El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-05
REPLY To- DR.. BULC|N'S SERMON

Our critic undertakes to make a COM
parison between the teaching of the
| scriptures and the teaching of Science
and Health" quoting first the state
ment from Science and Health,
THAT spirit created matter is an err
roneous premise then from the scrip
lures, God created the heavens and
the earth" It should be noted that
Christian Science does not deny that
God created the heaven and the earth.
! but insists that God created all things
and gives the added understanding that
he made them after His kind" It
maintains the scientific proposition
that like begets like and in keeping
/ Herewith insists that the creation of
!. God is spiritual.
Thus we might illustrate that in his
parallels the reverend gentleman has
failed to compare spiritual things with
spiritual" according to scriptural ad-
monition, and therefore his parallels
are incorrect. Christian Science in
cludesr all of the inspired word of
/ the Bible as is stated in Science and
Health" the Christian Science text
| book. 1t gives the spiritual signifi-
canoe of the scriptures and thereby re-
/ duces it to a science and makes it more
! practical in all the affairs of life as
to the denial of death, it may be well
TO call attention to the fact that Jesus
said of the damsel She is not dead =
/, thus denying the existence of death as
emphatically as any Christian Scientist
could. He spoke of the condition as
dormant condition and then he pro-
ceeded to awaken the damsel by his
understanding of divine power. Chris
tian Science recognizes the phenomena
called death as a condition of the err
rOneous sense of existence which is
owing TO mortals' lack of spirituality
but which disappears eventually Each
! successive generation will improve I'M
til finally mortals become fully awake
to the realization of spiritual truth
and the prophecy of John shall be full
filled. He said. And there shall be
no more death. neither sorrow nor cry
ing, neither shall there be any more
pain; for the former things are passed
away"
Love the Bible.
Christian Scientists love the Bible
more than ever before and they study
it daily. It would be anomalous to
suppose that this increased Interest in
Gods word is occasiOned by teachings
which are Numerically opposed to the
scriptures and which are calculated to
lead the individual away from the Bible.
Moreover, the good fruits which the
Christian Scientist finds himself able
to bring Iorth by reasons Of a new un.
Outstanding Of the scriptures evidence
the fact that the new Interpretation is
correct. Jesus said, by their fruits
We shall know them" Christian Sci
entists are even more careful than they
were formerly in respect to quarantine
and this is on the basis of Christian
Science. for. they note that the law Of
contagion holds until il Is broken by
sufficient reliance upon the divine
1ox A.
cur the unnecessary risk and the extra
labor which might be occasioned by
allowing their sick patients to mingle
with others. Christian Scientists be-
IeFe in all reasonable sanitary meth
DDS, in pure air. pure food and bright
cheerful and clearly surroundings.
since the purest and best in the ma
terial most nearly approach the spirit
uaA Therefore it may be said that
Christian Scientists are even more
careful in sensible 'hygienie observances
than they have ever been before. The
world Is in no special danger from
their carelessness. Christian Science
does not teach that sin may be dis
missed by a mere denial but consider
that it must be srappled with and over
come, and that diseord which is the re-
SUIT OF sin VIII continue to punish the
individual until he ceases TO sin
Endorses All Christian sacraments
Christian Science endorses all the
Christian sacrameRts, although it gives
a new understanding of their signifi-
canoe. 1t affirms that Jesus came in
the flesh to demonstrate the facts OF
infinite love, the facts concerning the
science Of being which mortaIs must
understand in order to follow the scrip
tural Injunction. Work out your own
salvation" Christian Science teaches
he u rf
cension, the whole earthly career of
our Lord was essential to the salvation
of mankind, that Jesus was the great
exemplar that He demonstrated syvhat
can be done by one who relies i'm
plieitly upon God. while Christian
Science iiiumines His life and teaching
and renders Christianity more prae-
teal Christian Science does not deny
the necessity Of marriage as the basis
OF generation" but on the contrary.
Mrs. Eddy declares: Marriage fs the
legal and moral provision for genera
ton among human kind" Christian
Science teaches that either here or
hereafter all mankind will come TO
perfect knowledge of the truth and will
be saved. 1t teaches that mortaIs will
be resurreeted from a false sense OF
existence into the spiritual fact of be-
ing, not with a. material body, but
(
and that the final Judgment means
a final overcoming of all that is err
roneous and unbeeoming Gods image
and likeness, wherein the individual
is judged fit to pass beyond the portals
of material sense into the spiritual con- |
sciousness of existence. Christian |
Science teaches prayer without ceas-I
ing. n
Healing and Preaching the same/ /
The gentleman suggests that ChHs- |
tan Science should be called mental.
science and let everybody practice it |
and not make it a religious system" |
Healing and preaching in Christian |
Science are one and the same thing. |
As we have already stated, it is the |
gospel &C Christian Science which heals /
the sick. It would be quite as i'm |
possible for one to become imbued with /
the ideas of Christian Science without
being bodily improved as it would be
for the sun to shine without dispelling
the darkness. The psychic suggestion
which the gentleman recommends Is
no part of Christian Science. Its adon- I
ton would mean to set aside the shirt
ual truths of Christian Science for /
mere human subterfuge AS an ex-
annie Of Christian Soio1oo. o,--. -. |