The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-24

and Disseminated against the sick man
| lhey require US to split the ministry OF
| Jesus Christ in two; decide that the heal
ing work was without scientific or uni
Versal avail; that it was nothing we can
possibly understand and lastly that Jesus
dld not mean what he said when he de-
clared that Christians who understand
nus christianity must preach the gospel
| do il.
Christ's Work.
They require us to repudiate the works
| or Jesus the legitimate interpreters of
MS mission and his words. They require
US 10 believe that in saying "heal the
| SICK ne shows the way which is con-
| trary to his way
II instead of regarding evil as a mys-
ferrous entity, men had understood the
| science which detects and correctly des-
ignates the phenomena of evil. such mis-
conceptions of Christian salvation would
hEYe long since been dissipated
olh ana disease are in immediate kim
snip. They are allied as cause and effect.
me Scriptural statement, through sin
came DEATH" is scientific Every ply
stefan knows, or ought 20 know, that an
ger VIII arrest digestion: that grief re-
Venge and envy will impair the integrity
/ of the body.
If Jesus came to save from one. then
ne came TO save from both. He codld not
POSSIBLY save from one without saving
from the other. He clearly indicated this
10 those who heard though they could
not understand 1t. When Jesus healed the
/ sick. did he destroy the work of God or
devil? Was it the mission Of Jesus to
| destroy the work of God? If sickness is
1 the work of the devil, then is God for or
against itY If God is against and con-
trary to It. are his laws for or against it?
If his laws are against it, are they avail
| able to man? Has God created a man
who is without possible recource to his
law and power? If he has, then why pray
foe an impossibility?
The Key to the Scriptures.
Mrs Eddy answers all these questions
ana hundreds OF others in her text book
scriptures" and thereby reconciles rea-
sor to God and dispels the mystery which
mas ooscured the science of life.
People throughout all the Christian CEN
!ulles have differed concerning the mean
lng OF the Bible; indeed in behalf of the
quarrel about the Bible and of the con-
met OF creeds, millions have gone down
70 violent death Our tenets declare: 1--WE
take the inspired werd of the Bible as
our sufficient guide 10 eternal life" Like
many others, we believe that the Bible
has not been dictated word for word by
God. We believe with Paul that the things
or God and the real substance of the BIZ
BILE must be spiritually discerned
Most people have commentaries. or helps
TO the study of the Bible. We have a
commentary, or key. in our text book
With historic and characteristic instinct,
the people whose love is for their own
dangerous / will not Iinger long TO dis
cuSs the merits of this book now. Since
studying the Bible in it's light, we have
no desire TO kill anyone or quarrel with
anyone about religion. We have learned
10 love the right of every man TO strive
for heaven according TO his own inspira-
ton: We are taught that ii is abomina-
bic in the sight of God and a decent man
hood to denounce, prosecute or modest
man who does not agree with our re-
lgious propaganda.
What the Book Teaches.
This book encourages us to live accord
ing to the commandments and the SER
mon on the mount, and in obedience to
the highest conceivable moral standard
II teachers us TO be loving, charitable,
imerciful, meek and pure, and as fol-
mandate of God and Christ, even to the
extent of forsaking sin, preaching the
gospel and healing the sick. We are
taught to love and to rely on one infinitely
good God. who is love; and that we trust
him to the uttermost; indeed, we are
led 10 believe we cannot trust God toe
love. We are taught to rely on the SUI
premacy of spirit and to know that no
other reliance is acceptable to God or of
avail TO mortalS. We are taught that the
mission of Christ is in demonstration of an
unmysterious salvation, and that we may
expect more and gain more through
scope and efficacy Of his mission
II to be thus obedient, or to be too ex-
plicit in obedience, be dangerous, then
we are indeed the most dangerous peo-
pie that incumber the earth
Read all the books on philosophy since
time began and they will not equip you
to cure one case of fibroid tumor. Read
all the commentaries, sermons and books
on theology. and they will not enable you
to heal one case of locomotor ataXia in
its worst form. Read all the medical
books and all other books and YOU can
not as a result thereof cure one in
stance of malignant cancer. This book
Science and Health" has taught people
how to cure hundreds of such cases. and
they have done it.
Mans Lawful Dominion.
We differ concerning the nature of man.
The Bible declares that God made man
in his own image and likeness and gave
him dominion over all the earth. Do you
know of any such man? No. Is there
something wrong with God or with man?
The trouble is with man. and he con-
fesses il by declaring himself a fallen
by his ceaseless prayer and effort TO get
back Theology and philosophy i'm general
declare that he cannot get back except
through the door of death.
Jesus theology was indeed divine. He
was himself a censummate theologian. He
ushered Christianity upon the scene of
humanity by means Of preaching and
healing. His works We're in demonstration
OF his theology. They were essentially
incidental TO his Christianity. and the
same works are essential signs of Chris
I'm comparing Christian Science with
other systems Of curative endeavor, I re-
minded you first that there are many
systems and much disagreement concern
ing theory and practice. For example. |
one school of medical practice advocates
the use on the average of 100.0O0CO0 times
as much medicine as as administered by
other schools.
Causes of Disease Little Known.
The medical profession have practically
united in the admission that concern !
Ing the essence or primary cause of dis |
ease little is known; indeed, nothing at !
all" IT is generally assumed, however |
that matter alone is causation. There is |
an execution to the rule in the case of |
which designates certain /
abnormal end unrighteous mental condi- !
IionS-sin, etc.-aS causative, and affrrns |
that anger arrests digestion: that grief |
sorrow etc, impair or degrade the phys !
cal condition. According to Christian !
Science the enigma of the case, namely. !
what is the primary cause of disease? |
Fan be solved only by entering the men,
tai realm.
Did you ever see a person turn pale be-
Bause of fear? Have you known a per |
son to turn red because of anger? Have !
you ever heard that one has died because /
Il fright2 DO you not know that the |
hing which happens is this: That such