The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-19

ness, they thought he was claiming 10
do tha, which they knew no one but
God could do. He said. The Father
that dwclleth In me. he doeth the
works. Of himself he could do nothing.
He had power over Sin as we'll as over
sickness because he understood what It
Is that heals both
PHYSICAL AND MORAL HEALING.
/, is sometimes sold that Christian
science lays too much stress on phys
zeal healing. This criticism is offered
by those persons who are not correctly.
Doing accomplished in the way OF moral
healing and spiritual uplifting Chris
t!an Science has appealed TO many per
sons as religion. and afterwards the
possibilities OF physical healing were
realized, but the great majority have
turned to Christian Science because it
promised physical healing ana Inspired
hope after all else had tailed them
There Is "A great demand for the
healing Of sickness, and the numerous
methods Of healing ana the thousand 9
or intcll!Eer, men and women who are
faithful in ,he practice OF their nro-
fession are endeavoring 20 meet the de-
mand All men should be more con.
cerned about their spiritual welfare
than they are about their physical con
dition. but no douh, The great majority
VI people feel more keenly Incl. need OF
physical healing Than OF moral This
should not be so. but such is tho pres
Ont condition and it must be dealt win
!ntcilig e-ttly.
Nora aud physical healing were one
IN the teaching and practice of the
has'er Healing was The foundation
.poh "hich ne built The multitude s
ala not see any connection between his
teaching and his works and il may be
mat the great majority to day do not
understand that there VAS q vital con
hcc'ion between what he said and what
ne ala The Master endeavorcd l., i'm
press II upon his hearers that in the UNI
Herstanding OF what he taught was to
DC found the power which did the
works. He said, HE that believeth on
me the works that | do shall he do
elso.' Tn" belief In MIN as man, az
the son OF God. or as God. has not en-
Ghled men TO heal the sick or cast OUT
evils. 80 II must be that 10 believe on
him means to believe, accept under
stand and live. or put into practice.
what he taught.
The truly wonderful success of our
cause is due TO It's healing works The
euro OF disease and the alienation OF
suffering is by no means the whole of
christian Science. II is but the begin
nins OF what the understanding 81
Truth Will bring into the live. of all
VINO turn 10 u for help and are willing
10 put Into practice what IL teaches
There are those who have applied to
Christian Science for healing just as
they would turn to any material method
Tor help and have given the matter no
more concern, but such has not been
the experience OF tho great majority,
Most people desire to know what has
healed them. When they begin the
etudy OF Christian Science they soon
learn that II is through spiritual growth
and understanding that one IS really
delivered from sin and sickness. The
healing of sickness in a most necessary
work. and greatly TO be desired. but
II mas secondary place In the teacing
and practice OF Christian Science
WORKS OF THE MASTER.
The Masters ability 10 overcome sin
and sickness shows that he had a truer
sense of these evils than did others II
10 the reality and power of sin as did
the multitudes, or II ne had regarded
sickness and suffering as dispense lions
OF Providence. his teachings and prac-
tee would have in no wise eXcelled that
of his time His faith in God was not
a blind faith. it was spiritual under
standing. and he was able to prove the
truth of his words by the might of his
deeds. His teachings cannot be i'm
nTnvRh No st,
healing
The Masters healing was so contrary
10 the theories and methods OF the
present that many are beginning TO
question md some ara beginning to
doubt whether tho healing works were
really accomplished. These persons are
not atheists; they are not inidels; they
are honest doubters who are familiar
with material hypothesis and have
such confidence in so-calied material
law and its operations that results
which appear contrary thereto arc con
sidered among the thinss imp ossiblc.
Many such persons have derived great
help from Christian Science because II
has enabled them To regard the social
ed miracles of the Biblo from an entire
ly different point OF view.
In this connection II may be Interesting
to recall what the Hon. Charles Car
Parliament of Religions. which as
sembled in Chicago in 1895, had TO say
on the occasion OF the opening of the
Christian Science Congress Among
other things President Bcnney said.
NO more striking manifestation of tho
interposition OF Divine Providence in
human affairs has come in recent years
than that shown in the raising up of
the body Of people known as Christia n
Scientists, who were called to declare
the real harmony between religion and
science, and to restore the waning
faith of many in the verify of the sac
RED scriptures. Your mission is to
restore living faith III the fervent
and effcctual prayer of the righteous
man which availeth much. and to teach
everywhere the supremacy Of spiritual
forces. In the presence Of which all
other forces are weak and inefficient"
Christiance Science meals the sick
and reforms tho sinner These pracfi