El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-05
ALFRED FARLOW, OF COMMITTEE ON PUBL
CATION, MAKES ANSWER.
Official of the Christian Sci Church Sets Forth the
Views of This Organizatio on Denies Many Of the
Statements of Evangelist Bulgin and Makes
Other Points Clear.
Boston. Mass. Dec. 10. 1910.

/ Boston, Mass. Dec 10. 1910.
! Editor FL Paso Herald:
In your issue of December 5, Rev.
DR.. E. J. Bulgin has been given almost
two full pages on the subject of Chris
titan Science. In the beginning ofsshls
discourse he declares that Christian
: Science has accomplished good, but he
adds: 4 will say, however, that not
one bit of the good which Christian
Science has received and taught, they
could not have found in the Divine
Christ"
/ desire to state at the outset that
J Christian Science is nothing more or
/ less than the religion Of Jesus Christ
Mrs Eddy has taken for her premise
the Christ teaching of the scripture
On this premise she has builded the
entire structure of Christian Science.
although she denies that God Is per
son in q corporeal or limited sense she
I teaches that God is person in the in
finite sense and applies to Him the
I term Heavenly Father. The establish
ment of the Christian Science church
was a matter of necessity, because
Christendom at the time of the discov-
cry of Christian Science was not pre-
pared TO receive her teaching
Christian Science Is Consistent.
Whatever else may be said about
Christian Science. it is consistent, and
one who is prepared TO say that there
is some good on its stalk will event
ually recognize that there is nothing
but good in it
Our critic admits that healing dis
ease is an integral part Of the disciple
ship of Christ but he adds prayer
for the healing of the body was not
always disconnected from wise means
to that end" and he refers TO the ap-
plication of clay in the healing of the
blind man. This is the only incident
recorded in the scriptures where Jesus
specifically considered matter IN con-
nection with the healing of disease, and
it is apparent that in this case the
Master was giving an object lesson. 1t
should be noted that it was after the
blind man complied with the command
to wash away the clay that he came
seeing" The Masters purpose was
evidently to emphasize His contempt
for material conditions, and to demon
strate the fact of spiritual power. II
clay and splttle were indeed an instan
taneous remedy for blindness il would
be found in the laboratories OF this age,
but, on the contrary, we have never
heard that this crude remedy for blind
ness has been recommended by any
modern physician and we doubt II
Rev. Mr.. Bnlgin would recommend 1t
as an effectual remedy for blindness.
He refers to, the application Of a lump
Of figs in the cdse Of Hezekiah.
careful reading OF the text discloses
the fact that it was the Lord who
said that Hezekiah would recover, but
it was Isaiah who recommended the
lump of figs It is not unlikely that
Isaiah had sufficient faith in matter
to make this recommendation, not
withstanding his faith in God, but the
Master Of Christianity, who is advo-
Gated by our critic as the Savior Of
the world, did not recommend material
remedies. His story Of the Good Sa-
maritan was important as an illustra-
ton because it was in keeping with
the practice Of the time and readily |
understood by his hearers. but it was
not Offered as an example Of scientific
and commendable medical practice
Master Succeeds When Students Fail. !
Our critic declares~that the healings
OF Christian Science being gradual and |
not instantaneous as in the case Of |
Jesus, is evidence that Christian Sci |
ence cures are not divine. He forgets |
evidently that en- one occasion the |
disciples brought case to the Master |
which they could not heal Jesus heal |
ed the case, thus eyidencing His SUI |
perfor power Although His students |
did not understand well enough to heal |
every applicant and do it instantane- |
ously, Jesus himself healed instantane- |
ously. A pupil in mathematics might /
be slow in his demonstrations and /
might even fail in some cases. but a |
master of mathematics would always /
be able TO make an instantaneous and /
perfect demonstration.
If Christian Scientists fail to raise |
the dead, 1t is for exactly the same /
reason that Rev Mr. Bulgin fails
because they have not sufficient de-
gree OF understanding and spirituality
TO DO ali that the Master expected /
them TO do But they should be COM
mended for their beginnings. The
mere fact that Christian healings have
become somewhat extinct is not a proof
that they are not required Of Christen-
DOM but are simply evidence Of a lost
art, simply evidence that there is a
necessity for revival Of primitive
Christianity If it were proper, as
our critic AYERS. to affirm that Chris
tian healing was intended only for the
ancient period il would be also proper
TO affirm that preaching the gospel
was intended only for that period since
the command to heal the sick is made
in connection with the command to
preach the gospel Why should we
reject the one and hold to the other?
What Christian Science Teaches.
Christian Science teaches that it is