Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-25

book now. Since studying the Bible in
its light, we have no desire to kill any
one or quarrel with anyone about relig-
ion. We have learned to love the
right of every man to strive for heaven
according to his own inspiration. We
are taught that it is abominable in the
sight of God and decent manhood to
denounce, prosecute, or modest man
who does not agree with our religious
propaganda.
WHAT THE BOOK TEACHES.
The book encourages us to live ac-
cording to the commandments and the
sermon on the mount, and in obedience
to the highest conceivable moral stan
| dard 1t teaches us to be loving, chart
table, merciful meek and pure, and as
followers of Christ Jesus to obey every
| 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 inf
nitely good God; who is Love, and that
we may trust Him to the uttermost; in
deed, we are led to believe we cannot
trust God too much nor expect too
much from Infinite Love. We are
taught to rely on the supremacy of
Spirit and to know that no other reli-
ance is acceptable to God or of avail to
mortals. We are taught that the mis-
sion of Christ is in demonstration of an
unmysterious salvation, and that we
may expect more and gain more
through Christ than if we were to mini
mize the scope and efficacy of His mis-
sion.
If to be thus obedient. or to be too
explicit in obedience, be dangerous,
then we are indeed the most dangerous
people that incumber the earth.
| Read all the books on philosophy
since time began and they will not
equip you to cure one case of fbroid
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 cannot as
result thereof cure one instance 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 like
ness and gave him dominion over all
| the earth. Do you know of any such
| man? No Is there something wrong
with God, OF with man? The trouble
| is with man, and he confesses it by
declaring himself fallen man fallen
| from some high estate), and by his
ceaseless prayer and effort to get back.
Theology and philosophy in general
declare that he cannot get back except
through the door of death.
Jesus's theology was indeed divine.
He was himself consummate theo-
| Logan. He ushered Christianity upon
the scene of humanity by means of
preaching and healing. His works
were in demonstration of His theology
| They were essentially incidental to his
| Christianity and the same works are
essential signs of Christianity now.
In comparing Christian Science with
other systems of curative. endeavor. |
reminded you first that there are many
such systems and much disagreement
concerning theory and practice. For
example, one school of medical prac-
tice advocates the use on the average of
| 100 000 900 times as much medicine as is
administered by other schools.
CAUSE OF DISEASE LITTLE KNOWN.
The medical profession have prac-
tically united in the admission that
concerning the essence of primary
| cause of disease little is known, indeed
nothing at all'' 1t is generally as
sumed, however, that matter alone, is
| causation There is an exception to
| the rule in the case of homeopathy,
which designates certain abnormal and
unrighteous conditions-sin, etc.-as
| causative and affirms that anger al
rests digestion; that grief, sorrow, ETC.,
| impair or degrade the physical condi-
ton. According to Christian Science
| the enigma of the case, namely, "What
is the primary cause of disease ?" can
be solved only by entering the mental
| realm.
Did you ever see person turn pale
because of fear ? Have you known
person to turn red because of anger
Have you ever heard that one has died
because of fright? Do you not know
that the thing which happens is this:
That such mental activities operate as,
causation; affect the nervous and cir
| culatory systems and induce conges-
tion-the evidence of physical impair
ment or degeneracy
1t must be, surely, that you know
that mental conditions affect the
body, and because you know this you
| should act accordingly. ask if there
is any scientific relationship between
grief or jealousy as cause and mud
bath as cure? If you had a patient
whose incorrigible hatred had finally
caused liver trouble, and the medical
books prescribed mustard plaster to
| to the liver which is innocent of
| offense, or to the hatred, which is the
| sole cause?
| If the case is to be cured at all,
| ought not the remedy reach the cause
and cancel it: Do you think that a
| plaster will do it? If not, then con-
slider the mind which was in Christ
and which transforms man by means
| of righteousness. Consider the cura-
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