The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-30

tos,.r We s.. the steady gain OF .
man GtRht thinking begets rlght I
acting. and 80 step by step, We shaH /
win our way TO rlsht con, iueloIl', I
We are persuaded that Ultimately /
ye shall LAY aside every weight 4
us' and proye the liberty OF the
sona OF God. when Principle shhl
have wrought its perfect work IN
J human consciousness, the ldta tol
/ gu.i will be manifest ana the new
/ creature will stand revealed man IN
Gods Image and likeness, bearing
Uis name. possessed Of His quRhueS,
/ and unlimited In any dlrecuoh ol
good And II shall come TO pass
/ mai in the place wnerc u was said
unto them. Ye are not my people,
] thorc 1t shall be said unto there, Ie
are the sons of the living Goa
/ Gtos l:l0)
signs Of the Times.
no Won doubt that Christian Sci
once is the leAyen at work In the
human concept OF theology te'
r.rtlv | read in the official organ
OF an orthodox denomination an go
itorlal entitled The tou We
Worship" The thcmo was eN-
prcased in these words: Ihc ihst
somtlun Is that evil is an an lliu-
mink A. does" Tell II not in tath,
rublish IL not I'm the streets Of Asca-
ionl Here we have orthodoxy upon
,b. plattorm of Christian Science.
How much OF tho old theology Is lett
Ina tho leaycued thought OF thE
writer. when he further declares'
"Thc conviction that God is love IS
worth while; that evil be an Illusion
lis muEuifiDiCntly worth WhlI.,
Again we hear the voice OF the Wen
known president OF a theology col
iope "The time has come Tor "A
creedless Christianity" what means
tho more recent attempt OF great
J church to revive tho work or heal .
ing the sick by spiritual means' ~
is true there has not yet come 70
this denomination the vision OF inc
; Christ method of healing, but u Is
> plain that the leavcn OF thtlsuhI
Do Science Is at work therein.
I What signifies the growing move
mcnt In religious organizations tc
Z consolidate, to sink crccdal diilet'
l ences I'm the common good? Mer
Y nrc caring less for doctrine anc
y more for deeds! Material forms anC
= observanCcs are becoming more hh'
= more secondary to spiritual under
9 standing witnessed In signs follow
- ting. DO YOU realize that progressive
y copting, by little and little, thos
= ideals which lone woman, a nal
- century ago, proclaimed to an un
~ needing world? Then theology lis
% tened only TO scott and to persecut'
To-day. though not yet recugnlHn
II the fact, IL has begun to follow, now
Is ever haltinrly, the trail she blaze,
Can YOU doubt that the day va
& como when the last OF scholastlclsI
l. shall have disappeared from tn
l. leavened lump OF theology The
n. the Christian Science textbook ma
l. be read from orthodox pulplts, eve
II as now IL IS not uncommonly eager
Il, read in pastors studies. Then Chrl'
'd tian sermons will heal the SICK INC
y will end forever the division into az
4 nominational and the church tr
l. umphant will appear, in the ehnl
m nation Of material theories ana d'
"a tendencies. In that daY of spiritrl
y, nredominance the churches will VI
be derstand what Mrs. Eddy meai
se when she wrote: Il love the orth'
ne dox church.. and. in time, thi
" church will love Christian Science
~ (Mis. y. III, 25-2ID
n The Icnvcn in Medicine.
,g Nowhere, is the kaleidoscop
m character OF the human mind 10
he observed more strikingly than IN I
cc history Of material medicine.
ar INV senior year in medical college,
is- was required to devote much study
'ot "The Principles and Practice
nv Medicine" A better term for q
~ subject would have been. The Prl
Is ciples and Practice OF Ncdiclhe !
~. 1900" Material medicine has
NO ways been in a state OF flux, becau
an II has never OF itself risen, In lhco
nd or practice, above matter EN
nd when the matter physician d
in. courses lcarnedly on mind ana dei
bo with psycho-analysis, psycho-neu
~ sig. psycho-therapy and psych
In what not, he deals none I
tor less with matter for to I
M ratpriaiist, mind means 1T
at else than brain matter. While
i've n,aterialist has not yet learned n
nat matter and mortal mind are ol
nevertheless the healing art is ara
ing nearer the truth as revealed
-. Christian Science. Progressive pi
.es sicians in practice. are steadily
hat ducing their legion OF remedi
.h MANY doctors admit that there ~
- ~ specific medicine. Many boast u
~ thew limit their practice to four
~" slve drugs. have even known pl
ne slcians who declared that Il phy
,no and a pain relie, er comprised Tn
it,o entire materia medica. II Is .
= dent ttlAt II Nlt 'hAA
ii's ~. pharmacopoedia In practice 70 one
iols two remedies, he can take the n
Oh step and eliminate the drug entir
'g. from medical practice.
~ Il may be argued that Goa pld.
lth drugs here and endowed them W
way healing power When did Sp
use, God, delegate to matter divine pc
sus er? Material medicine dld
tep qualify for Christian healing
ant Jesus day He ignored II :
esh, turned instead to purely spirit
ned means Could Jesus in his wisd
erl- consistently have chosen an unsci
on tific, and hence untrue. method "
was which to prove his wonderous po'
ssus To healt Moreover Jesus was
ms alone in his Christian practice.
ked Bible Is full of the teaching
ase' practice OF spiritual healing, nut
esus win search its pages in vain Tor
ind authentic case OF healing by mate
or means. Even so today mate
and, medicine fails TO qualify. II Is
me- the Christ method OF healing Nc
tan ing spiritual can come out OF
tier wholly material system, and
en- terial medicine is such. Indeed;
q IN one spiritual quality does II emo
'lrlt, In ITS theory or require in It's pi