The herald., 1921-03-17

dedicated to the healing ministry of
our great Master. Surrounding this
church, there are heather temples
filled with idols fashioned by the hand
of man. Not long ago severe drought
afflicted the city, and for many days
the pagan priests implored their gods
to send rain. When the drought con-
tinued undated, the priests in one of
the temples took matters into their
own hands, and proceeded to punish
the gods. The idols of their own max
ing were removed from the cool, spa
cious temple and placed out of doors in
the full heat Of the sun. Then the
priests began to mock and chide them
like so many children, even haunting
them with such remarks as, Stay
there and see how you like to bake in
the sun" And there they sat until
the rain came. About the same time
an accident, which was Immediately
charged to the anger of the gods, oc-
Cured in one of the mines of Korea.
So the mines were closed until eXor-
cist priests were brought from long
distances to perform rites and cere-
monies intended to appease the wrath
of the gods. 1t seems, therefore, that
the heather diety which is liable to
wrath, is very much like the Satan Of
the Bible.
Christ DethrOnes Satan.
The Founder of Christianity repu-
dated the notion that Satan could cast
out Satan, and gave as a reason that
a kingdom divided against itself can
not stand. He once spoke of a certain
woman who had been bowed together
eighteen years and could in no wise
lift up herself" as "a daughter OF
Abraham. whom Satan hath bound, 10,
these eighteen years" He healed her
Immediately by the power of God, and
it was on the Sabbath day. The
Christian God therefore does not send
disease, but He heals disease. He is,
in other words, the divine Principle
of our health and holiness.
To the Christian Scientist, the Christ
idea bears the same relation to the
divine Principle as the suns rays bear
to the sun itself. Christ Jesus de-
clared himself to be the light of the
world,-the same light that appeared
in the beginning when God said. Let
there be light: and there was light.
That light was the saving Christ: but
God, the divine Principle, was the
Creator of it. In due course, the COM
ing of that light as a saving power
was spoken of as Emmanuel, or God
with as" which is the appearing OF
divine intelligence in human con
sciousness, healing and saving man
kind.
Bible scholars make a distinction
between Christ and Jesus, which
Christian Science explains; for God
appointed the man Jesus to the office
of Christ. Christ Jesus therefore was
the promised Messiah, or Mediator be
tween God and men. He rightly de
clared himself to be, not God, but the
Son of God, bearing witness through
his healing ministry unto the Christ
Truth, that redeems and saves al
mankind.
Healing BY Faith.
For long time professed Christian!
fell into such idolatrous methods tha
they utterly lost sight of the healing
power of Christ. All they beheld wa!
the visitation Of evil. and they prayed
after the manner of the heather t
appease the wrath of their god. Ii
effect, they really became worshipper'
of Satan, and that continued until {
young priest of the church started {
movement which made it possible fol
people of every rank and station t
read the Bible in their own language
This was the great reformer, MartiI
Luther. AS a result of this Bibl'
study, the people began to gain NOR
correct view of God, and occasional in
stances of healing rewarded thei
faith.
A very significant and important re
suit of Luther's Bible study was tn
healing of his disciple, Melanchthon
The man had lost consciousness, hi
eyes were set, and the court physician
had pronounced him beyond human
aid. When Luther saw his deares
friend in that condition, he was Wis
IDLY frightened. Then, rousing him
self, he exclaimed: 20 God, how ha
the devil injured this thy instrument.
There was the evidence of his Bibl
study; for he refused to attribut
that sickness to God. Rather did h
appeal to the Giver of all good t
save his friend. To use his own word:
I "wearied His ears with all His prom
ises of hearing prayers, which l coul
repeat out of Holy Writ; so that H
could not but hear me, IL ever 1 wer
to trust in His promises" The
grasping Melanchthon by the HAND
Luther exclaimed, BE of good courage
Philip; thou shalt not die. H
: has pleasure in life, not in death.
Therefore give no place to the spiri
of sorrow, and be not thine own mu
derer." In response to that rigf
sense of Gods loving care, Melancl
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