La Junta tribune., 1903-06-27
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These declarations and acts OF Jesus
are. of themselves, suncient to throw
the burden Of proof upon those who
deay that Jesus taught that sin and
sickness were one. These citations
could be fortified by voluminous pass
ages from the Gospels. but enough
have been quoted to prove my point
IL i, was good theology in the time
of Jesus to heal sickness. why is il not
so now. Has what was once a good
thing. by lapse OF time become bad
or useless ,hlng7 Certainly not. un-
less something better has taken It's
place
Sickness the Result Of Human Error.
One OF the leading points In Chris
tian Science Is that sickness is not OF
God: that God never created IL and
never sent it, When We speak of sick
ness we do not mean merely physical
sickness. but every kind OF diseord.
sorrow and disease These. according
To Christian Science, are all the result
of human error, not of divine Truth.
Jesus came TO prove this, and He did
prove It in his own sinless life and In
his resurrection. He pleaded with and
prayed all-yea the whole world-to
follow him in his great demonstrations
and prove for themselves the possibili-
" of doing as he did. On the eve of
his final departure from his earth-iife.
he besought his followers to go and
teach all nations the things he had
taught them. Nay. more, TO teach all
nations how to do the works that he
had done and even greater works. He
came to destroy sin. sickness and
death He did destroy them In numer-
ous Instances Yet. as he himself said.
he came not TO destroy, but TO fuihll
the law II sin. sickness and death
were in accord with Gods law. Jesus.
in destroying them was not servant.
but an opponent OF God; not friend.
but ar enemy of God. not a son. but
an apostate No Christian will assert
this Is not Christian Science then.
in it's contention that sin. sickness and
death are not OF God. but the dir" con
sequence of siraying away from God
and His benign government. true
TO the teachings and life OF Jesus
The Cause Of Sickness.
II is auparent from what has thus
far been said that Christian Science
teaches that sickness is the result OF
sin. In its broad definition as human
error Let me briefly explain. All
will agree that the sin of lust. or
licentiousness. is prolific cause Of
sickness. 1t is the source OF loath-
some and fatal diseases. Physicians
will agree To this. Licentiousness Is
the outgrowth OF impure thought
Purify thought and impure conduct
ceases. Thus. with the publication OF
thought and conduct. the fearful and
death-deaiiug diseases resulting from
IIcentlousness are destroyed
Another fruitful and appalling cause
OF sickness and death is drunkenness,
the excessive use OF intoxicating
liquors. Destroy the appetite for
liquor. remove the drinking habit. and
the varied and horrible forms of sick
ness flowing therefrom will cease
Christian Science has proved efiica-
cious In destroying the causes Of
licentiousness. as well as the appetite
for liquor. Thousands OF your fellow
citizens and mine have risen up and
testified to this. and the number is
daily increasing. Many of the eases
OF redemption from these distressing
sins are as pathetic in their circum-
stances as they are glorious in their
outcome.
These are among the grosser sins of
mortais. They are admitted by all to
he wrong They are the cause of
more sickness than all other causes.
Remove them and you have taken
away percentage OF this source of
sickness that would go far towards
transforming this earth into a para
disc
But these are not all there is that
produces sickness. Sorrow. grief. the
multiplied forms OF disappointment,
discouragement and depression. these
mental conditions act upon the
physical and bring about many of the
disorders and complications which
are called physical diseases.
II were TO single out another pro
life cause OF sickness 1t would be the
disorders arising from business worry
and disappointments. These are men
tai. although producing myriad forms
OF physical disturbance. How many
men and women have been driven TO
sickness and death by reason of these