Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-03

tors reSDOre1h;IIiV fGr The care of
the sick. Is it necessary to dwell
in any detail upon the results of this
peculiar arrangement?
In dealing with recognized so
called physical laws, or with what
are called physical phenomena,
neither doctors of divinity nor doe
tors Of medicine hesitate to accept
the scientific truth. That is, they
do not question the law Of gravita-
ton, the law that controls the dur
nal revolution of the earth, the law
that regulates the orderly motion of
the planets, or the basic laws that
determine. the rise and fall Of the
tides. They accept unqualificdly
the law of mathematics. How much
less should they question, or at
tempt to limit the operation of di-
vine Principe. which prcdicatcs the
omnisccnce Of the Maker Of all
law!
Ministers Of the gospel, in partic
uIar, shauld be more careful in any
criticism which they may pass upon
Christian Science, since christian
Scientists are simply putting into
practice, what all the orthodox
Christian churches have been openly
protesting, preaching, and teaching
through the ccnturics--the ability
and Willingness of Coed to help
( hose who put all their trust in Him.
Christian Science means trust-un
limited, absolute trust in God.
Christian Science a Positive Faith
Christian Science is a positive,
-sGIoVos pLEMol opnlulE 81! II! 'pug
tic theology, Il radical faith. As
its Discoverer and Founder never
dcviated from Principle to win the
favor or to avoid the censilrr Of
those bound up with other religious
doctrines, neither do her loyal stu
dents and followers make concession
of any kind either to popular or so.
called scholarly beliefs in the reality
Of matter. They stand firmly. i'm.
movably, up 'thc scientific state.
mcnt of being found i'll the
Christian Sc encc textbook,
"Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures, by Mary Baker
/ Eddy (p. 4Gs.)
Now. Christian Science is true
fromthc first to the last word of this
Fundamental declaration. from the
first to the last word Of our text
book. Let it be borne in upon the
thought of everyone present that
there is no room nor place for com
promise here. If Christian Scicnc"
be not in absolute line with one in
variable, immutablc Principe ar
! all points, then, TO use the words of
Paul. Is our preaching vain and.
, moreover, to paraphrasc slightly the
| language of that great apostle, we
who have accepted Christian Science
are the most hopeless aud most mis-.
cradle TO people. TO go fnrthcr. If
if further it would seem possible to
90. if Christian Science is not alto
gcthcr true, if the healing power
Of the Christ be not present vcstcr-
day, to-day, and f0rcVer-if the
Christ be not riscn-if spiritual re-
generation be notwithin the reach
OF suffering Humanity to-day.
through Il higher understanding of
divine law. then. we have been pro
claiming our healing in Christian
Science from the very housetopS-
we who feel that we have been re
stored in Christian Science to
! health, peace. and happincss-a' &"
either duped. by the greatest of all
illusions. or we are false witnesses
But we who have been healed by
Christian Sciencewe who have been
healed slowly or healed instan-
tancouslv. but III either ease, healed
permanently - and We who have
placticcd Christian Science in the
healing of othcrs-who have seen
in our own and in the lives or
those about us. unmistakable mani
festa,ions of the Emmanuel. or God
with us-know from experiences op-
servation, and demonstration, that
when the Principle of Christian
Science is intrlligently. honestly
and scientifically employed, II
never fails; it cannot fail, because
il is of God.
Urassailable Propositions
There can be no questioning the
loglc or MfS. r.hiN Pl'Po"'' '"''' "
Science and Health that the impoS-
sihle never happens and INA,
whatever blcsses one, blesscs all
(Scicnce and Health, p. 206.) Mos3
of us have learned i'll on rown cNpe-
ricncc that Truth manifested rad
iatcs beyond the bounds Of our own
ision, even bevon dthc bounds OK
our imagination. Our reasoning
facilities teach MS, even If our spiri-
nal intuition be dull, that If Christ
ian Science heals in one instance
through the intelligent applicat l"h
of divine Principle, no limitations
can be placed upon its heaih@
powcr. The operation of Piinciplr
cam indeed be applied to every hn-
nan need-to government, polit''S'
business, economies, labor, sociology,
education; when property applien'
Fhinciple must, as il does, perform
marvels of healing in general aS
we'll as in individual cases.
Here would seem to be Il proper
,lacc to touch upon the unwarrantcd
and gratuitous insmua'ion that
Christian Science is neither Chris
ran nor scientific. The man VINO
first said this, was apparently more
concerned about the fash'oning or
what he thought might prove eleV-
or and a catchy cpigram, than about
expressing the truth. The saying
was picked up, and is still repeater
here and there. by persons wholly
without knowledge of the facts