St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-11-16

Judge thee" so 1t might very well ba co,
~ those whose objections to ChristIa,
ocience are cruel and condemnatory
inou knewest the ideal Christian way
.nou kneWest the command of Jesus :,
iolioW his example in all things an,
mast condemned thy brother for heaIin,
,ne SICK, visiting the captive and unfetter
ing tne sinful How much better hast tho,
eone thyselfY' 1t is quite likely that nm
uei tiat under the searching questionln,
" ruin the "one talent man." who
80 Usually the critic, will find himself
II attacks are received without resent
.nen., anu patience Is allowed to have he,
paI.e' work the result is good. One ex.
ample of this will suffice. A. prominen,
journalist produced in his paper critica
ana condemnatory diatribe against Chris.
t'an science. The animus of the article
maze IL evident that he had not seen one
cream OF that light of love which illum.
mes tne lire OF every true Christian Scien.
tiS.' oome two hundred copies of this ar.
.icie were circulated by a lady who he.
iieVed that she was doing God service in
t'iis way. She spoke with delight of this
opportunity which she had taken to Ten
tighten the public regarding Christian
science" She expected her Scientist
friend to be annoyed at this act but this
friend thanked her for what she had done
ana explained why. The article had been
so elaborate In its attack that any read
er OF 1t would be led to wonder if that
Wnlch was attacked were not worth inves-
tgating; and 1t so turned out that half
a. hundred copies Of the textbook. were
poueht by seekers after Truth as re-
suit of that attack.
Tho CbYJctio, csot1-4t-.
SCENTS TO WHOLESOME WORDS "even
tne words OF our Lord Jesus Christ, and
10 the doctrine which is according to god
liness." He is unwilling to become invo,v-
ed In the "preverse disputing of men of
corrupt minds, and destitute of the
truth He recognizes that the worlds
wisdom, wherefrom comes poisonous envy
ana bitter strife is earthly sensual,
devilish." 1t is fair to ask whether 1t Is
not sufficient test of character to Judge
man by that wisdom that Is from above
which Is first pure, then peaceable, gem
tie and easy to be entreated, full of mer-
cy and good fruits, WITHOUT WRANG-
LING, and without hypocrisy" If there
be those who preach Christ Of contention
we may rejoice as Paul did that whether
In pretence or truth Christ is preached. :"
But, we will also say with Paul that 'if
any man seems to be contentious. we
have no such custom, neither the Church.
es of God"
DISCOVERY OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
When the last hope of recovery from an
accident had been given up by both her
uoctor and her minister a woman called
Tor the Bible and read the story of heal
ing that Matthew records in his ninth
chapter. The question at once came to
her mind, Why is not this beneficent pow
er available to-day? Then came the real
zation that the power of Good must be
that God is Love; and she
arose healed. This woman was the Rev.
erned Mary Baker Eddy, now known to
The world as the Discovero..
and Founder of Christian Science.
This experience of the beneficent
action Of the divine Mind caused
her to begin those Investigations whereof
Science and Health" ard her other writ
Lirgs tell. The facts os healing were
recorded In the Scriptures. but they had
been looked upon so long as unrelated
of miraculous departure.
After three years of study, and after six
iears more of experience and truth proof
If the divine Principle involved in heal
ng, II was possible to sivo to The world
he textbook of the Science which was
termed Christian Those
Who studied this book in connection with
he Bible found themselves able to heal
he sick. and cast evils Uut Of themselves
ard others. Thus began what has already
become a worldwide movement. health
ward, truthward, Godward
The fact that students of the textbook
" Christian Science became able to heal
co hA Dx-s,, at11a
should be sufficient answer to the accuse.
lion that Christian Scientists are merely
ollowing person. The mere hero. wor-
hipper may be far from heroic; he may
'dmire the good but do 1t not 1t Is easier
10 make an idol of some great man than
o initiate his excellence. But IN Christian
science where all depends upon demon
'tration there cannot be hero worship;
here must be following IN the way point
ID out through the toll, the self-sacrifce
ina the wonderful love COR humanity evil
fenced by the Shower of the way. But
1t the same time If the tens OF thousands
II sick healed by virtue of the Principle
hus revealed were not rrateful, IL they
lid not love the Revea'er, man would be
N a lower plane than the brute creation
But through healing they have learned
hat true nature of man, human and
ude and pure love, as naturally as
lower blooms in beauty and sends out
ra GRANGE. The excellence of this love
hown to the Leader Is that its quality
5 like light and all mankind share In
he benefit of it.
A NEEDLESS OBJECTION.
Objection is sometimes made to the au-
hor of the Christian Science textbook
hat she does not personally take pa
tents This Is supposed TO indicate a lack
f love on her part. Let us seek for an
nalogy in the world. The General Of an
rmy has many things to think of which
onoern the advance and success of the
Whole army. Suppose he were to with
raw his attention from the questions
which he alone can settle, leave his Of
GERS and subordinates in confusion, that
lie might give his time to cooking food
or squad of soldier tits necessary that
quad of soldiers should be fed 1t is not nee
ssary that the General should do 1t with his
wn hands. He really feeds them and
upplies their wants by doing well the re-
pcrslble duty which is assigned to
lin. 1t Is like manner that the Leader of
his great Cause occupies the place and
ulfills the duty which she alone can do.
instead Of occupying her day In meeting
he demands of few selfish invalids or
answering the arguments of individual OBJ
ectors to the truth for which she stands,
he Is wisely conducting the movement of
great host of healers and expositors Of
ruth. There is no invalid, there Is no one
n need, who cannot avail himself of the
ervices of those who are competent, and
hen, there Is the textbook from which |
he way of this truth may be learned. |
he Leader has vaster work than per-
onal healing to do. She Is preparing the
way for the healing of the whole world. |
When there Is misunderstanding OF her |
Method and people indulge in vltuperation |
heY are snrrnMed over hacalsa their