Medford mail tribune., May 21, 1921, Page 5, Image 5

MEDH)KP , MAIL. .TRrRUNE, MEDFOKD. OR KG ON. SATURDAY. MAT 21. 1921
DR. J. J. BULGlN'S statement and outline of lecture on so-called
" CHRISTIAN SCIENCE "
buice Christ uu Si-iewe leaders have beeu vilifying abusm-: anJ stabbing
me m the Im. ln.d in the dark preeeeding uiy ,oluill(. to th, wb j
bMi laboring, wnt.nK letters, warning thuir friends to look out for B.iMu 'I
have couchuled lo nmkc public their line of notion, aud demand that thev open
lire while I an. ou the field aud can make a reply, rather than wait till 1 uu.
Bone and cannot answer them. In Walla "Walla and Klamath l'alls they waited
Id r was gone then they resorted to a vicious attack on me aud my character.
Believing as I do that Christian .Science is not scientific, and is not a church
flaj.lreplv (-',"'is,i!"1- but is HUV"'S uud'''- fW lors, aud carries a false
I have offered the tabernacle for such reply as the Christian Science people
may desire to make, and I will meet them ou theHUine platform, and answer
their arguments, if they desire the truth shall be known.
Go read .louathnu Edwards, whos-c posterity has filled the pulpit aud pro
fessor's choir of 2J51 miuisters aud college professors. Read him on ''The Sin
ner in the Hands of an Angry Cod." Why is it the moment Kddyites get into
Ma Eddy's hash they cease to be gooil neighbors: or ever good Americans '.
They will turn down all their dear old frieuds, give them the cold shoulder aud
run wth their own little set and cult, too good for nil the rest of us, simply
because we eaunot agree with them on their own ideas on religious subjects?
Therefore, they think they arc sq far above and beyond us they do it. They
cannot deny it, and there arc right now, while they are reading this article,
10,(X)0 people doing the same, and saying "Thai's no; 1 have noticed that."
Why is it? They have no real poor in their class, mighty, few enre-woru wash
erwomen, and laboring men, mostly bonton society, piuk tea classes, who have
sold out the healing of the soul for the healing of the body. Why, you Eddy
ittfs peddle l.ydia Pinku.u for the souls, that is why so many of your class are
women.
. The Gospel of Jesus, who was our Cod, was a gospel for the poor aud out
cast. Break up your little secluded society set and go after the pour. 1'ut up'
some hospitals, build some orphans' homes, make some bandages for the wound
ed since the Armistice is signed. You women did it during the war to stand
in with the Red Cross and Government. The world is full of wounded Bad
blecditig; keep on making bandages. Oh. Consistency, thou are a Jewel!
Kddyites making bandages for an imaginary wound that never occurs I
MIND OVER MATTER. I have spent much time
Woking up the so-called cures and I can positively
declare that in Chicago, and Des .Moines, and Los
, Angeles, and numerous other places, men and women
- by the score have been benefited by the on principle
which Christian Science has revived and la all these
cases the patient was Inclined to be hysterical or
hypnotic, and in anchoring the mind to something
Mil stopping dross they ware curtid. hut why call
this Christian .Science? Why not menul science?
a. An4 let everbody practice it and not make a relig
ious syBtein founded on a mere health psychic sng-
.., (testioo? c . ...
AN EXAMPLE. Much that liiw 'l,nm, aiirtl.mn.l
' to Christian Science in the way of cures is like the
(lear old English woman in Los Angeles, not,, how
ever, well posted in natural science, who tried to
convert me by the wondorful miracles she had seen
worked by the system; said her husband. had a bijlb
dog which had nine little babies, and wouldyou. hlSTf" 1 1) )
,.IV iimu minus were umn wuuoui eyes.
She said: "I began immediately to work Christian
Science and mental power on the dear little dogs.
