El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-05

1 the SICK t0dI the UNDERSTANDING anu
! teaching of purely spiritual truth pro-
duees & spiritual regeneration in the
nearer which results in bodily i'm
proyement. If it were important in
! the days of our Lord that the divinity
I of the Masters teaching. should be
proved by the signs following it cannot
/ be denied that there is need of such
proof at this age. There are scores
! of religions which are said TO be based
/ upon the scriptures and yet which
/ differ from each other in some re-
] spects. Surely there is need of proof
! of the accuracy of any given teaching
at this age and the Masters words
are unmistakable. He did not specify
that His statement applied only to the
/ II apostles, but He made the unquali-
/ fled declaration, He that believeth on
me the works that I do shall he do
also" and this applies to the believer
! Of every age. We will admit that one
may be a believer to a certain extent
] mands Of Christianity, but enc cannot
/ be a believer in sufficient sense with
/ out being followed by all that Chris
tianity promises and it is quite as
! incumbent upon Rev. Mr.. Bulgin to
heal the sick" and .'raise the dead
as it is upon Christian Scientists.
Fee Always Nominal
The assumption that Christian Sci
entsts require fees in advance is en-
tirely incorrect The fee is nominal
+ in every case and the charge is always
subject to the circumstances of the
patient, and worthy indigent patients
are accepted without money and with
out price" though it stands to reason
that q person who is able to pay will
do better by making the sacrifice. It
IS not easy to obtain something for
nothing. One who is not willing to
part in at least degree with his ma
terial substance is not prepared TO re-
eeive the blessings Of spiritual things.
Everything Is Real.
While Christian Science denies that
man and the universe are material. 1t
does not deny their existence It is
only the false material concept which
this Science denies. It AYERS that every.
thing in creation from the least to the
greatest is real. although not what
it seems to be when considered in dis
regard of spiritual cause and effect.
The gentleman declares that the heal
ings Of Christian Science can be ex-
planned By the law of suggestion. On
the contrary Christian Science does
rot even employ suggestion. 1t relies
upon the divine power alone and rec
ognizes no other in its methods In
accidents could not happen If mortalS
were sufficiently conscious of the Di-
vine Presence is not out of keeping
with the belief of all other Christians
and all other reIigioHistss Back of
every argument employed by the Chris
tiant Scientist in his treatment of the
sick and injured, is an abiding realiza-
ton Of the omnipotenee of God and it
IS upon this exclusively that the Chris
tan Scientist relies
Our critic draws a picture of an
Injured man on the street and insin-
uated that the Christian Scientist would
simply depend upon Christian Science
treatment 1t seems necessary to state
here that in case of accidents neces-
stating the assistance of a surgeon it
is the custom OF Christian Scientists
to employ a surgeon. and this is in
keeping with the teaching OF the Chris
tan Science text book. Christian Sci
ence is meanwhile employed to relieve
the pain and suffering 1t would not
be in keeping with the practice of a
consistent Christian Scientist to pre-
vent patient whom he has failed to
relieve from -resorting to any means
whatever that he might desire
Instances of Christian Science Healing.
] have known many instances where
Christian Science has relieved pain aft
er all other means had failed. One was
a manager OF the Wells-Fargo Express
company in western city He had
erysipelas. His head was swollen be-
yond recognition The doctors who
had held consultation declared that
the trouble had become fatal and noth-
ing could be done for him except to
administer morphine as means OF
relieving the pain. He was eventually
criUpU f011T h.a
first prescribed by the physicians and !
no relief was gained. A Christian
Scientist was called at II o'clock noon
He was soon relieved of the pain The
Scientist saw him again at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon and on the following
night he slept and rested comfortably;
within three days he was natural in
appearance, and ten days thereafter
went back to business. a well man I
knew another case that was pro-
nounced by distinguished physician
as an abscess on the liver. The doc
tor advised an operation as the only
means of relief The woman was suf-
fering intense agony. Within 20 min |
utes after the Scientist arrived she was |
entirely relieved from pain and the |
third day thereafter the case was dis |
missed, as the woman was well. Dur |
ing the treatment she had been healed, |
4iOt OH1S VI lAlt Trouble, nut OF 4
rheumatism. which she had had for ten |
years
The gentleman declares that many /
little children have been neglected and |
deprived Of their God-given rights
medical aid-when sick" On the con-
trary. it cannot be denied that the
children of Christian Scientists are |
quite as healthy as those of parents
who rely upon material remedies, and /
In view Of this fact Christian Science
must be regarded as a reasonable sub
stitute for medicine. It has been
proved to be quite as efficacious in
the treatment of children as in the
treatment Of adults. Our critic de-
elares that Cb-s@tian Science denies
that Jesus is God. He might have
added that Jesus himself made exactly
his denial. He declared, Why callest
-hou me good, there is but one good,
hat is Cod He said. 1.-THE Father
s greater than t. He declared, II
go to my Father and your Father my
sod and your God" insisting that God
vas his Father in exactly the same