South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-04
Letters Of the People
South Bend, Aug. 2. 1915.

South Bend. Aug. .. 1915.
Editor News-Times:
The attempt Of Mr.. S. T. d. to make
the public believe that a certain local.
minister's knowledge of Christian
Science is very limited is quite funny
To one who knows anything about
christian Science and the Word or
God. ~.
From a comparison between Coo
Word and n Christian science TEX
book of Mrs. Eddy's, we see that
Christian Science is falsely so-called
Il Tim. 6:2O), being neither Christian
nor scientific.
y B.-Our reference to pages may
not fully correspond with the more re-
cent edition of the books from which
we quote, but the substance Is correct
and verbatim lust the same)
1. Christian science says Ihat
shirt created matter in an erroneous
premise" Page -.
Coo saws. God is a Spirit" John
4:24 God created the heaven ana
the earth" Gen. IL.
>. Christian Science says, "Mortals
are not created in Gods I'M
God saws S so God created man in
His own image. i'm the image OF God
created He him Gen. 1:24.
9. Christian Science SAYS. Your
mortal belief of discard" PaGe 296.
| "a queer Saying)
God says. Your body Is the temple
of the Holy Spirit therefore glo-
rify God in your body Cor o'1y'
| 90 ct OF not sin therefore reign IN
your mortal body Rom. 6-12-
4. Christian Science says, Christ
is a divine principle. not a person, soul
outside the body PAGE $50.
God saws. He took on Him the
seed OF Abraham" Heb. 2;16: "A
/ spirit hath not flesh and bones, as We
/ see Me have" Luke 24:3O.
/ = Christian Science SAYS, SIN,
/ sickness and death is belief only
God says. His own self bore our
| sins Pet. 2:24. Himself bore
our sfcknesses" Matt. SLY. He should
taste death" Heb. 20. II sin, sick
ness and death are decisions, Christ
was eithe~ imposed upon or an impos-
1 ter.
6 Christian Science says. 1t is the
sense Of sin. not the sinful soul that
I is lost" Page "a.
/ God saws. The soul that sinneth II
/ shall die" Eek 1874 What shall
/ il profit a man if he shall gain the
whole world au1 lose his own soul?'
I Mark 1885.
Z. Christian Science says. Death
I
| PAGE 81.
God saws. The last enemy is
4 death" Cor 1879 Sin
bringeth forth death" James 1:15.
Who delvereth me from SO great a
death" ? Cor. l:lO.
The ostrich is buried so deep in the
sand of 7elusiou that nothing but his
tail feathers are visible.
/ Christian Science calls itself the
I understanding OF Cod" which is sim
ulv the translation OF the Greek word
"Theosophy." one OF the fnndamen,-
tai axioms Of Theosophy is set forth
in the following sentence:
There is no personal devil. That
which is mystically called the devil
is the negative and opposite OF God.
, And whereas God is. 1 am, or positive
+ being. the devil is not -
ANY wisdom Of Cod which throws
Satan into eclipse. bears the clear i'm
print of the prince of darkness.
Christian Science says. ITO admit
aught hut the good intelligence. lays
the foundation of evil. and goes 10 sup
port two powers. viz: God and devil
truth and error, and concludes that
error is an intelligence. when II IS
the absence cf 10. \ lie Is
all the Satan there is" Vol II. S4-S5.
The sisn that was hung out in front
OF woodcarver's shop read like this
"Au kinds OF twisting and turnine
done here would be quite approprl-
ate for every Christian Science pulpit
Which they that are unlearned and
unstable wrest, as they do also the
other scriptures unto their own de-
stTucuOn.' III Pet. Sis.
EARL HOOTON
$40 y. Eleventh ST