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Mrs. Eddy does not, as our critic says, refer in many...
Waukegan (Ill.) Sun
Mrs. Eddy does not, as our critic says, refer in many places to the "duality of Christ's nature," though she does speak of the dual nature of Christ Jesus. Like many other critics of Christian Science, he fails to make the distinction between Christ and Christ Jesus. Christ, according to the teaching of Christian Science, is "the divine manifestation of God, which comes to the flesh to destroy incarnate error" (Science and Health, p. 583). In other words, Christ is the divine idea or spiritual idea of God, and necessarily is as eternal and as universal as God. Jesus was the man who best understood this divine idea and who most successfully demonstrated its power in the destruction of sin and disease. Christian Scientists look to Christ Jesus as the Way-shower and Exemplar. They believe that it is right for them to undertake the destruction of sins in the way that he destroyed them, and that it is possible for them to succeed in proportion as they are able to follow his example of spirituality and goodness.
No one who is correctly informed on this subject would suppose for one moment that Christian Scientists believe that they can get rid of sin by ignoring it or by simply calling it a delusion. Christian Science woos the sinner form his sin by convincing him that he need not fear sin and cannot love it because it is not of God. It shows him that God does not create sin, and that He does not permit its existence. It teaches him that sin and evil are entirely contrary to the will of God and that they have nothing to do with God's man. Thus it induces the sinner to abandon his belief in the reality, power, and pleasure of sin, and enables him to win forgiveness by forsaking sin. For this reason it will be seen that it is a mistake to suppose that in teaching the unreality of sin Christian Science encourages the indulgence of sin. On the contrary, it awakens the sinner to the absolute necessity of gaining a love for goodness that will enable him to abandon not only the flagrant forms of immorality and vice, but also the more subtle phases of evil. Thousands of sinners have been reformed by Christian Science, and many have been lifted by it out of the very depths of degradation. Indeed, it would be impossible for any one to be healed physically by Christian Science without becoming better morally.
No one who is at all familiar with the teaching of Christian Science concerning the cause of disease supposes that conscious and wilful sin is the only cause of disease. The Christian Science text-book shows plainly that fear, superstition, ignorance, and many other mental conditions cause disease. It also shows that the generally accepted beliefs of the human mind claiming to operate as law are responsible for much suffering. It, however, shows that every one of these causes may be annulled and their supposed effect prevented by a sufficient understanding of the law of God.
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June 12, 1909 issue
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MISSTATEMENTS REFUTED
with contributions from Della M. Gilbert, Alfred Farlow
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MOTHER CHURCH ANNUAL MEETING
with contributions from Mary Baker Eddy, John V. Dittemore
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WORK OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION
REV. JAMES J. ROME
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THE RELIGION OF LOVE
ISABEL LEE
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THE GOLDEN RULE
ABBY BEECHER ABBOTT
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ASK FOR TODAY
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH, JR
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That the personal influence of Mrs. Eddy is a great...
Frederick Dixon
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Mrs. Eddy does not, as our critic says, refer in many...
George Shaw Cook
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If Christian Science did nothing more than to heal...
R. Stanhope Easterday
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Christian Science is not merely a school of physical healing....
William E. Brown
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Christian Science as a distinctive religious denomination...
John L. Rendall
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That Christian Science is the same doctrine which was...
George W. Farlow
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I regret that your correspondent "Truth Seeker" should...
Algernon Hervey-Bathurst
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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TAKE NOTICE
Mary Baker Eddy
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MRS. EDDY'S STATEMENTS
Mary Baker Eddy
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"THE PUBLIC IS TIRED"
Archibald McLellan
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THE SCIENCE OF TRUE REFORM
John B. Willis
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"THE PURE IN HEART"
Annie M. Knott
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LETTERS TO OUR LEADER
with contributions from M. Philip Jones, Charles M. Howe, Alfred Evans, Hugh McCulloch, Ida Lawton, June L. Reed, Edith I. Dudley, Ella W. Hoag, Paul Huesgen, Beatrice Clifford, Sue Spencer
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from C. P. McAllaster, O. P. Workman, W. C. Rowley, Frank B. Nuderscher
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I desire to give this testimonial, as I feel sure it will...
Katharine von Rosenberg
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In asking for Christian Science treatment I did not...
Caroline J. Wolever
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Last winter I was taken ill, and had to leave my work...
Harry G. Carter with contributions from Louisa R. Ford
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I was a sufferer from kidney and rheumatic trouble for...
William J. Coulson
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When I first became interested in Christian Science I was...
Edna M. Rastert
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About eight years ago I was healed in Christian Science...
Phebe A. Gillette with contributions from Wilmarth B. Gillette
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In the summer of 1906 I was healed of a severe...
P. S. Hessler
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It is now more than ten years since I first knew of...
L. D. Norville
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Almost three years ago I learned for the first time what...
Ada Kathryn Deal
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That Christian Science is the truth which makes free...
Hildegard Kretzschmar
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Christian Science has been of great help to me
Chestine Bernard
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For about fifteen years I had suffered from rheumatic...
Christ. H. Asel
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MY HARP
MARY I. MESECHRE
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Samuel D. McConnell, John McDowell, Frederic W. Perkins, P. T. Forsyth