The Glenwood post., 1909-01-09
A DEFENSE OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

tai bondAge and 10 like unto the man
of whom Jesus related in a parable out
of whom had gone an unclean spirit
and later other devils more wicked than
the first took up their abode. There
is but one way of true healing and that
is the Christ way as Jesus taught it.
Jesus never claimed to heal "by the in
auence of thought on the body He
said "Why callest thou me good
there is none good but one, that is,
God. - "Let not my will be done but
tho Father IS" "Father, know that
thou nearest me always" Jesus had
the true understanding of God as the
only power and presence ard Christ
ian Science is today leading mankind
up to the same spiritual recognition of
fod as all good, infinite Spirit. This
acceptance of God as infinite Spirit
prccludes the belief in the reality of
mater; and the realization of God as
the only presence and as all good,
teals disease and thereby proves that
lisease cleo is unreal.
To gain a correct understanding of
he teaehings of Christian Science one
must start with the premise that God
perfect, good and all inclusive. More
than a million of honest and intelli
gent seekers have been convinced by
their own healing of the truth of this
Science and they would take exception
to the reverend critic s statement that
! Christian Science will lay Mrs. Ed,
| VS. vague and presumptuous book on
the shelf They know that properly
| understood, the Christian Science text
book is true, clear courageous, logi-
cal, and spiritual Interpretation of the
Bible and an exposition of the Science
of God and His law; treatise such as
never before has been written by hu-
man pen nor voiced by human tongue
Every socalled natural science
whether it be mathematics, physics, or
chemistry has its own terminology and
a vocabulary peculiar to itself This
Is also true of Christian Science, which
were metaphysical terms to express
spiritual truths, terms which are not
easily understood by the ordinary man
Of the material world. In order to in
DILIGENTLY read and understand the
Christian Science textbook, one must
gain the metaphysical meaning of the
terms "real" and unreal. Only the
fspiihual is permanent, eternal, and
unchanged therefore the word "'real''
IS used to Indicate only that which is
Spiritual According to this usage
Spirit is real for Spirit is permanent,
eternal and Interchangeable while mat
ter which is ehangeable and trans
tory is unreal. Health and harmoney
IS of Spirit, hence it is real, while dis
ease and discord are not of Shirt
renee they are unreal
Years ago, before the teaching of the
unrcality of matter was given to the
world through the Christian Science
textbook, the theory of the indestruc
tibhity of matter was taught in the
schools, but the more enlightened and
'eadtng physicists of today declare
that the atom, formerly believed to be
the smallest indivisible particle of mat
ter can be further resolved into elec-
irons, that is mere force or energy
Christian Scientists do not deviate
from the ordinary use of terms when
speaking of material objects. They
recognize that trees and other objects
of nature exist. Instead of disregard
ing nature the spiritual uplifting re-
ceived from the study and application
of Christian Science tends to enhance
the beauties of nature. They know al
so that sickness is a stern and sorrow
full problem which they are battling to
destroy. But they do not believe mat
ter to he of Spirit nor disease to come
from divine Love. On the other hand
they are certain that the destruction
of disease will come only with the re-
cognition of the infinite presence and
power of God.
| GRAY MONTGOMERY.
| Christian Science Comittee on Publ
cation for the state of Colorado.