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feature. The real question at issue be tween Christian Science and all other science, when reduced to its lowest ele ments, is nothing less than balancing over against each other the respective claims of sense versus nonsense percep tion as the most reliable interpreter of the nature and order of the universe. Mrs. Eddy takes her stand unequivocal ly upon the side of nonsense percep tion, and therefore rejects all sense knowledge as false and erroneous. There need be no doubt or confusion upon this fundamental point, for she reiterates it over and over again. Here are a few instances: The five physical senses are the avenues and instruments of human error (p. 293). Corporeal sense defrauds and lies; it breaks all the commands of the Mosaic Decalogue to meet its own demands (p. 489). Di vine Science reverses the false testimony of the material senses, and thus tears away the foundations of error. Hence the enmity between Science and the senses (p. 273). The question is some times asked: How can intelligent peo ple become Christian Scientists? The answer is here given by Mrs. Eddy: Re linquish all theories based upon sense testimony (p. 249). This furnishes the one and only condition upon which any one, intelligent or otherwise, can be come a Christian Scientist. MORMONISM A Testimony Read the testimony of Mrs. Louise E. Brittain, who has been one of no large number to escape the meshes of Mor- monism : “When the Lord saved me out of the bondage of Mormonism” , she tells us, “ I realized the obligation He put upon me to clear from the eyes of the people the mist which the Mormon peo ple throw over the Christian world by their deceptive doctrines. As a Mor mon woman of the higher degree of Mormonism, I occupied, the position of
“ To pour into the ears of listeners the sacred revelations of Christian Science indiscriminately or without characteriz ing their origin and .thus distinguishing them from the writings of authors who think at random on this subject, is to lose some weight in the scale of right thinking. Therefore it is the duty of every member when publicly reading or quoting from the books and poems of our pastor emeritus, to first announce the name of the author. Members shall also instruct their students to adopt the aforenamed method.” (Page 39). On page 62 she says: “ All students of Christian Science must drop the titles of Reverend or Doctor, except those who have received these titles under the laws of the state.” On page 52 she says: “ Students of Christian Science apply the term “ Mother” only to Mrs. Eddy and their kindred according to the flesh.” Non-sense Science. “ To describe Christian Science as non sense is no reflection upon its charac ter,” says Rev. A. C. Wyckoff. "On the contrary, it is but emphasizing its chief point of merit. For Mrs. Eddy proudly boasts that the structure of her whole philosophical and scientific sys tem rests upon this one distinguishing
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