Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-08

culated to bring out the best In human
nature, Mrs. Eddy passed the years OF
a happy childhood. The added response
bilities Of a broader experience when she
was called to leave her fathers house
| and take Ter place IN the worlds ac-
| tivities, afforded her abundant oppor-
! tunitles to test the practical worth OF
| her early training.
She was ever faithful to what she be-
iieved, and she always expressed a kind
| " sympathy for the honest convictions
4 OF those who held to contrary opinions.
| She left others free to follow the lead
ings of truth as they understood truth
according to them the same sacred rights
and privileges she desired for herself
/ Faithful as she knew how to be faith
| full, consistent inS the endeavor to make
her life blessing to humanity, a loving
| frieLd to all who knew her, Mrs. Eddy
was being prepared for her mission, and
when the call came she was ready.
She learned many lessons in the school
/ OF bitter experience, but these only
/ caused her 10 cling even more steadfastly
I to the teachings of Holy Writ and 10
/ realize more fully that 1t is possible fOI
men to trust God at all times and rely
i on Him to direct their ways Without
| this preparation and an earnest desire
/ to understand spiritual things, she might
/ have passed over the wonderful exper-
fence OF her restoration to health with
| out seeking to know how this good work
| had been accomplished.
Mrs. Eddy's healing was the beginning
| or new era In religious teaching and
| practice. Prior to this time many good
men and women had been healed through
a pure, unfaltering faith in Gcds good
ness and love, but they accepted the
blessing as something not TO be under
| stoou-too deep for human comprehen-
sion. Mrs. Eddy pondered her exper.
lence, studied her Bible even more faith
Eully than before, and earnestly prayed
| that she might so understand what had
! healed her as to be the means Of bring
Ing the priceless blessing Of good health
to others even more unfortunate than
| herself. Her prayer was answered, and
the science of Christian healing was re-
vealed to a waiting world.
DISCOVERY AND
PROOF OFFERED.
In Science and Health. the Christian
! Science textbook, Mrs. Eddy writes a:
follows concerning her discovery: THE
term Christian Science was introduces
by the author to designate the scientific
system of divine healing.
The revelation consists of two parts
l. The discovery of this divine Science
! Of Mind-healing, through spiritual
! sense of the Scriptures and through the
/ teachings Of the Comforter, as prom.
ised by the Master.
y. The proof, by present demonstra-
/ ton, that the so-called miracles Of Jesus
! did not specially belong TO d dispense
/ ton now ended, but that they illustrated
an ever-operatiYe divine Principle. The
/ operation Of this Principle indicates the
/ eternality OF the scientific order and con
| tinuity of being.
| Christian Science differs from materia
/ science, but not on that account is Il
less scientific. On TIE contrary, Chris
| tian Science is -eminently scientific
/ being b1sed on Truth, the Principle OF
all science" (p. 1881.
Mrs. Eddy's success as a writer, teacher
and leader Is proof of her fitness fol-
/ the great work to which she was called
She was well prepared to 60 out int
| the unknown country OF a broader re
/ ligious experience, wherein the sick are
! healed In the same manner as sinners are
reformed. She met the Goliath of mate
rialism face to face and demonstrated
the might and majesty of the ever -livne
, God, proving that both religion and med
/ lclne are more efectual because Science
! has demonstrated their oneness Fol
many years she stood with staR In hand
/ ready to move onward when God pointed
the way. In loving obedience to the di
/ vine command she took the steps which
/ have brought US to this hour. 1t is t.
her untiring efforts that the world +:
indebted for the unprecedented pros
/ perity Of our cause.
/ SCIENCE AND HEALTH
AMONG WORKS.
The work OF greatest Importance ac-
complished by Mrs. Eddy was the writ
I
/ the Scriptures" the first and only text
book on Christian Science. This book
contains a complete statement OF Chris
I tian Science and gives the rules for dem
/ onstrating this purely spiritual method
OF healing sickness and destroying sin.
I From time to time Mrs Eddy wrote var
ious other works further calculating this
all-important subject
Christian Science Is based on the
/ eternal reality and supremacy OF good 1t
/ is effectual In healing sickness and de-
( strOying sin 1t demonstrates the moth
4 ingness of evil and by so doing estab-
/ fishes harmony on an enduring basis
/ Throughout the centuries the problem
I OF evil has been q perplexing one, and
/ few persons have reached a satisfactory
conclusion. Having accepted evil as a
reality, men have labored In vain to &C
count for its origin.
| The belief that evil is real implies one
of two thinga: either 1t is self existent
or God made IL. To accept the fist
proposition is to declare there Is more
/ shan one creator, and this Is an en-
/ phatic denial Of the fundamental teach
/ Ing of Christianity; while to affirm that
+ God created evil or made 1t possible, Is
TO say that evil is good, for the Scrip
/ lures are very definite on this point
And God saw every thing that he had
made, and. behold, It was very good"
/ Christian Science offers the only prac-
| teal solution of this problem wren II
/ declares that evil is neither person, place
nor thing. II possesses neither intelli-
/ gence, power nor reality. on this basis
/ It is possible to demonstrate the moth
/ ingness Of evil and thereby prove the
somethingness and eternal reality OF
There is on the part of many a mani.
fest inclination to contend for evil
/ rather than to deny its claims, even
! though it is a fact so evident II can
/ hardly be questioned that no good has
ever resulted from this practice. All
that has been accomplished N the way
/ of moral and spiritual attainment has re-
suited from cOntending against the so
! called forces of evil. The consistent en-
/ deavor of all those who loved righteous
ness. and hated iniquity,' hrs been TO
cOunteract the influence of evil and pre-
vent its elimination In word or deed:
| For centuries m0rtals have been warned
of the suffering which must inevltaoi y
/ follow the indulgen of evil, but this
! nractice las not accomplished the de-
| struction of evil; at best 1t has only
I served to prevent the indulgence d SIN
/ through fear of consequences.
IT mas been established with sclentlnt
certainty that an intelligent denial o.
! evil gives one dominion over evil not K
| he gained In any other way. So long al
| the statement OF evil concerning itseH
| is accepted as true, evil will seem to b'
a1 that is claimed for It. The only eyl
| dence of the reality Of evil Is the evil
| own, contention for place and power.