Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-01-28

should put to shame every complaln-
ing, growing Christian on the face
of the earth ! am physician, so
you can't try me for heresy. The time
is coming when love will guide us
away from the tortures OF feeling.
The Christian religion, II universal
ly lived, would Danish all illness and
disaster. 1t is the only religion that
is psychologically sound. When the
love of God and Of each other is per-
fected in us it will cast out all fear"
What, my friends, do you imagine
would have happened to the good
Doctor If he had uttered these senti-
ments from a similar setting before
the influence of Christian Science
was felt In the world?
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 germ-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
II there were one iota OF truth In the
present day teaching and theory
about the germ there would not be a
man, woman or child here this eve-
ming? II the germ theory were SCI
entific and had the sanction of God
this old world would have been de-
populated almost before It was popu-
lated.
Consider for a moment the prepos-
ferrous idea OF loving God, loving.
compassionate, omnipotent Father
saying to His children:-"Children,
] am sorry to have to dlsillusion you,
but what Moses wrote In the book OF
Genesis about man being made In
the image and likeness OF God and
having dominion over all the EARTH
and what the Bible teaches from cov-
er TO cover about the loving kindness
and protecting care of the Father and
His love and compassion for His
children, Is all myth. You must
hereafter place no confidence In God,
Instead of being your protector and
ever present help In trouble am lust
the opposite. My purpose is to ac-
complish the complete undoing OF my
children and to assist me in my task
| have created the wicked germ. l
have made him the deadly enemy Of
all my loved ones. ] have given him
infinitely more power and intelligence
than have given my children and
have placed him in everything you
eat, drink. handle or see. The germ
is indeed the chosen OF the Father
and you, my children, are his prey.
He has explicit Instructions from me
to accomplish your destruction and
have endowed him with the power
and intelligence to carry out this pur-
pose. He shares omnipotence with
me while you, children, are abjectly
helpless in his presence. II Is my pur-
pose that sooner or later each OF you
shall fall victim to his prowess."
That picture. my friends, is not
what might be called a beautiful one.
S II? Yet II is not oyerdrawn in the
east particular. | submit that the
eachings OF the germ theorist COM
'letely eliminates God or any idea of
iod as necessary to the creation or
aviation Of man. Infinitely more TO
'e avoided than the germ is the fear
nd dread of 1t as well as the mental
'icture OF disease and the fear of II
ngendered by reading these false
heories, and by reading so-cafled
descriptions Of diseases appearing so
rofusely in the press of-the country
t the present time.
Spiritual Healing
1t was not many years ago that
Tristan Science was severely crlti-
lied for its teaching that spiritual
caring is as essential a part of the
hristian religion as preaching. not
outstanding the fact that almost in
ariably the injunction of Jesus to
reach the gospel was coupled with
le command to heal the sick. The
aim OF Christian Science that the
orKs OF Jesus were examples to all
umanity thruout all time of what
ay be accomplished thru an under
anding Of God and His law was met
ith most emphatic opposition. To
aim the ability to heal the sick as
q Jesus was called heresy. And now
day, what do we find? Almost
'ery religious denomination calling
SELF Christian teaches, in a meas
e, its belief in healing as a neces-
ry part of Christianity. Some re-
sious denominations are even now
to establish within their
urch system of healing as a part
their denominational teachings.
nd in all their advancement along
is line OF light you may be sure
at Christian Science wishes its sis
religions God-speed
But as pioneers in this age in the
aling work as taught and demon
'ated by Christ Jesus, Christian
ience, speaking from a half century
experience, warns all who would
dertake to emulate the Master in
work of healing the sick, to pom
well his words. To those who
,uid depart from the path marked
by Jesus and reiterated in the
Jennings OF Christian Science. it
ges caution. To attempt to build
dual foundation of matter and
irit, to bow allegiance in the slight
degree to material methods, to
'ognize aught but the one Mind, to
pend on any but God and His law.
'ans ship-wreck and disaster. There
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