The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONSTRABLE RELIGNON
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my suffering was nOSI real anu III
tense, so | told her that the physi-
clans said | had an incurable organic
disease, telling her what they said it
was. After few moments CONVEX
sation, she said she would treat me.
had not the faintest idea what a Chris
tian Science treatment was, so | was
waiting with a good deal of curiosity
for her to begin the treatment, when
to my surprise she folded her arms
and closed her eyes. / watched her
for moment or two, wondering when
! the treatment would begin, when it
dawned on me that this was the
treatment. The absurdity of the belief
that she could do me any good sick
as | was with an incurable organic
disease, without even laying her hands
| on me, was so apparent to me that
| could scarcely avoid the discourtesy
of laughing aloud in her face.
| In a short time she arose and said,
! 81 will see you tomorrow at the some
time" IF she had been able to know
what l was thinking, she would have
known that l thought she wouldn't
for l did not then intend to return for
another treatment; on the contrary,
my mind was fully made up to return
to the use of the tonic our family
! physician had told me it was as much
as my life was worth to 90 without
This, however, I did not do The disease
with which l was afflicted was of such
a nature and had reached so advanced
a stage that it was impossible for me
F! to obtain any rest without the use of
an opiate, and | fully intended taking
my usual dose when / went to bed;
but the first thing of which | was
conscious, after my head touched the
| pillow, was the fact that it was
broad daylight, and l realized that |
had slept the whole night through with
out any suffering or discomfort.
/ had awakened with sense of
hope, strength, vigor, activity and Joy,
/ such as | had never known before in
my entire life, and | believe the long
est hours | ever spent were those
between the time of my awakening and
the time set for my next treatment
continued to 60 for treatment for
period of about three months. when |
/ felt | was perfectly WELL Our family
physician, who was an old friends and
near neighbor, had known the treat
ment | was undergoing, and requested
the privilege of examining me- The
privilege was granted, and at the ter
mlnatlon of his examination he said a
miracle had been worked for me. for |
! was as perfect physical specimen
as he had ever examined That was
IN March, 1885, and from that dav
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.
i During all these intervening years l
have seen continued evidence that Gods
word is efficacious in the destruction
lof all the ills to which flesh is heir.
nave seen cancer, tuberculosis, loco
;. motor ataXia, deafness, blindness. para
j iysis, drunkenness, insanity and inn
morality destroyed / have seen men
and women made well 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 prac-
tlcaily and transcendentally is the
most precious of all the good of which
human 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 Kew 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 contiuu
GUS study of the Bible with the aid of
the Christian Science text book. which
IS what its title indicates, "Kev to
the Scriptures
Nearly all denominations have their
Bible helps prepared for the use of
the lay members by those presumed to
fhave knowledge of the spiritual teach
ing contained in the Scriptures. 'Sci-
ence and Health" is the "Bible helm"
OF the Christian Scientist; it is the
! book with which the Bible is studied
and it has rent the evil of mystery
surrounding the letter of the Word
J from top to bottom, revealing the
spiritual import of the Scriptures, dis
closing to us the "holy of holies,"
wherein God is revealed to us as no
longer an unknown God, no longer a
God to be ignorantly worshipped. but
a God who is Love,-a God who never
turns from His children, Father
more tender, more considerable, more
compassionate, more loving than hui
man consciousness can conceive.
Christ Acknowledged in Christian Sci
ence
1t is frequently alleged that Chris
tlan Science denies God and the Christ;
In refutation of this statement. | de-
sire to say that God is referred to over
twelve hundred times and Jesus the
Christ over eight hundred times in
the Christian Science text book. an
average of over three times to everv
page thereof, and every reference TO