East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

conclusions. we are htEAuuutd ti'"'
ultimately we shall "laY aside every
and the sin that doth so easily
1esct u.s. and prove the liberty of the
sons Of God When Principle sha'l
have wrought its perfect work In hui
man consciousness the idea of God
will be manifest and the new creature
win stand revealed, man in Goa
image and likeness, bearing HIS
name. possessed of His qualities ana
in any direction of good
And it shall come to pass that in the
place where it was said unto them We
are not my people, there it shall be
said unto them, Ye are the sons of the
living God. (Ios 1;l00
SIGNS or THE TIMES
DO you doubt that Christian Science
is the leaven at work i'm the human
concept Of theology? Recently read
in the official organ of AN orthodox de-
nomination an editorial entitled; "The
God We Worship" The theme was eN-
pressed In these words: "Hhe last so
luton is that evil Is all an Illusion. that
it only exists because we think IT does,
Tell it not In Gath, publish it not In
the streets of Ascalon! Here we have
orthodoxy upon the platform of Chris
tian Science. How much of the old
theology is left in the leavened thought
of this writer, when he further declar'
es: "The conviction that God is love Is
worth while; that evil is an Illusion Is
magnificieutly worth while Again we
hear the voice of the well-known presi-
dent of a theological college. The time
has come for a creealess Christianity.
What means the more recent attempt
of a great church to revive the work of
healing the sick by spiritual means? II
is true there has not yet come ia this
denomination the vision of the Christ
method Of healing, sbut It is plain that
the leayen of Christian Science is at
work therein.
What signifies the growing move
ment in religious organizations to con-
solidate, to sink creedal differences IN
the common good? Men are caring
less for doctrine and more for deeds
Material forms and observances are
becoming more and more secondary to
spiritual understanding witnessed IN
signs following. Do you realize that
progressive thought in the churches
today is accepting by little and by lit
tie, those ideals which lone woman
half century ago. proclaimed to ar
unheeding world2 Then theology
listened only to scoff and to prosecute
Today, though not yet recognizing th'
fact. 1t has begun to follow, howevel
haltingly, the trail she blazed. Car
you doubt that the day will come wher
the last of scholasticism shall hav'
disappeared from the leavened lump o
theology Then the Christian Science
textbook may be read from orthodo!
pulpits. even as now it is not uncom
monty eagerly read in pastors studies
Then Christian sermons will heal th'
sick. Then will end forever the divi
sion into denominations and thu
Church triumphant will appear. in thu
elimination Of material theories ant
dependencies. In that day of spiritua
prodominance the churches will un
derstand what Mrs. Eddy meant wher
she wrote Il love the orthodox
church; and. in time, that church vii
love Christian Science" (Mis. p. Ill
2J-27)
THE LFliNEN IN MEDICINE
Nowhere in the kalesoscopic char
acter Of the human mind to be observ'
ed more strikingly than in the history
Of material medicine. In my senior
year in medical college, I was required
to devote much study to "The Princi
pies and Practice Of Medicine 4 bet
ter term for the subject would have
beeu, Tho Principles and Practice ot
Medicine for 1900. Material medicin,
/ has always been in a state Of fluN, be.
cause it has never of itself risen. il
theory or practice, above matter. Ever
when the matter physician discourse'
learnedly on mind and deals with psy'
cho-aualysis, psyche neurosis, pyscho'
therapy, and psycho-what not. he deals
none the less with matter, for To th'
materialist, mind means little else thar
brain matter. While the materials
has not yet learned that matter anC
mortal mind are one, nevertheless tho
healing art is drawing nearer the truth
as revealed in Christian Science. Pro.
gressive physicians. in practice, are
steadily reducing their legion of rene
dies. Many doctors admit that there
is no specific medicine. Many boast
that they limit their practice to -four
or five drugs. | have even known ply
sicians who declared that physic and
n pain-reliever comprised their entire
materia medica. 1t is evident that il
one can reduce the pharmacopoeia in
practice to one or two remedies, he
can take the next step and eliminate
the drug entirely from medical prac.
tice.
1t may be argued that God placed
drugs here and endowed them with
healing power. When did Spirit, God
delegate to matter divine power? Ma
terial medicine did not qualify for
Christian healing in jesus day. He
ignored it and turned instead to pure
ly spiritual means. Could Jesus in his
wisdom consistently have chosen an
dnscientifiC, and hence untrue. method
with which to prove his wonderous
power to heal? Moreover. Jesus was
not alone in his Christian practice.
The Bible Is full of the teaching and
Practice of spiritual healing, but you
will search its pages in vain for an au-
thentic case of healing by material
means. Even so today material medi-
cine fails to qualify. 1t is not the
Christ method of healing. Nothing
spiritual can come out of a wholly ma
terial system, and material medicine
is such. Indeed, not one spiritual
quality does It embody in its theory or
require in its practice. The very study
of material medicine leads one away
from the spiritual, Who has ever
found soul or snirit in the dissectine