The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-01-24

ernatural. The main difficulty with
most of the ordinary presentations of
Christianity lies in the fact that from
their standpoint matter is the reality
and man material: and this notwith-
standing the fact that the Bible
teaches that "God is a Spirit. {" and
that God 'made man in His (SpiritD
own image and likeness" From the
Christian Science standpoint. God,
Mind being the Creator. the creation
must necessarily partake of the es-
sential nature and qualities of God.
and is therefore spiritual and not
material. This statement does not
''deny reality" but affirms reality n
!. a substantial. eternal, enduring and
positively. scientific basis. recogniz-
ing all things in Gods creation as
substantially real. eternally real.
therefore spiritual.
Science necessarily deals with the
things which are, the question then to
be determined is. what is it that con-
stitutes reality. the spiritual or the
material The materialist answers,
"matter. and the Christian Scientist
says" Spirit. This statement from
the Christian Scientist has of recent
years been accepted and emphasized
by many prominent natural scientists.
In this connection / will quote from
a recent editorial in the Putnam.
Conn.,. Patriot. "But here is more
startling admission from the brightest
men of the age, and that is their err
dorsement of Mrs. Eddy's statement.
that there is positively no such thing
as matter. The recent discovery of
radium and investigation of its pc
culiar properties, not only astonished
but dumbfounded the Investigators of
its breaking down the long establish
ed laws of matter. compelling them
to doubt. if not disbelieva in the pos
sibility of the existence of such a
thing as matter" 1t is a self-evi-
dent fact that all activity ignorantly
attributed to matter. actually emin-
ates from Mind, it is also established
incontrovertibly that the "fallacy"
of one generation becomes the most
cherished fact Of the next. when it
can produce demonstrablv certain re-
suits.
Much has been argued for the sup
81 III
but nowhere in the Scripture can it
be found that Jesus or His disciples
ccnformed to any of the commonly
accepted beliefs or practices relative
to healing. in their ministry. Rather
is it indicated that the better way,
the Christian way and the more scien-
tific way is Gods way. in which no
material remedy is necessary. The
history of medicine. from the time
of Hypocrates to the present date,
has been that of experiment and UNI
certainty, and today the brightest men
in the medical world admit the in
suficiency of all merely material
knowledge in the overcoming of dis
ease. A recent article in the Chicago
Tribune accredits these words to DR..
A. E. Wright:
According to DR.. A. E. Wright.
distinguished English physician. and
!, former member of the Indian plague
commission. who contributes an arti-
, Gle entitled 'The Worlds Greatest
Problem" to the Independent. the mer
who think wealth can drive away dis
ease are the victims of confidence
sadly misplaced. DR.. Wright says
''The problem of preventing disease
and of curing it when it appears still
confronts man as it confronted him
, at the outset of his race. After
thousands of years of medical practice
over the processes of disease we have
t as yet achieved almost no directive
\ control. Except diptheria and one OF
two other infective diseases the me-
t dical art. as at present practiced car
J d. practically nothing to avert death
; from virulent bacterial invasion OF
to bring about cure" The thought
! full and conscientious physician frankly
recognizes this fact and in many
J cases lays aside drugs. sees that the
!, patient is properly fed. and lets the
/: disease take its course"
From the above it will readily be
: seen that the world needs something
! infinitely more efficaclous in the heal
{ ing of disease than the ordinary meth
2 DDS and the question may fairly be
9 asked. if after thousands of years of
| experiment along material lines. and
t with no avail, as DR.. Wright's state
t ment indicates. is it not possible, nay
! indeed probable, that there is bet
r ter way than has been commonly ac-
cepted. 1t is inconceivable to believe
$ that God, who is God of Justice. truth
| Eand love would place man upon the
y earth and subject him to such hone.