1 placed my hands oh thorn daily and used psychic
MiggeBuon iuamg my eyeB lo concentrate all .my
tw f &ftt A-"4si:.iii; uZaT .ZTZZTZ 's, V n WMimb, science is true, no pain, no sum-ring,
believe ItTb m'irT nln , 3 VZ.Trit ' ? S 3 Atohemen is a farce. Not only does this new
and all her followers cotainly must be poor theol
ogians If theology be the doctrine of Cod. bibliology
be the science and Inspired of the book, soterology.
the science of a Savior on claiming Christ be true
doctrine. Mrs. Kddy must be false. Thsology says:
"Hod Is my Father aad he loves Be." Mrs. Eddy
says, "God la not a person, hat an Influence; 1 can't
love a whirlwind taor a thnnderatormi I can love only
when taere is a personality." Mrs. Kddy says.no
need of sacrament. These are mare delusions of
mortal wind. Baptism and tie Lord's Supper Bhe
laughs at, but listen to a higher authority. The Great
Teacher said, "00 baptize." butMhis system knows
nothing' of baptism. Me aaid, "This do In remem
brance of Me," but this system knows nothing of a
Lord's Supper.' It is without a Heavenly Father,
without a sense of sin or need otjany atoning Christ.
"They have taken away my Lprd, and I know not
where they hare J aid Him." fij i. '
DENIES1 CHRIST'S SUFFERING. Christian Sci
ence denies the fnct of pain arid suffering, hence It
strikes the fatal blow at the very 'foundation- of our
religion, the Atonement: Christ; suffered the jut fur
I. tne unjust, a aurtering savior for a suffering sinner.
y, ii unr.istian, science
i davs thev all cot even in their
dear little heads. Now, In face of such, facts. Dr.
Bulgln, will you still doubt the power of Christian
Bclence? Oh, how cruel you are."
' . Let the church rise to higher ground and do her K-
dttty-and give the world the real Christ and Christian .
Science cannot live. Neither can men and women '
ffet 4few heathen theories together and put a littlu
Of the teachings of the blessed Christ within it ani
eall It a new religion. It will not be possible for Biicn
things to exist; and with good. they will get no f
ferror.. Let ua earnestly contend for the faith onco
delivered to the saints.
i THE DOCTRINE OF THE FOUNDER. I shall
first attack: the doctrine then its) founder. This Is
but the fair way of procedure. If the doctrine 'be
false, what of the Woman who claims that she re
ceived the doctrine as a direct revelation from God?
If I were a child ,of God living In the faith of my
fathers and the church, before allowing myself to be
carried away by any new wind of doctrine, 1 would
t. least want to know something of the contents of
' ttuV book. containing Ita supposed revelation. This
being the speaker's sole purpose to make known the
t)octrine as stated In Its own revelatloh, It "la to b
hoped that a fair and dispassionate treatment will
0e-ReiVe the respectful aud unbiased attention of all
who are here to listen. . .
iever, I believe, has the world: been in such a
: aWte of religious ferment as that which exists today.
Pathetic, indeed, the struggle of human mind lo know ;
God and to understand the Issues of life, and curious
''"the vagaries and eccentricities of thought Into-which'
its 'eearchlngs have oft times culminated. There
have always been plenty of foes of the faith, com
batting the truth with error, plenty of those whom
Peter Calls "unlearned and unstable," who wrest the
Scriptures into perverse doctrines. The disciples a.1.1
ttra-early church know whgHt was to battle against -'
religious untruth. In their day it waa Agnoatlciam
nd Neo-Platonlsm and other theosophic speculations,
and at no time has the truth flourished unhindered
by eccentric and perverted forms of belief and prac
'.. tlce, but It remains for this ape to tthow this tendency
for' new departures in its strongest and strangest
... development.
. .'THE MANY ISSUES. Spiritualism,' . Theos'nphy,
..Hypnotism. Dowlelsm. Faith Healing, Christian
Science, Mental Healing, Magnotlsnvand many, oth
ers arc all manifestations of this spiritual ferment,
and uneasiness pervading the religiotiB Ufa of man ' 1
to such an alarming extent that one la almost tempt- -ed
to venture the interpretation that.such. Is a sign i of
the times that are to precede the coming of the man '
Of Bin. ' :' '
Mrs. Eddy established what she called, the Maasa- ,
chusetts Metaphysical College, which was an Instltu.
tlon for the turning out of Christian Science hcaler3. -v
Her adopted son and husband, with horself, conati- J
tuted the faculty of this remarkable institution and
the entire college consisted of twelve half-days. The
following is an advertisement taken from the Chris
tian Science Journal, referring to the Massachusetts
, Metaphysical College:, . ' ., .J
"The collegiate course In Christian Science meta
physical healing includes twelve lessons. Claas con
venes at 10 a. m. The Hint week, tlx cohsecutiva
lessons. The term oontlnncs about three weekB.
