The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16

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Science Is mot altogether fruu.if tho
healing power uf the Christ be- not
pT,.lut yesterday. today and for
rr,r.fhpu wo who have been pro-
claiming QUA healing through ChrlB-
iINu Science from the very house
tops uro false witnesses.
Hut we who have been healed I'm
Christian Science. ana We who have
p|ru,tIHol Do to the healing OF oths.s,
know FUN wen. that when ils priu-
UIpIn ia lutollgvntly, honestly and
i|rusjfully employed, Il never fails,
This Principle has always existed
o. has been known TO certain OF
Gods people throughout an the ages.
aud l' was understood by Jesus moro
clearly than by any "f hS predc-
rDssorG.
Mnry Baker Eddy's Task.
Apparently lost for centuries. the
Science whereby II could be put into
operation aH a tangible. practical.
Unable, workable agency, was rcdis-
covered by Mary Baker Eddy. Her
great task, the greatest that woman
has ever boon called upon TO per-
form, was 20 proclaim and demon
slrutc Conyinclngly to "a doubling
world her marvellous revelation. In
her own simple but beautiful Ian
guagc she tells IA whom and how
each OF hcr steps was taken. Those
acquainted with her writings are
familiar with tho story. she left
nothing 10 mere assertion. She
proved by demonstration every
declaration which she set down In
writing. In the year 1866. she tells
us. she discovered the Christ Science
gr IINNRA lana 81 IHfn TrUfh aud
Love, and named this discovery
Christian Science; but her first
pamphlet on the subject, although
copyrighted In 1870. ala not appear
In print until 1876, or ten years after
her divine revelation, "as she had
learned" to use her W words,
that this Science must be demon
stratod by healing, before a work
on the subject could be probably
studied" She was in no hurry 10
launch her discovery upon n world
slow to yield itsolf to consideration
Of a new philosophy OF life, and one
especially that undertook to refutc
| or reverse practically all tho theories
OF human existence handed down by
tho schools from time immomorlal.
She knew too much OF the world to
trust her revelation In It's hands I'M
IN she was prepared with such proof
ns Il would demand "a insure at Lease
a respectful, n n skoptical, hearing.
TO obtain these proofs, and 10 render
them convincing and irrefutable, she
gave herself over to prayer ana
study. when she sought authority
she sought and found 1t In the
Bible. when she sought guidance,
she looked for 10 in tho teachings OF
Christ Jesus and his apostles. All
or her dependence for light was
placed upon tho Scriptures. ana
whom she finally laid her thesis be-
fore a critical people it was fortified
with spiritual truth I'm every line,
sentence, paragraph and page.
Nothing has been moro puzzling
or more anuoyluEly battling to her
critics than the fact OF her acrupu-
lous, persistent, tenacious adherence
TO the Bihlo-to tho book which
Christians through centuries have
regarded, or have profcsscd TO re-
gard. az diyinoly inspired. she took
70 and employed 10 as tho keystone
Of hCr philosophy. Sho took Il, as 10
was intended plainly by its inspired
writer's TO he taken, In spirit ana
In truth, mother dcductlng from II
nor adding TO u, but accepting II with
open mind ana Interpreting IL In ac'
Cordauce with its manifest design
ana meaning
Christian Scientists aud the bible.
Just az the dlscovcror and founder
Of Christian Science places the Bible
first at all times; just as she looks
TO Il and cliuEs To II at all times ion
inspiration and for strength, Just a.
she has given A. first place In the
religious t,uots and services OF the
church She instituted and organized
50 do all OF her loyal followers ac'
cept its inspired word Rs thor sut'
fiCieut guide to eternal life. IL 1.
entirely Within reasonable hounds u
say that lu no other class or de-
nomination Of protested Christian
rCllglunists a. the Biblc esteemed
moro highly or studied nor rcgu'
larry, closely, earnestly or intelli'
gently than u IS among Christian
Scientists. Tho Christian Sciouc,
textbook, Science and Health, "a az
exposition OF the Bible, n Key TO tn,
Scriptures, and, as such, q has al
ready unlocked for millions, as II i
destined TO unlock Tor countless mul
tltudes TO come, ineNhaustible treas.
ures Of spiritual wisdom and under
standing.
In the earlier days OF her laho'
tho critics were puzzled and BATTLE,
by the discovery that many state
ments IN hcr works which they re-
gardod as the most radical ana IN,
most startling - statements tina
challenged ana sometimes flatly con
tradicted or positively c|ontroverte,
their time-houorcd and scemingl'
rock rooted theological premises ant
couClusioua-wCre based upon bibli0
cal passages which they had com
monty and hahitually used I'm serv
tees and sermons, but which, In III,
light shed upon them by this won
an-this prcsumptuous woman
presented a meaning altogether new
] 10 thom-so surprisingly new. In
deed, that when they came acros0
T them I'm Mary Baker Eddy's writing
they questioned the correctness o
! her quotations and flew 20 thei
! Bibles in the confident but vali
81 hope OF proving her inaccurate an,
unreliable.
0 Christian and orthodox In he