The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-29

cidedly conflicting records of creation
! in Genesis and logically draws her con
clusion that the first record. that con.
tanned in the first Chapter of Genesis
and the opening verses of the second
chapter. is the spiritual and true ac
count of this creation; while the other
account, in the remainder of the second
chapter and in succeeding chapters OF
this book, is an account not of creation
but of a human. distorted conception
| of Gods spiritual and perfect creation
Significantly also does she call atten.
/ ton TO the fact that in this second &C
count of creation, the task of creating
all things materially, "out of the dust
/ of the ground" is ascrlDed. not to the
God" of the first chapter and of the
| spiritual account. but 10 the Lord
\ Cod or Jehovah. this latter appellation
having been adopted by the Hebrews
later and is even supposed by some to
have been borrowed from the heather.
This latter fact still further supports
Mrs. Eddy contention that the sec
ond account is but a false human con-
ception of both creator and creation.
Therefore she logically deduces that
God, Spirit, created man in His own
image, necessarily spiritual and per-
feet. Our good critic, on the other
hand, quoting only from the latter and
less authoritative account. and basing
his reasoning upon material premises
alone. deduces that God evolved man
from "animalism" and resorted to cor
ruptable matter in the process of Gre
alton. We will leave our readers to
determine the plausibility or desirable
ity of such a line of reasoning, to say
nothing of such conclusions.
Our critic argues for the necessity of
opposites. If there can be no con-
ception of health and life without a
counter conception of disease and
death, why did Jesus-why does DR..
Thurston, for that matter-wage war
to the hilt against the last enemy"
and it's prelimiharies? When God Gre
ated all and pronounced that all good
and very good, did that creation rea-
sonably include any one of the long
line of human ills? Does revelation
inculcate the necessity for or attempt
justification of sin, disease, death,
darkness of "inimica1 substances?
Jesus healed the crooked ankles and
rent a rock-ribbed tomb, proving bones
and rocks neither inimical or substan-
tial in the face of spiritual facts and
spiritual power. The scriptures de-
clare that God is of purer eyes than
to behold iniquity, to say nothing of
the ridiculous assumption that He
could possibly have instituted the same
or that He in any sense perpetuates it.
There is a glad promise furthermore
of no pain, no night, no tears. no need
of sun or moon or stars. In the great
day of final triumph, when human
ity's warfare is accomplished and
beliefs of matter and corruption and
discord are done away las only be-
liefs can be done away, never realities,)
shall run and not be weary; and they
shall walk and not faint" Possibly in
that day of final consummation, if not
in this poor hour OF reasonable and
gratifying approximation, DR.. Thurston
will pardon us if this great and glori-
Gus and satisfying outlook upon spirit
ual and resplendant facts of creation
and of being turn us from mis- cherish
ed but groveling quest among micro
scopic atoms of dead inorganic mat
ter" for minute living organisms"
revelation, nature and
sense point man away from
dust. outward and ever upward toward
the infinite.
Christian Scientists will readily agree
with our critic that diseased body is
not fit dwelling place for Deity, and
this fact is in itself sufficient and rea-
sonable incentive to seek health spir-
itually: but generations of experience
lead them to feel it impossible. by
drugging, rational physical culture
or processes of mere intellectually to
render that same body a fit temple for
the indwelling of the Holy Spirit Rath- |
er do they hope, and in gratifying
measure is their hope being realized. |