The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-04

Mr.. Ramsey Of Edinburg Comes
Out in Strong Defense Of
.5-s Mrs. Eddy. IS
lTo - Continued


able and Intelligent people Will do
Christian Science no harm, as they
SAVIOR rather Of the fiidle Ages than
OF. this century Of olerance and fair
play 9 ; n. IS B: z,..;
Further Mr.. Ramsay says: # & : ,. p.
The opponents OF Christian Science
differ very widely In the statements
they make concerning It, but there n
one point on which they are unani-
NOUS; one and all declare that they
cannot make head or tail of the text
book. Now most people will agree In
thinking that a man who cannot un-
derstand. the textbook Of science
does not know enough to sit in judg
ment on that science. 81: 5>5
~. The UnreaIity Of Evil. S =. =. i%
TT will be readily conceded. con-
tinued Mr.. Ramsay. that statement
Of truth foreign to the prevailing
thought Of the age requires explana 3
tion and some degree Of elaboration
before it can be generally accepted; SO
with MRS Eddy.s doctrine concerning
the unreality OF sin and disease. The
few words on this subject which g
certain critic quotes from Science ana
Health" taken from their context, In
terspersed with. and followed by words
which are not to be found IN the book.
certainly cannot be ineligible to one
who comes fresh to the subject, and
are, indeed, misleading. trust I may
be able to give some slight Indication
Of what our text book teaches, on this
important matter. b. 4. @s55.5 g
"What does the Bible teach on the
nature Of God? He Is varipusly de-
scribed by Christ and the Apostles as
Spirit Father, Life, Principle, Law.
| In the book Of Genesis we read that
God created all things, made man in
his image and likeness, and pronounced
the whole creation good. How, then,
are we to account for sin and sickness.
and all the misery Of the world? What
has.the New Testasne to- say on this
ST. John fells us tlhat tbs son 81 3o;i
was manifested that He might destroy
! the; works Of the devil. II. John, 81
What were these works Of the devil?
| The Gospel includes illness under this
| heading as well as sin. Our Lord said
! OF: one woman whom He cured that.
Satan had bound her. Est. Luke, 13),
and In every ease He treated Illness
as an evil to be cast out by the power
OF Cod. How did our Lord define the
devil As the father OF slies. What
is the father Of. a lie? = confused
sense, a false sense * * =. II :.
| ITO sum up: The Btblesteaches that
man was made good, and everything
which God created was good, that
there was nothing which HIS iid not
create. It teaches that sin,s disease,
and all other ills. Fare illusions, the
! outcome; Of a false sense; that Jesus
| Christ came to save us by showing us
how to rise above these illusions, and
He promised that those who believed,
on Him should heal as he had healed
| Recipe for Sin Cure. .> M. i
Let no one. however, imagine that
Christian Science makes light OF sin.
Science and Health and all Of mrs.
Eddy's other books show the absolute
necessit yof resisting evil in every
I form, Of every kind. I viii quote one
sentence from our textbook: II eyil
is uncondemned, It Is undenied and,
nuttured. Under such circumstances,
to say there IL no evil Is an evil Ia
ITSELF. Mr.. Bicknell Young In q lee
ture on Christian Science in the Royal
Albert Hall. speaking Of this doctrine
Of the unrsality OF sin, said: {. 4 DO not
pretend to give any formula for treat
ment To do 90 would not be In. ac-;
cordance with Christian Science: I but
one may; indicate q line Of thought
which will enable q critic OF the teach 8
1 ing OF Christian Science as to the I'm 8