The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-02

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At any rate the weather cleared up IN
time to give us u pretty Sunday.
We observe that Senator Tillmnn was
not at the White House conference.
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We hope the city committee feels bet
ter after n day of rest.
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1t was the unexpected that always hap.
pens, where our President is concerned.
The Christian Science Side of It.
Editor OF The Timcs-Dispatch:
Sir.-For the comfort or IL long suffering
public give notice TINT this is my final
attempt to afford satisfaction 10 the gen
tlemen who have been honoring me with
their attention in your columns.
WHAT is CHRISTIAN SCIENCE?
~, Illustration will point the way to
Ray Lankester, the distinguished biolo-
gist. tells us that the original vertebrate
possessed no eye, but that By. slow de-
grees an eye was developed and then the
sunlight, which before had only been felt,
could be seen. Now, just as these earliest
vvertebrates were hnthed in sunlight and
did not know It,. so is man living in God.
, tho g he may be wholly unconscious OF
see the sun. which until then they had
never n e. seen nor. believed n So wll man
Of that substance. that spiritual world,
that realm, Of reality the kingdom Of
God, In which he even now Is, however
much he may, refuse to believe in tss
the spiritual or true universe was pos
sessed by Christ Jesus and enabled Him
IN contravention of material law to do
His mighty, works, healing the sick. walk;
M n - fanE9 Inc hn niyu poSc or
raising, the dead This conscious know
ledge. though plainly set forth In the Bible
for those with eyes to see It. became lost
years s' ago o. when Mrs EDDY Vas found
again, and was n1i sraeouHiy lifted BY God
to declare 'it1anew to d world buried In
This conscious knowledge of tho
spiritual world Is Christian Science. and
amy one possessing 1t Is enabled to follow
in the Masters steps, destroying sin and
have tested the efficacy of this Truth
day for eyeless vertebrates to advertise
their blindness by denying It,
WHY RAIL AT WOMAN?
It is objected to Mrs. Eddy that she is
n woman. As we'll object to your own
mother for being a woman, As one OF
sinking, in the mire at the bottom OF n
deep pit and rope is thrown down to
you, do you stop to enquire whether It
was thrown by n man or woman? And
.fered aid and continue to founder In
your nrnckllole7 There is no accounting
for tastes
Thank God. MI that Is best In tho world
who, gave us the Saviour. II It had do
pended ON man the world had been
Saviourless. What do we not owe to
@ WHO Is or 500 Ta 9saefe @st do xs
all harmon iOus'? lh! W l.f3tt
One critic says that tho church founded
by Mrs. Eddy cannot be n church, and
speaking In 1t because IT. Is a church.
Here let me iconfute that, hldeous per-
version of scrlpturet9 which would gag
woman in the housefpf God because Paul
the churches How much of the pitiful
and pit1less subsection of women has
been sanctioned by the unwarranted
Of T. Corinthians, where Paul Is arguing
against the disorder resulting from all
speaking at once In unknown tongues -:
He orders that a man must keep silence
IN the church, unless there Is one to
Interpret. And then. he says, let your
women IN Keep seneo In ne for
Is 1t not evident that he alludcs to speak
ing In unknown conquest? Why. in chap
ter eleven, Just before. Paul speaks Of
eS"re% as py matter 9od eo er9ef aSd be
remembered, their prophcsylng was the
same as our preaching, What q lot Of
confusion it would save Il people would
only study the Bible, intellgently!
INSPIRATION Or THE BIBLE,
We arc, told that Christian Scientists
deny the inspiration OF the Bible, because
Mrs, Eddy does what all Bible scholar
difference between tho two. accounts of
creation given In Genesis. for there arc
two accounts quite different and distinct.
OF chapter two, and gives the true story
OF Gods creation springlng out Of light;
and advancing from the lower orders OF
creation to tho highcst-nar1rely, man
image ' and I likeness ,ea Of Cod. Tic second
account begins Mt the fourth verse OF
chapter two and gives the true story OF
the Adnmlc creation, or creation accord.
begins IN n mist instead Of with light.
1t makes man first instead Of last It
makes hinr out of the dust of the ground
instead Of IN the image OF God It makes
equal as the likeness OF God
Tho evidence Is very strong that this
second account vas borrowed by ~ Ezra
Where 0 he is spoKen of as "a ready scribe )"
in the law Of Moses" and It is very Ger
lnln IVul SOIle uUt ||hS DcGl uOl|H SOIHs
editing, or how could Moses describe his
own death and burial unto this day?
The first tenet OF Christian Science Is:
spired Word of the Bible AZ orr sur
tlcient guide to eternal Life" On page
b47 OF Science and Health Mrs. Eddy
says: "Thc Scriptures are very sacred,
Our aim must be TO have them under
stood spiritually, for only by this UNDER
standing can truth be galned,'' The
HcrIbcs and Pharisces searched the Scrip.
lures as they have never been searched
before or since, and yet they would not
come TO Christ that they might have Life
They fH1sd in thS letter a vs n and an he
stand My speech? even because We can,
not hear MY word = 30 said Jesus 70 tho
unbelievIrs Jews, and so speaks Christian
Science 10 tho materialisis of to-day.
AS TO THEOLOGY.
The divinity OF Christ Jesus Is under
stood and acknowledged BY Christian
Science In sense far transcendng the
ordinary view Of the dual nature, and tho
doctrine of the Trinity Is accepted in n
way that docs not confound the Oneness
| One must study Mrs Eddy to find out
| the truth Of these allegations.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FAILURES.
The command stands fast forever: "Be
vc "a rarfprt AVIAN vhrr N, ~.