The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-02

deny its existence, etc.
These are fairly representative sen
tsnces from tho book. Now, Is 4 "aAo
c,minents on this book wish TO pe en
tirely lust. nj this realizs Is uiinouiV
matter. / shall regard ii simply Us
book. and with DO relation or iei' is ,s
To any person. Simply as book' ~
not the work of scholar nor OF one
trained in philosophic thinking. IL seems
To be a bundle of crudities. In 1ts Use
uf Scriptural ,xt 1t is unreal ana unwar-
rantable. If some word in We Sc seeins
to fit the writer's desire, the verse ID puo
10 regardless OF the context.
Then, in its theology the book is pure
panthsism-all is God; God is all III Is
he total destruction of personality IN
God and man. This is distastefui 70
human nature; il is disastrous. l believe
know am IA person, and think 900 10
a person. Ihe religion IL more hinuoo
or Buduhistic than Christian throughout
And in denying the existence or mat
tar a. Is contradictory with itsslf and 10
universal human expor ience. Pblio-
sophical systems before have denied tue
existence Of reality in matter, ana this is
another. Yet feel Mrs. Eduy Is sincere
in purpose and spirit. 49,,
She mixes up enough truth and realty
with error to make Der system and book
defepsibIe. Having said this, / am pre-
pared and anxious to recognize the good
results of the system of belief In Chris.
tian Science. and its good results on all
Of u.s. We think first OF the matter OF
healing. / have no doubt many nave
baen healed by these nealers. don I
know how; l don't pretend to. III Is
that mysterious contact OF LIE anu not
the influence of mind over matter. we
see this contact of life In many things
very familiar TO us. We see IL in the In
fluencs OF one person over another. We
see IL when we get up IN the morning
not feeling we'll, and some one comes In
who, by that influence, cheers us mp.
After they have gone We feel better. Or
perhaps we do not feel able to go to
church on Sunday. Nevertheless we go,
and enjoying the fine service our illness
is dissipsted. After church we feel none
Of it, so. Notwithstanding the errors
that 90 with the system of Christian
Science, there are some OF them that nave
such hold on the spiritual verities that
they communicate the very life OF God.
l am eager to recognize THIS AZ law
reaching beyond all sects.
But this Is only small part OF the
benefits of Christian Science. Its greatest
benefit is that il calls attention TO the
dominance Of spiritual law In all lie.
With all Its extremes aud faults, II serves
to call attention to aud bring into prom
inence great universal spiritual verities.
lhe doctors are now studying mental
suggestion, ana it is great thing TO
know the dominance OF the spiritual
realm.
Bitter, unkind, ungenerous thoughts
fix themselves on faces and there Is no
doubt that they affect health. Sick days
are very often due to beginning the day
wrong. In this way every man Is his own
healer.
Christian Science is also doing good
work in producing literature full of
beautiful new thoughts. IL will cause
a recognition of a new power too long dis
regarded.
But is there need of "A new sect TO EN-
phnsize the things that Christian Science
en- phas'zes? Possibly IL was necessary to
have one to bring out these truths. do
not think IL will ever be large sect, but
its in fluence will be felt In all churches,
who will feed on all that Is best In il and
drink In some of its great truths
l ain eager to get out of 1t oil can and
am interested in it. These are my
thoughts to you on this subject. III
should enioin anything upon you 1t would
be to study 1t, to recugnize the spiritual
laws and To strive after spiritual power
and excellence, but remember that moth
ing can produce spirit quality without
deformities except the dear old verities of
Jesus Christ and n personal God, and
when sickness overtakes YOU do not fail
to call in the best medical assistance.