Tuition, $300. Tuition for all strictly cash in ad
vance." ' "
STRICTLY CASH. Mrs. Eddy's was a strictly
cash business. No revelation C. O. D. No revelation
on credit, or on the Installment plan, and no money
returned, no matter however dissatisfied with pur
rhase. "When God Impelled me to set a price on
Christian Science mind healing, I Could think of no
financial equivalent of that divine power which
heals; but I was led to name $300 as the price for
each pupil in one course of lessons! a startling sum
for tuition lasting barely three weeks. This amount .
greatly troubled me. I shrank from asking it, but
waa finally led by a strange Providence to accept this. ,
fee.' Ood has since shown me in multitudinous ways'
the wisdom of this decision." - , . .. .- ;l
:- If We may judge by results, it may be admitted
that, the wisdom, the commercial wisdom at least,
,. of.'titla decision, whether shown by God or not.. waa. ,i
quite clearly demonstrated, as Mrs. Kddy admits,
that during seven years 4,000 students "were. taught
by mo her) in this college." Four thousand students
at $300 per, student for a "college" course of twelve
lessons! Four thousand times 300 equals $1,200,000,
and 11, 200.000 may be said to be a fairly reasonable
compensation for instruction, even in Christian Sci
ence, covering a period of seven years, especially as
it was In the family. A family of three, even of
three frugal adults, could comfortably provide them
selves with the necessities of life on an Income of
$170,000 a year.
t ;
ONE-SIDED PHILOSOPHY. Christian Science Is
nothing more than a one-sided philosophy carried out
to false and absurd conclusions, and in the words of
another, "every bit of matter in the universe brands
it as untrue. Every aching tooth, every caae of dis
ease carries with It this utter unlack of proof, and
every bereaved heart and every grave in the great
world of sorrows, which is at the same time little
more than a vast cemetery, denounces it as the most
baseless of all unsubstantial assertion." So much
for false philosophy and science falsely so-called.
Now. what shall we say of it as a religious sys
tem,? From the standpoint of theology Mrs. Eddy
old sect deny (he Atonement, but 1( denies the Deity
of my Lord, ir Jesus Christ was not God,- Ho is
nothing. , TlUs deceitful play of words, "Christ was
divine, but we are all divine.' , Yes, -Mrs. Eddy was
morn divne than niOBt of us, but Christ had A larger
spark of divine nature than most men, but Mrs. Eddy
lias about as much, I am often led to cry W, "Oh,
God, how long will you permit such sacrilege and
blasphemy?" '
' OCCUPIES A LOW PLACE. If pain Is only an
Illusion of mortal mind and Christian Sclenco tends
to dispel that illusion, it follows that the further
that bno Is advanced In Christian Science the less
sensitive he will be to pain: Now, evory school boy
- knows mat the higher tho physical organism the
' more sensitive it is to pain. The rude forms of sea
life qulvor scarcely at all under the knife. The ci'us.
