The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26
WRITTEN BY G. 4. KRATzER

WiImans on the subject, Mental Sci
ence Compared with Christian Science"
which is written IN an excellent spirit.
but is full Of misstatements with regard
to the teachings Of Christian Science,
which should be corrected in the inter-
ests Of truth and justice, and also for
the great good which may accrue to the
readers Of the paper from a correct I'M
Outstanding Of the teachings Of Chris
tian Science.
Helen Wilmans declares III the arti-
Gle: Christian Science denies the au-
thority Of intellect. : . : Christian Sci
ence is not a science. Nothing that
shuts off the power Of thought and de-
MES the use Of the reasoning faculties
can be a science.
Now, let us compare with these state
ments by Miss Wilmans the following
quotations from Science and Health, Z
by Mrs. Eddy, the original text book of
Christian Science:
How shall we reform the man who
has more animal than moral courage,
and who has not the true idea of good2
Thru human consciousness, convince
the mortal of his mistake in seeking
material means for gaining happiness.
Reason is the most active human facul-
ty. Let that inform the sentiments and
awaken the mans dormant sense Of
moral obligation. and by degrees he
will learn the nothingness of the pleas
ures of human sense and the grandeur
and bliss of spiritual sense, which 81
lences the material or corporeal. Then
he not only will be saved, but is saw
ed (p. 327.
The offspring of heavenly-minded
parents inherit more intellect, better
balanced minds. and sounder constitu-
lions" (p. 6D.
Our system Of Mind-healing rests
on the apprehension of the nature and
4 essence Of all being on the divine
Mind and Loves essential qualities
Its pharmacq is moral. and It's medicine
is INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL
though used for physical healing (p
46o).
The so-called laws Of matter arr
nothing but false beliefs that intelli
gence and life are present where Mine
is not II + The opposite truth, tina
intelligence and life are spiritual. neve
material, destroys sin. sickness ane
death" (p. I'D.
mind, God, sends forth the arom;
Of Spirit, the atmosphere Of intelIi
gence" Up. l9D.
A page Of this paper could easily b,
filled with quotations from 'Scienc,
and Health, " showing the reliance .
Christian Science, at every step, on in
fellect. reason and intelligence, and tina
Christian Science teaches that intelIi
gence is divine.
Then Mrs. WiImans proceeds t,
make much very witty intellectual
horse-play as to the teaching Of Chris
tan Science that matter. mortal mind
and the material body are unreal. Sh
admits that she does not understan,
this teaching, and evidences the fact
If she did understand it, she would ap
prove it,
1t is true that nothing has cause
so much prejudice against Christia
Science, on the part of the genera
public, or made ii seem SO ridiculou
to uniformed people, as Mrs. Eddy
reiterated statements that matter, sill
disease and death are unreal" an
they do not exist in reality. A." Ther
Is nothing new about this teaching an
a little explanation and definition ougt
TO suffice to make it acceptable to an
rational person, in the sense in whic
Ms. Eddy intended it to Be takel
Moreover, right here is the secret of tt
immense power in Christian Science
overcome various phases Of human /
and Of its superiority over all sother M
thods Of mental healing which do n,
proceed upon the same basic assuml
lion.
Many different philosophers, fro
The unknown authors Of the anciel
Hindu Upanishads, from Hermes Tn
maiestus, Buddha and Plato, down
Kant and others Of the German school
and 10 such modern philosophers as d
late John Fiske, Professor at llarval
University, have recognized and taug
that, within the range Of human cor
prehension and experience, there is
order Of being, usually named Spll
or Noumenon, which is supersensibl
eternal, perfect, illimitably good, al
changeless; and that there is also
order Of manifestation in human expe
fence, which is largely perceived tn