El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-01
RELIES TO BILGIN.

Houston, Texas, Nov &c, 1910.
Editor FL Paso Herald
have read in your issue Of the 21st
inst. a report of evangelist BuIgin's
sermon that was delivered on the even
ing previous. 1t seems pity the
preacher displayed such a lack of self
control as was evidenced in his exhi-
bition Of i'll temper when speaking of
others as silly thing" crazy lie"
etc Surely that is not nice vocabu-
larry for a minister of the gospel of
ION earth peace, good will. toward
men" If this course is persisted in
his hearers may come 70 believe his an
tagonism to Christian Science is in
consequence of what he admits when
declaring that go percent of the MEM.
bers of the Christian Science churches
are from our churches" If that state
ment be true. it might be asked by the
inquirer. Did all that multitude of
people leave their former churches be-
cause they were dissatisfied? Was il
because Christian Science gives them a
better understanding of the living God
than they had hitherto? Was is be-
cause Christian Science is found max
ing good its claims by proofs of heal
mgr
When our brother gets a little more
of the Christly spirit. when he mani
tests more love and less hate he may
come to know it is the good that is
seen and felt in Christian Science prac-
tice that is its chief attraction and that
is today drawing all men unto it. Truth
is the most attractive thing on the
earth. Our Master said: -Ye shall
know the truth and the truth shall
make you free" Christian Science is
daily making practical proof Of that
promise.
Instead of decrying others it would
seem more graceful IN our critic If he
were found making proof of his discf-
pleship by doing the works that Christ
Jesus required of his followers. Hear
his words: These signs shall follow
them that believe: In my name shall
they cast out devils; thew
shall lay hands on the sick, and they
shall recover"
That Christian Science is scientific
is readily seen and admitted by all
who understand it sufficiently to heal
by its means. They soon find that
blind faith is insufficient and that
mere belief in God must be superseded
by demenstrable understanding of
the truth about God in order to reap
the benefits promised by the Master.
who said: This is life eternal that
they might know Thee the only true
God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou
hast sent"
That Christian Science is Christian is
proved by its effects upon the sick and
sinful 1t reforms the sinner and IT
heals the sick, and this it does by the
same method and in the way that was
pr scented and practiced by Christ Jesus
and his disciples
Our critic misunderstands the teach
ing of Christian Science when he says:
at is not good science to tell me l
have no stomach when I have the
stomach ache" No Christian Scientist
would tell anyone that he has no stom-
ach; and If one believes he is suffering
from stomach ache it is quite evident
he is in sad need of a better sense of
stomach, for experience will convince
a man that a we'll behaved stomach.
one that is always found attending to
its own business, giveth satisfaction
and maketh not ashamed.
Our critic says: IF 1 ever saw any
one who had a glass eye replaced with
a good one ] would believe