The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-11
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CULT.
ITS DOCTRINES EXPLAINED BY
MRS. LIVINGSTON MINIS.

and Teachings of Christ and His
Apostles. Which Is TO Regenerate
the WOrId-Tbe Spiritual Nature Is
supreme, and, Therefore, Chris
tian Scientists Discard Medical
Trentment-Tbey Claim to Heal
Disease Now and Expect to Finally
Danish Sin and Death.
A large and intelligent audience greeted
Mrs. Livingston Minis of Atlanta at the
Guards Hall last night, and listened with
the most attentive interest to her lecture
on Christian Science.
The lecturer was introduced by Mr.. P.
A. Stovall, who alluded pleasantly to the
fact that Mrs. Minis had once been a
| resident Of Savannah. He introduced her
as one who was of high repute in the lit
erary, social and scientific circles of At
| lanta and the state, and who was well
qualified to speak upon the subject for
which she was announced.
Mrs. Minis lecture was a thorough ex-
position of the new cult, both as to its
| origin, its beliefs and its expectations.
| There was nothing inane or frivolous about
| the lecture or the lecturer on the con-
| trary she was exceedingly earnest in her
statement of what she evidently considers
the highest Interpretation of the teachings
| of Christ and the Bible
| It was on this line that she presented the
| subject. To many this view was entirely
new, they having previously considered
| the new doctrine a mere fad, chimercal
| fancy or a mixture of spiritualism, theOso-
| ply and other fantastic and more or less
| occult beliefs
Mrs. Minis presented her faith to her
| audience as the true doctrine of tho life
| and teachings of Christ intended for the
| regeneration Of mankind upon a basis new
| to the present age but plainly set forth
| in the Bible Il Is the faith she said, which
| will regeuerate mans moral nature and
| open to him a new fife and in 80 doing re-
move the evils which now affiict mankind
| end especially the civilized portion. It's al
| innate purpose is 10 conquer sin, disease
and death. The faith makes mans Split
| ual nature supreme, His material nature
| is 10 il not only secondary,
| but practically nonresident. 1t believes
| in God as the personihcation of all good,
| in the Spirit and in Christ, the personh-
| cation Of God on earth. To the Christian
| Scientist God is always good. No evil
can emanate from Him. All the evils
| from which mankind suffer are due to
tlltlI iutHutltitIS NduulHS OIL Goa > laws.
| When they understand these laws evil will
| no longer afflict them.
Mrs. Minis explained che power of Christ
by his perfect understanding of the laws
| of God, his perfect sympathy and atone
ment with God, by means of which he
was able to perceive the errors under
! which those who applied to him for as
| sistance labored and to heal them both
| spiritually and materially by correcting
these In the ba
| explained the power of the prophets and
| the apostles and disciples of Christ who
were able to perform miracles by reason
| OF their perfect conception of the divine
| law.
Mrs. Minis quoted freely from the words
| of Christ and Revelations and other por-
| tons of scripture in support of her view
of the meaning of the life of Christ and
| his teachings
Mrs. Minis was pupil of Rev. Mary
| Baker Eddy, the originator and founder
of the Christian Science cult and she re-
ceived the teachings of the faith direct
from Mrs. Eddy. In explanation of how
she came 10 accept it she said that for
fifteen years she was a physical sufferer,
and that she had tried every form of med
zeal treatment known, including all the
new and expensive varieties without re-
lief 1t was then that she turned to Chris
| tan Science. The benefit from The Chris
tan Science treatment was immediate and
| her final restoration so complete that she
was convinced of the truth of its faith
The refusal of Christian Scientists to
make use of or permit the use of any med
zeal treatment for patients under their
care is the peculiar feature of their belief
which has attracted more attention than
any other Mrs Minis discussed this fea-
ture at some length, and with consider
able logic. quoting eminent men, them
selves physicians who expressed their
disgust with the humbuggery and total
inability of medical skill to accomplish
anything which il claims and that man
kind would be really the gamer if all med
zeal treatment were discarded.
In explanation of the origin of Chris
tan Science, Mrs. Minis said that Mrs.
eddy was told that she was suffering from
a fatal malady and that she had but
an hour TO live. She asked to be left
alone with God" Taking her Bible, she
read one of Christs demonstrations of
healing. She was almost Immediately
healed. and arose and walked out of the !
room, to the astOnishment of her friends, |
who were amazed at her strange recovery. |
Being determined to know what this !
strange power was by which she had been |
healed. she withdrew from society for
three years studying only her Bible to
find what was this science by which she |
had been healed In this unselfsh and !
holy search for truth the Bible became !
illumined, as she says. treason and reve- |
lation were reconciled." Jesus and the |
apostles and prophets were not manifest |
ing in their spiritual triumphs, a phenom- |
email gift. but were consciously or uncon- |
sciously demonstrating natural divine |
spiritual law, miracle was transformed |
to scientific action and the application of |
divine. Infinite principle which is God, |
the life, love, truth of man and the uni |
verse. Her book, Science and Health, |
with Key 10 the Scriptures" and the 81 |
BILE are the two text books Of Christian |
Scientists, and selections from them com |
pose the only sermon in our church serv-
ices"
AS showing the extent of the movement |
Mrs Minis said that Christian Science |
now has 300 chartered churches and more
than 100 other congregations, with new |
churches. forming at The rate of six a !
month. with 1900 devoted workers. s00.0 900
confessed adherents and twice as many