The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-20
Declares Converted Buddhist
So Termed il After Hear.
ing Its Philosophy.
Pilates Predicament Con.
fronts Every Man.
REyNALIsr AT AUDITORIUM.

"Buddhistic nonsense. Is the
phrase Dr. Il. A. Torrey used TO de-
scribe Christian Science at the Audi
torlum last night. and he related an
incident, In which a high caste In
dian lady friend OF his was intro
duced TO Christian Science, after
that she had been converted from
buddhism.
lie said Christian Scientist In
Boston informed her that he wished
to acquaint her with more adj
yanced system of Christian philoso-
ply. aud unfolded TO her the theory
OF Christian Science. As the expo
sition progressed his friend began 10
smile doprccatingly and finally com
mentcd: That is all old to me. !
was brought up on that philosophy.
That il simply Buddhism"
lie admitted that Christian Science
has in many instances benefited the
body. by. as ne said. taking the
patients mind of his ailment. real
or imaginary: bnt be insisted that
there are people lying In their
graves. who might have been alive
today, u they had believed the evil
dencc Of their own senses and taken
rational treatment for real diseases
and injuries. instead OF merely de-
nying facts. "You can't eradicate
, by simply denying them" said DR..
Torrey.
Doctrine OF Denial.
Denying a fact does not alter the
fact Ia this superficial twentieth
century We have very easy way OF
disposlng OF the facts Ne don't like
10 believe. We say, u don't believe
in hell. and they think that they
have shut the gates OF hell by say
ing that.
Men who don't want to believe In
the Eible say. II don't believe In the
Bible" and they think they annihi-
late the hook that has stood for
nineteen centuries by saying that.
Men who do not want to believe
In Christ say. Il do not believe that
Jesus Christ II the Son OF God" and
they think by their not believing n
lie ceases TO be the Son OF God.
Has IL never occurred to you that
a fact Is fact whether YOU believe
Il or not?
We have got some people in
America that have become so pos
sessed with the idea that denying a
thing IL quite sufficient to annihilate
II, that they declare that there Is no
such thing as pain. They tell you
not to believe there is such thing
as pain. and then you won't feel H..
But when they &c TO the dentist and
get into the chair they jump just as
much as any one elsel And In this
foolish belief they are dying by the
score, by the miserable madness OF
Christian Science. that dares to deny
sickness. which exists az the same.
and sweeps them into premature
graves.
Denying a fact does not alter a
fact. and denying Jesus Is the Son
of God does not alter the fact that
lie Is the Son OF God. II only makes
you guilty of robbing divine Per-
son of the honor that is HIS due.
Listen, There are FIVE indisputably
divine testimonies to the deity OF
Jesus Christ.
In the first place, there Is the
testimony Of the divine life lie lived,
for lie lived as never man lived.
Napoleon Bonaparte said. II know
men, but Jesus Christ was no (mere)
man.
In the second place, there is the
testimony of the divine words He
spoke. fer He spoke as never man
spoke.
In the third place, there is the
testimony of the divine works lie
wrought; not merely healing the
sick. but cleansing the lepers, still
ing the tempest, raising the dead,
and feeding the five thousand by a
creative act with five small loayes
and two small fishes.
In the fourth place, then. is the
divine attestation of the resurrec-
tion from the dead The resurrec-
ton OF Christ from the dead is the
best proven fact of history.
Dr. Torrey's sermon last night
was continuation of the theme OF
the preceding night dealing with
"What will you do with Jesus?"
Pilates Predicament.