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

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] the treatment in the following Ian
! guage: 4 placed my hand on them
! daily and usey psychic suggestion.
closing my eyes to concentrate all my
/ power of mind Since this sort OF
treatment is not even akin to Chris ian
Science, but is that sort which Mr..
Bulgin recommends for everybody to
practice" it seems to US that in this
case the joke is on him and not on the
Christian Scientists
Whatever may be said about the
1 price of tuition in Mrs. Eddy's college
! it was discovered during suit in a
| New Hampshire court some years ago,
that when Mrs. Eddy gave 800 0G0 to
! the Concord church, the amount was
almost one-hah of her entire fortune.
| This happened many years after she
! had discontinued teaching, and there
/ fore proves the fact that however much
/ or little she obtained as wage for her
teaching, she had given it TALL away,
with the exception Of modest living.
| to various public and private charities.
| Moreover, not one of Mrs Eddy's loyal
| students would be willing to part with
what they have gained from her for
many times the price they have paid
and it is not too impertinent to say
| that if both parties to the contract
| whereby Mrs. Eddy received a just
compensation for her services are sat
isfied, an outside party has no right
to complain.
Not Compelled to Buy Text Book.
There never was rule OF the Chris
tan Science church compelling the
Christian Scientists to buy the Chris
| tian Science text book or to circulate
| it. The injunction" referred to in
[ the clause. IF a member of the First
Church of Christ. Scientist. shall fail
to obey this Injunction. it will render
/ him liable 10 lose his membership in
this church" referred to the following
clause. The Christian Scientists in the
United States and Canada are hereby
enjoined not to teach a student Chris
tian Science for one year, commencing
on March IA, 1897.
Miscellaneous Writings" Is calcu-
lated to prepare the minds Of All true
thinkers to understand the Christian
Science text book more correctly than
student can
The Bible. Science and Health with
Key TO the Scriptures, and ny other
published works. are the only proper
instructors for this hour" In connec-
ton with this statement it was said
that It should be the duty of all Chris
tan Scientists to circulate their text
book, but this was in keeping with
the expectations Of all denominations
whose members are expected to eireu-
late their UNCONVENTIONAL literature
Pantheism teaches that the universe
taken as a whole constitutes God
Christian Science teaches that the uni
verse Is the creation of God. There
are no pictures illustrating Mrs. Eddy
elther IN her books or anywhere else.
The picture in Christ and Christmas.
which our critic evidently has in mind
IS nothing more than an illustration
OF the fact that science and truth ara
lnseparable from the Master, that they
are hand in hand, that it was the Mas
ter's mission to teach and demonstrate
the truth
The gentleman relates an Incident
which he describes as Christian
Scientist who accepted cbailenee 70
swallow concoetic1 of poison and
afterwards died He does not give
Pames or dates, therefore there is no
opportunity to look up the case and
ascertain whether or not this report
Is correct. but l desire to state in nm
mlstakabie terms that If anything OF
THIS Kind ever happened 1t was entirely
out on keeping with the practice Of
christian Scientists or Christians When
the Master was invited to accent chat
lenges ef this kind he steadfastIy re-
FUSED, saying, Get thee behind me
satan and surely it would be in keen
ing with His example for His follow
ers OF this age 10 make the same re .,lv.
moreover, TO accept a challenge of this
kind would De entirely out of harmony
with Christian Science practice for the
Iurther reason that while a Christian
scientist may consistently labor m
overcome evil he cannot wilfullv ven
ture into it. While one might have
grace sufficient to defend himself
against trouble. il might be too much
ard certainly not Christian, to venture
into evil for the purepose of afterwards
proving that there is no power in If.
such practice would be inconsistent
and unscientifie. and could not be in
lists
"shall Net Live by Bread AIone.v
In connection with his quotation from
Mrs. Eddy's teaching that food neither
strengthens nor weakens the BODY, the
gentleman might have repeated our
Lords words, 1T is written that man
shall not live by bread alone. but bv
every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God" In her declaration
Mrs Eddy has pointed her students to
the power OF God which not only gives I
life to the individual. but gives exist !
ence 10 the bread itself. that God is the
real life and that in iorder to attain a
more permanent state of existence NOR
tails must anchor their understanding
beyond the material and lay hold upon /
the spiritual.
Mrs. Eddy does not insist that as a !
matter of human phenomenon crops |
may be produced at this age by the !
spontaneous power OF mind" but in
sists that above and beyond the ma
terial law Of generation is the divine |
power which supports and sustains all |
things even the law
Mrs Eddy does not deny the exist I
ence of the senses of man. but insists I
that the materially OF the senses is /
false and that mortals must learn to |
consider all things from a spiritual |
viewpoint. to see them as God seas
them in, order to have correct view |
of creation. It teaches that the senses /
of man will improve as he advances |
spiritually. Yours truly.
Alfred Farlow.
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