Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-27

/ some OF the OeunillOuS were. IdhCtLuls
they were no more so than the far
! fetched doctrines to which people had
! been accustomed since childhood.
To succumb TO sickness. pain and
death is claimed by Christian Science
to fall into mortal error. The greater
! hold these unreal things get upon
one, such as sickness. pain, etc. the
more fully are such intrenched into
! mortal error" Alas! how inconsist-
ent, for If this be the case, then Mrs.
Eddy the very supposed founder of
Christian Science is hopeless. for she
succumbed entirely to the power Of
death! ~. -. ....-.
If all disease is error, II death is the
greatest of errors, and If the escaping
of mortal error, death, brings the re-
ward of everlasting life, how do Chris
tan Scientists expect TO get everlast-
ing life, when at the last moment of
their trial they make failure? For
those of them who are at all logical,
this must be another very perplexing
problemi The Bible declares that
whoever fails in one point of the law
is guilty of all the law. Games 2:10).
The Bible recognizes personal
Coda great supreme being-and
gives Him a home, locality. Jesus
taught us to pray Our Father who
art in Heaven" How different this is
from saying that God in everything
useful or yaluable-in the soil, because
it is useful for the development of
fruits; in the chair, because useful to
sit upon; In the table, because useful
as a convenience! Such teachings
surely lead away from sanctification
of heart and life and from the faith
which the Bible inculcates. -
The author of the letter errs If he
thinks the writer knows little of Chris
ton Science He has lived in the
home town of Mrs. Eddy, has often
seen her, and is well acquainted with
her teachings In her earlier edition
of science and health, she states, vol,
IL, PIP. 1856, 1856: mot the death of
the cross, but the cross-bearing death
less life, that Jesus led for the exam
pie of mankind, ransoms from sin all
who follow it." The Bible says we
are redeemed with the blood of Jesus!
According to Christian Science Jesus
must have been failure also. for he
succumbed to mortal error" for he
died. A resurrection from death is
quite another thing, and this blessing
can come to Mrs. Eddy only through
the cross of Jesus which she discard
ed. However, when all the blind eyes
are opened the Lord will graciously
show her and all others, Christian
Scientists included the value of the
cross of Jesus, and the fact and phi
losophy of atonement through the
blood of Jesus.
Mrs. Eddy says Jehovah is not a.
person. God is principle. Principle
is life, truth, love, substance and in
telligence. In divine science God and
man are inseparable, as principle and
its idea. Woman is the highest term
for man. God and man are INSOFAR
able, woman is the highest term Tor
man, therefore woman is God. What
nonsensei Mrs. Eddy defines "angel"
Gods thoughts passing to man. spirit
ual intutions. pure and perfect; the
Inspiration of goodness, purity and
Immortality, counteracting all evil,
sensuality and mortality" How Is
this reconeilable with the Bible teach
ing that even the angels sinned (some
OF them and the word itself meaning,
a deputy, a messenger, etc, person
Mr. Kelley states that If God Great
ed. sin, it would be indestructible. Is
this premise true? Will not careful
study of the Bible produce ample evil
dence to prove that many things which
God created originally perfect, but sub
sequently corrupted through sin will
be destroyed, the devil, for instance,
and ultimately all the wicked whom,
the Bible says, God will destroy. We
do not believe God created sin, but
He does say that He created evil
(calamities) to outwork His provi-
dence. See Isaiah 1877 and Amos
3:6. Mr.. Kelley has admitted his dis
belief In part of the Genesis account
of creation. That was what we fear
ed, that Christian Science disbelieves
much of the Bible, and therein lies
its danger!
Respectfully yours,
A