St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-30
What the Latter Is Striving
For, the Former Has Now
Reached.
The De7aeed and Fallen Image
Orthodoxy Strives to Up
lift.
Abstract of the Brilliant Ser
mon at Grand Forks Yes
terday.

applleS cmpnatlcalty 10 CHflSLlau SCI
ence. But today do not consider the
word in its genuine meaning. but in its
generally accepted usage. A number
OF churches have denominated them
selves orthodox" and rejected others
as ''unorthodoX." Many of these
churches, but not all. stamp the Church
of Christ (scientisD as unorthodoX.
l desire to bring out certain facts
today concerning the agreements and
disagreements Of Christian science on
the one side and orthodoxy $50 called on
the other.
What orthodoxy desires and is reach
ing for, and hoping for, but never at
tanning unto, Christian science has.
The true orthodox Christian is as sin
cere as the true Christian scientist. but
his efforts to heal sin and sickness are
handicapped by his belief i'll the-Leality
Of matter and mortal mind.
Orthodoxy has, generally. arrayed
itself against Christian science: Chris
tan science is not arrayed against or
thUdOXy and never was. The majority
OF Christian scientists have come up out
of orthodoxy. Tney know it through
and through; they acknowledge and
praise its truths; they have learned to
point out its errors, not in the spirit of
criticism, but of understanding and of
love.
All the criticisms which orthodoxy
has leyeled at Christian science re-
bounds upon itself when once it pulls
the beam out of its eye. .e
Orthodox Christians tell us that Jesus
did not call His doctrines Christian
science and that therefore we have no
right so TO do. Very true, but neither
did Jesus call His doctrines orthodoxy,
and vet the word would apply very
aptly to His teachings. Jesus did not
teach us material words, but ideas.
Surely when He said. My words are
spirit and they are life" He meant the
ideas He taught we're spiritual and this
spirituality was the life of man. We
may clOthe these ideas in words of or
own, and, if we understand them, we
will. But To simply
Repeat His Words, ParrOf-LIke,
would disclose an ignorance Of their
real meaning. Jesus did not call the
truths He Taught the Baptist, MethO
dist, nor the Presbyterian faith. And
yet the teachings of Jesus and His
apostles embrace ideas expressed by all
of thes words, but focused into express
sion IN the word Christian science. or
divine science.
EpheSians iv., 1l-17. indicates the
Presbyterian idea of veSting all spirit
ual power in pTesbyters (or apostles;
prophets, eyangelists, pastors and
unity of the faith. and of the knowl-
edge of tue Son of God, unto perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature
OF the fullneSS of Christ. .'-EpheSianS
iY., Is.
The 'knoWledge Of the Son of God"
is Christian science, and only through
this knowledge. as impaired by Chris.
tan science, do we come unto per-
feet man, unto the measure OF the
stature of the fullnesS Of Christ. Then
we no longer depend upon preSbyters,
nor apostles, nor teachers, for we
are no longer children carried about
with every wind Of doctries," but
being in the stature of the
tullneSS of Christ, we have come to the
of man. that iS,we have learned
our relation to the divine mind. We
no longer imagin that God necessarily
impartS His truth to another to be
handed over to us; but that He natu-
rally and continuously pOurs His uu-
Searchable wisdom into our being. And
when we have come to understand God,
as revealed Ill divine science, to be the
beginning and end Of ali being, that un-
or "Spirit of Truth" is our
only leader and teacher. and will lead
US Into all TRUTH" even as Jesus de-
clared. Aud then, after every preSDyter
pv other personality has been swept
away from between us and our Maker,
we speak the truth III love and grow up
into Him in all things, which is the
head, even Christ. But as long as we
cnly partially understand, we interpoSe
apostles, ministers ana others between
ourselves and God and SO prevent our
growth (as it Were) unto perfect man
which is the image Of God.
The perfect expression Of Gods Off
spring blOtS out the Presbyterian form
Of government which gave it its name.
AS for MethodlSm, the Scriptures en-
Join us to let everything be done de
Gently and in order" and the Method
stS were so named because of their
methodieal proceedings and habits i'll
the days of their infancy. But perfect
and the principle of Chris
and thus the mortality of MetEodism
will put on Immortality. The
Baptists Cling Steadla stIy
to the belief that the only true water
baptism is by immersion. Their Scrip
tural authority for this view is found in
Matthew. ill.,. 16: "And Jesus, when He
was baptiSed. went up straightWay out
of the water" But the only true and
baptism is the baptism of
spirit.
Before the coming of Jesus, those who
did not discern the Christ (who was
ever with us), lived in types and figures,
the counterfeit OF the real, and these
had no saving pOWer-were mot saving
ordinances" Baptism was type only
of the immersion in spiritual under
to be used before one had at
tanned to the possibility, or rather com
OF the spiritual baptism.
John said truly that the water baptism
was the baptism of repentance unto the
remisSiOn OF SINS. (See marg.-ref.) But
is not regeneration-it is not
the new birth, amt water baptism should
not mark the new birth, for it is not
saving, and would be but mockery. The
spiritual experience which ushers us
EARTH is not aided by outward cere-
monies, and if these ceremonies are in
sisted upon by teachers in Israel. they
carry the impression that they have in
some way saving power, and SO seek
ers of salvation lean more or less upon
outward forms for salvation, instead of
seeking a pure heart, which alone
maketii it possible for us to "see Cod"
| said that repentance is rot regener-
alton. All know that we may often
repent and not reform. This repentance
Itself is the water baptism OF JOHN, and
John knew it was not salvation, but
that salvation was higher and differ
cnt experience, Il Sci arate baptism. He
said: Il, indeed, lave baptized you
with water (repentarce). but He (CnrlsD
shall baptiZe you with the Holy Ghost
(salyatiun or spirituality.
No doubt one Of The strongest pas
sages of Scripture fayoring the seeming
necessity of water Daptism Is that re-
lating to the water baptism OF Jesus.
But, though Jesus WA, thus baptized,
lie never baptized any one in water,
nor taught the water baptism. His
baptism by john Wi, siapiy IN identity
.ilnlself with John, and to santtioh
what John had QUue. The people, look