian Seience.' y
whilst ever, reiteratlng the claim that
! ''aiI Is good,'' constantly recognizes and
tries to remedy definite form of evil,
namely, spirit in q condition of error,
discord, disqniet and peryersity Of will.
| cannot more concisely epitomize the
truth about this anti Christian and
| lawlesS movement than to quote from a
recent address made in Chicago by an
earnest and sincere Methodist minister,
He says: "a system which denies the
personality OF God, the personality of
man, the reality Of sin, the necessity Of
tbs atOnement, is another gospel. 1t
calls forth the denunciation Of the
apostle: But though we, or an angel
from heaven. preach any other gospel
unto YOU than that which we have
preached unto you. let him be accursed. >
1t is from the devil, and is the most
subtle form in which Christian raith can
be attacked. 1t dethrones God It
perverts Scripture, it annihilates sin, it
blots out the sun in the spiritual frma-
ment, the atoning work of our Lord
| Jesus Christ, 1t deludes the soul with
muddy twadd]e about good, peace.
harmony, life and health, wrestling a.
portion of Scripture here and there to
| give Christian color and sanction.
Tested by the canons of science, il is
| not science, nor even the semblance of
it.'' ASK me not.'' he ADDS, ''Co ex-
change the glorious gospel Of the risen
Lord for human philosophy which re-
vamps old errors, which dethrones God,
! enshrouds the Scriptures in thick clouds
aud darkness, and wells the face OF the
Crucifed One! Sin, sorrow, tribulstlon,
are real. TO shut ones eyes and calmly
deny their existence is the sheerest folly,
and mocks the deepest instincts of the
human heart The cure for the woes Of
life is Jesus Christ, the Saviour OF sim
ners."
In running after ths decisions Of
"Christian Science" ana other similar
conceits and 'isms,' men follow Satan
| instead of Christ. will not pause here
to discuss the existence aud personality
of Satan. 1t is certain from the gospels
| that Jesus Christ believed in his reality.
and that is reason enough for my belief.
The DEVILS aim in fostering all these
| philosophers and cults of our time,
| which are based upon half truths, seduc-
| tive fallacies and perversions OF truth,
! is to denoralize and bewilder pure
minded and intellectual people whom
his baser and more earthly wiles do not
ensnare, to weaken their will and indi
vidualitv. and thus lower them to q de-
gree wherein they become ready prey
| to those grosser forms OF temptation
| which they have been hitherto proof
against The complacency and self
conceit of those souls who are thus led
to identify the will of self with that Of
God, believing themselves part Of the
Divine Spirit aud therefore perfect and
impeccable because God is perfect, and
forgetting that the individual can 10
nothing good without the grace Of God,
almost invariably precedes, presages
aud indirectly causes their speedy fall
from all that is good and their utter
ruin. God permits some, however. to
recover themselves and return to state
of grace. after the worst Of defeats in
this spiritual combat with the evil one.
Such he takes up and uses to His greater
glory after the devil has cast them away
as useless to him, and supposedly the
wornout victims of his malice and de.
lusions; and if they will ever remain
mindful Of their utter dependence upon
God for grace and strength, Satan can
never regain them into his power. Gods
overruling providence makes even the
worst of past experiences useful to US;
and thus, if we but lean on Gods dl-
rection. we need never trouble ourselves
about ANYTHING that is past, always pro-
vided that we have sincere desire to
amend and rectify anything we may
have done, when and how it may please
God TO give us the opportunity and di-
rection. which sooner or later He will
bring about in His wise plan for our
best good. Meanwhile, we should fol-
How the duty He gives US to do, but His
Inspiration will never prompt US to ig.
more absolutely and repndiate any re-
sponsibility our past life may have in
CURED. And in this we behold the
great practical difference between the
true Christian life and practice. and
such false sYstems as tie pseudo
science we have been c0nslde dering. The
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