Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-19
Christian Science Lecturer I'm.
presses Big Las Vegas Audience

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Tor Il, hut shows that
evil originates In = belief Of material
existence entirsly apart from God,
And Unsupported BY science or truth,
~ al people. CArtstiaa scientists b..
Asvs most absolutely In Christ. They
acccpt the teachings Of Christ Jesus
without reservation. They declare
That Ills command 70 heal the sick
Il N binding % that the preach the
gosvei, and that 0eSe 10 % evidence
that Il sinteadad Tor Hh time
only. Il vas scientific religion that
healed the slck In the time Of Jeals
An1 his disciples, and II does the
mMe work 90. al6 must always No
II. since his lifs asd work wers IN
vnmple for I'll tine. and his meth
"a was . universal and l~mpsfRhable
Aerttaao 1T msA.
Whus cheisslsM oetsnee Means.
'"The steps Of snlvsttsn In Christian
Science are not unurual. A. II, other
den0mmsuons tbey iav6lve tAs I'D
mission " conviction Of sin. sorrow
for wroK dSbg. or repentance. and
reformation manisfested In a correct
"a life. 1slvat3ou IN Christian Science.
howevss, includes exemption from
sickness. want ana Voc. q we'll ~
from ain. II 10 not contingent upon
death. but II Z way OF life, a way Of
vtsaAssusness. Christian Science Is
souD6sa 49, the Dibss- T1e Chris
tisn Science text book. Science and
Health with Key 10 the Scriptures,
BY Mary Baker q. Eody. IL q COM.
meutsry upon the Bible. Other de-
uouinati0s have cunmentaries. but
NO other book In the world has ever
accomplished a. much ~ this one.
rhousands Of people have testified
that they have been heaied, some u
them Of so-called incursble diseases,
thruugh the perusal Ut this book. In
some Instances this testimony has
been given IN courts Of law. and has
mot been In the least shaken BY cross-
examination. Many u these cases
Involves he nest terrible diseases
known 10 mankind. such az cancer.
tuberculosis. loconO.or ataxia. and In
other instances such diseases II as
thma. hay fever. ST. vitus' dance and
others.
1T IN erroneous 10 suppose that
Christian Scientists deny the reality
OF things. They affirm the eternal
existence OF all things. end that they
eist In the divine mind In their
perfect individuality and proper or
der. They deny the m~ateriality OF
things. including all the d~iscordant
conditions that material things mani.
fest.
No Quarrel With Doctors.
christian Scientists are in no wise
arrayed against those who believe IN
materin medica- They were all be.
levers In II themselves until they
found In Christian Science a more
@~ficacions way of healing. This way
they believe the be the best one.
because It Is Gods way, as shown In
the works Of Jesus, Although chart
tally disposed toward those who prac'
ficc materia medicas we, In common
with all wen informed people, recog-
nixe that the fact that It lis merely
an experimental system. Surely after
four thousand years il ought tO be
beyond this stage. Furthermore. II Is
a self.confessed condition OF weakness
that combinations Of medical socic-
ties and the medical fraternity gener.
ally should come before our legisla-
lures demanding special legislation;
the tendency Of which is almost in
variably to shut out all other systems.
Nor can any valid excuse be given,
as far as Christian Science Is con.
cerned. on the grounH Of protection
to the public, since Christian Scient-
Int do not advertise nor sanction
quackery, and they believe in obeying
the regulations or health boards in
relation 10 contagious and other dis.
eases.
hsw oIssase 10 Cured.
Those who believe that mentality |
plays some part in disease and Its
q I generally look in the wrong d.
Yection, and say that the cures OF
Christian Science are effected by
mental suggestion. hypnotism will
power. mental science. which is
spurious and not related to Christian !
Science, or to some other erroneous
or material belief. Christian Scien-
fists. however. declare that ii Is God
who heals diseases through Christian
Science. and they oof all people know !
best.