tacea suffers more than the semi-brute whoso mind Is
as sluggish as a mud pond.- Indeed, as 'thinggo up
in the scale of being they go toward the possibility
of pain. -It follows, then, that the Christian Scientist,
who Is insensible to pain occupies a very low place
In the scale of being. - - - . ,
- PAIN A' GOOD TEACHER. We may well aaki
Would this world be as much or as good as It is if
- there were no pain or trouble?- 1 believe that pain
ip one of tho best tcachcrB Iri tho school of life; Wo
may at -times wince under her Instructions, but her
instructions are valuable The little child tottering
. , oyer the floor Is attracted by the bright, glowing
coals In the grate; It puts Ita fingers on one of tho
' bars and the -blistering pain that nature- inflicts
' teaches the child to dread the fire- The sharp pains
that follow over-indulgence In eating teach the folly
of gluttony. These thorns called palna and troubles
pierce our feet and drive us back Into the smooth,
safe pathway; of obedience to nature's laws. "Ah,
yes," said A great musician, In speaking of a beau
tiful prima donna who had just appeared before the
public. "Ah, yea, she has a beautiful voice, but there
Is Just one thing she lacks and that Is trouble,' If I
were single-1 would court and marry her, and abuso
- anil maltroat and desert her, and break her heart, aad
when she. would sob out her bitter sufferings, then
She would become the greatest singer In all Europe.
We know that Beethoven's Immortal music was pro
duced 'when sorrow waa crushing him."
j-.. Sickness and death illusion. Again m
, this wonderful book, on page 183, we are told that
Bin, sickness and death are illusions.: If this be true,
then crime, which is only another name for sin, Is an
Illusion, belief ;o(, mortal mind. It followB, therefor
y lhat ail. the criminals In the penitentiary are there,
not because they have committed crimes, but simply
' because tliey themselves or somebody elBe belieVe
4 hey have. Can. we bring ourselves to believe that
1n ,Is ony. an illusion? Surely,. It was something
' more than an Illusion, a dreamer mortal mind, that
David had when thinking ahouf his double crime of
adultery and murder, he cried: ffrAgalnstThee, Thee
only have I sinned and dono iHt's evH in Thy sight."
Surely It was some! him niore Man an Illusion that
Caused the, coaeciejcostricken Juda to fling dowa
" the' price Of hlB Infamy In tbs-.templa .and cTv; '-
have sinned, in that 1 have betrayed Innocent blood.'
This teaching of Mrs. Eddy Is very soothing to the
conscience of the sinner, for let him believe that sin
Is only a dream of mortal mind, only an Illusion that
floats before the thought, and more than ever will he
be inclined to indulge in It. Why should yon and t
bother about sin when It is only a dream, a wlll-o'-the-wlsp
flitting through the marshes of mortal
mind? But to those who study their Innermost needs
and the Word of God, the thought comes Irresistibly
(hat God gave His only begotten Son to die for some
thing deeper and more dealy than a mere figment
of the mind. . Inasmuch as the aony of Calvary was
stich a tremendous fact, man's sin for which It made
atonement must also be a tremendous fact. It Is a
master stroke of genius when a philosophy can be
devised that can reduce sin to practical nothingness.
, . For then the query arises: "If sin is nothing but a
' figment," wherein lies the utility of tho cross of
.: Christ?;-. ;v;, , .r ,. ; ;
In this same paragraph, on p&ga 182, Mre. Eddy
declares that sickness Is but a belief, a dream of
mortal mind... t thiSbe true, It follows that Christ
was either a trickster or an Ignoramus, pretending to
heal .diseases which, had no existence, to soothe. .Bor
rows which were imaginary, and to furt!vd ' ,lii3
which were Impossible. '; '
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CLAIM8 TOO; MUCH.
Christian Science claims to have cured pneumonia,
scarlet' -fevor and-smallpox. Perhaps th fact is not
generally known, but It Is a fact, nevertheless, that 80
per cent, of what are known as acute diseases (pneu
monia, scarlet fever, smallpox, etc.), are self-limited
and tend to recovery. That means that 80 per cent, of
, those who are the victims of these diseases would
recover without any special treatment. How, then,
can the Christian Science healer claim credit for
curing a man of pneumonia when we know by actual
statistics that 80 per cent, of such cases tend to
. recovery f
I FUNDAMENTAL PROPOSITION. The following
are a few of the fundamental propositions of Chris
tian Science:
1. Everything Is mind, and In all the universe
there is bnt One mind, which is God. (See Science
and Health, page 7.)
2. Since all is mind, matter Is not; there Is no
such thing as matter. (Matter will finally bo proved
to be nothing but a mortal belief, wholly lnudequato
to affect man through its supposed organic action or
existence). (Science and Health, pais lit.)
