Blue-grass blade., 1899-12-10
The Observation-Disclosures
tic Status.

lJ now seems nlgnly proDaOle Inat
ere long, Christian Scientists will
force an issue between the Christian
religion and real scientists.
These Christian therapeutics
real or so-called-plainly have the
Bible on their side. There is not In
the New Testament any allusion to
any means of curing the sick except
by miraculous means.
1t is. said that Jesus cured the sick
by miracles, and he says to his dist
piles that they shall do greater mir
acles than he ever did.
The only obstruction given in the
Bible as to how sick Christians are
TO be cured is in James v, IA, 10, and
is as follows; ID
''Is any sick among you let him
call for the elders of the church; and
let them pray over him, amounting
him with oil in the name of the
Lord;
And the prayer of faith shall save
the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up"
Christians deal with that passage
of scripture as they do with all
others; they accept or reJect1it just
as suits their purposes.
Dwight l.. Moody ranks, with Sam
Jones and Talmage, as one of the
great theological trinity of the
United States. He lately said, in
public address, that]l If he were
taken sick he would send. for the
finest physician in the city. q He is
bloated gourmand.G He was soon
after taken sick and had his physi-
clans.
But while Mr.. Moody and an over
whelming majority of the priests
and preachers of the United States
do not believe the plain scripture
statement that faith and prayer and
amounting with oil in the name of
the Lord, will cure sick people, and
are not willing to risk this inspired
prescription, there are many Chris
tians who do believe it, and, as is
true of all these religious. .fads and
fakes, the number of people believ-
ing it is rapidly increasingsand they
are generally people above the aver
age Christian intellectually.
The constitution of this country
certainly grants to its people the
right to practice their religious cor
victions. OF course, however, this
must mean when these convictions
do not conflict with the safety and
happiness of others. This would be
necessary to restrain suchy parties
as Freeman of Pocassett, and sew
erel others who, in imitation of Abra-
ham have offered their children as
sacrifices to the Lord by killing
them. In the case of Roberts the
Mormon Congressman it must be de-
cided whether he should be allowed
to have three wives because his re-
Iigion based on the Bible, In his
judgment, warrants a plurality of
wives; Solomon being case in hand
and the Old Testament, ubique, rec
poligamy while the New
Testament says nothing about it.
These Christian Scientists have a
female apostle that they claim is in
'pired of God to teach this Christian |
healing. She is a shrewd Yankee |
.dventuress named Mary Baker Ed
ly and her scheme is to make mon
~.
know some Christian women who
ire above the average of Christian
who l think, honestly
in the alleged cures of},this
woman, their information .,being
based upon the testimony of profess
onal advocates of this woman Mrs.
Eddy, or upon the reports OF persons
who only pretended to be sick, or of
persons who needed rest and were
Ictnally benefited by the rest that
s an essential part of the Christian
Science code OF therapeutics.
Further than this thereTis no rac-
redited body of physicians or of
eal scientists any where who recog-
re that there is any efficacy in the
)hristian Science treatment, aud yet
il over this country there are con-
inually new reports of children, too
oung to judge for themselves, who
lie from the want of medical treat
,ent, because their parents and
uardians believe In Christian