The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
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profess to believe in the Bible and
in the omnipotence of God, there
are many who have honest doubts
that the power of God is sufficient
or available to deliver from sick
ness, and these doubts often pre-
vent the effort to gain an under
standing of the way by which spil.
iutal healing is accomplished.
To all such it can be said that
Jesus healed the sick without drugs
end, what is more important to us,
he taught other people how to do
so, thus proving that his method
If healing physical disease by spir-
itual means could be taught to
others and understood and prac-
ticed by them.
AS the disciples walked up and
down the country with Jesus, lis
ening to his explanations of spir-
itual truth, and watching him ap-
ply this truth to human needs as
he healed the lcper, the lame. the
deaf, the blind, whom he met BY
the wayside, they began to under
stand for the first time that divi:,.
Love is adequate to meet every hui
man need, and that Jesus has come
to teach the way whereby every
one might learn how to prove it.
Some Of the disciples seemed to
grasp this truth and the manner Of
it's demonstration very slowly, but
to them all there finally came a
time when Jesus considered. that
they had made sufficient progress
to prove it for themselves. He then
sent them forth with the command
that they heal the sick, cleanse the
lepers and raise the dead, and the
Bible records that they were able
to do so.
Later these same disciples taught
the Principle of spiritual healing
which they had learned from Jesus
to their own disciples, and history
shows that on down through per-
iod Of about ten generations the
healing of the sick by spiritual
means continued t" be part Of the
regular ministry of the Christian
church, and that the dead were
raised during the first and second
centuries. Moses and the prophets
also healed the sick and raised the
dead and did many other wonder
full works in demonstration of the
power of Spirit to meet human
needs, and the Old Testament is
filed with such instances.
1t will thus be seen that the
knowledge of spiritual truth, and
the method of its application to de-
liver people from sickness, sin, and
every kind of evil human condition
has reappeared upon the earth at
many times, and it is claimed for
Christian Science that it is the re-.
appearance i'll our own generation
of the understanding of the same
spiritual law that was know, and
understood in part of Moses and
the prophets, and which was per-
fectly understood and demonstrat
ed by Jesus, and by him taught to
his disciples. There is no mystery
about it. and the results produced
by Christian Science are the re.
suits which have always followed,
and must necessarily follow, from
the apprehension and demonstra-
tlon OF spiritual truth. Christian
Science is nothing more nor less
than Il return to primitive Christ
ianity, and every one who turns to
it fairly and honestly will find in
it that which will satisfy his spir-
itual aspirations and meet his hu-
man needs.
Mrs. Eddy is acknowledged to
be the Discoverer and Founder Of
Christian Science. and many peo-
pie ask what it is that she dis
covered. In reply it can be said
that she has discovered the law of
Spirit which is spiritual truth.
In the material realm many mat
erial laws have been discovered.
Sir Isaac Newton, for instance, OBJ
served the movements of material
bodies, and conceived the idea that
such movements were governed by
a law which he afterwards discoy
cred and named the law of gravi-
tation. This law cannot be seen
with the shypsical eyes, but it's ex-
lstence can be proved in other
ways. Likewise Marconi gained
The idea that anu her law e:sitcd.
and he said that if he could discoy-
er it he would be able to transmit
messages by its agency from one
part Of the earth to another with
out any material wires. That law
has always existed and has al
ways operated, but is was not un-
til If wac IicoovonnJ 4l,.A - l