The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-05-04


Still another class is interested, fnan-
cially-those in control Of the Christian
Science literature 1t sells at good stiff
prices; and anybody questioning the
merchandising of the truth is given to
understand that he Is unappreciative;
and with the majority of people the
price regulates the value. anyway.
Is Christian Science LoglcaIY
Having, we believe, fairly stated the
facts and claims of Christian Scientists,
we now inquire whether or not their
teachings are logical. We hold that
they are not, and will endeavor to
show in what respects this is true.
Mother Eddy" striving after a
truth, declared that there is no pain,
no sickness, no sorrow, etc. The truth
she was feeling after, but did not fully
grasp, is that sin, sickness, SORROW
death, are abnormal conditions. There
could be none of these, except Tor the
curse that came upon our race at the
beginning, because of disloyalty to
God. We agree with Mrs. Eddy to the
extent that these conditions are not
designed by God to be everlasting. He
does not recognize them as proper for
those In fellowship with Him.
Nothing gives US any reason to sup
pose that they have prisons, insane
asylums, hospitals, doctors or GENE.
teries In Heaven, where all is perfect
and In fullest harmony with God.
Messiah's great work of Redemption
will obliterate these unsatisfactory con
tells us that their abolition will be the
result of His Kingdom work of thou.
sand RECONSIDERATION 20:6; 81 a; 22:3
But is it wise for us to say In one
breath that all these will pass away
and In the next breath that they are
non-existent? Surely we all value con.
sistency and logicI Otherwise language
would bring us merely confusion, In.
stead of intelligence. Let us then say
that, with mankind in proper relation
ship with God, there would be none of
these things; that they exist now be-
cause man is out of relationship with
God through sin: and that Gods provi-
SIGN, according to the Bible. is that man
kind shall be delivered from this bond
age of sin and death into the glorious
liberty of the sons of God.-Rom. 1921.
In this view, too, we see that the
perfect earth was represented In Eden,
and that eventually Eden will be
world wide. The perfect race was rep
resented In Father Adam before he
sinned; and through Christ, eventually
the earth will be filed with perfect hui
man beings, such as Adam was. Then
whoever will not come into fullest ac-
cord with the Lord will die the Second
Death. Theirs will be perishlng like
natural brute beasts. which st. Peter
mentions-the Furnishing with an ever
lasting destruction, mentioned by St
Paul. e Peter PIP; Thessalonians
1:e) But nothing In the Bible implies
an everlasting torture of any member
of our race or even Of Adam himself.
In the Bible presentation there is a
special place for the Church of the
Gospel Age, called out of the world be-
fore the Restitution Times. Her accept
ance of the Call implies her attempt tc
live in fullest harmony with the Lord
under present imperfect, unsatisfactory
conditions-even to the extent of lay
ing down life for the brethren. for the
service of God and His Word. To this
Church class, the Bible assures us, will
come a still higher blessing than that
Of Restitution. The Church is to have
spirit nature-yea, the highest form of
spirit nature, "the Divine Peter LA.
Truth Biblical, Scientific, Sanctifyine.
We commend Christian Scientists for
their endeavor to hold fast to the Bible,
but remind them that not the letter of
the Bible merely will enlighten and
sanctify, but its spirit, its real mean
ing. This Is obtainable, not by con-
fusing definitions, but by simplicity of
mind in accepting the words for what
they are and putting them together In
logical order.
Let us give Mrs. Eddy credit for de-
string to be logical; but let us notice
that, whatever she thought, her Ian
guage was confusing when she said,
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pain" The most that can be conceded
by the most generous logician would
be that there should be no death, nc
sickness, no pain, no sorrow, If things
were In right condition But they are
not In a right condition, as the Bible
declares and as all can see. And
they will not be so until the Savior
| b0 h0 !,
| fee of Himself shall assume His king.
~ office and right the wrongs which
sin has brought u.s. AS a result OF
His work, there will then beat the
close of the Millennial Age-no sin, no
death, no sorrow. no pain.
But since Mrs. Eddy and Christian
| Science fail to recognize and state
these facts clearly, 1t follows that how
ever attractive some Of the teachings
may be to some people, they cannot
be relied upon, because they are of
the true Notwithstanding mel
Their the facts of sin and death nor the
necessity for redemption from thost
conditions by the sacrifice of Jesus, mol
! approaching the necessity for the com
ing Restitution.
Furthermore, Christian Science does
not clearly differentiate between the
Church, which has been ia process OF
calling and election for more thar
eighteen centuries, and the world, which
still lies in the Wicked One, and which
will not be dealt with until the Church
shall be glorified, and with her Lore
shall constitute the Kingdom Of Right
| eousness.
Jesus prayed for His Church, "Sanc
tify them through Thy Truth; Thy
| Word is Truth" While Christian Sci
entists and people of other denomina
lions, and some of the heather as well
are. many of them, moral, exemplary
| honorable, nevertheless few Of them
surely, claim to be sanctif1ed. Indeed
the sanctifying features Of the Trutl
they ignore or do not see We are mo-
to think of church attendance or Of
rejection Of profanity, liquors, etc., al
sanctifcation. The putting away Of
the filth of the flesh is indeed com
mendable, but is only primary ster
In the right direction.
God is now calling sanctifed elias.
"a set-apart people-whom He Is test
| ing under the promise, BE thou faith
full unto death, and l will give thee {
Crown of Life" This does not signif!
| faithfulness to a denomination or {
cult, but faithfulness to the Lord, t.
the testimony of His Word. to the prin
| ciples of righteousness, to self-surren
der to God to walk in Jesus footsteps.
| We will not discuss at length the sci
entific element of Christian Science
To some it seems very unscientifc-in
harmonious with the Truth. We be
/ lieYe that the only uav that ANYTIME