All l mild, (her is no matter. (Page 4(1.)
Mortal body and material man are dnlusious
which spiritual understanding aud science destroy.
(S. aud. 11., page 19.) That Is, there is no auch thing
as matter; troe( atare and stone walls have no actual
existence, -but are simply ideas of mind, Illusions
which float before the thought, and nothing more.
3. Sickness Is only an error of mortal mind.
(Sickness is an Illusion td be annihilated by mind.
S. and II., page 489.) (Man is never sick. Tor mlud
la not alck and matter cannot bo. S. 'and ll., page
.192.1 That is to say, sickness is only a bollef; be
lieve you aro sick and you are sick, believe you aio
well aud you aro well, even though you havo one ''
foot In the grave. -. A man is sick, lame, deformed, :
cross eyed, consumptive or biild-hcadctl Just beoause i
he thinks sq, . ,, , . . : . ,
. 4, The way to gut rid of paim disease, suffering :
and" sin, is to destroy tho belief, lu these unrealities.
FAVORITE TEXT WITH SCIENTISTS. Mrs
Eddy and her disciples ara very much given to quot
ing the instructions which Christ gave Ills disciples.
"As ye go, preach," saying the Kingdom of Heaven
is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, ralso
the dead." Christian Scientists claim that Inasmuch
as Christ gave this command, there can be no valid
reason for believing that It cannot bo fulfilled by His
disciples of the twentieth century as well ua by those
of His own day. My answer is that the peculiar
power of working miracles was limited to Apostolic
days.' The vory fnct that no such miracies of healing
as those wrought by Christ aud Ilia Immediate dis
ciples hnvo been wrought since that time Is ono proof
that tho peculiar power was limited to that period.
The cures effected in subsequent ages; whether by
religious relics, charmed amulets, Indian medicine
men or by Joanna Southcott, I. I'. Quimby, Mary
Kddy or John itowie can be explained, by tho law of
suggestion and are utterly lacking In the miraculous
element so conspicuous in the heullng of Apostollu
times. - And In this connection it may be stated that
the power of working miracles was given lor a spec
ial object, which waa to prove the divine origin of
the gospol. Later, when the kingdom had' been well
established, and other and greater proot came lu,
Bich as the moral and spiritual - transformations
wrought by tho gospel, the age. of miracles was left
behind. Christian Scientists show tho weakness of
their argument by usually leaving out the phrnse
"ralso the dead," which is Included with the Instruc
tion which Christ gavo Ills disciples! If they have
reintroduced the healing of Apostolic tlhies, let one
of them raise the dead and then there will be some
foundation for their Claim.
CONDUCT THAT BORDERS ON THE CRIMINAL
I am always grieved when I find grown-up men and
women subjecting themselves -to Christian Sclenco
treatment, but It makes my blood boll when I find
parents Withholding from their helpless children, who
are suffering agony through bums -or accident or
disease,' the relief which medical science can afford.
Oho of the grandest thlnga about the practice of
medicine IB tho relief that can be afforded the patient
in time of suffering. . Tho doctor may. not be able to
save his patient's life, but he can in every caae re
lieve him' of agonizing pain. We have a distinctive
recollection of tho fire that swallowed up the Pavilion
and many homea In that part of town. And we re
member that ono of our brave ffremert lost his life
on that -fatal night. When he waa brought to tho
receiving hospital It waa seen at oncn that he was
so badly burned that he could not live. .He wa.s in
terrible agony and his suffering was so great that
he begged those around him to take his life. Tho
doctors, as soon as posslblo, administered an opiate, i
and In a few minutes; ho was rellevm, and when,
asked If he suffered, he answered, "No, I fool quite! '
comfortable now." Suppose the doctdra had stood1'
by and said to that poor fellow:- "You are not- 1n
pain, you only think. you aro." Or suppose they had- '
administered a "high attenuation of truth" instead i
of an opiate. I believe tho justly enraged citizen
would have fixed them up In a coat of tar and feath-
era and seat them out of town on a rail.' '
-.' A FALSE PHILOSOPHY As a philosopher, she
Is filse. "The old statement that the pnndulllm
swings from one extreme to the other."- This la being
proved today. A few yeartf ago tho enemies of our
religion said, material I material! material! It Is
evorythlng and If always existed and so tho mater
lallst had his day. ,T!ut Eddyistn swings to the other
extreme and false position. Spirit mind is everything,
and there Is no -matter, no material, no pain, no sin,
all are delusions of tho mortal mind.
