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Norristown (Pa.) Herald
The author of the sermon partially reproduced in the Herald so frankly acknowledged the good that is being accomplihsed by Christian Science in leavning popular thought on subjects of vital importance to mankind, that it is difficult to believe he intended to say that the church "and Christian Science" have "divided the ministry of faith from the ministry of healing," or that "Christian Science has materialized the ministry of healing;" for if there is anything that Christian Science has not done it is those two things.
"Jesus healed sickness and sin by one and the same metaphysical process," writes Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health (p. 210); and Christian Science is a living protest against trying to heal either sickness or sin in any other way. On page 135 of the same volume, which is the text-book of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy declares that "the same power which heals sin heals also sickness;" and Christian Science holds that the only real power is God, Spirit. It will be seen, therefore, that instad of attempting to separate faith and healing or to materialize the latter, Christian Science does exactly the opposite.
If, as the good pastor says, the existence of the Christian Science movement is a rebuke to the church, the occasion for rebuke lies not in the failure of the church to work with the drug physician (it is manifestly trying to do that), but in its failure to discern in the teachings of the Master and the lives of himself and his disciples and early followers that the true priest and the true physician are one and the same both in individuality and office. The Founder of Christianity was himself the "great Physician." He healed the sick by purely spiritual means, and declared that all who believed on him should do likewise. For three hundred years in the Christian church preaching the gospel and healing the sick were identical, and Christian Science today is bringing about a revival of this complete ministry.
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March 2, 1912 issue
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A FEW WORDS ABOUT PANTHEISM
HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK
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FAITH AND UNDERSTANDING
MIRIAM ORMONDE SMALLWOOD
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"THE UPWARD JOURNEY"
JAMES WARDLE
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THE SPIRITUAL IDEA
MARY THORN
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JESUS THE CHRIST
DAVID FRANCIS THOMPSON
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LIGHT PERPETUAL
CLAIR D. VALLETTE
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"IT SUFFICETH US"
LAURA GERAHTY
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John Ruskin once said that he never wrote an anonymous...
Frederick Dixon
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The writings of Mrs. Eddy have brought about an increased...
Lloyd B. Coate
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We are inclined to believe that the critic failed to appreciate...
R. Stanhope Easterday
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If Christian Science is the scientific interpretation of the...
Charles D. Reynolds
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ADMISSION TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOTHER CHURCH
John V. Dittemore
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SEEKING AND FINDING
Archibald McLellan
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LIFE AND ACTIVITY
Annie M. Knott
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TRUTH'S REDEMPTIVE RANGE
John B. Willis
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Joseph Beall, George F. Rabe, J. Ross Mickey, Claude L. Hutchison, Senator Works, J. B. Coffinberry
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Christian Science was first brought to my notice over...
George Whitcher
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I have always been a lover of the Bible, and as a result...
Alexander Bowie
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For some time I have been wanting to tell others how...
Florence Keen
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When I read the testimonies in our periodicals, I think...
Emma M. Muehlenhard
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I am deeply grateful for the marvelous healing which...
Nannie Saxton Willard
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Christian Science has been a great help in our family...
Edith M. Bradley
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I wish to express my gratitude to God, also to our beloved...
Arthur D. Healey
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Over five years ago I came to Christian Science for...
Ella Woessner
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I wish to give thanks to God for the many blessings which...
Wilhelmine Werner
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It is with the deepest gratitude that I give my testimony...
Lillian J. Barber
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LOVE OMNIPOTENT
MARY BEECHER LONGYEAR
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Charles R. Brown, W. E. Orchard