The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-11-24

the principle has been known for gen.
erations. And It is this limited power
of the mind over the body that she and
her followers are exploiting so thor
oughly. That 1t has a certain thera-
putic value is beyond dispute and ought
to be recognized, but to convert II into q
cure-all is ridiculous. And then to GO
still further and magnify 1t into re-
ligion, a bible, and even a God, is ex-
ceedingly ridiculous. The influence of
the mind over the body is a fact, but
Christian science has pushed 1t beyond
all reason.
A third teaching is that there is no
sin. 1t is only a fiction of the mind as
sickness is, and it may be cured in the
same way. On this point, as well as
every other point, Christian science is
at variance with the bible. We wish to
emphasize this. Whatever else Chris
tian science may or may not be,
1T is AT VARIANCE
with the bible. 1t says there is no sin,
or that sin is an illusion. But on almost
every page of the sacred book sin is spo-
ken Of as a reality. II sin is an illusion.
why did Christ come into the world +?
Simply to heal sickness? Oh, no. we
ness of the world If only we could get
rid of SHINING. The bible says that
"the Son of Man came to seek and save
that which was lost" What was lost
a body lost in sickness, or souls lost in
sin? Again it is written, "Thou shalt
call his name Jesus, for he shall save
his people from"-what? from sickness,
from pain? Not at ALL For he shall
q a 10 II. O. rr,t-a
was the one great purpose of his COM
ing. If sin is ony an illusion, then we
can be certain that the Son of God
would never have come down from
heaven to bear out sins in his own
body on the tree" and to suffer and die
as he died, the just for the unjust. But
listen further. The bible tells us that
Jesus was the Son of God. Mrs. Eddy
says that he was man
DEMONSTRATING CHRISTIAN
science. The bible makes frequent ref
erence to the angels, an order of spir-
itual beings attendant upon God. Mrs
Eddy says (p. 1859, my angels are my
exalted thoughts. The bible teaches the
doctrin of the resurrection, rising
from the dead. Mrs Eddy says, % 5S4),
Resurrection means spiritualization of
thought, material belief, yielding to
spiritual understanding. The bible as
sures us that there is a heaven, the
abode of God, and of blest spirits. Mrs.
Eddy says, (p. 57S), Heaven means har-
mony, government by principle, the at
mosphere of the soul. The bible teaches
us to be baptized with water. Mrs. Ed
dy says (p 592), Baptism is submergence
IN truth. And so on throughout the
list of Christian doctrines. Her social |
ed interpretations impress me, as they
must all reverent Christians, as being
nothing but blasphemous travesty.
The woman who gives us this stuff is |
Identified by her devotees with woman |
n Revelations xii. clothed with the
sun and the moon under her feet" She
herself says that "her teachings were a
DIVINE REVELATION
% her understanding" mo human
zen or tongue taught me the science
contained in this book, and neither pen
Tor tongue can ever overthrow it," And
10 on ad nauseum. To call all this by
he name of Christian is a glaring mis-
lomer 1t is apropriating a title which
hey have no right to whatever. The
scientist turns his back on all
lie important teachings of the bible and
lie should in all fairness choose some
Iame other than that of Christian to
haracterize his hodge-podge of pre-
and fallacy.