Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1905-06-03

more than three years she devoted her.
self wholly to Scripture study in its
relation to healing. She especially pom
dered 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 understanding of His
power by healing all kinds of diseases,
and she proved also that the same under.
standing that healed sickness destroyed
sim This led her to systematic inves-
tigation of the relation between sin las
cause and sickness as 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 her teaching in
healing sickness and destroying sin. Those
who are true to their teaching and pro-
fession are in some measure, proving the
possibility of doing 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, how
ever, which in meekness and humil-
ity, they may well take as hopeful indi-
cations of the great possibilities in store
for those who are faithful. Past achieve
ments 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,
following, as best they can, in the foot
steps of Him who commanded His disci-
pies to teach all nations all things what
soever He had taught them. For SO laud.
able purpose as this, for thus honestly
endeavoring to carry out the full teach
ing of the Gospel, shall any set of people
be condemned of maligned or ridiculed
or ostracized or ruled out of the modern
synagogues?
Sickness the Result of Human Error
Gas already indicated, 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. 1t is,
rather. the result of not conforming to His
law. This ia 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 to wilful disobedience of the divine
law, or the law OF right living, for am
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people, the world affords seem to suffer
most from some forms OF sickness. What
do wish to be understood as sayingis that
every kind of sicknessis the result of ages
OF human error, of straying away from
Gods law, and the innocent suffer with
theguilty because we are all more or less,
under the ban of these long ages of trans
erosion until we come into an under
standing of the divine law by virtue of
which the error may be overcome and
destroyed.
The Causes of Sickness
sit is apparent from what has thus far
been said that Christian Science teaches
that sickness is the result of sin, in its
broad definition as human error. Let me
briefly explain. All will agree that the
sin of lust, or RIGHTEOUSNESS, is prolific
cause of sickness. 1t is the source of
loathsome and fatal diseases. Physi-
clans agree to this.
"Another fruitful and appalling cause
of sickness and death is drunkenness, the
excessive use of Intoxicating liquors.
"These are among the grosser sins of
nortals. They are admitted by all to be
wrong. They are the cause of more sick.
ness than all other causes. Remove them