The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-26

where these words are To be fpund IN
scriptures in the succession az above
quoted In Luke 3. l1s tie Lord speaks
TO His twelve disciples and In the
Isrrh chapter 10 His SERENITY disciples
The seventy were sent CUT two tr
two before His face into every city and
place, WHITTIER Es Himself would
come" Therefor not into all the
world. They were 10 Igspags better
reception for C1r5sIss eventual ap-
pesrsncs il those cities and places
But 10 both these passages applies
also what has been said above concern
Ing Mark 1s. II. IL The healing Of
the sick was 10 be done in tatS wise
They shall lay hands On the Eick,
and they shall rscorsr, Mark Is, Ii
Come, Nj Kendall. place Topr hand On
q very sick person know and let
See whether he shall rscorer- That
would be miraculous, world Il not7
Well, that's just what the curing OF
diseases By Christ and Eis discfp'es
was miracle But ycu don't Do
BeTe In miracles. because Mother
Eddy SAYS 60 Here IL Is Miracles
are impossible fn Eciencs,S .. So. Bur
coes not the Bible say Jesus OF Saz-
areth. z man approved OF God among
You BIZ miracles and wonders and
signs. which God did by Him IN the
midst Of you, az ye yourselves also
knew fonIy Christian Science mott
Acts .. y. How can you. therefor, Jay
claim 20 finding q precedent for your
alleged cures 81 tie cures OF the dis
ciDies7 The miraculous feature Is
t,eyond your power and capab.Hty and
the scrfptural fact Of miracles beyond
your belief.
It pleases me greatly that you
brought the following statement IN
your article. because II was the very
sentence wanted We acknowledge
Jesus etooement as the evidence OF
divine. er1cacious lore, unfolding
mans unity with God through Christ
Jesus the wayshower. etc" p. 4sI.
Christian Science says: Man Is per
feet, even as the Father is perfect,
D. 362. hence there always existed and
does exist a union between man and
God And since this union exists,
man must be perfect, because the
Father is perfect. God sent Christ
Jesus into the flesh to enlighfen ignor-
ant mankind as TO this existing union,
and Christ demonstrated with His
love, life and miraculous power Ct
curing diseases and all manner of ills
that this union and perfection o; man
VITA God was truth And since man is
perfect, SIN. eYil and disease can
really not exist in this perfect image
o, God, consequently they must be,
and are, unrealities, and why, there
for. think these existent That, in
brief. is their position. To quote:
Evil ia but an Illusion, and error has
no real basis. II Is a false belief" p.
4s0: Man is incapable of sin, sick
ness, and DEATH D. AIS; Sin, sickness,
or death are unrealities," p: 473, etc,
and then some These facts were
brought in the quotations OF my prev
fous article. How do you like that
kind OF gospel, my dear christians
What about Chnst's coming into the
world ito save that which was 1ost?'
Matt IS, II: Christ's coming into the
flesh to save sinners presupposes a
sinful condition. Is man perfect and
sinIess as they claim? II SO. the re-
demption OF the world through Christ
would be Joke, wasted energy, use
less enterprise. Let us take a peep
into scriptures for moment.
There is not a just man upon earth
that doeth good and sinneth not
Eccl. Z. 20; others: Is. g., 6; Rom.
q, 10; John 3, 6; Ps. 81. 5. Sin is a
reality, 80 is mans sinful condition,
for Paul says Rom. 5, 10: 'Wherefor,
as by one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin: and SO death
passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned." How dare anyone say man
is perfect. How can any union exist
bofrarx a parYacf ho1y righfpOus Cod
and a sinful, corrupt. damnable crea-
ture called man? Sin separates US
from God. II man is to regain the
good will and pleasure Of God, forgive
ness of sins and God-acceptable rightes
BUSINESS are paramount requisites. Man
can not achieve such condition him
self, because "all our righteousness
are as filthy rags Is. Ga, 8. But God
sent Christ Jesus into the flesh to be
our Savior, substitute and representa-
tive. He took our sins upon Himself,
2 Cor 5. 81: Is. 53,4, a. In doing this
He freed us from the guilt OF sin,
Gal 3, 13, the punishment of sin, Is.
SO. 4, 5. and the dominion OF sin.
Pet. !. IS, 10. He conquered the pow
er OF the devil, Heb. 2, a. 10. and re-
vealed Himself victorious on Easter
morn. We need not fear temporal
death because eternal death has no
longer any power over US, HEIR. 2. IA,
Is: 2 Tim. /. 10. Thus our sins have
been punished In Christ's suffering and
dying, we are redeemed. forgiven, and
now possess a righteousness which
avails before God, Jesus blood and
righteousness, which iustifies us be-
fore Gods throne. Cor. 5. 81; Rom.