The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
Reply 70 Or. LeavaIl.

80 the Editor OF The Post
Houston. Texas. OCTOBER Tin yonr Is
sue or Monday. the SIN instant, was nn an
warranted attack upon Christian Science
by Or. LeaveIl In au abstract OF his ser.
mon delivered IN the FIRST Presbyterian
Church. this city, on the morning OF the
9th instant, and IT Is with a view TO cor
recting a misapprchension Of the teachings
of Christian Science that / ask the privi
lege OF replying.
Christianity was ushered Ia through per
secutlon from other sects who differed Win
Il; aud today, as OK old. the cross SIN at
tends its Efforts TO bless humanity, But
whore one has a. message which he snows
viii comfort the sorrowing and help tnenl,
ne delivers that message without rear OF
unklnd criticism or unjust comparison.
The reverend gentleman contends that
Christian Scientists are lacking IN clear
moral intelligence. The writer mas been a
student Of christian Science for the past
fourteen years, and yet his moral sense K
acute enough 10 distinguish between right
aud wrong sufficiently 20 deter him from
making an attack upon religious body W
whose teachings he Is ignorant hrisuan
Scientists are forbidden to do SO by a
church bylaw, which reads ae follows.
Art -, See IL. a member shall not
publish nor cause To be published, au ar
ticle that Is uncharltabie or impertlnent to-
wards religion medicine, the courts, or
the laws OF our land. tChureh Manual,
page 81 We are admouishrd to "loye
QUO another, ana 10 practice the sermon
on the Mount, and Matthew " verse -.
coutlous us against Unjust criticism Or
leuNtll says they call everything good.
I0 this statement ! reply Eat Christiau
Science Is based upon The First Command
mont OF the becalogue. "ihou shalt nave no
st.. Na.f
Christian Science designates as evil all thar
is opposed no tho nature aud character oI
God In John ~, ~ we read: "God IS a
spirit God Is infinite, hence spirit Is
ntulte-~ls infinite Good From this scrip
tural authority we declare that the opposite
OF spirit namely, matter. rs evil This no
sitinn Is proven when we accept the state
men; that God spirit, Is 0mnlprcScnce
umnipotenCe aud Omnisciencc. IN Psalm
cXxXiN, Z To H. we read OF the omnipres-
cuee OF spirit and II spirit be omu pres.
emit, lis opposite, matter, can not he pres
cnt, anywhere
Vidupl consciousness nor the Individuality
Of man, as the Doctor AYERS lristian Set
ence declares that sin Is not OF Gods ere
alton, aud thar true consciousness does not
include a knowledge OF sin, aud that u il
possible TO fulhil Jesus commando "Be We
therefore perfect, even as your Father,
which IL in Heaven. Is perfect" The Chris.
tian Science text book, Science and
Mary Baker g. Eddy. the niscoyerer aud
Founder OF Christian Science, says on mage
265i This spiritual sense OF being for,
saking matter for Spirit. 10y no means sig.
eestE maus absorption into Diety, and the
loss OF his Identity. but c0ufers upon him
enlarged Individuality, wider sphere OF
Thought and action, moro expansive love.
higher aud more permanent peace" Ana
IN her message OF 1901 20 the Mother
church, The First CHURCH OF Christ
scientist IN Boston lpages ~ TO 2Sl Are
Eddy writesi
"no Christian Scientists believe that evil
eNistst We answer, Aes aud No. Ncs, IN
asmuch as we DO know that evil as d false
claim. false entity, ana utter falelty. docs
exist ~ Thought, aud No. as something that
er3oNs, spncrs or 81 real Our only dc
pariure from ecclesiasticIsm on this subject
Is, that our falth takes hold OF the fact
that evil can not be made 80 real as 10
Ltienteh Us and SO master as, or 20 make
rs love u aud SO hinder our way 20 h0ll
ness we regard eyu rs lie, an Illusion
therefore as unreal as mirage that mis-
leads the Traveller on his way home,
IL Is selt-eyident that error IS not Truth
then u follows that q Is untrue; ana lf un-
true, unreal, aud Il unreal 20 conceive on
error as either right or real IS sin Ia Itself
10 be delivered FROM believing In what Is
unreal from fearing "a, following it, Or
loving H. one must watch and pray tnat ne
enter not Into temptation. -even as one
Eaurds his door against the approach OF
thieves. Wrong IS thought before Il Is
instance, or q Mill control YOU IN the
second, To overcome an wrong Il must be
sNne unreal 10 as; and Il Is good 10 know
that wrong has ne divine authorlty there.
fote man Il lts master ! rejoice In the
scientihc apprehension az this grand verify
me efh.uuer receives 40 encouragement
from my declaration that evil Is unreal,
when | declare that he must awake from
ne helAs Ia this awful unhealthy, repent
nnu fu'sake II Ia order to understand aud
Demonstrate rs uureaiity. trr0r uncon.
NemueA y not nuilihed We must condemn
the claim Of error ln every phase iu order
10 pfqNc L false. therefore unrfel
christian science denies sin, sickness. ana
death as entities. because II declares vita
s2nn that God a Inc only creator
God r. Go0d and Hts efeatlcn was mo,
hopnccd VERY good and finished. Gen,
nsis, !, 81 and Genesie. II. T. SIR sickness
snd denfh are not found mentioned 10 this
ieeofd q 00da ereationl aud they can net
Pc Creations 81 God, Cor John says. "Fof
thiA purpose the son 81 Ged wsa mani