Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-09-30
Christ Acknowledged in Christian
Science.

ferred to over twelve hundred times
and Jesus the Christ over eight hun
bred 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 a more exalted
thought than the world has hereto
fore known. II one will procure a
copy of Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" written by
Mrs. Eddy, and read her definition
Of God Cp. 5S7p and Of Christ (p.
5s3), he will never question the
reverence accorded them in the teach
ings of Christian Science.
God and Man.
Because Christian Scientists de-
clare that the real man is one with
Cod this statement has been used
as found" ION for the claim that
Christian Science is but a restate-
ment Of Oriental philosophers.
wherein 1t is taught that man reaches
the highest state Of existence when
he forgets that he has ever lived and
IL absorbed into Deity. The teach
inss Of Christian Science are abso-
lutely opposed to such an idea. They
lead W % think OF man as one with
God IN the sense that the idea Is one
with the mind that concelves 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 Unhealthy Of Sin, Disease and
Death.
Probably nothing has been more
misunderstood by people than the
statement made by Christian Scient-
lists that sin, disease and death are
not realm fact, are nothing but
false beliefs. When this statement
is understood, 1t stands out In bold
relief as honoring God and recog-
nizing in deed as well as word His
omnipotenee, omniscence, and omni-
presence good, wherein there is
neither elemental evil nor a consecu-
tive passIvity which seems to recog-
nize evil and permit its existence.
Christian Science gives Us but one
standard of measurement, and that
standard is God! Whenever, there
fore, anything presents itself to a
Christian Scientist, Immediately he
measures It by the standard Of per-
lection which is God, and II 1t falls
to measure UP to that standard, 1t Is
known to be un-Godllke; and II un-
Godllke, not eternal and II not eter-
nal, not real.
How do we know that sin, disease,
and death are not Godlike7 How
do we know that sin, disease, and
death have nothing to do with God;
never did have, and never will7 Je-
sus told us so. and very plainly, too.
He said be came to do the will OF the
Father. He also said he came, not to
destroy, but to fulfill, and he lmme-
dlately went to work to heal the sick,
cleanse the leper, cast out evil, and
raise the dead, "by the Spirit Of
Cod" Do we think Jesus knew
what be was doing? Do we think he
told the truth when he said that he
came not to destroy but to fulfill?
II we believe that he told the truth,
then we are forced to admit that he
destroyed nothing when he cast those
evils out, for not otherwise can the
truth Of bis statement, that be came
not TO destroy but to fulfill, be up
held.
More than this, let US recall Christs
statement in speaking Of . woman
who was m, when be said that Satan
had hound her. Did he mean that In
one Instance Satan had bound q wo-
man because nhs vas bad. and m an
icoatlnbsd On nert passl