The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-05-11
ANSWERS CRITICISM AGAINST
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS

] time claimed any personal power to
heal. He said, my father worketh
hitherto and / work" The Son can
do nothing Of himself, but what he
seeth the Father do. can OF mine
own self do nothingthe Father that
dwelIeth In me, He doeth the works
God is recognized by all Christian
Science practitioners, as the only
healer.
Another instance Of the unreliable
.ty # the reverend gentleman's state
nnents is seen in his reference to Mrs.
Eddy's chapter on Marriage, contain
ed in her book, Science and Health. 1t
is to be hoped that your readers will
take the trouble to look this refer
ence up. for they will find no such
thing as he has indicated in her
writings. The chapter on Marriage
gives her views in full and they are
well worth careful reading, and it
will be found that she is very much
opposed to divorce aid separation.
He also states that Christian Scien-
fists do lot believe in Jesus Christ.
At this point may / be permitted to
present for the benefit of your read
ers, in short what Christian Scien-
lists believe:
/. AS adherents of truth, we take
the inspired word of the Bible as our
sufficient guide to eternal life.
2. We acknowledge and adore one
Supreme and Infinite God. We ac-
knowledge His Son. one Christ; the
Holy Ghost, or Divine comforter; and
man in Gods image and likeness,
s. We acknowledge Gods forgive
ness of sin in the destruction of sin
and the spiritual understanding that
casts out evil as unreal. But the be-
lief In sin is punished SO long as the
belief lasts.
4. We acknowledge Jesus state
ment as the evidence of divine, ef-
f1cacious love. unfolding mans unity
with God through Jesus Christ, the
way shower; and we acknowledge
that man is saved through Christ,
through truth, life and love as de-
monstrated by the Galilean Prophet
in healing the sick and overcoming
sin and death.
5. We acknowledge that the cruci-
fixion of Jesus and His resurrection
served to uplift faith to understand
eternal life, even the allness of soul.
spirit, and the nothingness of matter.
6. And we solemnly promise to
watch, and pray for that mind to be
in us which was also in Christ Jesus.
to do unto others as we would have
them do unto us; and to be merciful.
just and pure.
/ believe that all are agreed that
reasonable way to Judge, a tree is
by its fruits. The Chicago Journal
had this to say: 1.-THE death of Mrs
Eddy well might serve as inspiration
for new beatitude. Blessed are they
who need no monument their names
are craven on many hearts," The
Los Angeles Express said: Mrs.
Eddy made God easy of approach to
| hosts of men and women, who, losing
faith, also had not known Him. She
gave vitality to belief, direction to
aimless purposes, ideality to life, new
sanctity to truth, supremacy to mind.
healing to the body and did her part
| in bruising the serpents head" These
and many hundreds of others give a
| far better estimate Of Mrs. Eddy, and
her work than could an army of
malefactors or those who mistakenly
view both it and her.
OF all such, Christian Scientists
have only compassion, and pray
Father, forgive them, for they know
mot what they do" Christian Science
Committee on Publication for the
State Of North Dakota.
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