The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-21

regenerative message, has once again
been proved capable of practical utility
and daily demonstration in the healing
Of sickness and sin. Christian Science
inculcates a dignified and lofty faith in
the teachings and promises of Holy Scrip
ture. It substitutes a common sense un-
dezstarding OF the spiritual interpreta-
ton OF the Scriptures for the crude liter
alism that IN its blind worship of the BIZ
bic has done perhaps more than anything
else TO obscure its real practical mean
ing. Christian Scientists are close and
conscientious Bible students.
Health Christian Science defines as
Wilderness, or holiness. According TO
Christian Science true holiness Christian
grace and moral rectitude, must of ne
cessity include a normal relationship with
the Divine Being which we call God.
Thus bodily health is made manifest in
the quickening Of what is called the NOR
tai body by the Spirit (mind,) according
TO the teaching of Scripture and scien-
tific law. If God is all in all as divine
perfection, He has an intimate relation
ship with the physical health of man as
with his spiritual harmony. If immor-
ality is moral discord and materiality
the reverse of spirituality. physical Ill
health is certainly bodily discord. If the
body is to be transformed by the renew
ing Of the mind. health is therefore a
spiritual condition and man, in proper
mental harmony with the divine mind or
spiritual law. can no more have bodily
disease than can men in harmony with
the law of God, good, express moral de-
formity. Therefore, Christian Science
teaches the establishment of health
through mental or spiritual process. 1t
invokes the divine and through the
prayer OF understanding, spiritual COM
munion with Deity. 1t attacks all or
ganic ana functional disease in the realm
OF causation; namely, mentality. and
there conquers disease in its breeding
ground. (. e, the conscious and sub-con-
scious mortal thought.
The word science is clothed with def
mite spiritual significance through the
teachings of Christian Science. If the IN
derlying principles of Christianity are
true. they must be scientifically true.
If scientifically true, they are of neces-
sity capable of proof. If provable. ocular
evidence should bear witness to their
truth. Mere logical or intuitional proof
is not sufficient for the man of scientific
research. 1t has been truly said that
physical science is the religion Of the
theological skeptc. Critics have persist
emily challenged the right of Christian
Scientists to designate their system as
a scientinc one capable of proof. We are
all more or less acquainted with the oft
repeated assertion that Christian Science
IS neither Christian nor scientific. But
happily the philosophy of Christian Sci
ence is capable of confirmation in both
these departments Of its application. In
the realm Of Christianity or Religion 1t
proves ITS Christian character by its
reformatory efficacy.
The Christian Science movement its
church institutional life and reformatory
and healing work is self-evidently the
outgrowth Of Mary Baker Eddy. Mrs.
Eddy is without doubt the greatest re-
ligious refOrmer Of the nineteenth cen
tury and the greatest woman leader in
the history Of religion. The divine char
acter of her message to humanity is
abundantiy proved in the good that il
acconplishes in the alienation of human
suffering. in tn. intensfying OF the moral
and spiritual life Of all who accept its
teachings ard in the healing OF organic
and functional diseases. Childhood, youth
and age unite in loving gratitude TO this
selfess philanthropic woman for the
great good that has come into the
world and into their lives through the
agency OF her Christian career and wo-
manly achievements in the realm Of eth
les and Christian philosophy. To know
her is TO love her TO understand her
teachings Is TO understand her iife-work.
TO consider impartially her claims as a
willing disciple az the heavenly gate.
waftinc for the mind Of Christ is TO rid
ones self cf blind prejudice against her
work and teachings.
Christian Science was the greatest
discovery Of the nineteenth century. The
Christian Science textbook was the great
est book of the nineteenth century. Love
not creeds. viii 0e the keynote OF twen-
tieth century CHRISTIANITY Scientific re-
Msion VIII take the place Of dogmatic
mysticism. and sniritpslity. genuine and
natural viii displaee rnateriahty and
mortal sneculation Works rather than
r,cro belief viii crown Christian activ-
ity
-.Brothe-hOod VIII be established
through brotherly love and unselfishness
ard tho animal instincts inherent in hu-
man nature VIII BY sure degrees be over
come and destroyed by the acquisition q
the CcaNke. Christlike mind. The divine
democracy of true Christianity Viii su-
-ersedc ali conditions and theories that
tend 10 class legislation or 6espctic gov
crnrlent Christianity viii be synony-
rro-re with true science. true science. true
ethics. true law true government. true
Industrial integrity. true health. The
vAife stone 81 tho forehead II its REP
r,se-srative~ wfi be pure love. Cempas-
siorate foreivirC. rcforrlatcry and heal
frr Thc we-ld viii b. baptized into
tho s~'rituel OF divine scieroe r Christ :
rrecl,i~rs. uaeterhvsicalIy understood and
CHRISTIAN Science VIII become the law of
life"