' The Influence 'of mind over matter was a recog
hb.ed principle long bbfore Hippocrates introduced
tnedlclno Into the healing of disease, but It remained
for Bishop Berkley to construct manifestly to oppoao
the gross materialism of his day, the theory to the
extreme absurdity to which It leads without a subtle
distinction which Mrs. Eddy, has failed to make.
Mr. Eddy say,, "Spirit Is real, matter Is unreal."
Thus we bellevd, If permitted to define; Spirit Is the
real, reality, and matter Is unreal. If by that you
mean It has no permanent existence. Hulier Newton
distinguishes wisely, between real and actual.- My
hand is not realf In that It In non-eternal and subject
to- lecay, but It la. actual,. I, e it Is aotunllv hero
Joined on my wrist,. but Mrs. Eddy says It Is actually
non-existent. She would make a notable advance
toward reason If she contented herself with saying:
"Mind haa power to think matter away," but to deny
the actual existence of matter Is the philosophy of
fatuous fancy, and to say In one breath out of her
own lungs that lungs which do not exist have nothing
to do with life, and In another breath affirm the lost
substance of the lungs to have hen frequently re
stored by Christian Bcloncc; to affirm repeatedly
that disease never existed and then declare that
with a little salt and water she cured a patient sink
ing In the last stage of typhnltjjever; to declare that
."fear never stifled being and Its action," and yet to
speak elsewhere of "fear creating the Image of dis
ease," and proving her assertion by the case of a
man who died out of fear caused by the false belief
that "he had occupied a bed where a cholera patient
had died.". Is too absurd to call for any comment. In
an eastern city an old Christian Science reader In a
city drug store said: "Mind Is everything, mutter Is
nothing."
. MRS. EDDY'S BIBLE. The opening words of her
books are as follows: "In the year 1866 I discovered
the Science of Metaphysical Healing and named it
Christian Science. Cod had been graciously fitting
me for many years fur the reception of a final revela
tion of tho absolute Principle of Scientific Mlnd
healtng." Now, here Is a book called the Bible, whlcl
we believe was given by divine inspiration, and here Is
auother booh culled "Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures," which Mrs. Eddy claims was written
In tho same way. When two books cuwe to us claim
ing divine inspiration, wo naturally expect to find
aoine points of similarity aud agreement; but, whill
do we find? Let us look rirst at the Illble. One Of
the many proofs of the Inspiration of the Bible is
the fact that, it is a harmonious revelation. It : is
composed of sixty-six scparnto books written by
thirty-eight different persons, the first and the last
living nearly 1500 years apart.'. Those writers were
living not only in difforont ages but In different parts
of tho country and had no connection one with the
other. They differed also lu occupation, character
and disposition, and yet when their books are brought
together they ure found lo harmonize in every partic
ular and to constitute a revelation symmetrical in
Ita proportions and logically perfect. Now let - ua
look at "Science and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures." It was written, not by thirty-eight different
persons, living in different periods of the world's
history, following different occupations, and having
no connection one with another, but It was written
by one ixu-son (Mrs. Eddy); and being the work of
one person we might naturally expect that, each part
would harmonize with all the rest, but what do we
find? We find from A u 5i contradictions, and to
show you that I am not misrepresenting, I will call
your' attention to a fow of tho many contradictions
that find a place here. ( . i",.y.
SIN, SICKNESS AND DEATH. Heferrlng to sltt,
sickness and death are comprised in human material
belief and belong not to divine mind. They are with
out a real origin or existence. They belong to thtt
nothingness of error, which stimulates tho creations
of truth. (B. and H., page 183.) And yet oh page I f,
Mrs. Eddy tells how dlBease Is caused. In spite of her
denial of Ita existence.
