The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-12-13

81 - Hiiihilh NJonn 4.G4l, God Is q
spirit etc. From these two funda-
mcnt-l truths, the conclusion ~ ir.
resistlble that man. In truth and In
iuct, IN spiritual and not material
and that matter does o enter into
his creation, and IL IL appears to do
80 u appearance Is contrary to The
fundamental truths Of the Christian
faith and the teaching Of scripture.
that Is to say, not ordained OF God,
and. hence. a~ntagonistic to God,
spirit. Furthermore. Jesus said
tJohn G:63). 1T is tho spirit thnt
~qulrkcncth, the flesh profiteth moth.
ing An other words, spirit is every
thing, matter is nothing, and we
submit h a the nntithesis between
everything and nothing Is not false,
but real ana absolute.
The prophet Isaiah afrlrms (IO;-
6-S)i AN flesh Is grass, and all the
goodness thereof Is az the Dower of
the field: Tho grass wlthereth, he
Flower fadctn: but the word OF our
God (spir.D shall stand forever;
that Is 90 say, matter Is temporal and.
ilceting, while spirit Is So stnn.iaT
ana eternal, And. again. we submit
that his antithesls Is real, ana not
contrary to the teaching OF scripture.
Tn" antithesis between spirit and
matter is plainly set forth by Pau.
when he says. (Romans S:7. \, l3l:
Tho carnal mind is cnmity against
God; for II Is not subject to the law
OF God, neither indeed can be So
then they that are In the flesh (mnt-
teri cannot please God For II
yc live after the flesh. We shall die
And finally ST. Paul makes this mat
ter absolutely plain when he states
tG0l. 3: 10: For the flesh lusteth
agains' the spirit and the spirit
against the flesh Cmatter): and these
are contrary the one to the othcr.''
IL seems that Paul regarded the an
'ithesis between spirit and matter as
real
with regard to the remainder OF
the charge set forth In the report.
Christian Science does deny most en-
phatically the reality OF sin and dis
ease az well us suffering. II does
not dony thatf these things are real
to the human OF .cnrnal mind. Mrs.
Eddy states on page 46O OF Science
and Health, with key to the scrip
lures, sickness Is neither imaginary
nor u~nrcal,--that IL to the frighten-
cd. false sense Of the patient. Sick
ness Is more than fancy; 1t Is solid
conviction. 1t In therefore to he
with through right a%pprchen-
sion of the truth OF being"
Christian %ScIentists insist that the
denial OF tho reality OF sin and sick
ness is not, as charged in this re-
port, contrary to the fundamental
truths Of the Christian faith ana the
teaching OF scripture"
Tho unreality 'Oi sin Il plainly
taught by tho Master. For instG nee,
he states CJOhn SAD: Eye are OF
your father. the devil (evil or SIM
and the lusts OF your father We will
do. He was a murderer from the be-
ginning and abode not In the truth.
because there Is no truth In him.
When he spcakcth a lie, he spcakoth
OF his own: for he IL "A liar and the
father Of n UnuucstiOnably "a lie
Is not real. aud no one would insist
upon It's reality after It's f%nlschood
hud been established, and IL sin Is
Il liar~-as the Saviour declares, II Is
certainly unreal. Therefore, the
teaching OF Christian Science hat sin
is unreal Us not. ais stated In the re-
port. contrary to Christian faith, hut
in absolute accord herewith and In
harmony with the teachings OF the
Saviour, the highest authority On
Christianity.
AS to the unreality Of disease and
suffering, the Saviour having declar-
ed sin TO be unreal, we find by an
examination OF His teachings and thai
demonstration thereof, that lie treat
cd sin and disease as one and the
same. and SO announced them. In
Mark 2:5 with reference TO one sick
OF the palsy who was brought 10 the
Saviour for healing, we read; when
Jesus saw their faith. he said unto
the sick Of the palsy. Son, thy sins
be forgiven thee" Now, according
to the modern teaching. this man
apparently not sinful. but sick,
and the bystanders made complaint
because the Saviour assumed To for
give sins. n VIZ find the SaViour's
reply Cdark 2:9) as follows: "Wheth-
err II Is easier 10 say 10 the sick OF
the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee:
or To say. Arise, n take up thy
bed n walk" Again. when Jesus
healed at the pool OF Bethesda, one
who, had an infirmity for So years,
the account Of which Is given In
John o: LA, we find at verse "A
the following significant statement:
Afterwards Jesus findeth him in the
temple, and said into him. Behold.
thou art made whole: sin no more,
lest IA worse thing come unto thee"
BY these passages we find that true
Christianity administers the same
treatment to sickness that II admin
isters to sin. Therefore, we cannot
help but conclude from the above
that the Saviour himself taught tho
unreality OF sin AMI disease.
SIN and sickness are unreal for thu
reason that thoy are without
creator, The Saviour said that tho
greateit commandment Is: "Hear, 0,
Israel, the Lord our God Is one
etc. He also taught that Jlis
one God Is good, Therefore. there
being only one God, and that God
hoing good, there Is no creator OF
evii. suffering or distress, and this
teaching Of Christian Science Is am
ply vindicated by the fact that thou
sands OF people are being healed OF
sicknens u sin by It's application, II
Is useless for the conference 70 at
h teachings OF Christian Sell
encu without attacking it's works.
In no danial that Christian SOD
cncc heals. The charge that it's
teachings are contrary To tho scrip
turos Is no moro nor less than the
accusations which the Hebrews
brought against JemF, that He cnst
out dpyils BY the prince Of devils.
In the f1l report 81 the lambeth