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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE continued Christian Science and the Bible O ne of the first tests I apply to any religious system is this: “What does it do with the Word of God? Does it consider the Bible sufficient, or must some other publication of man or woman be laid alongside the Bible, or worse, given precedence over it?” Well, Mrs. Eddy makes two state­ ments meant to mislead you at the outset. “ I . . . plant myself unre­ servedly on the teachings of Jesus, of his apostles and of his prophets.” (5 & H , p. 269, lines 22-24) and “ The Bible has been my only authority. I have had no other guide in the ‘straight and narrow’ way of Truth” (S & H, p. 126, lines 29-31). Now this sounds fine, does it not? If it were true, I should have no quarrel with Christian Science. But immediately Mrs. Eddy brings her book. Every false religion brings its book; Jehovah’s Witnesses have the writings of Russell and Ruther­ ford; Mormonism has the book of Mormon and the writings of Joseph Smith; Seventh-day Adventism has the book of Ellen G. White. So Mrs. Eddy presents her book with the state­ ment: “ A Christian Scientist requires my work SCIENCE AND HEALTH for his textbook, and so do all his stu­ dents and patients. Why? First, (ital­ ics are hers) because it is the voice of Truth to this age” (S & H, p. 456, lines 25-28). It is. clear from this which book rates first in Christian Science. I had always believed the Bible to be the voice of truth to this age, and all ages. And as for a key to the Scrip­ tures, God long ago gave the Key, the only Key, to His Word: “ How- beit,” said Jesus, “when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13). “Ye need not that any man teach you: but . . . the same anointing teacheth you of all things” (1 John 2:27). The Holy Spirit, who indited the Word of God, unlocks it to the seeking heart. Like the founders of all false re­ ligions, Mrs. Eddy claimed inspira­ tion. “ I had no human aid. The rev­ elation of Truth to the understanding came, as to all, through divine power. When ‘unto us a child is bom ,’ a new idea has birth, and ‘his name is Wonderful.’ This is the origin of Christian Science in this century” (S & H, p. 201, 28th edition). “ I should blush to write of Science and Health with Key to the Scrip­ tures, as I have, were it of human origin, and were I, apart from God, CONTINUED ►

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