Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-11-15
some education and liberal culture.
HER IIGIoIrs cuApAcrrp

some education and liberal culture.
HER RELIGIOUS CHARACTER.
It may not be amiss for me to say that !
for nearly ten years, as First Reader in
the Mother Church in Boston, and edi-
tor Of the official periodicals, / haye had
opportunities which enable me to speak
of Mrs. Eddy's life and character as well
as Of her labors and literary qualities.
Speaking from this vantage ground, l
can truthfully say that, intellectually,
she is, without exception, the most acute
and alert person l have ever seen that
she labors necessarily and unselfshly
for the cause to which she has devoted
her life, and that, Notwithstanding her
years, she performs an amount Of labor
each day which, if known, would seem
incredible. AS to her religious charac.
ter, l speak my p~rofoundest conviction
when l say that l believe it to be nearly
Christlike as is possible to a denizen of
this earth. / cannot conceive how q
person on this plane of existence could
walk moro closely with God or exempli-
fy a more exalted Christian life. And
do not the wonderful results of her work,
even thus far, prove this? To those
familiar with them they most assuredly
do. To the many thousands all over the
globe who are the conscious benefciaries
of her work, she has indeed proved her
self to be a religious reformer and a
Christian evangel. Yet. n~otwithstand-
ing her highly spiritual nature, she is
withal an intensely practical person.
She keeps close watch of current affairs
and acquaints herself with the worlds
doings. Her message to the Mother
Church in Boston Of last June shows
this in an especial manner. 1t shows,
moreover, that she possesses the mental
grasp Of the worlds great scholars and
statesmen.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, A PRACTICAL RELIGION.
Christian Science is based Upon the
Bible. The Mosaic Decalogue and the
Sermon on the Mount are its Articles of
Faith. The Church Tenets r~estate, in
few words, the spirit of the Decalogue
and Sermon on the Mount. Christian
Scientists are taught, from the beginning
to the end of their text. book, to emulate
Jesus in all his ways. The sincere
Christian Scientist earnestly %endeayors
to carry out their teaching. In the
measure that he falls short of this, he
fails of his discipleship. Christian
Scientists do not claim to have reached
professionalism from it. But in SO far
as they are sincerely striving for that
goal, they are obeying their teaching
and accomplishing good. Their Leader
has repeatedly said: "Follow me only
as | follow Christ" So, in turn, should
her followers say of themselves. They
must seek a perfect life, they must con-
stantly desire and increasingly pray for
guidance TO such a life, and they, in
common with all earnest seekers there
for, may rest assured that, in the meas
ure of their earnest seeking, they will,
in due time, achieve and attain. Mean
time they must be about their Fathers
business according to their best UNDER
standing and opportunities. To this end
are they impelled by the very necessity
of their ~studentship. So far as they are
thus engaged they are daily roofing out
Of their own consciousness the seeds Of
error, the seeds of sin and disease, and
to the extent that they do this they are
pointing the way for others. Agood life
reflects itself as naturally and inevitably
as the sun reflects its light. The sun
cannot help rejecting light. No more
can a good character help rejecting
goodness. Rejecting goodness is the
most practical, eyer as it is the most
ideal business on earth. Through the
ministrations of the true Christian
Scientist pain ia relieved and destroyed,
all forms of sickness are healed, all kinds
of sin are overcome, sorrow is assuaged,
broken hearts are restored to Wilderness,
separated and estranged friends, wives
and husbands, children and parents,
brothers and sisters, are brought into
sweeter and more harmonious relations
than ever before. More specifically,
chronic and organic, as well as acute dis
eases, in all stages and forms are brought
under subsection and healed, licentious
ness is curbed and destroyed, drunken
ness is overcome, and menta distress
and worry driven out, through this
Science of Christianity. These results
are accomplished beyond dispute. In
deed, there are few who TO- have the
hardihood to question them. Shall any
one say then, that in so far as this kind
of work is being accomplished, it is not
what the Nazarene did and taught
should be done? And is not this a most
practical work in its result, even if il
seems to be ideal in its methods?