The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-21


and tho time sot for my next treat.
mont l continued TO go for treat.
ment for a period of about three
months. when l felt l was perfectly
we'll Our family physician. who was
An old friend and near ncighbor. had
known the treatment l was undergo.
ing and requested the privilege of
examining me. The privilege was
granted. and at the termination of his
examination he said a miracle had
been worked for me, for I was as per-
feet a physical specimen as he had
ever examined That was In March.
1885. and from that day to this Chris
tian Science, as revealed 10 the world
through Mrs. Eddy. has met every
diseased condition that has presented
Itself to me. has destroyed It and left
me free.
During all these intervening years
I have seen continued evidence that
Gods word Is eflcacious IN the des-
truction of all the ills to which flesh
IS heir have seen cancer. tuber-
culosls. locomotor ataXia. deafness.
blindness. paralysis, drunkenness. in.
sanity and immortality DESTROYED. T
have seen men and women made we'll
morally and physically, Just by the In
flow OF divine Love. as understood and
demonstrated in Christian Science.
and my continued study OF the sub
jcct makes me entirely sure that
Christian Science, both practically and
transcendcntally, is the most precious
OF all the good OF which human con-
seriousness may conceive.
Christian Science and the Bible.
1t Is said that Christian Scientists
do not use the Bible: that all they
use is Science and Health with Kew
10 the Scriptures written by Mrs.
Eddy. No statement could be more
untrue, because the disclosure of the
spirit of the Word which maketh alive
and that is what Christian Science
is-comes only as the result of con-
tinued study Of the Bible with the aid
of the Christian Science textbook.
which is what its title indicates, a
Key to the Scriptures"
Nearly all denominations have their
Bible helps prepared for the use
of the lay members by those pre-
sumed TO have knowledge Of the spirit
aul teaching contained In the Scrip
lures. Science and Health" Is the
bible help" OF the Christian Scien-
tist; IL is the book with which the
Bible is studied. and 1t has rent the
veil of mystery surrounding the let
ter Of the Word from top to bottom.
revealing the spiritual import of the
Scriptures, disclosing 10 use the
holy of holies," wherein God is re.
vealed to us as no longer an unknown
God no longer a God to be ignorantly
woTshjpped, but God who Is Love
God who never turns from His chill
dren. a Father more tender, more
considerate. more compassionate.
more loving than human conscious.
ness can conceive.
Christ Acknowledged in Christian
Science.
II Is frequently alleged that Chris
tlan Science denies God and the
Christ; in refutation of this state
ment. l desire TO say that God is re-
ferred TO over twelve hundred times
and Jesus Christ over eight hundred
times in the Christian Science text
book. an average OF over three times
to every page thereof, and every ref
erence TO either God or Christ brings
out more exalted thought than the
world has heretofore known. II one
will procure copy of Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
written by Mrs. Eddy, and reod her
definition of God (p. $50 and of Christ
(p. $3.50, he Will never question the
reverence accorded them IN the teach
ings of Christian Science.
God and Man.
Because Christian Scientists declare
that the real man is one with God
this statement has been used as a
foundation for the claim that Chris
tian Science Is but restatement of
Oriental philosophers wherein 1t is
taught that man reaches the highest
state of existence when he forgets
that he has ever lived and is alb
sorbed into Deity. The teachings OF
Christian Science are absolutely OPP
posed to such an idea. They lead us
to think of man as one with God in
the sense that the idea is ore with the
mind that concelves it-no part of the
mind. but inseparable from IT.: and so
II is with man, Gods idea. His image
and llkenessl He Is inseparable from
God, the Mind. the creator which con-
ceived him. but in no sense a com
ponent part OF God In no sense is
his individuality ever lost, for It Is
as eternal as the Mind that created
him.
The Unreality Of Sin, Disease,
and Death.
Probably nothing has been more
misunderstood by people than the
statement made by Christian Scien-
lists that sin. disease. and death are
not realm fact, are nothing but false
beliefs. When this statement is un-
derstood, It stands out in bold relief
as honorlng God by recognizing In
deed as we'll as word His omnIpotence,
and omnipresence.-as
good wherein there Is neither ele-
mental evil nor a consecutive passiylty
which seems to recognize evil and
permit its existence Christian Sci
ence gives us but one standard of
and that standard is
Cod Whenever. therefore. anything
presents itself to a Christian ScIen-
list. Immediately he measures It by
the standard of perfection which is
God. and II It falls 10 measure up to
that standard. it Is known to be un-
Godlike: and IL un-Godllke, not eter-
nal, aud ii not eternal, not real.
Universal Belief Cannot Alter Facts.
What about this belief OF sin. dis.
case. and death being real? a uni
Versal belief is not any more a foun-