Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-26

erence brings out more exalted |
thought relative to both God aud |
Christ.
Another frequent statement is that
the Christian Scientists discard the
bible of christianity and use in its
place Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures the Christian Science
textbook written by Mrs. Eddy. Moth
ing could be more untrue.
Belief in God.
Christian Science teaches belief in
the one indivisibe God the divinity
of the Christ, in the eternality of the
Holy Spirit. and in the teachings of
the inspired Scripture. At this point
all similarity between; its teachings
and those commonly accepted cease,
because Christian Science reveals to us
God as "a very present help in trouble
now, without discriminating as to the
KIND of trouble; while the ordinary
teachings put off the promised help
until an undesired future after death,
and even then most of us makes it
rather doubtful. Christian Science
teaches us what life is and how to live
it, and is worthy the most exhaustive
investigation
THE general belief is that every
thing We see, hear or know, whether
good, bad or Indifferent, is created T.,
Him for some mysterious purpose. and
that in some unthinkable way His
glory is always manifested in every
thing, no matter how terrible it may
be.
God as a supposed creator of good
and evil, of life and death, is not the
God we Christian Scientists know, nor
is He the God of which the inspired
scriptures teach us. The bible tells us
that God is good. and that He is ON
nipotent, omniscent, and omnipresent,
and the same yesterday, today and for
ever. This being true. that which He
creates or does must be always the
same and always good. How, then
could He give life and life be good,
and then give death and have death be
good? When life was good what would
become of death, and when death was
good what would become of life?
eff God created both life and death.
and they are a part of His finished
creation. and therefore as eternal as
their creator, how can they both exist
eternally. when one is as certainly he
humiliation of the other as light is of
/ darkness?
| Again. we are taught that the
wages of/sin is DEATH if this is true
then We have to admit that God. if
! He be the creator of death. is the ere
atOr of sin. You cannot escape this
conclusion by saying that He only
permits sin. for to permit it He must
know it. and how can He know it when
the bible teaches us God is of purer
eyes than to behold evil and cannot
look on iniquity.'
| Sin and Disease.
I, christian Scientists are often con
demned because they refer to disease
as sin, but are they not clinging close
to the scriptures in doing SO? People
accept it as universal law that disease
is the natural and necessary forerun
ner of death. The scriptures teach us
death is the wages of sin. Then, III
harmony with the scriptures. nothing
can cause death but sin and the teach
ing of Christian Science relative to
death is simply corroborative of the
bible teaching.
"The universal belief about death is
that it is the entrance to heaven OF
the gateway to hell. The logical out
| come of this belief would lead us to
kill the innocent infant. to insure its
going to heaven. and to commend the
action of the native women of India
in throwing their babes into the Gan.
ges, as based on sound reason. But
the belief that death is friend is falla
cious. Death is an enemy Christ
proved its unreality and overcame it
| in accordance with the law of God
| thus indicating ultimate freedom from
| death for all mankind
THE Christian Scientists have not
| yet reached the point where they have
overcome the universal belief in death.
nor have they yet reached the point