The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-29
MAKING. A CASE.
Judge VIM. Ewing Argues For
Christian Science.
The Proof of New Religion is in Its
Works. Olives Life and Health
to Hundreds.

Judge VIM. G. Ewing of Chicag
addressed an audience Friday night tina
comfortably filled the opera house. Hi
subject was Christian Science" ant
as he is the most eminent and eloquen
advocate of that belief his hearers in
cluded many of our leading citizens
Judge Ewing is an easy, interesting
speaker, and his arguments were lis
tened to with close attention.
VIM. N. Plymat introduced the
speaker in few words.
Judge Ewing said that his purpose
in giving the address was to allay
prejudice, and he sought an Impartial
judgment on the part of his hearers.
He was not here to raise question
with the doctors, as Christian science
has no quarrel with them, for their
profession is one of the greatest in the
world and their service is one of love
and devotion to humanity. He had
spent more money for doctors than
most men had. They would agree
with Christian Scientists that the
great, loving God is greater physi-
clan than any of them
Judge Ewing said that his address
would be mostly along ligious lines.
New churches have always had the
opposition of the old, which were
unanimous on one proposition-to
prevent any new thought regarding
God to come into existence. The hard
est thing in the world is to have intel
lectual integrity, for we are held in re-
ligious bondage by our fathers logic
or opinion. We are expected to think
as they did, or not at all. In other
direction than religious one, people
have abandoned many of the beliefs
of their forefathers. 1t was once
thought that might makes right, but
now it is known that right makes
might. Slavery was once considered
proper for no other reason than that
the great, loving God had made one
man white and another black Our
forefathers had strange notions about
the rights of women, and for genera
tions believed and acted on the belief
that they were but hewers of wood
and carriers of water. Our revolution
airy fathers, after throwing off the des-
potism of England, considered the old
common law of England as the proper
kind and incorporated it largely into
their laws. 1t was the best law ever
known, but was faulty because it was
human. Under it, women could own
no property, and an unmarried woman
who had a bank account was made a
pauper by the marriage service, as the
moment that she was married the law
transferred her bank account to her
husband. Now the same law that
protects man, equally, tenderly, vigil
lantly protects the woman. These
changes in thought have come about in
the last half century.
We should have independence
enough to think of God irrespective of
what our fathers thought. We should
be satisfied only when we have the
best that the world can afford For
this. we rear our palaces of learning,
that our children may have the BEST
How much more true is it that we
should be satisfied with an estimate of
only when we have the best.
The good of the past is imperish-
able, and there are many things in
which members of the old churches
and Christian Scientists believe the
same. We all believe in one omnipo-
tent God in Jesus Christ, His only
begotten son that the Bible is Gods
revelation chat all of the ten COM
mandments should be obeyed; that
prayers are both privilege and
duty; and that we should love rhe
Lord and our neighbors.
Christian science was discovered
thirty years ago by Mrs Mary B. Eddy
of New Jersey, and now has SOC, 900
advocates. Woman has always been
the holy, sacred guardian of the
spiritual welfare of the world. Mrs
Eddy took the Bible as her only guide
in writing her book on science and
health. Christian science offers to the
world no new Bible or any new con-
struction of the old one.
The objection has been raised that
no one has been clothed by God with
power to heal. No Christian Scientist
believes or asserts this Jesus said
and the Christian Scientists say that
the power to heal the sick is the
power of God. Gods absolute un
changableness-thi is the beginning
and the end of Christian science We
believe that God can and does mani
fest the power TO heal as much now as
nineteen hundred years ago. Jesus
great commission from Heaven was to
preach the gospel and heal the sick
perhaps we might say, to preach the
gospel by healing the sick. His reli
gion was one of deeds not words. He
never laid down rule for mankind
that did not also apply to himself
His rule was that ''ye shall be known
by your works." and that was how ne
was known. The only argument that
he ever made for himself was to refer
to his works, and this is the argument
that the Christian Scientists are max