The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-29
AN ANSWER 70 DIR.
GR0SVEkOR
Chas. Kraft Adds Another
Chapter to Christian
Science Controversy.
Editor Wenatchee World:

in your issue Of the 21st, to present
to your readers certain distorted
views of Christian Science, a pre-
sentation of facts as seen from the
Christian Scientists viewpoint may
be equally interesting and, we trust,
beneficial.
1t is neither our purpose nor mis-
sion to defend the various systems
of metaphysics but rather to cor
rect the erroneous conclusions ad-
vanced concerning Christian Science
Despite the ridicule heaped upon this
system of pure metaphysics by some
dealers in physics, there are thous-
ands Of we'll authenticated cases of
the healing of nearly every known
disease through Christian Science.
This religious system meets with OPP
position from both orthaiox theolo-
gy and the established medical sys-
TENS. The criticisms INDUCED by
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the one hand ministers, as a rule,
admit that Christian Science has at
least degree of healing power, but
maintain that it is unscriptural and
n-Christian, while on the other
hand, the doctors usually admit
Christian Science to be a beautiful
religion, but deny its healing eff
cacy except perhaps in imaginary
cases. Christian Science has not
come primarily as a system of heal
ing, but rather as the restoration of
primitive Christianity adapted to
this age, with the signs following
promised by the great Teacher
Instead of denying the existence
of the universe or any part of il.
Christian Science declares that the
universe of Gods creating is per-
feet. real and spiritual, not ma
terial and therefore not correctly
apprehended through the medium of
material sense. Paul evidently had
this fact in mind when he wrote,
The natural man receiveth not the
things of the spirit of God: for they
are foolishness unto him, neither
can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. Cor. 2:14.
We are told that the world moves
on in spite of metaphysics, and yet
every advance step in the worlds
progress. has been led by those who
have gained higher and broa der
views by rising above the testimony
Of the material sense of things. In
Science and Health page 119,
Mrs. Eddy explains that ''as astron-
omy reverses the human perception
of the solar system, so Christian Sci
ence reverses the seeming relation
or soul and body and makes body
tributary to mind And again on
page 120, reminds her readers that
science reverses the false testimony
Of the physical senses. and by this
reversal mortals arrive at the funda-
mental facts of being" This has
been demonstrated to every thinking
person in count less ways.
The doctor ''supposes' things that
might happen IF all the people in
Washington were Christian Scien-
fists" and presents graphic pictures
of the suffering that might follow
such a state of affairs. Nevertheless
the fact remains that although many
who are now devoted adherents of
this faith turned to it as hopeless
invalids after all other means had
failed, the general admission is
that as class Christian Scientists
are unusually healthy. The writer's
own experience of years of suffering
which frequently incapacitated him
for business duties before learning
of Christian Science, and a record
since his healing nearly fifteen years
ago, of less than three days absence
from business because of sickness up
to the present time, is only one of
thousands of like experiences of
those who have satisfactorily proved
the truth of Christian Science.
Instead of being "bolstered up"
by the new testament teachings,
Christian Science is based entirely
upon the Bible 1t is true that Luke
is spoken of as the beloved physi-
clan" because of his previous profess
sion, but there is no record that the
departed from the Masters teachings
and practice by employing material
instead of only spiritual means there
after. As an argument for the use
of material medicines, we are very
solemnly reminded for the Masters
use of the clay and spittle when
healing the blind man. Has our
good friend, the doctor, ever healed
the blind by this method? We are
inclined rather to believe that it was
the attainment of the right mental
att tude brought about by implicit
obedience to the demands of Christ,
that gained for him the answer Of
his prayer. Jesus declared that
"whosoever shall not receive the
kingdom of God as little child,
shall in no wise enter therein" This
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