Notes by By J. H,
the Way. Sammis.
EDDYITEMS. I. The Eddyite Bible, "Science and Health," bears the trademark of a circle embracing a cross and a crown. To fix those sacred symbols as the seal of such transcendental gibberish is equalled only by sacrilege of the " Sc i e n c e" reader's setting their anti- .Christian nonsense on a par, nay, even, above the Sacred Scriptures. II. What fellowship has "Christian Science" with the Cross? It denies the sin which reared it; the pain it caused; the atonement it accomplished; the Deity it embraced; the death it in- flicted. What, in the name of sincerity has "Christian Science" to do with the symbol of our Lord's passion since it repudiates all for which it stands? As for the eross of the Christian, the ' ' Science'' specifically forbids its vo- tary to bear it, and bids him banish every thought of its burden from his mind. III. The crown is equally out of place. Crowns are for them who suf- fer, " I f we suffer with Him, we shall also- reign with Him." Crowns are for them who conquer the world, the flesh, and the devil, not by ignoring, but by resisting them as dread realities. Sin and Satan are not phantoms of the imagination in the Word of God, but awful powers to be resisted " u n to death." Only such as " d e ny them- selves," " t a ke u p " the " c r o s s ," "en- dure hardness as good soldiers," earn a crown. All this is abhorrent to the orthodox, pain-shirking Eddyite. IV. A " Sc i e n t i s t" " a d " in the Express of June 25 says, " I n no sense of the word can it (the "Science' ) be classed or even akin to the above named subjects ( "New Thought" and the "Emma nu el Movement.") Christ- ian Science presents itself as one com- plete whole, and a recognition of any good in it must mean its recognition as a whole, because it is without anti- thesis." That is to say that this ab- surdly incoherent pot pouri, or thought- hash, is the final and absolute philos ophy. Plato, Aristotle, Hamilton, Mc- Cosh, have all been outdone by this doting old lady, ont of whose system(?) no item can be dislodged! and to whose perfect drivel nothing can be added! Its first principle is "God is A l l" and "A ll is God." But "New
Thought," and the "Emmanuel Move- me n t" are among the things that are, i. e., " The a l l "; they are therefore partners with "Christian Science," and being together severally members of the one whole they must be " c l a s s e d" togetner and closely " a k i n . " See? V. A most brilliant Eddyitem is Mrs. M. B. G, E's. acute disclosure of the hidden meaning of the word " A d a m ." Syllabalized it is A-dam. So symbolically; mystically; spiritu- ally; it stands for " a d am" or an "ob- struction!" Taking the " K e y " we discover that E-d-d-y, mystically, sym- bolically, or spiritually; equals an eddy in the current of metaphysical thought. Which explains the turgidity of her cogitations, since an eddy in a current stirs the mud in shallow streams. The Usual and Easy Way. A resolution introduced at the Tor- onto M. E. Conference, charged Dr. Geo. Jackson with heretical teaching. The Doctor had published a book in which the Mosaic origin of the Penta- teuch is abandoned and the "mo d e r n" critical views advocated. A substitute was at once interposed calling, instead, for action looking to " t h e conserva- tion of the essentials," etc. This spe- cious obstruction to the prosecution of heresy was carried by a large majority of the clericals, though opposed by the majority of the laymen. The good doc- tor was safely shielded under the sub- terfuge. The Conference will talk con- servation and discuss "essentials," while the reverend false prophet teaches as before. Of course the radi- cals went home smiling behind their collars, and the "conservatives," the believers, went away feeling foolish. Three Daniels Come to Judgment. Three eminent jurists, including Gov. Hughes, have rendered judgment against the purpose of the directorate of a strong Baptist university, to throw off the irksome yoke of ortho- doxy. They say that the religious and denominational foundation is " a sa- cred t r u s t ." Nominally the institu- tion can not backslide; actually it has, it is reasonable to presume, already done so. But why should not all judges be as just, and constrain the adminis- trators of the gifts of the fathers to be technically, at least, honest?
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