In Reply to Mr. Warring

with contributions from J. T. W.

Our friend and neighbor, Mr. Warring, says in the Eagle this morning that the teachings of Christian Science (according to his understanding) are the same as those of Atheistic France in the last century, and that "All violators of law, human or divine, hold these views;" and further that Mrs. Eddy's "followers profess great regard for the Bible, but it is not the Bible of our youth." Has the Bible changed since the days of our youth? Does Mr. Warring mean that the Bible of our youth taught that "infants were in hell a span long," and that in order to be converted we must believe that God would be perfectly just to consign us to everlasting punishment because we were born sinners; and that part of His creation were foreordained or elected to eternal happiness and the other part to go to hell, a lake of fire and brimstone, to suffer a continual death and never die? This is the teaching that I received in the church of which Mr. Warring is now a member. Does he hear this kind of teaching there now? No. If it is believed it is not spoken. "For those who have not been carried away by her sophistries, (meaning Mrs. Eddy), it may be a good thing to compare God's word and hers." Let me quote from the Bible and from the same writer as Mr. Warring does:

John 1st, 5, 18, 20.

We know that whosever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Mrs. Eddy.

Three cardinal points must be be gained before poor humanity is regenerated. 1st. A proper sense of sin; 2d. Repentance; 3d. The understanding of Good.

Without a knowledge of his sins, and a repentance so severe that it destroys them, no person is or can be a Christian Scientist.

Miscellaneous Writings, page 107.

Clearly the Bible and Mrs. Eddy agree. God has no views as we understand views. God is Life, Truth and Love, and Light, and whosoever dwelleth in Him dwelleth in Light. There is no sin as substance. There is no sin when it has been destroyed, and good has taken its place. Again quoting from Mrs. Eddy's writing, Miscellaneous Writings, page 110: "Christ, Truth, saith unto you, 'Be not afraid; fear not sin, lest thereby it master you, but only fear to sin." In a talk to students in the same Work, page 115, she says: "Your means of protection and defense from sin are, constant watchfulness and prayer that you enter not into temptation, and are delivered from every claim of evil, till you intelligently know and demonstrate, in Science, that evil has neither prestige, power, nor existence since God, Good, is all in all."

We might go on at any length. True, it is written that the "human heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. It is also written "For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." Should we be told this if there is no way to become spiritually minded? No. Then let us become spiritually minded. If through the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy, let us say amen and amen. The day is far spent, the time is at hand. Let us all accept the Truth and so escape suffering.

Yours for the Truth,

J. T. W.
Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Daily Eagle.

The statue would have slept in the quarry forever but for the blasting, the hammering, the chiseling, the polishing.

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