Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-08

liberia, or scarlet fever when once II
has been exposed. To teach other
wise is hypocriticaL. There is no
s%criptural authority for it. This cult
calls itself Christian, and / d9 not
doubt hat many Christians are found
among its members, bat the thing It,
self is as far from the teachings OF
Jesus Christ as the orbit of our earth
from the farthest fixed star. For ex-
ample, what does Christian Science say
Of the Incarnation. Of Christ's coming
in the flesh? Mrs. Eddy, in her book
Science and Health" defines flesh
as AN error of physical belief. The
New Testament tells us that The
word became flesh and dwelt among
u.s." If flesh is error. then Christ
was the incarnation Of error. | heard
Of a lady Who, speaking of the re-
%storative qualities of Christian
Science. said she had taken on TWEEN
~ pounds Of flesh. According to Mrs.
Eddy's definition she had taken on
twenty pounds of error.
Christian Science also denies the
atonement. 1t says there is no such
thing as physical pain, and yet Jesus
Christ sweat drops Of blood on ac-
count of pain and suffered agonies on
the cross. But the cross in which
Paul gloried and i'm which all Chris
tians should glory has no glory for
the Christian Scientists, for il has no
real place in their system.
But since with them sin is mere il
fusion. there is no need OF atonement
for sin. Where s.n j., % mere fig
ment, there is of course no utility for
, the cross. ON page 3Sl Of her book
Mrs. Eddy says, you nus realize
that the evidence of the senses Is not
/ In hn aaannf9I NrhathaP in tho auga Af
sickness or of sin" Think of il. The
evidence of the five senses is not TO
be accepted. Now most of us have
been taught 90 believe that sin is The
tr-ansgression of Gods law. We think
Of murder or theft or fOrnication as
sin, suppose a number of men see Il
man commit murder on the street.
They see the sho, fired. After a time
the murderer is arraiened for trial
and the witnesses testify. bat the jury
cannot convict because Mrs. Eddy
says. the evidence of the senses is
not to be relied pom" If. however.
the senses are not to be relied upon
in such a ease, why should they be
relied upon by Mrs. Eddy when she
claims to have healed some one
Thu Bible does not represent sin as
an Illusion. David cries to God,
Against thee, thee only have | sin
ned" Judas filings down the price of
his infamY and cries, Il have sinued
in hat | have betrayed innocent
blood The apostle says, The wages
Of sin are death" The prophet says
BE sure your sin will find you out"
But let US consider for a little the
question of healing. You say 60 me,
what are o going 20 do with the
facts? Is il not a fact that people are
hgg1nn hA Christian GafanaAp Tg not
anything a boon, which in this sor-
lowful world. makes sick people well?
Amer all was not this, in part at least,
the mission of the divine Christ? Did
He not say to His disciples, Go,
preach, heal the sick ana raise the
dead?' Yes this h what lie said,
and He placed just as much emphasis
on the raising of the lead as lie did
on the healing of the sick. Why, let
me ask, do not our Christian Science
apostles do likeWisc2 I answer, be-.
cause they cant. when, along with
their healing. they raise a few Of the
dead. ! dor one Will be ready to join
their ranks and repent OF my sin Of
unbelicf. The fact is they don't do
as Christ and the disciples did. Christ
healed ins"tantaneously. He touched
the blind eyes and they were opened.
He touched the Withered arm and il
was restored. Christian Science prtc-
titioners do not heal in a way that
would convince intelligence. For years
| haV looked for a ease that would
be convincing, hut il has not been
found. / have met cores who claim
10 have been healed. That some OF
thera have been helped / do MOI doubt.
but that every one could have been
helped apart from Christian Science
/ also believe.
Now. what do | mean by this? /
mean, in The first place. and as ]
have already suggested. That thought
has great influence On the body So
far as Christian Science has cmpha-
sized this we give il praise. But this
something that was known be-
fore Mrs. Eddy was born. The people
who ave been healed by Christian
Science are those whose ailmcnt has
belonged To- the Y systenR Not
long ago 1 heard of a woman who
was thoughts be on the verge of the
grave. She wanted medicine. nut the
wise old physician refused 10. He told
here there was no organic trouble and
advised her 10 read her Bible three
. day, and IL was not long tin
she was well and strong. Let me say
this, n the doctors must act be Of
Tended. a great mdny have gotten well
because they have quit the drugs.
Here is a m Ychrs ago she
thought herself sick. and went to
some quack doctor and began TO take
his medicine. She got worse. She
read the patent medicine advertise
monts and spent her spare money for
them until her stomach was blistercd
and her blood tainted Then she took
up Clristian Science, the drugs wore
thrown aside. nature began 10 do its
work and she got we'll / don't Won
that she admircs Christian
Science. 1 would. too, 10 I didn't
know better.
Let me. as I pass along. pay my
respects to the medical profession. ]
belong To the old school. and / be-
in drugs. So you can't accuse me
Of partiality when I express my be-
lief that the use ~ drugs has been
greatly abused. There are some loo
tors who apply drugs likefthe China
who thought because a certain
salve cured his corn % would be good
for cramp in the stomach. and
swallowed 4 liberal dose. But YOU
say here are The testimonials Here
are the people who were sick and are
well. DO you say that their tes-
is false. NO. ! believe them
the most part TO bc sincere. but
so are tho people who testify in the
patent medicine almanacs. As far as
testimonials go. Mrs Lydia Pinkham
and Mrs. Win-low twhU has murdered
hundreds Of babicst. these fakirs have
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