Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-13

No other book in modern times has
made so many bible readers.
TRIBUTE TO MRS. EDDY.
1T has fallen to my lot to have
known its author intimately in the last
few years Of her earthly activity. One
November day in 1908, Mrs. Eddy call
ed me to her side from my home in
Colorado to become a member OF that
historic household at Chestnut Hill
which she once publicly designated the
happiest group OF Christian Scientists
on earth l was privileged to share
her daily counsels for more than two
years, and from the time Of my first
half hours heart-to-heart talk with her,
down TO the afternoon, when standing
at her side saw her marvellous hands
shape her last written words, God II
ny life,' | have never wavered in my
conviction that she has been the chosen
evangel OF truth, intrusted with those
good tidings of great joy that have
been waiting mans readiness since
the days when Jesus trod the dusty
fields Of Syria, and sailed the blue
waters of Galilee.
RELIGION COMPARED.
The anthropomorphic idea of God
as a man-like being of human attri-
butes and qualities enormously magni-
fed, a heritage of mythology, handed
down 10 Us through generations of or
thodoxy, is repudiated in Christian
Science. For its definition of God.
Christian Science consistently turns to
the scriptures.
Christian Science stands before the
world as a demonstrable religion, one
that is to be lived, not merely believed.
The standard of proficiency for the
Christian Scientist is not how much
he believes, but how much of that be-
lief he is using in his daily life, in his
dealings with his fellow men and in
the sanctity Of his innermost thoughts.
MUST BE PRACTICED.
Hence it is that there is no such
thing as a purely theoretical Christian
| Scientist. No man can become a
Christian Scientist by merely believ-
ing in the teachings of its text book
without practising them. We are Chris
/ tian Scientists only as We put into con-
slant practice our knowledge OF our re-
| ligion, be that knowledge great or
small. We are Christian Scientists
| only as we are kind and helpful in
thought and deed; only as We think
health and talk health instead of dis.
ease and disaster We are Christian
| Scientists only as we say to evil men.
tai suggestion, Peace. be STILL Only
as we are loving and courageous and
resolute and answering in our war.
fare against sin, sickness and death.
DISEASES ARE MENTAL.
1T is often charged against Chris
tian Scientists because they rely wholly
upon mind that they do not do any,
thing for the sick When the average
man considers the needs Of a sick per
son. his thought at once turns TO the
medicine bottle and he believes there
is nothing being done for the sick man
unless he is made to swallow some.
thing. According to his peremptory
opinions, the sick man should be treat
I ed with something that he can taste
or smell or feel, something that the
/ senses can perceive. Otherwise Moth,
| ing is being done for him He may
tell you that attempting to change the
condition Of a mans body through
mind alone is foolishness And yet
this same intelligent citizen will readily
admit that mans body commonly and
| frequently undergoes sudden and very
marked changes due entirely TO mental
causes. He will admit that salt water
/ will flow from his eyes If he is sub
jected 70 great grief That sudden fear
will produce cold perspiration. That
anger will cause the face to flush or
pale, the heart to thump, the voice to
change.
/ Now grief, anger and the like are
obviously mental, but because their eff.
feet on the body is OF everyday occur
renee. as commonplace as eating and
drinking, the lesson they disclose is
] lost upon the man who hastens to cen.
sure Christian Science for achieving
what he styles the impossible. yet
which has been a part of him since
the day when as a crying infant he on
his mothers arm shed his first tears
LORD HEALED WITH WORDS.
Jesus proved for all time and all
ChristendOm that the origin of disease
was mental and He healed II with a
mental medicine. He gave himself nc
concern about physical symptoms, but
He destroyed what caused them. He
cared little about what the sick man
had been eating. bur much about what
he had been thinking He said in sc
many words. 1t is not that which go
eth into a man which defleth him.
When he healed the sick, He gave nc
parting directions about diet and rest
but at least on one occasion said, Sir
no more lest a worse thing come unto
thee" thus indicating the mental orr
gin OF the disease. The sick were heal
ed by him through spiritual understand
ing. not by human will Christian Sci
ence. similarly relying wholly upon di
vine principle, has no relationship witt
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