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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE,
WHAT 1T IS AND IS NOT
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lean womanhood? Is it not conspic-
uously true that in charity. in philan-
thropy and in religion the burden of the
work rests upon woman? Is IT not
fact that in spiritual perception and in
tuitive power woman is the equal, GER
tainly not the inferior of man? Then
must IL not be granted that to refuse
the investigation of Christian Science
because its discovereE founder and
leader is a woman, is to abandon rea-
son for prejudice and to forsake logic
for lunacy?
one cudgel which has been welded
against this healing gospel is labelled
| "Pantheism." But Christian Science
is not Pantheism. The misconception
is due To the imperfect understanding
OF the fundamental thought in Christ
ian Science that "God is all-in-all.'
But further study shows that this is
superficial Judgment; for according to
the Century dictionary. patheist is
zone who believes that God and the
universe are identical" According to
Christian Science, which is in agreement
with Christ Jesus, God is Spirit. and
is reflected only by Spiritual things
God, then, according to Christian Sci
ence Is not Identical with material
forms. but is Identical with Spirit and
that Christian Science is no more Pan
theism than day is night. for the one
is in direct opposition To the other.
Still another misconception is, that
IL teaches, that one personality may
control another: that sickness is healed
by the control of the stronger VIII over
the weaker. If this were true, then
might you well object To Christian
Science. Infinitely better for the pat
ientis an honest drugging doctor, than
the mental manipulation. Than the one
plague of mental quackery, better have
the ten plaques of Egypt In Christian
Science the less there IL of personality
thelmore there is of the healing power;
for this power is God, and the change
Is wrought by none other than Infinite
Mind. That which heals is Christian
Science. is not the human Will. 1t is
not the mortal man. The healing power
i'm Christian Science is the ever-pres-
ent Love, which is God.
There are certain honest objectors
TO this system of mental therapeutics
who regard IL as unreasonable and IL
logical They say. as a religion IL is
all very WELL but as for attempting
To heal the sick without drugs, that is
all very wrong. No one knows bet
ter than myself the high character
of a large class of our physicians. No
one more than myself believes i'm their
high moral purpose and their devoted,
self sacrificing lives. However, are
physicians themselves fully satisfied
with their system Of healing? Not If
their words be taken as the index of
their thought. In an essay in the New
York Medical Journal. a prominent
physician is quoted as saying, II have
no confidence i'm the remedies j give.
They do not cure. There must be
some other influence that cures dis
Ia,
New England Medical Gazette the au-
thor saws II know Of a physician who
FOR one year gave absolutely no medi-
cine and with no IN results to his
large circle of patients From the
Atlantic Weekly We quote a writer
saying, "lf i'm the past people have re-
covered i'm spite OF treatment. how do
we know but they are doing so YETI
When Christ Jesus began his healing
work mankind had been using mater
ial remedies for two thousand years,
vet. though IL is said of him that he
healed all manner of diseases. he never
was known to give a single drug. But
IL Il said that Jesus is the exception?
Yet his deciples healed i'm like manner.
Also paul and the Church ror the first
three hundred years OF it's existence.
Christian Science. iu healing without
drugs H. simply obedience to the eN-
pliclt command OF the Master. Heal
the sick raise the dead. east uut de-
mons" To reject Christian Science be-
cause of healing is To reject the COM
mands of Christ Jesus II He was
right in refusing the use OF drugs.
Christian Scientists can not be wrong
I'm healing without them. To his de- |
ciples he gave two explicit commands.
Preach the gospel" and Heal the
sick" II those who only preach. who |
obey only one half the commands " the /
Master. call themselves believers. bv /
what logic are Christian Scientists |
who obey the whole ~ his commands ]
called unbelievers? said the founder |
~ Christianity. These signs shall fol-
low them that believe They shall |
lay hands on the sick and they shall |
recover" \ million witnesses testify |
that Christian Scientists have the |
signs Therefore. they are the beliov-
crS according 60 the standard - |