Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

COUNTY TRIBUNE, WAUSEON,
the Bible and Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures.
| repeat, study these text books
we'll and lovingly, and YOU will find
that as a result of this desire on your
part, as a result of this study and con-
temptation, that you are being bless
ed, and healed and your burdens light
ened; that you are being led in green
pastures and beside still waters.
BIBLE:
Correct Interpretation
The question is sometimes asked
why do Christian Scientists refer so
freely and continuously to the Bible? |
There are several reasons for this: In
the first place the Christian Scientist
has learned and is learning daily what
the Bible contains. He has come to
love with sincere devotion the Bible,
the leaves of which have been turned
and studied by our fathers and fore
fathers before US. He has learned and
is learning that the Bible has mes
sage of definite good when interpret
ed rightly, and that this right inter
infinite meanings.
Early Study by Mrs. Eddy
In her work, Retrospection and In
trospection, Mrs. Eddy infonms US
that in the year 1868 she was healed
of an illness, the result of an injury,
which neither medicine nor surgery
could reach. At that time Mrs. Eddy
withdrew from society for period of
three years, in order that she might
search the Scriptures, seeking to know
how she had been healed, for she real
lied that her healing was related to
a divine fact or spiritual law. Durin~
this period, Mrs. Eddy informs US, the
Bible was her only text book; that it
answered her questions as to how she
had been healed; and that the Scrip
lures had for her a new meaning in
which she apprehended the spiritual
import of Jesus teachings and demon
stration.
Studied Consistently
1t is a recognized fact that Chris
tian Science has made more Bible stu
dents than any other single cause in
ancient or modern times. And the
Christian Scientist is the most active
consistent and happy student of the
Bible to be found anywhere in the
world. He is making daily study of
the Bible in conjunction with Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures-and he is doing this not be-
cause of any bounden duty on his
part to do so, but because he has found
that he is better morally, physically,
spiritually and in every way because
of such procedure.
Summation
i. Under these circumstances, it would
be most incongruous indeed if the
| Christian Scientist was not found
familiar with his Bible, constantly re-
lating it's passage to his daily exper-
fences, making use of such references
: and passages in giving point and en-
phasis in the illustration of meanings,
which might not be so well made in
any other language.
DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER:
: Established Place of Bible
' If Mrs. Eddy's work had consist.
ed only of establishing the place and
use of the Bible in this incompatible
: manner, she would be considered a
most remarkable woman, indeed, and
/, one to whom humanity would render
D ITLDuLG O1 lON6 anu RESPECT.
= Grateful Multitudes
But in addition to this there are
= hundreds of thousands of men anC
: women and children throughout the
e world who have been healed of theil
: sickness and pain, healed of their sor.
: row and grief, healed of their sin anc
: misery, because Mrs. Eddy has beer
"citizen of the world" Is & H.
U And it is not strange thing tha
I these, who have been thus healed
q should treasure with sincere gratitud,
the gift of Christian Science which
this kind friend and gentlewoman ha
- laid upon the altar of humanity.
:, Characteristics of Giving
. . If there is one word which Nigh
y more than another, indicate some
8 thing of the character and purpose O
u Mrs. Eddy, think it might be tn
! world; "givingw Mrs. Eddy was al
l. ways ready and willing to give to
cause that was worthy. And, abov
: all, she was always giving, giving o
)" the gift of Christian Science whic
had been so freely given to her.
3, And in the final disposition of he
L estate to be used Gin the extension Q
E, the religion of Christian Science" a
ID taught by her, she has accounted fo
e. her stewardship, and given to human
'e ity an eternal legacy of enduring low
" Simplicity and Strength
s. Mrs. Eddy's faith and trust in Coz
- and her confidence in the ever-presenc
= of Divine Love, was the simple faitl
and trust, and confidence of a litt
child, and this, together with courae
strength and zeal of one who ha
caught the vision of a great purpos
- made her the most tender and lovin
and yet, the most compassionate
firm and constructive character
her time.
Consistency and Agreement
By far the majority of those WI
& have been healed and blessed throue
80 Christian Science have come to kno
Mrs. Eddy by means of her writing
in all of which there is to be found
continual help and inspiration, ar
10 above all, a most beautiful consistenc
" in the statement of principle ar
10 practice throughout, and this consi
tency, my friends, is not the careful
studied consistency of one who feare
= that she might utter something col
n Trajectory in its nature, but the simp
" Straightforward consistency of OF
es who heard the demands of God, ar
neither hesitated nor feared to corr
y. late those demands in the Science
- Being or Christian Science.
NJ CONCLUSION:
" Science of Being Necessary
Humanity has come to recogni;
that there is science for very near
everything in the world, except Il
- man existence. 1t has learned thi
Y there is a science of music and
re science of numbers, whereby the di
IT. cords attendant upon these may
dispelled and harmony established.
This same humanity, sick of it's su
w ferings and wearied with its supe
IN stitions has come to the point of asl
,S ing, expectant with hope: May the
not be a science available wheret
tha dinan,.dr cinI.,nsn a,a d;u4..as