The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03

Christian Science Defended

In sermon at the Presbyterian
church on Wednesday night Of last
week, the Rev. DIR. Rennie, in remarks
on Christian Science, is quoted as hav-
ing said, among other things:
lst. That Christian Science is the
work Of the devil.
End. That Christian Science denies
the atonement of Jesus
Bird. That Mrs. Eddy states, in the
-svxt book of Christian Science, Science
and Health With Key to the Scriptures,
that Jesus was mistaken in some of
His words.
The reverend gentleman has been
Scxslnformed as to the teachings of
Christian Science, or having read it's
text book, Science and Health With
Aey to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker
Eddy, he has wholly misinterpreted its
meaning.
Let us inquire into these statements.
lst. When the Pharisees brought
this accusation against Jesus, after His
healing of the man blind and dumb, He
said, "And if l by Beelzebub cast out
devils, by whom do your children cast
them out? therefore they shall be your
judges. But if / cast out devils by the
Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God
is come unto you." Matt 12:27-28.
Christian Science is the religion of
Jesus-the whole gospel which he prac-
tised and taught His followers to prac-
tise. Its mission is, like His, primarily
the healing of sin, the physical healing
OF disease being, rs with Him, the
signs following, the proof of God
with u.s."
Christian Scientists accept the whole,
not a part of the command of Jesus as
given to the twelve and also the seventy
disciples-to heal the sick as we'll as to
preach the gospel. They have no right
to divorce the two, one being as imper-
atipe as the other.
Again, in Mark 16:17-l8 we read,
And these signs shall follow them that
believe; in my name shall they cast out
devils; they, shall speak with new
tongues; they shall take up serpents;
and if they drink any deadly thing, it
shall not hurt them; they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they shall re-
cover. Christian Scientists know that
Jesus meant what He said, and that
this prnceise is for all believers in all
tiliies IL mt, why was healing by
3pil 5ne6ns alone practiced for
&hx 1 lEfog the ascension?
n Hl & nth the records of !
fffe <3i0 Tesrameflt, and |
III u 1ie history of the world IN
= q cjl Be cited, lohn Wesley hav-
lIl6 MI c1lled q fool for saying his
bd kad been healed of lameness and
himself of headache in answer to prayer
Why should it be thought thing in
credible for God to heal the sick now?
Today, hundreds of thousands in our
own land, and in every land, are testi-
flying, through its authorized literature
and at the Wednesday evening meet
ings of all Christian Science churches,
to the efficacy of Christian Science as
a remedial agent. Can it be the devil
(eviD that is reforming lives, bringing
health for sickness, Joy for sorrow,
peace for turmoil?
'Hefthat doeth good is of God: but
he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
3rd John Iii.
AS to the second and third statements.
The fourth tenet of the Christian
Science faith reads: 1--WE az knowledge
Jesus atonement as the evidence of di-
vine, efficacious love, unfolding mans
unity with God through Christ Jesus
the way-shower; and we acknowledge
that man is saved through Christ.
through Truth, Life and Love as DEM
onstrated by the Galilean Prophet in
healing the sick and overcoming sin and
death = Science and Health With Key
to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy,
page 497.
This book is open for all to read.
Nowhere, within its pages nor in any
of her other writings can it be found
that Mrs. Eddy says that Jesus is mis-
taken in anything. Neither can there
be found any statement which could be
interpreted this way. Mrs. Eddy makes
no effort to deprive Jesus Of His place
in the plan of redemption. From be-
ginning to end. her writings are filled
with loving gratitude to Him, for hav-
ing made plain to mortals the way of
salvation. Christ is all in all to the
Christian Scientist guide his coun-
sellor, his physician, his savior. Mrs.
Eddy, the discoverer and founder of
Christian Science, lived life pure
enough to receive Gtd's message, re-
storing to christianity its lost element
Of healing. Is it any wonder that those
who, after years of helpless invalidism,
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