The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-11

Science the child would be living to-
day.
But the unkindest cut of all is the
assertion that the tendency of the
teachings of Christian Science is to-
ward the disregard of morals and
moral living" Such an assertion in
dicates a determination to misrepre-
sent the facts or a condition of utter
ignorance of the teachings of CHRIS
ton Science. He who practices in
strict accordance with Christian
Science will never commit sin, for the
sinner does not do evil because he be-
lieves there is something in it. Every
individual who reforms is practicing
in accord with the teachings of Chris
ton Science, whether he be conscious
of the fact or not The lives of Chris
tan Sc. entists will attest the good
Impressions of it's teachings
VIII our critic assert that his neigh
bors who adhere to Christian Science
are less moral than other classes? 1t
is untrue that the Christian Scientist
condemns audible prayer: they follow
strictly the teachings of our Lord i'll
respect to prayer. The Lords prayer
is repeated at every Christian Science
service and it is always given in the
exact wording of the Bible. The para
phrases which are used in the Sun
day morning services do not affect the
prayer itself; they are used simply for
the purpose of suggesting further
spiritual thought in connection with
the prayer. In its attitude toward
audible prayer, Christian Science doea
not differ from the Master, who con-
demned those who thought they would
be heard by their much speaking, and
who said, But thou, when thou pray
est, enter into thy closet, and when
thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father, which is in secret; and thy
Father which seeth in secret shall re-
ward thee openly"
TO eat, drink, wear clothing, and to
indulge other simple and necessary
practices is in strict accord with the
teachings of Christian Science, since
it teaches that a Spiritual condition
wherein, to use Mrs Eddy's words,
1--WE shall neither live to eat nor eat
to live" is not attained by any instan
taneous process. but by spiritual
growth. We suffer to be so now many
material practices and customs which
will be set aside when we attain to the
full stature of manhood in Christ.
Science does not teach TIT anything III
the universe is unreal, but that the
human misconCeption thereof faileS to
grasp it as it is. AS we advance spir-
itually our concept of the universe viii
improve and when we shall awake in
as God sees and heaven and earth
shall appear i'm all their spirituality of
perfection and beauty. They will then
be as much more beautiful to US than
they now appear as infinitude is great
err than our present degree of compre-
tension 1t is not the province of
Christian Science to dispose of the bus
mess affairs Of the world. but to spir-
itualiZe and improve them, even unto
the end when we shall no longer need
the things of earthly life, but shall
ind ourselves in the spiritual estate.
The gentlemans declaration that a
Christian Scientist is not q Scientist
because it has been revealed, is not
we'll taken; such an assertion would
be equivalent to stating that thing
is not true because it must be dis
covered. All the glor.es of the infinite
God are real and true, whether or not
mortals understand them. Revelation,
in the sense in which we apply the
term to Christian Science is a direct
emanation of the Divine mind in con-
tradiStinction to that which is ascer-
tanned through material sense
l. Far from denying the existence OF
the universe and all institutions there
in, Christian Science gives a better
view of these and proclaims them to
be the direct workmanship of the di-
vine mind.