The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

passeth (human) understanding. and
the abiding sense of plenty which is an
essential element of true peace. 1t
stands for mental integrity and moral
purity; for fidelity and faithfulness; for
right relationship, unity Of purpose, CO.
operation. reciprocity, brotherly love.
charity and compassion. 1t stands for
heaven and harmony = the harmony
which is heaven within, and for all that
makes for the establishment of the
kingdom of heaven or harmony here.
Christian Science stands for rational,
There are many thousands of people
and the adoption of the inspired word
of the Bible" as sufficient guide to
eternal life' (Science and Health, p.
1917
Having told something of that for
which Christian Science stands and hay
ing indicated to some extent that which
it claims to do for those who are sick
and In trouble, may It not be pertinent
to say something about what Christian
Science is doing to fulfill its promises
and something of the way in which it is
being done?
There are many thousands 70 people
who, through the ministry of Christian
Science, have been healed of disease and
redeemed from sin, and many who have
been turned back from the very gates of
death. Among these thousands there are
those who have been raised from beds
of unspeakable pain, those who have been
rescued from depths of degradation,
those who have been freed from the
bondage of poverty and incompetency.
1t is possible that some Of these people
would have recovered from their sick
ness under other forms of treatment or
would have become prosperous In an
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majority were utterly hopeless and ap-
parently helpless in their misery until
Christian Science showed them the way
out of 1t.
How were these people healed of dis
eases which in many instances had baf-
fed the most skilful physicians? They
were healed by the Christian truth. which
takes away the sins and heals the sick
ness of the world They were healed
by reason of the knowledge that sickness
is unnatural to Gods man, and that
therefore man need not fear or endure
it. These people have been lifted from
the maelstrom of poverty and vice by
gaining the understanding that poverty
is an imposition and vice a fraud, and
that Gods man cannot be imposed upon
nor defrauded; by being convinced that
the fear of evil is unnecessary for the
reason that every phase of evil Is tenn
poral and destructible; by being educated
into the understanding that none of the
Ills to which flesh is heir are part of the
real or right man.
Christian Scientists believe they have
demonstrated that Mrs Eddy has dis
/ covered and correctly set forth the prin-
ciple and law by which Jesus healed all
manner of sickness and all manner of
disease among the people of his time.
Jesus said of His work: 81 can of mine
own self do nothing" Again, He said:
! THE Father that dwelleth In Me. He
| doeth the works" The Father referred
/ TO by Jesus as being the Principle of His
/ works was, according to Christian Sci
/ ence, the divine Mind. Jesus further
said to His followers: He that believeth
| on me, the works that I do shall he do
also; and greater works than these shall
| which He understood They believe that
| as followers of Christ Jesus they have a
J right to do His works. They believe
that the healing which He did was lawful
and was done according to a principle
which He understood. They believe that
/ this principle is God. They believe that
! divine intelligence is available to man
/ now just as it was in the time of Jesus
Christian Scientists are however, sensi-
BILE of the fact that they have only be-
gun to understand and apply the Christ
metnou or healing, and they do not pre-
tend that they are always successful in
It's application; yet they do know that
| Christian Science has proved itself to be
effcacious in the healing of thousands OF
cases of disease, acute and chronic, men,
tai and physical
Christian Science induces the sinner te
abandon his belief in the reality of sir
and enables him to win forgiveness by
| forsaking sin. Therefore II will be seer
that 1t is mistake to suppose that In
teaching the unreality of sin Christian
Science encourages the indulgence of sin
| The fact Is that 1t awakens the sinner to
the absolute necessity of gaining a low
for goodness that will enable him to will
ingly abandon not only fragrant forms o.
immortality, but also the more subtl,
phases OF evil.
All OF this mighty work of regenera
tion and healing is being accomplished
because OF the discovery and develop
ment of Christian Science by Mrs Eddy
Her clear conception OF the truth abou
God and man, her fearless presentation
of that truth, and her wise establish
ment and leadership of the Christian
Science movement have not only en-
deared her to those who are Gale,
! Christian Scientists, but have won TO
her a place in the esteem of many per
sons outside the Christian Science church
who regard her as one of the world
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