Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10

tween the time of my awakening and
the time set for my next treatment. ]
continued to go for treatment for a
period Of about three months, when
felt I was perfectly we'll. Our fami-
ly physician, who was an old friend
and near neighbor, had known the
treatment l was undergoing, and re-
quested 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 l was as perfect a physi-
cal specimen as he had ever exam
ined. That was in March, 1885, and
from that day to this Christian
Science, as revealed to 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
| [ have seen continued evidence that
| Gods word is efficacious in the de-
| struction of all the ills to which flesh
is heir. l have seen cancer, tubercu-
\ losis, locomotor ataxia, deafness,
blindness, paralysis, drunkenness, in
sanity and immortality destroyed I
have seen men and women made we'll
morally and physically, just by the
| inflow of divine Love, as understood
and demonstrated in Christian
| Science, and my continued study of
| the subject makes me entirely sure
| that Christian Science, both practical
| ly and transendentally, is the most
precious of all the good of which hui
man consciousness 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 Key
to 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 continuous study of the Bible with
the aid of the Christian Science text
book, which is what it's title indicates,
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
spiritual teaching contained in the
Scriptures. Science and Health" is
the bible help of the Christian
Scientist; it is the book with which
the Bible is studied, and it has rent
the veil of mystery surrounding the
letter of the Word from top to bot
tom, revealing the spiritual import of
the Scriptures, disclosing to us the
''holy of holies," wherein God is re-
vealed to US as no longer an unknown
God, no longer a God to be igrorantly
worshipped, but God who is Love-
a God who never turns from His chill
dren a Father more tender, more con-
siderate, more compassionate, more
loving than human consciousness can
conceive.
Christ Acknowledged in Christian
Science.
It is frequently alleged that Chris
tian Science denies God and the
Christ; in refutation of this statement
| desire to say that God is referred to
over twelve hundred times and Jesus
the Christ over eight hundred times
in the Christian Science textbook, an
average of over three times to every
page thereof, and every reference to
either God or Christ brings out more
exalted thought than the world has
heretofore known. If one will pro-
cure a copy of Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" written
by Mrs. Eddy, and read her definition
of God (p. $50 and of Christ (p. $3.50,
he will never question the reverence
accorded them in the teachings of
Christian Science.
God and Man.
Because Christian Scientists de-
clare that the real man is one with
God this statement has been used as
foundation for the claim that Chris
tian Science is but a restatement OF
Oriental PHILOSOPHERS, wherein it is
taught that man reaches the highest
state of existence when he forgets
that he has ever lived and is absorb
ed into Deity. The teachings OF
CnT1Slldu OClSlICS dlS opoOiu1S'J w
posed to such an idea. They lead us
| to think of man as one with God in
the sense that the idea is one with
| the mind that conceives it-no part
of the mind, but inseparable from it;
| and so it is with man, Gods idea, His
| image and likeness. He is inseparable
from God, the Mind, the creator
which conceived him, but in no sense
a component part of God. In no sense
| is his individuality ever lost, for it is
as eternal as the Mind that created
| him.
| The UnreaIity 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
understood, it stands out in bold re-
lief as honoring God by recognizing
in deed as well as in word His om-
/ Christian Science gives us but one
standard of measurement, and that
! standard is God, Whenever, there
fore. anything presents itself to
| Christian Scientist, Immediately he
measures it by the standard OF per-
| fection which is God, and if it fails
to measure up to that standard, it is