Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-12-11
HOLDS THAT THE
CHURCH WILL GROW
Not to Be Injured By Death
of Mother Eddy.

Boston, Mass, December 9.-Discus-
sing the recent death of Mrs. Eddy
and its probable effect on the church
founded by her, one of the leaders Of
the Mother Church here Stated that
the influence. strength and progress
siveness of the church would be in
nowise impaired Christian Science,
he declared. is founded on immutab.e
truths that are rapidly winning gen
eral recognition.
Men are no longer satisfied with
that conception of God which gives
merely an assurance of heaven be-
yond the grave to those who are found
worthy" he said. They desire %
know God as a present help in every
time of need, if it is possible thus
to know Him.
There is no mystery in Christian
Science, save the mystery TIA. en-
shrouds everything which is not un-
darstood. Christian Science can be un-
derstood and when it is understood, II
brings healing to the sick, comfort 20
the uorrowful and strength and cour-
age in the hour of trial and tempta-
ton. TIE strong point urged by Chris
tan Science is that the power to heal
sickness and destroy sin which was
exercised by the disciples, was the ma
ural result of understanding which
they had been taught.
"'One of THE essential elements 81
the Christian religion was early lost
sight of, AMI for Centuries the heal
ing of sickness Through faith in God
was considered no longer possible OF
necessary. To say that the healing
works accomplished by Jesus ami His
disciples were necessary to prove
that the long promised Messiah had
appeared among men in fulfiument 81
prophecy, IS to present a view of the
question which has no scriptural au-
thority. Salvation, as Jesus taught
and demonstrated it, IS present ealva-
ton from all that is unlike God.
at was the lack of spiritual perce2.
fion which caused mortals to consider
it the very natural and proper thing
to turn to drugs and other materal
remedies for healing. The almost uni
versal experience has been that it is
lrat until these material means have
failed, or it was apparent that they
would do so, that mortals have turned
in their extremity to God. 1t was the
failure of material remedies that led
to the discovery of Christian Science
The ba1is of Christian Science IS
the first commandment, Thou shalt
aaye no other gods before me-. The
Master declared that on this word and
one other, namely. Thou shalt love
their neighbor as myself hang all
the law and the prophets. Morta!s
have served other gods because they
entertained false views of the one
God. Christian Science imparts the
true idea of the Supreme Being and
thereby increases ones faith in good
and gives him added power over evil
From the human point of view, evil
is manifest on every side. The sin
sickness, discord and suffering of MGR
tals cannot be ignored. These evils
must be destroyed, for so long as they
seem to exist mortals will be in bon
dage thereto. Christian Science teaches
that sickness is no more the reality
of mans being than sin b. and that
the same power Chat destroys sin heals
sickness. Sin is no part of divine
mind, neither does it belong to the
true consciousness of being. Sin is
the manifestation of mortal mind. and
the mortal mind is not mind. for in
reality there IS but one mimi and this
mind is infinite. Mortal mind signifies
the belief in a mind apart from God
When the thought Of sin is DESTROYED
in mortal mind sin does not find ex-
preston in word or deed"