On page 392 Mrs. Eddy says: "Man Is never tflck!
for mind Is not sick and matter cannot' be." Surely
Mrs. Eddy was napping when almost In the came
breath she declared: "It Is well lo bo calih Ih sick
ness, to bo hopeful Is still bolter." . .. ; : 1
CATECHISM FOR CHRISTIAN 8CIENTI8T8':''-
Was j0Bt(8 of Nazareth God? .
LWd Jesus ronlly auffer pnln? .. ' - . ;
Did He dto upon tho cross an actual physical
death? . , . '
Did Jesus rlso from the dead? Tea or no.
Waa ho actually dead or In n swoon?'- ... ., .
If Jesus was not dead In the tomb, did H know
He was not? If so, why did He permit His devoted
disciples to stirrer martyrdom of thtj most terrible
kind because they preached He arose from the dead?
- If He waa not dead, did He not unfairly deal with
His disciples In allowing them to preach Ills resur
rection from tho dead? " v
Did Jesus raise Iazarun from the dead, end W4
Ijisytrus actually dead? .. i: i
Was Jesus tempted? If so, waa He tempted from -within
or without? . In the ono caae He must have
had' evil In Him, In the other case there muet be a
personal devil. .'. V - : .
- Did Jesus shed his blood upon Calvary? '
. Waa the blood thus shed efficacious for sin? ' ''
, Is God the Holy Spirit absolute Deity? .- , ' :
Did Mrs. Eddy encourage Christian Scientists trt
call her Mother? (Read Glossary where she pays
"Mother means God.") .
Did Mrs. Eddy pray to a personal God or o an
Influence? . -.-'.
, Why and by what authority did Jlrs. Eddy and
ScientistB give up baptism and the Lord's Supper?
Why admit Jews and Unitarians to this sect it It
,. Is Christianity? :!
Docs Christian Science or Mrs. Eddy botlevo In
literal Hell? . - . -
Did JesitB tell the truth when He said, "I was
there and saw Satan cast out of heaven." using the
word "Ho Dlabolls," meaning personal devil?
Did God create man or waa man co-exlstant with
God?. .. !'.... . -
Did Jesus admit that disease and Bin were real
ities? Did Jesus cure disease Instantly or progressively,
which? If Instantly, why docs Christian Science fall
to do the.Bamo?
Did Jesus found His church on the cures of tho
mortal body or upon the resurrection from the dead
and His powor to heal tho Boul?
Did Jesus cure through mind or the Almlghtlncss
of God, which He claimed to be? , .
Did Jesus actually raise the dead? If so, why does
Christian Science say death is not a reality?
- When Jesus said, "Greater workB than these shall
ye do because I go unto My Father," did he refer to
healing diseases of the body or the'ehur'ch's power to
spread the gospel throughout the world?
(Note His disciples wero already curing dlseAsea
and raising the dead when ho made the remark;,
therefore, evidently it reforred to something greater
than that, for they were already doing these things.
Christian Science, please tell mo what you refer tat'
ChrlBtlan Science says they have advanced fur
ther than the orthodox church. Will you please de
fine Orthodoxy? ; ; . j
Has Christian Science over raised the dead, and
why noL slnco your key text is "Go Into all the
world and preach tho gospel, heal the sink and raise
the dead"? Why have you omitted the latter?
Is not Christian Science purely a school of medi
cine and not a church at alt a system of drugiess
healing like chlropractlcs who work on the splnd, or
osteopaths who adjust the bones, while Christian
Science works on the head by mental suggestion?
Are not tho fruits of Christian Science purely
mental and physical healing aa testified to in the
chapter entitled "Fruitage," in Mrs. Eddy's book.
Science and Health with Key to the Scripture?
Why do Christian Scientists claim to be relig
ionists Instead of healers? Is It not because their
practitioners are less amenable to law under the
guise of religion rather than under medical laws
which require preparation In colleges and examina
tions as to their fitness to practice?
If Christian Science is not a church, but a school
of medicine, have not I, aa an othodox minister of
the gospel, a right lo attack the cult?
E.J. BULGIN, Portland, Ore.