The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-09

Thus We believe II permitted TO de
fine; Spirit is the real reality, and
matter is unreal If by that you mean
II has no permanent existence Huber
Newton distinguishes wisely betwneen
real and actual My hand is not real
in that it is non eternal and sub
IeCt TO decay, but It is actual, l. e,
II Is actually here joined onto my
wrist, but Mrs. Eddy says IL is ac-
tually non existent She would make
notable advance toward reason il
She contented herself with saying:
Mind has power to thing matter
away" but to deny the actual ex-
Stence of matter is the philosophy
Of fatuous fancy, and to say in one
breath out of her own lungs that
lungs which do not exist have moth
ing to do with life and in another
breath affirm the lost substance Of
the lungs" to have ben frequently
restored by Christian Science; TO
affirm repeatedly that disease never
existed and then declare that with a
little salt and water she cured a
patient sinking in the last stage
of typhoid fever; to declare that
lear never stifled being and its ac-
ton" and yet to speak elsewhere
Of fear creating the image of dis
ease" and proving her assertion by
the case of a man who died out Of
fear caused by the false belief thai
"he had occupied a bed where a
cholera patient had died" is too
absurd to call for any comment In
an eastern city an old Christian
Science reader in a city drug store
said mind is everything, matter is
nothing
Believe Strongly.
Arsenic will not poison you If you
only believe that 1t is wheat flour
and not arsenic. A young physician
said, "I'll purchase the drug If you
viii lick 1t down" After the chal-
lenge was repeated a few times the
Christian Scientist was told to
withdraw your challenge or prove
the arsenic: after looking at it
awhile, he said, this is wheat flour,
il is not arsenic, Now believe it,
lie repeated it a few times, then
swallowed the drug and died in -
minutes. 1t was not the mind that
killed him. but the matter. Wen. no
matter, YOU cannot by a new false
philosophy get rid of sin, sickness
and disease by denying their exist
nee. they are all here.
70 demonstrate my charge Of false
philosophy against this wonder this
marvel Of science; this Mother Mary
Pastor Emeritus Baker Glover Pat |
terson Eddy Frye these are some |
few of her names, by marriage aai |
us look at some of
her philosophy again.
Food and Drink
She says thirst is only a thing |
of imagination" Why does she
drink? She declares that food neith-
er weakens nor strengthens the body,
but we have never heard Of any one
with its use, and indeed
until more perfect day of under
this phenominally minded
woman says it would be foolish 10
stop eating For present convent
ence we most hearty agree with
this wise conclusion. If We are not
dependent upon the eye for sight
and if the eye is a "delusion." why
do so many of the believers wear
spectacles? This material life she
calls an "illusion of the soul TO
sense" and of no advantage, and yet
If nine-tcnths of Christian Scientists
proselytes are not made so by the
very hope of disease cured, and
4 consequent prolongation of life, as
Il is hero now, we have failed to in
-erpret The real cause of its pop
Ilarity and growth. One of its own
professors declares nine tenths of
It's converts come out of the grave.
Mrs Eddy declares seed unnecessary
% the raising of wheat and speaks
lf a time when the farmer will raise
MS crops Independent of the seas
)ns, and even declares that gener-
alton does not exist on a sexual
oasis. Such unwarranted unintellgi-
)ility calls for no comment.
One Sided Philosophy.
Christian Science is nothing more
han a one sided philosophy carried
)ut to false and absurd conclusions,
anu III me NOIuS Ol duOlutI, every
bit of matter in the universe brands
d as untrue Every aching tooth,
every case of disease carries with
I this utter unlack of proof, and
every bereaved heart and every grave
n the great world of sorrows, which
S at the same time little more than
4 vast cemetery denounces it as
he most bascless of all unsubstan-
ial assertion" So much for false
and science falsely So
called
Now, what shall we say Of it as
/ religious system? From the stand
,ont of theology Mr.. Eddy and all
Ter followers certainly must be poor
heologians. If theology be the doc
rine of God, bibliOlogy be the sci
,nce and inspired of the book, softer
,logy. the science of a Savior on
claiming Christ be true doctrine Mrs.
eddy must be false Theology says,
God is my Father and He loves
ne" Mrs. Eddy says "GoG is not
person, but an influence, I can't
owe whirlwind nor thunder
torn, I can love only when there
5 a personality" Mrs. Eddy says .
10 need of sacrament. These are ,,
mere dclusions of mortal mind Bap !