Article August 10, 1899 Issue

The Beauties of Persecution

BY WILLIAM BRADFORD DICKSON.

The Scriptures declare that the wrath of man shall praise God, and this is not a simple assertion of human cause and effect, but a statement of divine Love, never failing in its action and finale.

Not many months ago, in the small city of South Bend, Indiana, a prominent Baptist minister announced that he would preach against Christian Science. The following Sunday found him in his pulpit, expatiating on a subject he knew nothing of. The immediate results of this erroneous effort were as follows: By sundown of that same day, one of his leading members, superintendent of the Sunday School and teacher of a large Bible class, was seated in the home of a Christian Science healer, making inquiries in regard to Christian Science healing for his daughter and wife, both of whom had suffered many things of many physicians, paying a big price therefor, and receiving little benefit. Within a few months from the date of the delivery of the sermon, both mother and daughter were healed, had withdrawn from the Baptist Church, and are now members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of that city.

"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."

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