The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND CHRIST.
Dean Hart OF Denver Argues the Eddy
School to He without Scriptural Authority.
From tie Denver Republican.

From tie Denver Repubhean.
DENVER. Nov. ?a.-tTo the Republican y
Ny attention was drawn to the letter OF Mrs
Mann IN your issue OF last "Wednesday. Her
| contention Is that because a Lady Abnger
writes that the Bishop Of London has said.
that IL We lead the life OF Christ we should
b. able to heal sick people. therefore | am
wrong in affirming that healing is no part
Of the theology Of Jesus Christ.
No one who reads the New Testament
with any Intelligent comprehension will say
TINT the mira cles Of Jesus were the outcome
of lis theology. They were signs God
gave Him to do" He said so Himself The
works that The Father hath given NJ TO
complete, the same works that ] do. bear
witness concerning Me. that the Father hath
sent Me" What words can BIZ more explicit ?
Believe me for the works snke" was his
constant appeal. His disciples as constantly
presented the same authority. this Man
could not have done these sigma. except He
were of God
Hi, miraculous draughts OF fishes; His
feelings OF the mult,tudes: His turning the
water into wine. were exactly OF the sane
sort. and they had the same purpose. as His
healing OF the SICK They were Incidental
signs" not the essential consequences Of
Ill, theology. ilo bore the same witness.
the 's fa Ta Of Of " sd S T H
nssrds.t Me, ana know th9t thou h !. S
may. 6eli"ve that Thou did.i send Ne"
Wha, lanen1Es can be plainST:, The c lHsdd
Lazarus bacE asain TO life wa not inherent
IN Himself. but yq- be.towed upon him, and
the the .tSnasTs TO 2 Sc ies %fH Oh causing
It Is untrue to say and nobody would
iay Who was Us hona.t that IN" heal,ITT g,
SCIENTISTS scientist viii read the the fourteenth chapter
,hey viii III there see that The ' at Of tongTcs1
was bestowed OH the Church In that day. for
the same purpose. to arrest the attention and
for sign. not to them that believe. but to
them that believe not This exhibition OF
mandins attention and securing belief So
He attracted Moses by the burning bush. Il
will now turn aside. said the future leader,
burnt. And 30 Moses, in turn. convinced the
Israeltes OF the genuinenesS OF his mission.
By three times working the same three
"Si'ns," they were the credentials OF MS
If ANYTHING could make the Christian
and like honest people abandon i 1t would
be the patent fact that the APOSTLES. and all
the miracle worker. q that age. are dead
inr the dend were an essential of their the
oocy. they would III be with us now
But the worktngsof signs ceased with the
tho fact. saving that the fruits Of Christ's
doctrine were 80 abundant. In the altered
lives Of Christians and the witness OF the blood
OF the martyrs that any miraculous and
trln-itory signs OF its divine ori Tin were no
LONGER Of any service they were obsolete
Christian Science, II II would only let the
Pible alone and turn its attention TO it, real
power Of healing. By hypnotic suggestion.
would do great good
admit that Mr- FdI"'s hook "a. At present.
an essential factor in the ,rroce7s It, per;
version Of Scriptur" ri-ht he eliminated
and the rest used The repetition OF it, sense:
less sentences, In the monotonous voice OF
the icaer il the most potent mcsueric
arencv ! have ever come across ] had to
read The book to review II. it, perusal sent
mo three times into the nesneric sleep When
IN this ate the .lh-con ,Ciotx self receives the
healing impression and sets the wrong riclt
There appears to 10 almost no limit 70 the
power OF mind oyer body when properly
and persiStsntlv directed This u the SCI
en'ifc cause of all the hNalinrs Of Christian
Science Whenever one Of their healers go
cures GOOD result II has no more TO do with
the THEOLOGY Of Jesus" than has n" force
which will cause this nen 70 fall on the Hoor
II lot 70 Tho sin r'llnr thinr l. that sensible
and woll-uten'oned people do not see This
The DEASFRY, ~ MARTYR HART