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Christ Jesus. TO deny this is to de-
clare that it's founder could not define
his Christianity, but no one will deny
it. Therefore il is confessed that
Christian Science is the Christianity of
Christ.
The objection is often made that re-
ligion needs no science, but L submit
that what Is to-day called religion
stands in need of something, and to
one who is an independent thinker IT
is plain that the needful element is
Science. Certain II Is that true religion
is right living, and as right living con-
stitutes the sum and substance Of eX-
istence. why should man he devoid of
Science there? He has his science of
numbers and his science of music. II
he has discovered the science of that
which is without, why should he not
discover the science Of that which is
within?
Mankind existed many centuries with
out mathematics and without music,
bur their science only awaited discov
cry. Likewise of man, his science has
awaited its discovery; and i'm presence
Of the many hard life problems that
have been solved, i'm presence of the
errors that have been eliminated. and
the discords that have been silenced.
who shall say that Christian Science
is not the Science for which mankind
has so long sought and for which he
has so eagerly waited?
All Christians acknowledge that God
is Omniscience, omni-science of all sci
ence. If God be all science, must not
the religion of God contain science?
But declares another, Healing and
Science may be part of religion, but /
object to the teaching that matter is
unreal, and that sin and sickness are
illusions instead Of actualities." Here
let 1t be stated plainly that Christian
Science does hold, that God is the real
and is the master OF evil, health is nat
ural, disease unnatural, and, Life is
Truth and death is error. These posi-
tions the world has controverted and
still controverts. Are you satisfied with
the results? Has this philosophy
worked so we'll that there should be no
desire for n better? Our overfowing
hospitals. our crowded insane asylums,
our large criminal class, are the an
swer a better system is called for,
and men are earnestly in search for il.
Now may it not be that because Chris
tian Science does propose a radical
change of thought that instead Of its
i'm favor. You say that the situation is
such that a revolution is needed then,
may il not be that a revolutionary sys-
tenn VIII give you your revolution? At
least, does IL not argue quite as much
for. as against Christian Science. that
il does propose to effect the needful
revolution through doctrines that are
revolutionary? AS to the unreality of
matter you recall that natural science
has never explained what matter is.
The last, or one Of the last group OF
words TO define IL SAYS that matter is a
mode of motion" Does that definition
fully satisfy? Christian Science teaches
that Mind-God. is all. that all Sub
stance is Spirit, that thoughts are
things. and "As a man thinketh in his
heart, SO is he" Many Of you know
that natural science is tending toward
this same position. Says Prof. James
Il. BiXby, Ph. D., I'VE can mentally
think away everything that is an OBJ
tect OF sensation. Everything visible
we know is transient. If there be any
thing permanent IL must be in the i'm
visible realm declares Prof Clif-
ford. Every molecule of matter posses
es "a piece OF mind-stuff. And Prof
Wilhelm Oswald OF the University of
Ieipsig. Germany. says this OF matter.
Matter Is a thing of thought"
II the doctors OF natural science are
uncertain aS lu the fedlltN Di lnattef.
is IL not overconfdenCe for Others to be
certain of itY
Ii is true that this system of meta
physics aflirms that sin, sickness and
death are not the truth OF God. but
the illusions Of sense. For this reVo-
utionary position ~ finds confirmation
i'm reason and revelation. IL is written
God made all that was made Again
God saw all that he had made. and be
hold IL was very good" Surely there
is nothing. very good" i'm sin. sickness
and death: therefore God never made
them. who did. then? The same that
made ghosts and goblins. They are
the children of ignorance and fear.
whom light and Truth reduce To- moth
ngncss. why should one cling 80 per-
sistoutly to the actually of sin ana
disease? Is there anything good in
them? And IL nothing good, what does
one want of them? And " one does
not want them. why spurn n phlloso-
phv whose purpose 10 is 60 g>t rid of
themg Christian Science teaches that
all that is beautiful and good endures
forever All that is Of God is everlast-
ING. Then Christian Science takes a
way nothing that man truly wants.
a takes away only what he does not
want. And 7 more than half suspect
that because "a takes away what all
arc So glad 90 be- rid OF. is why such
multitudes have given " such n hearty
welcome. n be- written tnat. christ
Jesus came Co destroy the works Of the
devil" Surely there Is nothing good
ia sin. sickness ana death: Tor Christ
Jesus would not and could not destroy
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