Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-07
8. Christian Science

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EDITOR OF JoURNAL.-Someo of my
friends have asked me to notice an ar
ticle which appeared in your issue OF
May 26, '9S, under the title of g PRAYER
and its Relation to Christian Science .
and I will try to do so now, for this
article is great curiosity, indeed
For the person who wrote it / have
only the kindliest of respect, because
of her manifestly good life, but some
things placed before the public eye
with all the assurance of fact certainly
deserve notice. l quote some:
"Christian Science is the system of
metaphysical healing taught and dem
onstrated by Jesus; but through. Mary
B. G. Eddy has been again brought to
light" Believe that all things We're
made by Him Christ; thus excluding
all evil, sin and death" Error is
proven to be a nonenity." Having no
origin it has no existence except as an
erroneous beliefn Query: Iferror has
no existence, can IAN erroneous be-
lief" have an existence?)
The prayer of Christian Scientists
which result in the healing of the sick
are offered with the firm belief that
God can and does heal the sick when
eyer men are ready to concede to the
Divine will and pray; "Thy will,
not mine, be done.n
'Christian Science is misnomer,
for it is neither Christian (of Christi or
scientific. Jesus said, Luke 5:31,
They that are whole have no need
of physician; but they that are sick.
Christian Science says: "No one
needs physician, because disease and
death are excluded" And then, of
course, there is no need of Sa-
vior because /" All sin and death are
excluded Just imagine Jesus, the
wisdom of God, in John 9:11) as say
ing: $50 thy way; from henceforth
do that which does not exist (sin) no
more" Mathematics hold an error of
calculation to have just as real an eX-
lstence as a correct calculation and all
other hnown sciences would contra
dict the above quoted ideas. Yet /
think it would be safe logic to say that
since these people sin, are diseased and
die that their error christian Science)
Has no existence except as an errone-
Gus belief"
Mary B. G. Eddy may have Brot
to light" this quasi-science, but ed
ucated men, who have INVESTIGATED,
claim that she had access to the writ.
ings of a man who previously taught
this. By the way! Did anyone ever
have good authority for applying Sc
holy title as !" Reverend to any
man or woman? Please see /. Peter,
All: Psalm lilo; also Webster's def.
milton for this term.
Many of my friends know how terri
bly, l suffered for over two years before
/ left Audubon county, being danger
ously ill, once right in Extra. Doctor
Riley did well by me, but no man
could cure me as / was then. How
gladly would have allowed them to
pray for me, for surely l was a fit sub.
ject as l was, and am yet Ready to
concede to the Divine will and pray
''Thy will, not mine, be done.'n |
was not thus looked after and | was
not healed until 1 made use of the
means God seemingly provided for me
Surgery and [ now have Him tc
thank for the good health / enjoy.
don't believe in Faith only,n (See
James II.-24) for though there was
plenty of faith in my treatment haG
you been present you would have con
Guided there We're some works about it
also The worst feature about g FAITH
Cure" is that it seemingly convicts
all others of being faithless, and though
| am not blind to the evils of divided
Christendom, l am not quite ready te
make this charge.
Should these criticisms offend any.
one let them recall that if this is an
error of mind fhof II
and having no origin it has no exist
ence except as an erroneous Belief
So just set rid of the belief and you
will be all right. l quote and com
mend portion of the first paragraph
" If we are earnestly stirring tc
hnoW and to do the will of the
Father then we are literally fulfilling
our Masters charge" and may be con.
fident of His final blessing.
Yours for the truth,
CHARLES E. SMITH,
Pine Flats, Pennsyl-
vania, July l. 1898.