The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-01-04
SCIENCE Misunderstood
A Reply to Mr.. Sunday by the State Pub
liratiOn Committee.

Ut1uOu JUmu1tLSS.
! To THE EDITOR: In your issue of
the 21st the Rev. Mr.. Sunday is quoted
as sayings in discourse in which he
denounced Christian Science: Moth
er Eddy says there is no devil Moth
er Eddy lies, end Christian Science is
the most damnable heresy the church
has known since the Third century,
Will you kindly allow me space i'm
THE GAZETTE to make some reply to
these statements.
i While Christian Scientists deplore
and are hurt by such denunciations of
one whom they hold in the highest of
esteem and respect, it would be con-
trary TO the teachings of Christian
Science to reply to them in the same
spirit. Christian Science has for it's
fundamental principle the teachings
of Jesus Christ, of whom Mr.. Sunday
is a professed follower. Considering
these things. one must excuse Mr..
| Sundays criticisms of Christian
Science on the ground of depiorable
| ignorance on the subject-not even a
superficial knowledge of it: and his in
temperate language in speaking of the
Rev Mary b. Eddy may be excused
as due to excitement. 1t is common
fault with many public speakers of an
exeitable and aggressive nature that
thnv orn nfton oa rr;nd hox,opd tbo
bonds of propriety, and say things (of
which they must be ashamed in their
ealmer moments) that would be mex
cusable in any gentleman, and partic-
ularly minister of the gospel, To
say that Mrs. Eddy lies is not gentle
manly, convincing, nor Christlike;
neither is it true.
Mr.. Sunday is quoted as saying.
Mrs. Eddy says there is no devil
In Science and Health page 5S4
Mrs Eddy gives the following defini-
ton of "devii:n ''evil; a lie; error;
neither corporeality nor mind; the OPP
posite of truth; belief in sin, sickness
and death; animal magnetism; the lust
OF the flesh, which says: i am life and
Intelligence III matter
While Christian Science teaches that
sin, sickness aud death are not the |
creations of God, and therefore have
no foundation in fact, nevertheless |
their claim to existence in erring NOR
tai experience must be recognized and |
overcome. They must have hearing |
at The bar of truth, and be finally dis
posed of according to divine justice. 1t |
is therefore incorrect to say that Chris
tian Science undertakes to dispose of |
sin by simply denying Its existence or
ignoring it. Mis-. Eddy has taken |
pains to make this subject very clear,
not only in her text book but in other
writings. The following quotations
are from Science and Health:
Page 339, only those who repent Of
sin and fOTsake all evil, can fully un-
derstand the unreality of evil" Page |
81, "They who sin must suffer- Page |
537, ''Sin is its own punishment" La |
her 1901 Message to the Mother |
Science it is plain that God never re-
moves the punishment for sin only as |
the sin is removed Again: ITO as
sumo there is no reality in sin, and yet |
commit sin, is sin itself, that clings |
| fast to iniquity."
Christian Science must be judged by |
what it has done and is doing, and
not by few quotations taken from
Science and Health with the avowed |
purpose of distorting their meaning. |
The latter is merely cheap trick and
by 1t even the Bible can be maligned. |
But what 10 Christian Science doing?
1t is preaching the gospel and healing
the sick? At a large gathering of
Christian Scientists, a stranger, sur
prised, asked, Where do al! these peo-
pie come from?" Someone replied:
Most of them from the graveyard"
+ This is almost true, for the hundreds
of thousands of Christian Scientists in
the country there are over 800 church
organizations very large percentage
have been healed of some physical
trouble-many literally snatched from
the grave-through Christian Science
treatment.
! ssChristian Science to quote from
! Science and Health, page 342, "awak
ems the sinner, reclaims the infidel,
and raises from the couch of pain the
helpless invalid. 1t speaks TO the dumb
the words of truth, and they answer
with rejoicing. 1t causes the deaf to
hear, the lame to walk, and the blind
to see. Who would be the first TO dis
own the Christliness of good works,
when our Master says: by their fruits
We shall know them.o
4 For which of its good works is Mr..
| Sunday stoning Christian Science?
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