Milford chronicle., 1905-06-09

ence. This marvellous experience aroused
within her an intense desire to know how tc
search the Scriptures, for she was sure thai
they contained the secret of true healing
For mole than three years she devoted her
self wholly TO Scripture study, in its relation
TO beaiBg. She especially pondered Jesus
words aud works, His teaching and his prac
tice; those to which l have referred with
many others. She became satisfied that
God was the Healer. She proved her under
standing Of His power by healing ali kinds
OF diseases, AID she proved also that the me
understanding that healed sickness destroyed
sin. This led her to a systematic investiea-
ton of The relation betW cen sin as cause and
sickness effect. She soon began the pen
work which brought forth the Christian
Science textbook, and many other writings
She has taught and sent forth thousands OF
students, who. in greater or less degree, are
proving the truth Of ner teaching in healing
sickness and destroy ing sin. Those who are
true to their teaching and profession are, In
some measure, proving the possibility OF do
ing the works that Jesus declared would be
done, although they are far from reaching
His high goal or that which He commanded
They have done work thus far, however, which
in meekness and humility, they may well
take as hopeful indications OF the great pos
sibilities in store for those who sre faithful.
Past achievements have been such as to Offer
high hopes and great encouragement for the
future, and thus they press onward with
faith and trust in the omnipotent God. fol-
lowing, as best they can, In the footsteps Of
Him who commanded His disciples to teach
all nations all things whatsoever He had
taught them. Fer so laudable a purpose as
this, FOR thus honestly endeavOring to carry
out the full teaching of the gospel, shall any
set OF people be condemned, or miligned, or
rldiculed. or Ostrscised, or ruled out Of the
modern synagOgues?
SICKNESS THE RESULT OF HUMAN ERROR.
"As already indicated, a chief point in
Christian Science is that sickness is not Of
God. He Is not its creator. He does not send
it. 1t is no part Of His law. IL is, rather, the
result Of not conforming to His law. This
is surely true OF those kinds OF sickness that
are well known to be the direct result OF sin.
do not wish to be understood that every
kind Of sickness is due 10 wiiful disobedience
Of the divine Law. or the law OF right living,
for / am aware, as you are, that some OF the
les: people the world affords seem TO suffer
most from some forms OF sickness. What
do wish to be understood as saying, is that
every kind Of sickness is the result Of long
ages OF human error, OF straying away from
Gods law, and the innocent suffer with the
guilty because we are all, more or less, under
the ban ofthese long ages OF transgression
until we come into ar understanding OF the
divine law by virtue of which the error may
be overcome and destroyed.
THE CAUSE OF SICKNESS.
4It is apparent from what has thus far been
said that Christian Science teaches that sick
Oess is the result ofsin, in its broad definition
as human error. Let me briefly explain.
An will agree that the sin of lust, or licen-
prolific cause Of sickness. 1t is
.he source Of lOathesome and fatal diseases
Physicians agree TO this.
Another fruitful and appalling cause Of
iiekDess and death is drunkenh ess, the exees-
i've use OF Intoxicating liquors.
+These are aslOng the grosser sins OF NOR.
ais. They are admitted by all to be wrong
They are the cause OF more sickness than all
,ther causes. Remove them ana you have
aiken away a per centage OF the source OF
ickness that would reduce its aggregate to
IN amazing extent
But these are not all there is that produce
iekness. Sorrow,grief, the multiplied forms
+ disappointment, encouragement and de-
ressiOn. these mental conditions act upon
he physical and bring about many OF the
isOrders and complications which are called
hysieal diseases.
''Other prolific causes OF sickness are the
isorders arising from business worry and
These are mental although
myriad forms OF physical disturb
nee. But the Christian Scientist goes further
his analysis of the cause of sickness. He
aware that there are many other qualities
the human mind that are health destroy
g. 1 eDumerate these briefly as hatred,
alice, revenge, jealousy, dishonesty, ,distrust,
lger, and kindred qualities. Remove them
I'd heaven has been brought vastly nearer
earth, aEd an enormous work has been
me toward establishing good health.
'NOw, my friends, let me ask you, can these
ultiform mental causes Of sickness be .
red by any other than moral and spiritual
cans? Will material medlci4es reach and
stroy mental conditions and moral defects? =
other words, and more pIainIy, can mani
ate drugs destroy sin ? The soporifc effect
a drug may stupefy the mind so as to pro-
ce temporary relief, but cure it cannot a
al, finally and eheetually, IT does not, for It
: uedlli a. pcNlt ohlJ WIN clAGGLS IL HAS uOb
lehed rOOt-cause.
Nor can the surgeon s knife cut ont mental
lditions or moral defects. The utmost ii
4 do is to remove the physical effect Of
,se.
In saying this wish to cast no reflection =
IN those who are practicing medicine and
gerry. They are working up to their high
standard OF the healing art. Their pur-
e and effort are to relieve human suffering
/ stay the ravages Of disease. The ques-
q here submitted is Are they practicing
highest and best methods OF healing? Have
y reached the true remedial standard ?
ot. and better exists, then the truly I'M
lsh and sincere Ofthelr class will welcome
endorse that which is better, as soon as
= become convinced that there is a better.
20 far as christianity has been successful
the world morally and spiritu-
p, just so far has It reduced the per centage
Il sickness which is the result fsin. The
lcher whose labOrs have reduced the per-
age Of ofimmOrality or wrong living in any
q has contributed his part toward redue-
the percentage OF all sickness resulting
q such wrong living. So with the temper I