The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17
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| bClNCS rather lmVcTICCJly 10 represent what iq
pcrmanontin thc change OF phenomenon" Grant
Allen, ne y ,hr DIV @HthSr, ~ the course o.
OF matter nrt'Tsr "Iho charge GO; Of fS ,nstoIi 1h Is,n sp c@SSS
only be brought against suc, u man by those
abjcct matcrlolists who have never had a
glimpse Of tho pr0foundcr faCtthat the universe
and that matter is a doubtful and uncer.
tain inference Of The human Intelligence" Says
| Prof. clifford: Every molccule OF mattor nos
sessos n piece Of mind stuff" and Prof. Haeckel
asserts that al nodes are equally animated;
| thing Of thought, an decentralization OF tho Ru.
man mind, and not an entity or element having
independent life apart from thought or men.
tality, lie gaining ground very rapidly In the
In tho medical world the conspicuous drift In
practice ia toward Metaphysics. Less medicine
air, travel, mental diversion and higher living
are the symptoms OF recovery In medicine that
prove its sure restoration to tho original basis
of Jesus's system wherein moral and spiritual
reform went hand in hand with physical heal
ing. The widespread healing of Christian Sci
cnce is phenomenal. Scientists affirm that their
most pronounced results are in the cure OF or
Ennic diseases, and that scores of physicians of
both schools. trained nurses and medical students
put themselves under their care with sucrcssfni
results. Christian Science In Its method and
practice wholly differs from what Is known ms
prayer and faith cure. suggested therapeutics,
mind cure. hypnotism. and animal magnctism.
The radical departure It makes Is in its dcduo.
ton is mental. in the conscious or unconscious
thought. and that in the realm of mentality
health y holiness. and harmony for the cu race. ! II
recognizes and appreciates tho humanitarian
Divine method OF healing established by the
Founder OF the Christian, Religion. and, as a
rule, is not sought until all the means known to
medical skill have failed.
The work Of the Christian Scientists through.
out the land can be well likened TO a single hos
pital in one OF our great cities that has been
forced to receive all the incurable cases. all the
instances that had proven failures in the other
hnGn1tnla nf that Nlfvs rel n In roo nm n 4
the people have demanded that the average OF
successful healing should be as high; il not
methods combined. Wien. it is remembered
that few people ever seek aid from Chris
tive skin OF Europe and America has failed. it
must be frsnkly admitted that the percentage
S %bs saf 4 IS stat hed1i dn g Us SdSt nntSdrI,v ,I. large &c
average result in such cases is in the neighbor-
hood Of 75 per cent: and this percentage is be-
and understanding of the therapeutical posi-
bilitiGs Of the system;
while not a Christian Scientist, thus speaks Of
the system: should we, as some one has said
sci n e oPd tS;e 'S Soctpin nns S incimde ID n mnfsT'i its
general head rs one which modern medicine
neither accepts nor finds 1t worth while to con
affirmative answer might well be made to these
questions, Practically most of us have seen re.
PEELED to recognize them and TO offer some sort
Of explanation, al the more from the fact
Doctrine. qTG In its practical pHs iHspt aspect. P PoWev 1i one one
the side Of results the doctrine demands rccog-
milton. Physicians in regular practice can ~.
investigation. When we turn to the profession
at large we find only the vaRuest recognition of
nized method Of practice in this Held. no ID detailed
knowledge Of the effects Of various intellectual
then quite naturally. as the result OF Our ig.
norance rather than Of our knowledge. the
so.called moral treatment is in stituted. naturally
with htf ytaak cpnIIAnRn in tie nln1t =.
this way the mental element as n distinct and
therapeutic measure has always been pushed to
and therefore de trimental to the highest welfare
and development Of medicine. More than this,
in our own time had u chance OF observinE."
A. A. Sulcer, NJ. d.. of California. writes in
the San Francisco CaH: Healing in the
lerial world to-day as it was misinterprcted in
the time Of the apostles. Instead of its being
bestowed. it was through the understanding Of
an obviously natural principle which Jesus
u 1a'iss. sHa @ SS%RRn::t esnnot 4 be '% chanx isT OF Of f an.
principle it is Being dsmonssratod every day
% |as lost nos BECAUSE s"S f Il was 81 Specially nsainaf
the mlnistry-the Christ power-was lost. Re.
s ssnnot tP be s seta ena Inc N eihSs Is ea reSt tRns no ,ney
be denied without limiting one of the divinely
given essential teBtS not merely OF QlSClDIcShlD,
and divinity of the message then and it proves
the ed. dtyi IHii,i Of the message x now r uur,s IN,
in speaking Of its healing: Their facts are
feres with the multiplication of such facts and
with our freest opportunity of observing and
stating them will. 1 believe. be a public
Right motive in wrong practice will never
save either physicians or patients from the lin
1fnflnnl z m ntnrial InathnlG nd M lnpD no
spiritual ways and means and Christianly meta
physical practice are excluded from the sick
manity remain In enforced. slavery to condi-
tions that Christianity rightly demonstrated
So with faces toward the Eastern horizon OF
the good new days. with confidence that
exact plan. let us, as lovers OF JUSTICE, liberty,
human progress. and the religion Of Jesus, give
a more thoughtful consideration to all these
signs, Of the times that SO conspicuously and
vividly prove that we are upon tho threshold of
OF the coming era truly when he sings:
o. sentineis. whose tread we heard
Through long hours when we could not see.
Pause now exchange with cheer tho word!
The unchanging watchword, Liberty.
Look backward how much has been won
Look round; how much 10 ye. to wini
The watches of the day begin.
The religious growth of the movement and Of
its Church, denominationally known as Church
OF Christ sGien!ist; during the past year has
and In foreign lands. To-day the body reports
1913 chartered churches, representing an aver
month in tho year. Besides these chartered
churches there are 14s regularly established
Sunday services, from which nearly every
month some churches are chartered. There are
5S public Christian Science Reading Rooms.
situated mostly in the larger cities of the
country.
In 1895 there was finished and dedicated in
the denomination. known as THE First Church
of Christ. Scientist" The ediflcc is one of the
most beautiful in New England, and cost oyer
Scientists Of the world az a testimonial OF low
ing gratitude TO the Discoverer and Founder,
the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy. Its local member
ship 10 now nearly ] 200, and its general mem
bership about 1000. The whole enrolled de-
ncminatiOnal church membership is conser-
yativcly put at 10000. while the actual mum
Der OF avowed adhercnts and church attcn-
600 I'm The United Stutes and Canada. The IN.