The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-08

denunciation of man when not found
in His image, the likeness of spirit,
convince reason and coincide with rev.
citation in declaring this material Gre
alton false This latter part of the
second chapter OF Genesis, which por-
trays spirit as supposedly cooperating
with matter in constructing the uni
verse. is based on some hypothesis of
error. for the scriptures just proceed
ing. declares Gods work to be finish
ed" Again. on page 524. she quotes
Genesis ii. T. And the Lord God
formed man of the dust of the ground,
etc. - and says-'.Is this addition to
His creation real or unreal? Is it
truth. or is it lie concerning man and
God: 1t must be lie, for God pres
emily curses the ground" And again.
Adam. the synonym for error, stands
for a belief of material mind" Ibid.
page 529 As Shakespeare says of
bad actors-"As if natures journeymen
had made man and made him badly. :
She has even a worse opinion of man
than Metchnikoff. who in his book.
The Nature of Man" says Man is a
kind of miscarriage of an ape. endowed
with profound intelligence and capa-
BILE of great progress His brain is the
seat of processes that are very complex
and much higher than those of other
animals, but the functions are incom-
patible with the existence of an immor-
tai SOUL (The Nature of Man. page
2S6.) Mrs. Eddy says creation was all
in the Creators mind.
An Image Is the Real Thing, Declares
Mrs. Eddy.
The bible explicitly teaches that
man, endowed by omnipotent, creative
omnicience with His spirit. to uplift
him from inherent animalism, thus
possess the likeness of God. Mrs. Ed
dy teaches that this image is all there
is of man, that he is spiritual. does
not possess a spirit, but is nevertheless
spiritual; that no part of man is mate
rial. In Grecian mythology we read
the pathetic story of Narcissus, who,
resisting the enamors of women, fell
passionately in love with his own Inn
age reflected from the placid waters of
a clear pool. and because he could not
possess T. p1ueu away anu
turned into a daffodil, flower that
ever after bore his name, Narcissus.
christian scientists should not claim
a monopoly in this. No doubt your
readers can call to mind individuals
not of the cult, that are as badly
stuck on themselves as was Narcis-
suS.
Would he investigate, instead of
sneeringiy insinuate as to the writer
professional practice and personal ex-
periences. Mr.. yesterday might learn
something that was never dreamed of
in his philosophy Submitting cheer
fully to the candid judgment of your
many readers as to his long profession
al work in this community, he is con-
strained to remark concerning personal
experience with benevolent disease,
that perfect recovery from surgical in
lection or blood poisoning twice, Sc
we're attack of jaundice and of hemi-
plegia or paralysis of the whole right
side so that today. past the sixty-third
milestone of life, he handles 15-pound
each iron dumb bells. eight pound
each Indian clubs. and keeps two strill
ing bags out of service most of the
time. that christian ccience methods
of induction no doubt would unblush
ingly attribute all this to long dis
lance" treatment of some christian