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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS
DEMONSTRATE BELIEF
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which maketh alive-and that Is what
Christian Science T. comes only al The
result Of continuous study Of the Bible
with the aid Of the Christian Science
textbook. which Is what its title indi.
Gates. a key to the Scriptures
Nearly all denominations have their
Bible helps prepared for the use Of the
lay members by those presumed TO have
knowledge Of the spiritual teaching con,
tanned In the Scriptures. Science and
HEALTH Is the Bible help" Of TIE Chris.
tan Scintist; 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 bottom, reveal
ing the spiritual import Of the Scrip
lures, disclosing 70 as the "holy Of no.
hes wherein God Is revealed to us as
no longer an unknown God, no longer
God 70 be ipnorantly worshipped, but
a God who is Love,2a God who never
turns from His children, Father more
tender, more eonsiderate. more compass
sionate, more loving than human con-
seriousness can conceive.
Christ Acknowledge in Christian Science.
1t Is frequently alleged that Christian
Science denies God and the Christ; in
lrefntati0n Of this statement, 1 desire 10
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
I 4a4 ss44. III IA
brings out a 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 read her def
milton Of God %. ssh and Of Christ
| III. 1881, he wall never question the rev
efence accorded them IN the teachings
Of Christian Science.
God and Man.
Because Christian Scientists declare
that the real man is one with God, this
statement has hcen used AZ f0anda-
ton for Che claim that Christian Science
is but a restatement Of Oriental phil.
esophies, wherein it Il taught that man
reaches the highest state Of existence
when be foreets that he has ever lived
and is absorbed into Deity, The teach
ings Of Christian Science are absolutely
opposed 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 coneeiyes it--n0 part Of the
mind, but inseparable from 1t; and 80
II Is with man, Gods idea. His image
and likeness he IS inseparabe from
God, the Mind, the Creator which con.
eeived him, but III no sense component
part Of God. IN no sense is his indi-
vidmality ever lost, for it IS as eternal
as the Mind that created him.
Universal Belief Cannot Alter Facts.
For ages those who have deemed them.
selves wise in religious matters have held
the world in the grip Of the belief that
God IS either directly or indirectly re-
sponsible for SIM disease. and death; and
until we break that false belief until
we turn away from It as the prophet
Ezekiel implored the Israelites to do
when be said Turn We, turn ye from
your evil wars: for why will be dien we
shall continue to sin, we shall continue
TO be sick, and continue to die God.
as the supposed creator Of good and evil.
Of life and death, sin and disease, Is
not the God Of the Christian scientists.
nor is He the God Of the inspired Scrip
lures, which teach that He Is the same
yesterday, to day, and forever, without
variabeness or shadow Of turning Tire
letters G. S. stand not only for Christian
Science, but for common sense as well,
and ii is common sense, because it II my
sense and your sense; it Is a sense that
belongs to all Of us; and Christian Sci.
entists have nothing that Is not yours
they are simply putting to use what
non Christian Scientists are letting lie
dormant in their thought
Life and Death Opposites.
If God IS changeless, how could He
give life and at the same time give
DEATH When life was existent what
would become of death, and when death
was existent what would become Of life?
u God created them, they must both be
as eternal as their creator How can
they both exist eternally when one mani
tests the absence Of the other as Ger.
tainly as light annihlates darknessY
The Bible tells us that death Is the
wage Of Sin. Do We believe itg The
Bible does not say that in one case death
is the wage Of sin aud that ia another
case it il the wage Of goodness. II
makes the unqualified statement that
the wages Of sin is death" If God
created death He must have created Sin.
We cannot escape this conclusion by
saying that He only permits sin; for to
permit it Tic must know II, and how can
He know it when tile Scriptures tell is
that God IS Of purer eyes than to behold
evil and cannot look upon iniqnty III
God is OF purer eyes than to behold
evil and cannot look upon iniquity. If
he created death and death Is the wage
Of sin. then il logically follows that Cod
creates sin; and as everything tie created
Is good. it further follows logically that
sin is not evil but Is good, an argument
that cannot for an instant be sustained:
and our hearts are 6led with 10Y when
we know, as Christian Science teaches
rs, that God has no consciousness Of sin.
life is creative and death destructive,
50 that God, the primal and only creator,
must be Lfe and not death. and there
lore death. measured b the standard Of