Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-09-29
A Word .sou, chr,s,i.a seieoee.

No religious movement Of modern
times is being discussed moro and at
tracing greater attention than Christian
Science. Tho growth Of this moyamsn
has hoon li,;lq short o. marvellous.
Science and Health. tho ;sst book Of
Christian Science was FIRST published In
1875. Tho Mother Church was es;ab-
lished In 1879 and It's church ediaee COM
ple;ea In 1895. Today there arc over
eight hundred organized churches and
over two hundred and eighty regular os-
tablishsd soeis;iss which arc developing
into church organizations. This develop
mont Of church organization gives but a
faint idos Of tho far reaching influence Of
Christian Science which has sdhefen,. In
almost every village and community IN
the United States no matter how Isolated.
and IN all civilized countries Of the
world. While iss growth has been par
tieuiar!y ropid In tho United States and
Canada Il also has had a marked growth
In Great Britain. Germany. Scotland. Ire
land. Australia and Mexico. In Colorado
It's dsvslopman, has been strong and its
growth remarkable. In this state are
thirty churches and societies. Tho four
largest churches are In Denver. Colorado
Springs. Pueblo and Canon City. respse-
lively. Tho beautiful church erected BY
the Christian Scientists Of Denver Is ad-
mirtd by all who see IL. The organisa-
ton as whole Is building a great audi
,oriu-, in Boston. Mass. at a COS, Of up
wards Of two millions Of dollars for the
purpose Of having a.mseting place svis-
asls for the great numbers from all over
the world who attend the annual COM
munion services.
The growth Of Christian Science has
been in response TO the worlds need Of
relief from the ills Of the flesh. The span
Of human life at the present time Is lit
tie over a ;hirdepf a century. For four
thousand years maseria mediea has
striven to find some way Of relief for
stricken humanity but wit5su, SUCCESS.
New and fatal forms Of disease have do
veloped and are developing. the list ey 80
called ineusabie diseases being annually
Augmented. In addition the spread Of
matsriaiisn. Of corruption in private a,d
public life has essrted baneful and evil
influence. agains, which the best thought
Of ths world has iaborsd in vain. Cur
rent theology offsrs no relief from these
Ills and men believing them inevitable
and irrisistabls have vainly fought against
them or given up.to them in blank de-
spair.
Christ Jesus came to earth to show
mankind the way Of relief from mortal
error. sin. sickness. disease and death.
He came healing the sick, destroying sin.
and reforming the sinner. He taugh.
that the healing he did was no, special
dispensa.ion. in defiance Of law. bu, in
strict accord with divine law and that
this could be proven by those who be-
lieved- He commanded his
followers to heal the sick and for their
encouragement and inspiration declared
they would do greater works than He
had done. For three hundred:years after
the ascension. healing by prayer was
praetieed. then lost, corrupted and defil-
ed by the gross materialism Of pagan
Rome.
Mary Baker @. Eddy. New England
woman of devout and Christian parent
age. spiritually minded. pondered the
deep things Of God. graping the spiritual
meaning Of a passage of Scripture. arose
healed. when at the point Of daath, de-