The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-24
fnition Of person belongs also to Him.

milton Of person belongs also to Him.
II God Is the universe, as Mrs. Eddy
says He is, He cannot be the one in
finite personality but has not even
a separate or individual existence.
Mrs. Eddy in denying the Blessed
Trinity says, who can conceive either
OF three persons as one person, or OF
three infinities as one infinity? I ad.
NIT that nobody can, but the Chris
tain doctrine on the blessed Trim.
ity is not that there are three per-
sons in one person or three infinities
In one infinity, which is absurd, but
three persons in one divine nature,
all having the same divine nature and
substance and this we know from
revelation
Mr.. Kendall, our critic says: "Nlrs.
Eddy denies that God is almighty. for
she says that He cannot produce
matter" This criticism is untenable
even in the light of natural science
teachings.
Mr.. Kendall then cites the opinion
of Prof. w. Oswald of the University
of Leipsic Matter is a thing of
thought etc.
If God cannot create matter but can
create only spirits, He is not AL
mighty.
Experimental science deals also
with matter and not merely with IDEAS
or spirits. Common sense tells us
that when stone strikes the head of
man, it is not merely an idea of
mortal mind that struck it but some
thing that has dimensions, called mat
ter
If God cannot give real existence
to things having such dimensions He
is not almighty.
My criticism so far from being in
tenable in the light of natural science
teachings is &C ording to these teach
ings and is based on them.
Prof. Oswald advances theory of
his own which is not universally ac-
cepted. University professors aim at
VI lSihdiilS anu oCI up oACoi tOe ehoe
are usually short-lived. Prof. Oswald
however, admits. the charge of the
phenomenon The word "Phenomen-
on is from the Greek "phainesthai,
and means in the first place an APP
pearance. anything visible. But if il
is visible, it is an object of sight
therefore material, hence even Prof
Oswald goes back on Mr.. Kendall
Mr.. Kendall. "The difficulty is al
in the view point Christian Scient
lists do not deny the reality of Gods
creation, but they consistently affirm
that all realitv is spiritual, perfect
complete"
1t is sheer nonsense to say that moth
ing is real but the spiritual | an
now really writing and yet don
write on spiritual paper with g spir
itual pencil. The spiritual kick of ;
horses spiritual hoof on a spiritua
part of mans anatomy does no. fee
exactly like spirits magic touch
There is no difficulty, dear sir, in til
VIEW point, IL ~ JUST WdHt W NlSN
! things as we find them. but if ma
puts on Mrs. Eddy's blue spectacies
everything he sees is blue. Christian
Scientists do deny the reality of God
creation for they deny that anythin
is real except the spiritual. The b
Bile tells us that other things wer
created besides spirits; for example
ST. Paul says in his letter to the &C
lossians 1:16, "In Him were all thing
created in heaven and on earth, Wis
ble," hence not only spiritual but ais
| material beings. Genesis 2:7, can
the Lord God formed man Of tn
slime of the earth; and breathed int
his face the breath of life" 1t wa
slime of earth and not an idea c
mortal mind, and the breath of lif
differed from it as the spiritual di
! fers from the material In anothe
place we read that God made out G
/ the ground all the beasts of the eartf
! Mr. Roosevelt did not shoot ideas c
mortal mind in the African jungle
| but real live beasts.
Mr.. Kendall: This comedies wit
ST. Paul's statement, "The thing
which are seen are temporal, but TIL