The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
Old Testament priests as indicated by
the prophet Ezekiel, 34th Chapter,
4th verse: 1.-The diseased have we not

4th verse: 1.-THE diseased have We not
strengthened, neither have We healed
that which was sick, neither have We
bound up that which was broken,
neither have We brought again
hat which was driven away, neither
have We sought that which was lost;"
for he caused to be incorporated into
Bishops the following:-''Be to the
flock of Christ a shepherd, not a
wolf; feed them, devour them not.
Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind
up the broken, bring again the out
cast, seek the lost" This charge re-
mains to this day a part of the ordin-
ance of conservation of Methodist
Bishops. l have copied it verbatim
from the Methodist Book of Disci-
pine. This ordinance plainly indi-
Gates that the Office OF Bishop and
physician should be combined. Why
has it remained, and why does it re-
main, a dead letter?
In view of the plain Bible teach
ing to which we have referred (and
what we have referred to is but an
index to the whole teaching), and in
view Of the history of Christianity
since Bible times, may We not justly
and truthfully say that the modern
Church has omitted a vital and es-
sential part of it's duty? If so, can
it too soon or too earnestly set about
retrieving itself and restoring this
too long neglected part of the Chris
tian religion? May we not also ask
those brethren of the Christian min
istry who have devoted SO much of
,their time and talent to attempts at
ridiculing, maligning and misrepre-
senting Christian Science and its
teaching, whether they would not be
more consistent and Christlike if
they would turn their efforts more
earnestly to learning how to carry
ments of the Founder of the Chris
tian religion? The only possible ex-
cuse for not carrying them out is the
inability to do so. We respectfully
submit that if this ever was a sufi-
Gent excuse it has long since ceased
to be so. We further remind our
friends that they can never learn
how to do things by denouncing 9TH
ers who are doing them, or by de-
claring it impossible to do them.
Nothing ever has been or ever can be
achieved on such a basis.
The Christian Science textbook, to
which I have referred, teaches heal
ing by means above the material. The
author of that book was healed of an
injury which, according to all ordi-
nary evidence, had placed her at
deaths door. She was thus healed
through a sudden realization of the
power and presence of God. This
marvellous experience aroused within
her an intense desire to know how
she had been healed. This led her
to search the Scriptures, for she was
sure that they contained the secret
of true healing. For more than three
years she devoted herself wholly
to Scripture study in its relation to
healing. She especially pondered
jesus words and works, his teach
ing and his practice; 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 all
kinds of diseases, and she proved also
that the same understanding that
healed sickness destroyed sin. This
led her to a systematic investigation
Of the relation between sin as cause
and sickness as effect. She thus
felt impelled to give her experiences
to the world. She could content her.
self with nothing else. She 500 be-
gan the pen-work which brought
forth the Christian Science textbook,
and many other writings. In due
and systematic order she established
the propaganda, now SO well known,
and which Is SO rapidly reaching
round the world. She taught and
sent forth thousands of students,
who, In greater or less degree, are
proving the truth Of her teaching In
healing sickness and destroying sin.