The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-23

9. Mrs. Eddy claimed that Christian Sci
entists obey Jesus command to the Church
to heal the sick. Now God, the Lord Jesus,
nor any single one of the Apostles never
commanded the Church to heal any one.
The Church is not the healer, neither is an
Apostle nor an Elder, nor any one else, but
Jesus only.
l Am The Lord That Healeth Thee
Exodus IS :26.
TO- Mrs. Eddy and Christian Scientists
today make much ado about the Jehovah of
the Old Testament being God of vindic-
tive wrath, while the God of the New Tes-
lament is one of unchanging love- Such a
distinction is unwarranted.
II. Christian Science says that there is no
Satan and no demons. In Mrs. Eddy's
Christian Science platform, she lays down
this plank: "a lie is all the Satan there is.
There is no personal devil" On the con-
trary, the Bible never speaks of Satan as
an at" or 'lie," but liar, and declares
him to have been such from the beginning.
We are of your father the Devil, and the
lusts of your father We will do. He was a
murdered from the beginning, and abode not
in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is liar, and the father of it.
John 8:44.
Accept this dictum Of Christian Science,
say that there is no Satan or Devil, then you
are forced to these conclusions
The fall of man is not true. Man did
not fall in Adam, and we are not constitu-
ted Sinners as the New Testament says we
are Satan being fake and the fall a myth,
there is no need of the Atonement of Our
Lord Jesus Christ. If Satan is lie, then
so is Jesus Christ If there is no Satan no
sin and no Christ, then there is no future
punishment
If you deny the personality of Satan and
all these other fundamentals, then deny God
also, for there is no need for His existence.
Hence consider we'll the ultimate of Chris
tan Science: it really teaches that there is
no God, no Devil, no sin, no Savior, no
hell and no heaven. 1t is thus the Devils
masterpiece, his great negation system It
blots out everything the Bible teaches, and
utterly takes away the Christians hope.
| In the book, "My Dream of Christless
World" written by Cou1son Kernahan, he
tells of man who was once Christian,
on his dying bed, filled with blank despair
By his side sat an old man with flowing
beard, and ponderous volume under his
arm The dying man said to him, IT was
once Christian, but read your book and
it came between me and Christ 1t took
away my Savior, and I went far away from
God.
'Now I am dying, and cannot believe
that He will forgive me. have sent fol-
you because you are so wise 1t was your
book that destroyed my faith, and now
ask you what comfort you have to give to a
dying man who has lost his faith and hope
in Christ"
The old man with the flowing beard shook
his head and turned his face toward the
wall. When he looked again. the man on
the bed was dead He then retired with his
ponderous volume.
If in this story we simply substitute Mrs
Eddy and her book, 'Science and Health, y
we have the complete effect
You may take this letter containing this
digest of Christian Science and its refuta-
ton and show among all your friends and
neighbors, as warning to any one who may
be disposed to take up with the accursed
system of Christian Science.
Faithfully yours in Jesus Name,
WILBUR GLENN VOLIVA.
Per Willis F. Jordan,
Anost1e in e & A c in Zion