Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-19
HOLDS SCIENCE
COMMON WITH
OTHER CREEDS
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the failure OF modern religions TO satisfy
that hunger for righteousness which Is
characteristic Of all men as sons and
daughters of God?
Now we cannot adopt any halfway
measures about our relations to God:
God is good. He is ever present, and
aIl powerful, and that fact eliminates
at once and forever any otner power 81
goodness Since God has all power, then
evil the opposite OF God, has not power.
The fact Of the matter is, that the Cnrls-
tian world has for the most part theo
retfcaIly accepted the Omnipresent good
ness of God, and has not had faith in, nor
understanding eff, its ever-present ayalla>
bility What Is controlling our thought
IS determined not by what we say, but by
what we do. 1t men and women prefer 10
RELY on drugs rather than on the power
of God in a time of sickness, It IS because
they believe drugs are more potent
remedy; and all professions Of conhdence
in God to the contrary are mere lip serV-
ice and cannot be expressions OF pro
found conviction of the heart.
Because modern religions showed this
wide discrepancy between reaIty ana
z~4ctice. 2 re-statement Of the eternal
Truths Of the Bible became necessary u
the race was to be saved from the myriad
ills that beset IL. For this purpose
Christian Science came to the world No
matter what hostile critics may say 10
fba contrary Christian Science came to
the world in response 70 the quenchIess
yearning Of the human heart 60 know It's
God. q yearning that human wisdom can
never simply No matter what the tes-
tfmonv Of the material senses may ne rs
to the seeming reality Of matter and eTlI,
Christian Science holds firmly, ioslcaliF,
and consistently to the eternal IacI OF tnS
omnipotence Of God. which overrules ana
destroys all the asserted power OF SICK
ness, disease, sin and death.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY.
by teaching reliance on the omnip-
otent goodness Of God. Christian Science
has reinstated primitive Christianity.
What is primitive Christianity? In the
past. Christianity was too much consid-
cred to mean customs, traditions, dog
mas and creeds OF the early days Of the
Christian church. But If you VIII recall
the words and deeds Of the great Bible
characters from Genesis TO Revelation,
you viii find that their religion was
something vital,-a living reality. They
made no mere professions Of trust in God I:
they had an understanding Of God, and
they proved their understanding by de-
strOying sin, by healing disease, by
breaking droughts, by controlling the
economic laws of supply and demand,
and by overcoming the last enemy, even
death itself. They made no empty pre-
lenses Of faith in God. and then followed
after the latest advertised drug. No.,
they would have repudiated that prOce-
dure as contrary to the first command
ment, Thou shalt have no other gods
before me-
THE BIBLE
MESSAGE SIMPLE.
''Now the message Of the Bible is sim
pie, logical. scientific. Little children
love the Bible They love It because its
message is pure inspiring. regenerat.ng.
But the pity Of il is that our family
Bibles have for years been living on the
shelf covered with duSt-sdfety depOsi-
tories for lost spectlclss and forgotten
photographs. WhyE Because we have
allowed doctrines, presidents and ira
dittOns to pervert our vision so that we
refuse to accept the plain teachings Of
Christ Jesus, the disciples, and the
prophets. We have been taught to search
the Scriptures for texts IN support Of
some futile doctrine rather than to pom
der the meaning Of the Bible text and
thereby grow in that understanding Of
God and man which heals the sick and
sasts out sin. Christ Jesus commanded
his followers to Heal the sick and
yet when the imperative command is
brought to the attention OF many relig-
Christians, they may sometimes resort to
various sOphlstries that they should not
obey it. Christian Science is based on
the Bible. Like the Bible il IS simple.
natural, logical and scientific There IS
nothing mysterious about Christian Sci
ence or its practice. 1t follows the plain
teachings of Christ Jesus and rs q re-
sHlt Christian Scientists live differ ntly.
and think differently than they did before
they became Interested In Christian Sc
ence- The beginner in Christian Science
notices at once that Christian Scientists
do not use drugs. They have no occa-
sion to do Sc. for the simple reason that
they have found in Christian Science
vastly better system of healing sickness
and disease than is afforded by the drug
ging system Furthermore, they nave
found that reliance on drugs obscures
spiritual understanding and sIienates men
fzom God. If person believes he has
Efea7 healed by drug he. tn that extent
believes in the existence Of another power
than the Great I AN: he believes there
is some other healing agency than Cod
and is consequently led to doubt that
God is the healer OF an diseases, as the
Psalmist declared. He becomes skeptical
OF the divine power to heal and save. II
will be noticed likewise that Christian
Scientists do not accept as authority
physiology and medical works because
these reason, for the most part from the
basis that man Is q mere physical or
ganism, whereas Christian Science reasons
from the basis that man is spiritual. the
image and likeness OF God. The basis Of
reasoning OF physiology and medical
works being the exact opposite of Chris
tian Science, the conclusions arrived at
can not, Of course. agree Then again.
the beginner IN Christian Science notices
that Christian Scientists do not talk
about disease. They do not gossip about
disease, do not tell about the diseases
they had in the past. the diseases they
have now, nor those they expect to have
IN the future. They do not fear disease.
because they know that God never sent
IL, and that right understanding Of
Him completely destroys IL. They see
clearly that all there IS Of disease is hu-
man fears and false mental pictures. It
is evident 10 them that If the mental pic
ture OF disease is not entertained. dis
ease will not at any time be manifested
on the body. They are well aware that
the issue of disease is determined by
thought and they have no desire 10 en-
terrain such an unwelcOme guest as a
mental picture of disease although Chris
ton Scientists have an established repu-
tatiOn as people given to hospitality
as st. Paul advised. The fact Of the
ma tier is Christian Scientists have dis
covered that there is a VAST amount Of
unnecessary knowledge floating around H.
the atmosphere Of human thought kn0wl-
edge based entirely on the evidences ri
the physical senses. which. II acceptsd.
can not fail to be productive of pain suf-
fering, fear, and alienation from cod
Unnecessary knowledge says Mrs
Eddy In Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures, on page 2T4, gained from
: the five senses is only Temporal the con
NxeptiOn of mortal mind the offsDrfng of
sense, not OF Soul, Spirit-and symbolizes
all that is evil and perishabIe' Chris
tian Scientists have a race to sun and
they DO not purpose TO run In vain be
cause encountered with a lot of useless
impedimenta.
MANS ONENESS
WITH GOD.
"Then again, the beginner in Christian
Science may receive the impression that
Christian Science heals merely physical
Ills and Is only substitute for the drug
giug system or other material methods