Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-10-13
Correspondence
An An.~., to . Criticism .. eh,issisa

An Answer TO . csitisism ." ch''seis"
seisnss.
To the Rocky Ford En,srp'iss;
lisious views do not accord with his
own il not a iovsbie or charitable vo.
cation for q minister OF the gospel o.
any one else to be ensaged In. Yst
this IL what Rev. ~. ~. Nelson. pas
tor of the Christian Church OF your
city induiged In when he arose In his
pulpit at a recent Sunday service and
attacked and denounced Christian Eel.
enee. the religion Of many citizens OF
your city and OF the state. Religious
Intolerance has been fruitful source
of misery. suffering and war IN All
they established this Eovernemnt wise
Iy deterfgined that entire religious
freedom Should prevail. knowing full
well the necessity for this wise pro-
vision Freedom In religious matters
is respected by the American people
as a whole but occasionally an indi-
yIduai. as Rev. Nelson has. apparent-
IS sore-ts that tolerance in religious
matters Is a fundamental principle OF
our government. and proceeds TO at
tack others because they do not ae-
espt his Theological Views.
Christian Science II religion which
understood heals the sick the same as
Christ Jesus healed when on earth
Rev. Nelson admits that Christian
Science heals but attributes the heal
ing to suggestive therapeutics. Chris
tian Scientists heal by prayer 10
loving God and they rely on diyin"
power alone. Suggestive therapeutics
IL the action Of one human mind ON
arother and has no relationship TO a
power above and beyond the human
thought. The distinction between re-
lance on the innnite one Mind. the
omnipos-nt God. and the poor. weak.
human mind II clear to all Christian
Scientists. To attribute Christian
Science healing to suggestive thcsa.
p~uticr. hypnotism or mcsmerism
simply proves that Rev. Nelson does
not undrfrtand Christian Science. Tho
great Master whose teachings Rev.
Nelson profess-s TO follow said:
and these signs shall follow them
tina, believe: In my name shall they
cas-, out devils: they shall speak with
They shall take up s~rp~n,s: and
u they drink any deadly thing II shall
not hurt them: they shall lay hands on
the sick and they shall recover. Marx
1917. Is.
In tho :o,h verse Of sam- chapter
the Apostle significantly adds. and
they went forth and preached every.
where. the Lord working with them
and confirming the work with .'sns
sick and have the ..sienr following
a- J.Hu. said should follow them that
believer He and his congregation can
determine that. II he does not. nc
should at least refrain from critieising
those who do. and not attempt 10 be-
little their work by wrongly repre-
H~ntIng Il ns suggestive therapeutics.
mcrmcrism or hypnotirfn.
To md out what Christian Science
IL doing this reverend critic VIII not
have far to go. In Rocky Ford the
great fact that God heals the sick
through the prayer OF inc chfis,n
Scientist has been abundhntiy proven
ar u has elsewhere. Christian Sci.
.nc- IN "a d.m,nrtrnbi- religion and
h. who truly desires may know for
himself that Il really heals. Instead
of finding out for himself Rev. Nelson
auotcH n number OF hostile critics In
support OF his attack on Christian Sci
cncc. In fact his sermon In largely
made up OF quotations from critics
notorIousiy unfair and rnbId In their
attitude toward Christian Science. He
attacks Christian Science In face OF
the fact that the good results OF Chris
tian Science In healing the sick. de-
stroying sin and bringing men To bet
ter and happier conditions are appnr-
cnt In every community OF any size
In the United States.
Rev. Nelson very iearncdly explained
u
dciusion which mentally paraiyzcs Mrs.
Eddy and her followers. How the
gentleman arrived Mt this astonishing
conclusion IN not apparent. Certainly
not from facts. Christian Scientists
are drawn from NIL ranks Of society
and their universal verdict is TINT
Christian Science clarifies thought.
gives poisc and dignity to character.
and lifts the understanding to a truer
knowledge OF man and his relation to
God. Certainly they do pot make false
insertions about the mental condition
OF those of different religious views.
our clerical friend objects to Chris
tinn Science because II declares that
God Is all. He argues for matter and
asserts that the material universe is n
stupendous reality. The Bible declares
that God IL Spirit. that He is omni-
potent. the only cause and Creator.
that He is before all things, and by
Him all things exist. II God Is
Spirit where IL there n place for mat
ter? Spirit and matter are opposites.
Both cannot be real Christian Sci
encc plants itself unreservedly on the
side OF spirit and declares that spirit
unl things are the only real things
and that the material universe Is n
false concept Of the corporeal senses
and will pass away. st. John de-
clared. And the world pnsseth away.
and the lust thereof: but he that
doeth the will OF God abideth forever"
That the universe is made up of Mind
and Mind only is the conclusions to
which the leading physicists Of the
day are tending Huxley himself ex-
claims after all what do we know
of this terrible matter except Rs n
name for the unknown and hypotheti-
cal causes Of states OF our own con-
sciousness?' .g
Christian Science does not deny the
existence of pain. evil. sin, sickness
and death to the mortal consciousness.
1t denies that they are n part of Gods
universe or that He created them.
They are part OF the false material
world, the carnal mind of which st.
Paul speaks. Would our critic in de-
nying this position of Christian Sci
ence assert that these things are part
of the kingdom Of heaven? They must
be II God made them. Jesus said He