The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
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activities. Man is the highest expression
Of that law and is the only being who has
ever swerved from harmony Herewith.
The gospel, by its lebief, draws man back
to faith or trial. and faith gives him
knowledge and knowledge ends in power.
knowledge in his brain becomes the
sceptre in his hand whereby he subdues
all things unto himself and so becomes
once more Gods vive-general over the
world. These are the things I know and
hence it is my duty as an honest man. a
priest of God, to declare and prove, as /
said before, necessity obtains first of all
to prove them to myself.
There are two great factors in human
life which are essential to mans peace on
earth. These are health and prosperity.
TIL realization of these depends entirely
upon religion. Religion Is the normal life
of the human being. and the highest
form Of relion Is that inspired by Jesus,
the Christ. Now, myself, as a religious
man and holding to the truth as 1t Is in
Jesus, find myself to have been completely
regenerated and rejujvenated In mind, soul
and body. l make bold to say that l shall
never see another sick day as long as I
live In this world.
Furthermore, 1 find that by exercising
my power as a religious man upon those
who are unfortunate, diseased, sorrowufi
that they are brought into the same happy
state that find myself to be. Surprising
a man in the bondage of drunkenness
would come to me wringing his hands and
crying out for help, after the fashion of
a few years ago l would have knelt down
and said a prayer with him and have him
bind himself with a pledge, but today, by
the power of Christ. as exercised by the
disciples of old when casting out devils, I
can now lay my hands upon him and so,
restoring In him harmony with divine
power In me. | restore to him the dominion
of his will. Now, In regard to prosperity:
Poverty is a disease, and to be healed
just as any other disease is, by the divine
word. Our Lord says, 'Ye cannot serve
God and mammon for either We will love
the one and hate the other, or we will
hold to the one and despise the other.
Therefore If God so clothed the grass of
the field which today is and tomorrow Is
cast into the oven. shall He not much
more clothe you, o We of little faith?
Your Heavenly Father knows that ye
have need of these things, but seek We
first the kingdom Of heaven. which king
dom is within you and Is Gods omnipo-
tence, omniscience and omnipresence, and
all these things shall be added unto you.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow;
leave all to the Fathers will, who Is too
wise to make mistake and too good to
be unkind.
These are facts which l know and do
not simply believe. The whole world
agrees upon what 1t knows ministers of
the 1877 differing, and various bodies In this
country are all agreed that Christ Is the
revelation of God to the world. Thehy
agree upon what they know and what they
know is true. They disagree in their be-
liefs because three-fourths of what they
believe is not true nor can be proven to
be true. l come back to the original
statement that Christ's power in the world
Is susceptible of the same proofs as were
shown by the first ministers unto whom
he gave 1t. This, as Luther said, is what
! stand for, and so help me God.''
Mr.. Elliott succeeded the Rev. William
Richmond, who was called Father
Richmond by many, as rector of the
church. Mr.. Richmond resigned on the re-
quest of the vestry. owing to a fractional
fight in the congregation. Mr.. Elliott was
formerly rector Of one of the most promi-
nent churches in Baltimore, and was chap
lain of the Fifth Regiment OF Cavalry of
Maryland during the Spanish America
War.
Twenty-Five years ago. soon after All
Saints was set apart from 81. Marks,
Mr.. Elliott was curate under Mr.. Rich
mond. As soon as he tool charge of All
Saints Church, Mr.. Elliott started to labor
industriously among the men OF the parish
and made a large number of friends in the
Nuilcy SCttiOhs vi ldlCs nONeNeIt TQ1Ors
of trouble were heard, but nothing definite
developed till Mr.. Elliott's resignation was
handed in.
A member of the vestry said today that
a large number Of the congregation were
opposed to the preaching Of Christian
Science doctrines by Mr.. Elliott, and this
was made known quickly to the rector,
who naturally felt there was but one
course to pursue, resign.
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every Sunday for fifty-two weeks and a
large number of the congregation think
they have had about enough of it, he
continued. "A number of the members
of our church have resigned on account
of these teachings, and others refuse to
come out to the services. l think IL the
matter should come to the ears of the
bishop he would take some action. Mr..
Elliott will not meet with success In any
church if he persists in preaching these
doctrines, and particularly not in the Epis-
copa1 Church. | know the man is sincere
in his beliefs and has some following. /
think the better plan would be for him
to hire 2 hall or some similar place and
preach the doctrines in which he believes
to those who would be his followers"
When approached on the matter today,
Bishop edwin S. Lines, of the Newark
Episcopal Diocese, said that he had
spoken to Mr.. Elliott regarding his belief,
but insisted that the rector had no inten-
tion of leaving the Episcopal Church. Mr..
Elliott, said the bishop, had shown con-
siderable interest for several months In the
spiritual lessons taught by Christian
Scientists and in the power to heal.
Bishop Lines said he intended to pay his
annual visit to All Saints Church a week
from tomorrow night. but had not decided
as yet whether to speak on the matter to
the congregation.
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.