The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-03-07

the den of lions, and the same law
whereby the apostles and the early
Christians for some centuries after
the time of Jesus obeyed the Masters
commands by doing his works. And 1
this is the same law through which
Christian Science is today bringing to
humanity the world over relief from
its sufferings and misery.
Christian Science and Matter.
Christian Science has received its
inspiration from a pure, spiritual IN
depreciation Of the Scriptures from
Genesis to Revelation. Bible teach
ings constitute the warp and woof of
Christian Science, and in its some
what startling assertion that the spir-
itual is the real and eternal and mat
ter the unreal and temporal, it points
TO the Bible, to the words and works
of Jesus and to it's own accomplish
ments in substantiation of the truth
thereof Christian Science is proving
itself to be the truth by proving the
Bible true.
Prayer
Have you ever heard it said that
Christian Scientists are a prayerless
people-that they do not believe in
prayer? You probably have; | have.
DO you know what a real Christian
Scientist does from the time he awak-
ems each day to the time he goes to
sleep at night? He prays. If there
is any one thing that the Christian Sci
enlist finds will bring him peace,
health, prosperity and happiness, it is
prayer, and he finds that the more he
prays the more of peace and health
and prosperity and happiness are his.
Therefore, the more of these desirable
qualities or conditions he manifeStS
the more you may be sure he prays.
Prayer, my friends, is meat and life
to the Christian Scientist and it is the
only means whereby the evangelical
ton of mankind will ever be accom-
plished.
Fruits.
Since the coming of Christian Sci
enee to the world religion and mater
ial methods of healing have under
gone some radical and startling
changes. Most of us here can we'll
remember how Christian Science was
ridicuIed, laughed and scoffed at, per-
secuted and prosecuted for its revolu-
tionary teaching that matter cannot
create or cure disease and that all
true therapeutics lies in an under
standing of God, or divine Mind, the
only Cause or Creator. The indignities
which were heaped upon Christian
Science for declaring that material
remedies cannot cure disease are too
numerous and too distressing to re-
peat. What is the attitude of the
world today in this regard, solely as
result of the teaching of Christian
Science? Why, almost the complete
abandonment of the theory that mat
ter can heal, and this by members OF
profession who but a few short
years ago proclaimed Omnlpotent
powers for their nostrums. Many ply
sicians today tell us they seldom or
never administer drugs for curative
purposes. They have found out that
thee is no intelligence, power, Princi-
pie or law in drug. They are learn
ing the truth of what Mrs. Eddy dis
covered fifty years ago; namely, that
it is not the drug that heals.
Germ Theory.
At this point let us pause just long
enough to pay our brief respects to
our little friend, the germ, and to the
germ theory. refer now to the bad
the wicked germ. We are told that
there are good germs, but they do
not seem to be popular. The bad
germ is the only one we ever hear
much about. Do you know thAt If
there were one iota Of truth in the
present day teaching and theory about
the germ there would not be & man,
woman or child here this evening?
If the germ theory were scientific and
had the sanction of God this old world
would have been depopulated almost
before it was populated.
/ submit that the teachings of the
| germ tneorist completely eliminate
God or any idea of God as necessary
to the creation or salvation Of man.
Infinitely more to be avoided than
the germ is the fear and dread of it
as we'll as the mental picture of dis
ease and the fear Of it engen6ered
by reading these false theories, and
by reading so-called health talks and
descriptions of diseases appearing SO
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at the present time.
Spiritual Healing.
| 1t was not many years ago that
Christian Science was severely criti-
cized for it's teaching that spiritual
healing is as essential part Of the
Christian religion as preaching, not
withstanding the fact that almost In
vHriably the Injunction Of Jesus to
preach the gospel was coupled with
| the command 10 heal the sick. The
claim of Christian Science that the
works of Jesus were examples to all
humanity throughout all time of what
may be accomplished through an UNI
derGtanding of God and His law was
| met with most emphatic opposition.
| To claim the ability to heal the sick
as did Jesus was called heresy. And
now today, what do we find? Almost
every religious denomination calling
itself Christian teaches, in measure,
| It's belief in healing as a necessary
! part Of Christianity. Some religious
| denominations are even now endeavor-
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