Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-10-29

through the power OF God or the d.
vine Mind. Or, as we claim, 1t Is a
thorough exegesis of the Scriptural
method of healing all manner of dis
eases, and of curing all manner of sin
through the understanding OF God as
all-present, all-powerful, all-wise. In
short, it is a spiritual Interpretation
of the Bible.
The author of a book of note and
of value is person of whom people
desire TO know, therefore l shall re-
fer briefly to the life and character
of Mrs. Eddy. 1t may not be amiss
for me to say that for nearly ten
but one Christ. They inculcate the
omnipotence, omnipresence and ON
niscience of God.
The last of these tenets enjoins up
on all who subscribe to them the ne
cessity of watching and praying to
have in themselves the same mind
that was also in, Christ Jesus, to do
unto others as we would have them
do unto us, and to be merciful, just
and pure.
The early records OF the church con-
tain the following interesting and sig
nificant item: AT a meeting of the
Christian Scientist Association, April
10, 1879, on motion of Mrs. Eddy, it
was voted to organize a church de-
signed to commemorate the word and
works of our Master, which should
reinstate primitive Christianity and
its lost element of healing"
We point to the twenty eight years
intervening history in witness of the
correctness of that early declaration.
During these years many thousands
have been brought out of conditions
of sin, sorrow, grief. woe, distress,
disease and sickness, who, without
the aid of this scientific Christianity
would have remained in abandoned
and hopeless conditions. We do not
hesitate to say, therefore, as matter
of current history, that to a most
wonderful and gratifying extent prim-
I tive Christianity has been reinstated
and its lost element of healing re-es-
tablished.
( Christian Science teaches that God
is in truth Almighty. If He is AL
mighty then surely He is correctly
+ defined by. the other terms Omnipo-
tent, Omnipresent. Omniscient, Su-
preme and Infinite. He who is all
powerful is always all powerful. He
who is omnipresent is never absent.
( He who is all wise is never less than
that. could not be by the very neces-
sity of His wisdom.
years, as former First Reader in the
Mother Church in Boston and editor
of the official periodicals, / have had
opportunities which enable me to
speak intelligently of her life and
character as well as of her labors and
literary attachments.
Speaking from this vantage ground
l can truthfully say that, intelectu-
ally, she is one of the most alert per-
sons l have ever known; that she
labors necessarily and unselfishly for
the cause to which she has
devoted her life, and that. not
withstanding her years, she performs
an amount of labor each day which,
If known, would seem incredible, even
If done by one yet in the adolescence
of life. AS to her religious character,
/ speak my profoundest conviction
when | say i believe ii TO be in ac-
cord with the highest standard OF
Christian living. Yet, notwithstand-
ing her highly spiritual nature, she
Is withal an intensely practical per-
son. She keeps close watch of cur
rent affairs and acquaints herself will
the worlds doings She is, moreover
patriotic citizen. Mrs Eddy. like
all great religious and moral reform
ers, has been the target for misrepre-
sensations and sometimes malicious
attack. The animus of these attacks
is so apparent that they have fallen
harmless.
There is in Boston a Mother Church
having a membership composed Of
persons residing in almost every part
of this country and of other coun.
tries. The Mother Church has branch
churches and societies to the number
of more than one thousand, also sit
uatel in nearly every part of this coul
try and of other countries. Some year
since the Mother Church adopted 9
set of church tenets These became
also the tenets of all her branches
They acknowledge the Scriptures L
be the inspired word of God. They
acknowledge the supremacy and inffn
ity of God. They acknowledge Christ
and his divinity. and declare there IL
Objection is sometimes made tha
Christian Science Is hete odox be
cause. as the directors claim, it rde
clares against Gods personality.
The Christian Science definition o.
God does not describe a more imper
sonal God. as that term is commonly
used and understood, than does th'
orthodox definition as contained II
the Westminster Confession of Faith
This definition is substantially &C
cepted by all churches calling them
selves Evangelical. / quote II almos
in full:
There is one living and true God
who is infinite in being and perfec
ton, a most pure spirit, invisible
without body, parts or passions. i'm
mutable. immense. eternal, incompre
hensible, almighty, most wise, mos
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