St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-06
Miss Mary Sutton Visits st.
Paul and Talks Chris
tian Science.
Taking Occasion to Draw a
Comparison Between the
Old and New.

pa dlllCO VI NOltu DQhOUO 4hOHNo1s
cherished hopes that the breezes OF
your more southwark city would whis-
per of spring in t he near distance; but
these hopes lie buried as | peer
through a thawed place upon the win
dow pane about the size of a mans
hand and watch the snow scurrying
before the wind in the most Dakota-like
fashion.
This Scrlptural passage recurs to my
mind: The wind bIoweth where it
llsteth. and thou nearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it
cometh or whittier 1t goeth; so is every
one that is born of the Spirit" How
realize the similarity between the
sweeping Of the wind and the swift
workings of the Spirit as | look back
over the rapid. yet stately. goingS or
Christian science since L came INTO the
truth five years ago. After spending
twelve years of suffering upon an inya-
lids bed, | heard Of cures through
Christian science, mental science
and mind healing. | addressed letter
to a DrOfessed healer of each class. OF
each asked the question, "What is the
difference between Christian science
and mind healing?" The mental sci
enlist and mind curist declared there
was no difference. and wrote copiously
to prove the statement. The Christian
scientist simply replied: The differ
ence between Christian science and
mind healing is the difference between
truth and a lie," and then proceeded to
make statements of that truth, leaving
the lie to die a natural death. Upon
comparing the three letters. | instinct
lively
Turned to Christian Science.
and made the journey Of 100 miles to the
scientist. feeling sure this was the heal
ing Jesus and His followers preached
and practiced.
| was not disappointed; healing OF
body and more wonderful spiritual heal
ing followed, and since then these COM
mandS have been the controlling power
of my life: "Go ye into ali the world
and preach the gospel to every Great
ure \ and heal the sick that are
therein"
About one year and half after my
recovery | went to Crane Forks, y. D..
and fonnd that throughout nearly the
entire territory the eyes of the people
were closed to the real light of the
Word. Materially speaking l was a
stranger in strange land, but in the
spiritual fact | was at home i'll my
Fathers house. | felt this, and was
satisfied. But the experience was a
peculiar one. Five years ago it was
fearful thing Gn human sense TO be
the only Christian Scientist in town
where everybody knew everybody else,
and the world did not ID the least un-
derstand the motives, nor believe i'll
the healing works of Christian Scient-
lists, The most indifferent senti-
ment was that they were crankS or
d emented, while the positive feeling
against them was hatred and contempt.
Physicians did not scruple to work Sc
cretly for their defeat, and to blacken
their characters. The clergy hesitated
not to pronounce them blasphemers,
intidels, atheists. disbelieyers in Christ
all this without any real knowledge
Of the doctrines of Christian Science,
forgetting that prevaricators do not in
herit the kingdom Of heaven. Editors
freely published all the inconsistent
stories antagonIstic to Christian Science
healing under such headings as An
other Christian Science Victim" "Died
From the Effects of Christian Science
Treatment" "A Man Made Insane
Over Christian Science Doctrines, etc..
requested to correct their miSstate-
mentS.
All this is changed. Dakota is rapidly
coming over to Christian science. But
her history in this respect has been the
history of every other state where the
great saving truth is now we'll known.
People outside Of Christian science, ab-
sorbed in the things of this world and
man-made beliefs, cannot understand
how this has been brought about, but
are waking up to the fact that it is true.
Ask a scientist how the change was
wrought, and the answer, in substance,
would be that il came in the
Minds of the People.
The first coming of Christ was long
before the world, in general, was ready
to comprehend His character, mission
and teachings. But He came and spread
out before mankind the open book of
His life and 1.-THE Word," and for more
than eighteen hundred years they have
had their eyes fastened. upon the les
son. 1t has required that length Of time
for the ages to work up to the inter
pretatiOn of His mysterious teachings.
And now, behold, it is science The
science Of life. whose principle and
rules may be understood. whereby man
may work out the harmonies of life
escaping sickness, sin and death.
'Whos0ever believeth in me, the works
that do shall he do ALSO This word
believe, as Jesus used it, seemed to have
two meanings. AS quoted above, it GER
tainly applied to those who believed I'M
derstandingly, for one who believed in
Jesus ever SO much, could
Not Do His works
as long as they were mysterious to Him.
Jesus miracles were no miracles tOHim,
else He could not have performed them,
and if we wish to do the same works we
must understand the spiritual principle
upon which they were done. This is
| understood only in divine science. He
used tho word believe in a different
sense when He once asked man who
wished his son to be healed, "Belieyest
ing into tears, replied. II believe, help
Thou my unbelief." This kind of be
lievng is blind and helpless. 1t cannot
destroy sin nor sickness, only believing
Jesus can do so. But that faith or con-
fdence, which is based upon under
! standing, does Jesus works. Today
these believers number thousands upon
| thousands, and the lcayen is still work
ing.
At first it worked slowly after the
manner of leaven, verifying tie sig
nificance of Jesus words, when the
Son of Man cometh will He fiud faith
| upon the earth ?'
1t does not seem possible that the
recognition of the realities of this truth
was known to Mrs. Eddy twenty-Seven
| years ag0. At that time she stood alone.
! Not person upon the face of the earth
! believed III her revelations. Nv ho shall
believe our report?" But study of
its Irresistible growth confirms the
affirmation that it is alI-powerful truth
nothing has overcome what it has i'll
| error and advanced in so short time
TO where it has today.
But healing the sick is not the object
of Christian science, but is the effect of
spiritual healing, and The spiritual
healing is the object. Christ came to
save from sin. Sin is the cause of sickat
ness, as well as ali other evils, and tn o
theory which destroys not sin does ne