The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26

ers to remain steadfast in their faith to
the old church, which has stood for ages.
and not to be inveigled into a new sys-
tenn. which was replete with fallacies. DR..
Moreland began his sermon by quoting
from the Bible, THE Lord has created
medicines out of the earth. and he that is
wise will not abhor them"
THE Lord has created plants. vegeta-
bles and herbs said DR.. Moreland, land
has endowed them with certain curative
properties, and men skilled in chemistry
combine and apply them to the ills and
sufferingS of humanity. We should put
our trust in Gods mercy through sickness
and i'll health, but we should not neglect
the material means he has placed at our
disposal for the recovery of health.
"One of the mistakes of Christian Sci
ence is that its neglect of the means Gre
ated by an all-wise Providence is not a
sumption and folly We pray God to give
us our daily bread. but we do not sit idly
by until the food is thrust in at our door
human hnaa o e4 b sh2nd always 60 with the
should always work together
when the child is i'll we pray God for
its restoration, and glorify Christ by the
true prayer of faith but we do not reject
all medicine. We should not expect the
child to be cured by a miracle.
The Christian Science way is not the
Christian way. 1t is part of faith to
employ the skill of physician and the
nurse and medicine, and in doing so we
are not guilty of any lack of faith or true
religion. 1t is an awful presumption for
the creature to say to Cod, You must
cure my child The scripture itself teach
es us to make use of the material means
and the Lord himself used loaves and
fishes to feed the multitude, and the nat
ural elements, bread and wine, are util-
ICED in conveying his risen life to man
kind God has dwelt providentially with
US in giving to us human agencies to &C
complish his will. He can perform mira
cles, but we should not expect miracles
when we discard ordinary means.
II do not wish to say one harsh or I'M
kind word against Christian Science.
have a sympathetic recognition for the
truth it contains, but l cannot close my
eyes to the dangers and errors accom-
panying it. There are good things in
Christian Science. 1t has undoubtedly
made cures, and on many occasions peo-
pie have escaped suffering under it's in
fiuence, and it has restored the sense of
God to many.
"In these days, when people are OBJ
sorbed in making money and the mind is
almost irresistibly drawn to materialism,
there have been many efforts In opposi-
ton: The materialist says there is no
Scientist says there is no such thing as
matter, all is spirit. These efforts en-
phasize the spiritual realities of lire, but
they are not well balanced and cannot
are split into fragmehss Christian Science
teaches that disorders of the body spring
out of disorders of the SOUL This prin-
Science, which occupies the mind with
kindness, piety and love, and only with
these can you be well man.
II would like to dwell on this side but
there is another The cures done by
Christian Science have been paralleled BY
many systems of metaphysical healing
of the Roman Catholics the Indian med
icine men, the soothsayers of the East,
the Hindoo fakirs and by all creeds and
nationalities, therefore the good of Chris
tan Science is not original with itself.
AS a religion it has not borrowed enough
of the Christian faith to keep it alive
1.-THE other side tells of the harm it has
done and the dangers accompanying it.
The denial of the personality of God is a
fatal error and neutralizes all the truths
1t teaches. We have been taught that God
is more than man; he is a being divine
and exalted, and the impersonal principle
of Christian Science disappoints our af-
fections and robs us of our father. Chris
Christian doctrine of the incarnation. but
denies that God is a person
Again, Christian Science fails to notice
world. which causes the sufferer to reign
triumphant in the strength of Jesus cru
Gifted. Christian Science often inspires in
it's converts an unholy sense of superior
ity, which is assumed in the house and
among friends. Aside from the hurt II
does to character, it confuses the reason
of man to teach him there is no such
thing as pain. 1t urges Mrs Eddy's
knowledge of anatomy against the under
stood laws of health. Dietary exercise is
of no consequence as compared with Ed
dy's writings at So volume.
THE intention of Christian Science is
excellent, but it Is cruel wrong to de-
prive an invalid, especially child, of the
stored up riches of medical science which
have been accommodating like a reservoir
of mercies Some diseases may yield to
1t, but what shall we say. of infectious
smallpox and the like? 1t is an awful
responsibility to shut out the doctor with