Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-05-22
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Is Attacked by a Salem Preacher in
Bitter Terms.

ing nearly exhausted.
The announcement that the pastor,
Rev Evans, was 10 attack Christian
Science, as expounded by DR.. Fluno at
the opera house last week drew many
out Of curiosity TO hear the new system
annihilated.
The preacher explained, on the start,
/ that Christian Science and Divine Heal
ing are two different things, and that he
had nothing TO say against the latter.
| lie would treat DR.. Fiuno's exposition
Of Christian Science az authoritative, az
the DR.. must have the endorsement Of
Mrs Eddy or he would not be allowed
10 travel and expound the system.
lie then attacked his subject, reading
from the synopsis Of DR.. Fluno's adj
dress, as printed in the JOURNAL His
first criticism was Of the claim that
Christian Science is a perfect system.
Whatever is, its opposite is not" That
II their conclusion. II that is true then
we must all be Christian Scientists, or
else there are no Christian Scientists.
Mrs. Eddy could not find word 10
express her meaning, in a certain case,
~ used the expression mortal mind. Ut
is strange that an inspired person could
not find a word 10 express her meaning.
According to their system mortal mind
can not exist because immortal mind
does exist, and "whaieyer II, it, OPP.
posite IN not Then the sin in the
world must be- caused by immortal mind.
II IL blind fatalism.
They plead that inharmony exists IN
the world, but that harmony exists in
Christian Science. Yet, whatever Is,
IT. opposite cannot be-"
They teach that II there If q fault in
their system, then IL the great / AM q
myth. Yet they acknowledge that they
have faults
They say that the preacher does not tell
the people how much better they should
be-. That is false. They say that the
preacher looks NJ things from human
standpoint. This is not 80, for ne
breaches from the word Of God.
They teach that there is no material
existence, that we are merely ideas Of
Gods, On q battlefield, il a man got
his leg shot off, the Christian Scientist
would tell him 10 get up and
walk, that he had as many legs rs ever
hc had. ltis blind hcathcnish iatalism.
This science would destroy all human
sympathy No one would feel for an
others suffering Il he believed all pain
delusion.
Civilization has not brought increase
of sickness or disease. People have
starved by the thousands in India and
China within the last few years Such
things 10 not occur in civilized coun-
tries. IL Is lack Of civilization that
causes suffering; the remedy il more
civilization
What do they do with the Lords
supper2 They do away with IL, Mrs.
Eddy says. "what is the need OF COM
memortng the death OF the Savior2''
They don't believe that Christ died ii
was merely principle that died, They
had done away with baptism. Aud
they claimed that this would bring
harmony among christians,
The Quakcrs had done away with
the Lords supper before Mn Eddy
was born and the Uniyersalists and
other intidcl- had done away with hap
tism and hell. II IN all rank inhdelity.
rhcy teach that God IL not a personal |
being, but only an impcrsonal principle. /.
lie could have had no suffering. The
Roman soldiers only drove those /
spikes through principle, II is most
diabolical teaching.
When the Bible says that Cod made
man and brcathed into his nostrils the
boath of life, Mrs. Eddy says, "that is
a lie"
Mrs, Eddy claimsto have arcyelation.
Then it must bc revelation to interpret
a revelation, She saws that 90 under.
stand her revelation il is nccc ssary 90
have her buok "Sciencc and Health"
lhc scriptures must hc interpreted ac-
'orlng 10 her hook Scientists are not
allowed to rcad the Bible aud interpret
I for themselves, bat must take Mrs.
sddy's book and interpret every pas.
age OF scripture hy that
II amy system ol Wligion ran not he
ound ia the hhle, without uu interprc-
or, away with 10.
The young dNiuy's remarks wcrc we'll
eccI,ed hy his audience, especially his
idiculc ol the theory that matter is non.
Nisteut that then, is mo- such thing as
iseasc ar SUFFERING and that an mater
Al things are dolusions oi the mind. IL
must be- said, however, that he dii not
u0te nr fluno, Mrs Eddy, ur any
thor Christian Scleucc authority to
how what the Scientist bcligi raally is
a thcsc points, ur to pnoVo that the
hcory hc rlduculed Mas part oi the
'hrisilan Scivnce systrm.
Ills denunciatory passages n which
a. designated Christian Science az the
mhsiment at rank mhdellty, an in i
ention 0i the Father "a, Lies, and as I
Sing calculated to head men away innm
y divine light into tho darkness of
seemed a. give excellent
Ailsiactlon.
Quite n0mbsr ot Christian Scien. !
sts WeV pnasrnt.
PaI0niEe. !