The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-19
CHRlSTIaN SCIENCE
A Reply to Or Rossbro's letter.
September - l9OS.
II The Ir.. l-Ar-...

=
and when recall pAuIs statsmr.t
"Nhilr We lnoE not a. the things which
are seen but az the thiuA- which are not
seen; for fhe thiug- Which ar, seen nr,.
tempOrG.. but the things which aye not
seen aye efi rnnI ! marvel thai "A rpliy-
ipls teacher -huuli he found e., nf.ndit,g
Tor the real = oi that viii % J Gus said
"proh eth a0thiny' aud crit r-ing th l-e
who are honestly doing their h,.~f 20 un.
derst8rd aud practice JtsuS' ideali,m
Mt. kn- hru perhaps urcOn-ciousl,
und- him-e attempting 20 hold th.
O. urist"nt aud untenable positiD Il of
adn lifting an eject aud IN the -arnn
breath denying its cause. He 40 nos, b
edges that truthful and sensibl p.op o."
q sriiy thet they have been heal, Of
divers diseases n uthful. tner. th.ir
statement that they have n,en ne. lr r.
true The Truth which has mad, en-
free has been Interpreted 10 this -.
through the book "Scienc. and Heal B,
hich Rev Dr.. koset ro ridicule- fl- lte
clio pgicai twaddle. lie childi .;,. H.
tons and assertions Many Of those
who testify at Christian Sci. nee r, rvice
were healed merely 10y reading this book.
l. il possible To believe that Illogical
twaddie' or childish repetitIous" & ,uld
tAFAA AtN biNt'tA~'' OF tiA' - the evil
habits u' iie-time3 Since the results
cannot b. denied. vii II not be- uecessa, y
for DR. ko--bru 10 amend his views of
Christian : .isrce and it's text. book
! would liSe To- assure him that neither
Mrs Eddy nor Christian Scientists put
Science aud Health above the Bible.
The h ble remains Tor Christian Scientists
the chart of lie. the most valuable book
in the world. Science aud Health" IL
what II declares Itself To- be, Key To
the Scriptures. spiritual interpreta-
tion OF the text which enables the stu
dent 10 believe more practically in the all
power % God
On the question of the non-existence of
mai ter, Mr.. Roschru ssys shat no sane
/ phi o-ophy would teach that matter has
no resl existence IL may be that the
gentleman does not remember what Mr..
/ Huxley saii, After all what Go We
know Oi this terrible matter except a.
the name for the unknown hypoth tical
cause of states 81 our own cunscious
ness?' Prot. Oswald. of the University
/ OF Leipzig, has said that Matter is "A
/ thing Of thought which we have con-
structed for Ourso'ves, rather imI ei fect.
| ", 10 represent what is permanent In the
change oi phenomenun" Prot boden
| L. Bovine, who holds the chair of phlos-
/ ophy In the Boston University, sny- 10
his book, Theory of Thought ana
| kno wledge, Obj cts exist Tor u only
as the mind builds W valid conceptions
within itseli la his book, "Metaphys.
les. he say. Common sense unh. sitat-
ingly takes phenomena for substantial
realities and takes the phenomenal cate
gOries as the deepest facts of real exist
ence. La this Way S, builds up "a me-
ch8nical and material system which
/ often proves a yeritable Grankenstein
Tor its creator. But whom we came To
study this extra mental reality we found
II extremely elusive. Ii finally appeated
that the world OF things can be defined
and understood only aa we give up the
notion Oi an eX ira mental reality alto.
gether, and make the entire world a
thought-wOrld; that j., a world that ex
ists only through and Ia relation TO To-
( telligence.' And elsew here in the same
work Professor Bovine says, "A thought
world Is the only movable world and "A
thought-world IS the only real world"
O course II Is not necessary to say that
neither Mr. Huxley, Prot Os valid, nor
| Prof. Bovine were writing In al effort to
confirm the doctrine Of Christian Science.
| quote them merely to disprove DR..
ROsebro' statement thatnO va days no
sane philosophy would tsach the hon
existence or unreality OF material sub
/ stance.
Christian Scientists Go Ent deiiy Mrs
/ Eddy nor even come dangerously Il, .
| doing SO. God only Is worshiped, and
while Christian Scientists have great re-
spect and affection for Mrs. Eddy and
are grateful to her, they do not worship
her.
II he will pardon me for saying so, Rev.
| Rosebro's demand for a spectacular
| healing in order TO satisfy him that
Christian Science can really heal the sick
Is unreasonable, and Il suggestive OF a
parallel case In history. which met with
"a stern rebuke from Jesus. Testimoni. !
Of healing appear from week to week
and month TO month IN the Christian
Science Sentinel" and Christian Science
Journal These are carefully authenti-
Gated cases and have no doubt if Mr..
Rosebro is genuinely interested In the
matter be can be entirely satished as TO
the scope and efficacy ofChristian Science
in healing the sick.
Please allow me just q word on the
question Of finance. Any criticism OF the
price at y hich an author chooses to sell
his book seems to me in bad taste. No
one Is compelled TO buy Science and
Health Almost every free public H.
brary In the country contains several
copies, which may be had upon appllca-
tion. In addition, there are over 900
free Christian Science reading rooms
throughout the country where Science
and Health may be read. 10 connec-
ton with many OF these reading rooms
there are free lending libraries, so that
the good contained In Science and
Health" Is freely given; anyone may
have access to it without the cost OF a
penny.
When your correspondent says that
Mrs. Eddy's teaching "dlshonors and
dethrones our Savior" he makes il evi-
dent that his study Of Christian Science
has been very superficial. On the con-
trary, do not know Of any religious
teaching which honors the Christ more
than does Christian Science, In which
stress Is more constantly laid upon the
necessity Of initiating the life OF Jesus
and putting into practice his teachings
| would like to have the sentence pointed
out which iustifes the statement that
Mrs. Eddy's teaching 'dishonors and de-
thrones our SAVIOR
Christian Science is not fairly repre-
sented In the statement, There Is no sin,
hence no need OF a Savior; there Is no
I death. hence tie q 4 not die for. us -
What Christian Science teaches Il that
neither God nor HIS perfect man know
| ain kuf mortal man l. vary rus,ch In nod