The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-11

GOOD In the ueVl alOne survives 4Hcy
apparently have better opinion of a
Christian Science devil than they have
of an orthodox Godl
The Bible says, "The common peo-
pie heard him gladly. MARX 1887.
They asked their leaders, "Can devil
open the eyes of the .blind?"--John H.
81. And the Savior asked His disci-
Piles the same question, as we read in
Mark 1923: "And He called them unto
Him and said unto them in parallels,
How can Satan cast out Satan? How
can evil cast out evil?'
However, it matters not to our
critics that Jesus laid down the
universal principle that good can
not come of evil nor evil of good,
and insisted that this principle was
of universal application and sufficient,
at all times and under all conditions, to
determine whether work is of God or
of Satan. 1t matters not that He is
saying to them today as He said to the
Pharisees then; 'If Satan cast out Sa-
tan, he is divided against himself; how
then shall his kingdom stand?"-Matt.
1926. And, ga good tree cannot bring
forth evil fruit, neither can corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit. Matt.
7:1S. EITHER make the tree good and
his fruit good; or else make the tree
corrupt and his fruit corrupt, for the
tree is known by his fruit. Matt. 12:-
80. Wherefore by their fruits we shall
know them. Matt. 7:20. Now the
opponents of Christian Science admit
that it is healing the people, but say
that by its fruits We shall not know it;
they say the tree is not known by its
fruit; they make the tree corrupt and
the fruit good; they say corrupt tree
can and does bring forth good fruit;
they say that Satan is healing the peo-
pie. Will the people of Madison coun-
ty decide with the enemies of Christian
Science, or will they decide with Jesus
and say that inasmuch as the fruits of
Christian Science are admittedly good,
the tree itself, or Christian Science,
must be good?
1t should never be overlooked by a
student of these questions that Jesus
always appealed to his healing work as
being the first and best proof of His
ministry. Thus, when His friend and
near kinsman, John Baptist, was in
prison, he made an especial appeal to
Jesus to know if He was the Christ, of
which we read in the 18th chapter of
Matthew, viz: Now when John had
heard in the prison the words of Christ,
he sent two of his disciples, and said
unto Him, art thou He that should
come, or do we look for another"
"Jesus answered and said unto them,
go and shew John again those things
which we do hear and see: The blind
receive their sight and the lame walk; |
the lepers are cleansed and the deaf |
hear; the dead are raised up and the |
poor have the gospel preached to
them"
Notice in this Scripture that it was
the works of Christ that led John to in
quire if He was the Christ. However,
this appeal would have had no force
with our critics, who said then as they
say now, that these works are done by
''the power and energy of Satan alone"
And yet the convincing power of this
appeal to healing works as proof of the
truth of Christianity has been enhanced
a thousand-fold since Jesus proffered it
to John. For we not only have the ex-
ample of Jesus and His disciples, large
part of whose ministry consisted in
healing the sick, but we have the as
surance of Jesus, recorded in holy writ,
that whosoever should believe the COS
pei announced by Him should have
power to heal the sick This healing
power is declared to be an inseparable
incident of the gospel He preached and
others to preach; nor is it
CCOIQCQ IldI Ut ever any
body to preach that He did not imme-
iiately enioin them to heal the sick.
So far from His gospels having lost its
power to heal by reason of His DEPART
Ire from earth, Jesus says: He that
,elieveth on me, the works that 1 do
hall he do also; and greater works than
hese shall he do, because / go unto my
Father. John 14:12. His disciples
re to do greater works after His de-
'arture than before. They are to do
,reater works because of His departure, |
s He explained to them on another oc-
aston: ut il expedient for you that
go away: for if 1 go not away, the
Comforter will not come unto you -
ohm 1867. And just before His depar-
ure He said to them: go we into all L
he world and preach the gospel to ev-
ry creature. He that believeth and is
aptised shall be saved. And these
igns shall follow them that believe; in
ny name-shall they cast out devils !.
hey shall lay hands on the sick and
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