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being but Is temporal and destructi-
Ole. III it we're a reality how could
any M teach that we should try TO.
destroy i'll? If God teaches sin. is
1T right to destroy what God has
made? Another fact that is proven
is the substantial historical verify
and accuracy OF the biblical narra-
tlVes OF the works of healing the sick
through purely spiritual methods
which were performed by Jesus and
his followers. The %verification of
the biblical narratives of the works
OF healing the sick which is thus
furnished through their substantial
duplication in Christian Science work
is useful to two classes of doubters.
One class is usually known as the
agnostlcs and is found outside the
churches. Another class OF these
doubters is to be found giving them.
selves nc distinctive name, but pre-
ferring to remain anonymous. The
agnostics have often been men and
swomen justly described as really
religious-minded and inclined to
search honestly for spiritual truth.
whatever mistakes they may have ar
rived at. But dogmatic religion re-
belled them on account gifts numerous
man-made creeds and doctrines which
they could not accept as true. The
unnamed class Of Cumbersome of
them consciously, some of them IN.
consciously-haye had their earlier
faith and zeal gradually cooled, and
sometimes quite frozen, through
cleeds and doctrines inducing a pro.
cess of spiritual refrigeration.
The opponents Of Christian Science
are already driven from their posi-
ton of a few years ago that Chris
tian Science does not heal all forms
Iof human disease. First, they
were driven from their position shat
Christian Science cures we're mythi-
cal. Then they were driven from
their position that Its cures were
confined to nervous and mental NAL
aides. And now what is the last
position which they take? They
now admit that the cures are gen
uine, and that they cover all kinds
of AILMENTS. but they urge that
Christian Science is really some form
of hypnotism and hypnotic g
tion.
The most optimistic Christian
Scientists cannot expect the great
l%ethargetic masses OF men and women
at once to abandon their loved medi-
cine bottles. Until. therefore. the
masses are ready to know the truth
that shall make them free, Christian
Scientists GLADLY recognize and adj
nit that a large majority of the
medical profession is made up Of our
best citizens, scholarly mel who are
sincerely anxious to do their best to
alleviate the suffering of mankind.
Speaing Of the growth of Christian
Science the speaker said: Christian
Science has a history which is
unique and extraordinary. Its text
book, "Science and Health, with
Key to the Scriptures" by Rev. Mary
Baer. q. Eddy, was first published
i'm 1875. and it now has passed it's
three hundred and twentieth edition
of u thousand copies each. The
mother chulch, in Boston. now has
over &c, O0O members and altogether
the denomination has over 900
cbulches and societies. IN which re-
l%igious services are held each week.
These organizations are now to he
found throughout tine civilized earth,
Its growth is constant as we'll as
rapid. This growth m from
grateful advocacy of the hundreds
Of thousands Of its beneticlaries, and
the number OF those receiving it's
benefits is constantly increasing.
The discoverer and founder of
Christian Science, Rev. Mary Baker
G. Eddy, was born near the city Of
Concord. N. h., in which city she
now resides. All her life she has
been a devout Christian woman, a
constant student of the Bible, and a
loving worker for the welfare of hu-
manity. In 1866 she met with a
serious accident and her physicians
pronounced her case hopeless. IN her
extremity she resorted to prayer. aud
her recovery followed. For three
years of assiduous study in trying TO
discover and make practical the
scientific explanation OF her recovery,
the Bible was her only Textbook.
She finally made the discovery and
named it Christian Science. At
once she began to test, apply and
prove the rule OF Christian Science
healing which she had discovered.
She restored to health a large num-
Der OF persons Who had suffered from