The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-12


Dhets, and il is all to be found in the
Bible.
The Manner of Truths Appearing.
| A Christian Scientist loves to tell
the story of the discovery of Chris
! tian Science, for the manner of Truths
appearing to Mary Baker Eddy is the
way of its appearing to every hum
gering and receptive heart.
There is nothing of the spectacu-
lar or the emotional in this coming Of
Truth. 1t is the natural, orderly un-
folding in the receptive human con-
| sciousness of the facts of being, and
it comes to us, as angels have ever
come to troubled humanity, when Sin
the quiet sanctuary of earnest long
ings" (Science and Health, page 15)
we silence self and listen to the "still
small voice" Of spiritual sense.
Mrs. Eddy's Healing.
From her childhood Mrs. Eddy pos
sessed a deeply religious nature. She
was also a keen, analytical thinker,
and long before the light of Chris
tian Science dawned upon her thought
she was an earnest seeker after
truth. She sought it in medicine and
in every theory advanced by the hui
man mind at that time, but from no
human source could she find help
when, in the year 1866, she seemed
near the door of death. Then it was
she called for her Bible. Many ano-
ther sufferer has done this, especial
ly when the last enemy appears not
far distant from the bed of pain.
But Mary Baker Eddy did not open
her Bible to find therein comforting
passages relating to the after-life.
She sought in its sacred pages the
promise of healing, the promise of
delivcrance through reliance on di-
vine power, and she turned to this
verse in the ninth chapter of Matthew:
"And, behold, they brought to him
man sick of the palsy, lying on
bed: and Jesus seeing their faith, said
unto the sick of the palsy: Son, be of
good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee"
Speaking of this experience in one
of her writings, Mrs. Eddv says that
as she read, the healing Truth dawned
upon her sense, and she was enabled
TO rise from her supposed death-bed
with realization of health and
strength. (See Miscelaneoum Writ
ings, page "a
The Healing of the Sick of the Palsy.
How many times has the Christian
world read this simple story of the
healing of the sick of the palsy and
yet missed the vital import of its mes
sage Let us consider the verses fol-
lowing that to which Mrs. Eddy turn
ed:
"And behold, certain of the scribes
said within themselves, This man
blasphemeth. And Jesus knowing
their thoughts said, Wherefore think
ye evil in your hearts? For whether
is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven
thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
But that ye may know that the. Son
of man hath power on earth to for
give sins, (then saith he to the sick
Of the palsy,) Arise, take up thv bed,
and go unto thine house. And he arose
and departed to his house."
In the light Of Mrs. Eddy's teach |
ings we can discern plainly that the
healing of sin and the healing of sick
ness were one and the same to the I!
Master. Do you not believe that it is
possible for a sinner to be instanta-
neously awakened from the nightmare
of sin, if through the crust of his |
scared mentality can break a CLEAN
of the sweetness of a more spiritual
sense? Then you must concede that
the sick man can be as speedily re-
stored, and by the same method
that is, if you accept Jesus statement
in the passage from Matthew, "For
kAt ig ncfn 70 krT cin "a
forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and
walk?"
The Discoverer Woman.
Occasionally one hears this ques-
ton asked, "Why should a woman
have been the discoverer of an eter-
nal truth ?" The most effective an
swer to this query may be obtained in
a book entitled, "The Life Of Mary |
Baker Eddy" by Sibyl Wilbur. This
work is an authentic record Of Mrs, |
Eddy's career, and may be found in
most public Libraries and in every
Christian Science free reading room. |
When you read in the Life of Mrs. /
Eddy OF her infinite patience during
the trying and discouraging forma-
tive periods in the establishment of |
lflS cause fOt OliflSglGii oCiSHCSs WAell |
you read of her prosecutions, how she
was ridiculed and reviled and urged |
to drop the nonsense" as it was
called, you will see that the leader Of |
this movement had to be woman,
had to possess the instincts Of the
mother who clings to her child when
all others forsake it; had to be en-
dued with the fortitude and faith and
perseverance which are the inherent
possessions of spiritually-minded |
woman!
I shall not attempt to speak for
any man other than myself, but
shall tell you very frankly why / did
not discover Christian Science. It
was because did not know enough;
was not possessed of sufficient spirit
ual-mindedness, because | did not
search the Scriptures, yearn and pray
for light as did this devout woman.
In fact, until beginning the study Of
Christian Science, it was not my hab-
it to indulge in any deep thinking
along religious lines, accepted the
inherited doctrinal teachings of my
church very much as accepted my