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

and must not be accepted. This is
what she has to say:
ANY supposed Information coming
from the body or from inert matter,
as If they were intelligent, is an IL
! lusion o! the mortal mind-one OF
its dreams. Realize that the evi-
dence of the senses is not to be ac-
! ccpted in the case of sickness, any
more than in the case of sin"
This certainly is strange teaching.
We know that sin is only another
name for theft. fornication ana mur-
der Let us suppose that murder
is committed on the street and there
are two or half dozen men who
saw the murderer fire the fatal shot.
After awhile that man Is arraigne1
before the bar of Justice. and these
witnesses testify that they saw the
prisoner at bar commit the foul deed.
Nut the jury cannot convict on such
evidence as that, for according to
Mrs. Eddy, the evidence of tho
sense of sight Is unworthy Of belief.
In this connection it may be asked:
When a Christian Science healer de-
clares that he has cured a person
afflicted with ~ carbuncle, how does
he know that it was a carbuncle? 1t
will not do sor him TO tell us that
he saw it, or even felt OF n.
Claims TO Heal the Same as Jesus
Heals.
Now, everyone who knows any
thing about the miracles CT healing
performed by Christ knows that the
claim is false. We know that Christ
and His apostles cured instantane-
ously. Christ touched blind eyes
and Immediately the sight was re-
stored; He touched the leper and
Immediately the man was made
whole; He said to the one afflicted
With palsy; Arise, take up thy bed
and go into thine house." and the
man Immediately arose and went in
to his house; He stood by the side
of the grave and cried, Lazarus.
come forth" and Immediately he that
was dead came forth. In every in
stance the miracle was performed
in such a way as to leave no doubt
in the minds of those present that
it was a miracle Now, we know that
Christian Science does not heal in
simultaneously, we know that its al
legged cures are not wrought in such
a way as to convince an intelligent
and reasonable person that there Is
anything supernatural about them.
In other words the alleged cures by
Christian Science are utterly lacking
in the miraculous element so con-
spicuous in the cures wrought by
Christ. 1t should also be remember
ed that Christ did not ask for or
receive or accept any remuneration
for His miracles of healing nor did
he inform the poor sufferers that
their chances Of recovery would be
enhanced by the payment Of fees in
advance.
Professional HeaIers Manufactured.
And, besides, how can We accept a
healers diagnosis of a case when
we remember that he knows nothing
of physiology, anatomy and bacteri-
olOgy. The average healer can't Gis-
between a case Of indiges-
tion and a we'll developed case of
love sickness I know OF one pre-
fessional healer i'm this city who
thought person died Of malarial
fever, when in reality the person
died Of peritOnitis. During the trial
of case before a New York Judge
4 Christian Science healer testified
that she had learned to be a heal
or after a two weeks course Under
Mrs. Stetson. Now a reputable ply
sician must study four years in O.
medical school, and serve If possible
two years in a hospital before he IS
deemed competent to begin practice.
and frequently he has four years
before taking up the study
)f medicine, but a Christian Science
healer is a full -fledged practitioner
after course of eight lectures. Now
IS IT right that one who has not
studied anatomy, physiology or bac-
eriology and is not able TO name a
disease when he confronts il, should
De permitted to trifle with life and
health merely because he has taken
course of eight lectures? When
'ou undertake TO build a house you
want a skilled mechanic: when You
END YOUR child TO school you want
properly trained teacher and when
'ou order a new gown you want
he work done by a skilled filter and
iressmaker, but when it comes to
he treatment of your suffering AMI
diseased body some Of you are sat-
sfied with the services OF an mex
erienced, unframed, unqualified prac-
itiOner.
Christian Science Claims Too Much.
Christian Science claims to have
ured pneumonia, scarlet fever ami
mallpoN Perhaps the fact is not
generally known, but It Is a fact.
arertheless, that so per cent OF
hat are known as acute diseases
pneumonia, scarlet fever, smallpox.
to-, ara self-limited and tend to
ecovery. That means that so per
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