Do the Bible and Christian science agree?

Preface

In taking up this subject which is attracting so much attention these days, we do not propose to attack Mrs. Eddy or Christian Scientists, as we have no quarrel with them. But we do propose to prove by Scripture that the teachings of Mrs. Eddy, and as taught by Christian Scientists, are not only, not in accord with the teachings of Jesus Christ, as taught in the Bible, but opposed to the teaching of the Word of God. And not being in harmony with the teaching of Jesus Christ, cannot be rightly called CHRISTIAN.

We propose to use Mrs. Eddy's own words, and prove to the reader that she does not believe the Bible ; That the statement "That the Bible is their only guide," is wholly untrue. We shall prove that the so-called healing as taught and practiced by Christian Science, is NOT "Divine Healing," as taught in the Bible ; and believed by CHRISTIANS ; And that the so-called religion of Mrs. Eddy is not the religion of Jesus Christ, and the Apostles, and as revealed to us by the Holy Ghost.

It is not our intention to go into an exhaustive study of this cult, as this has been done most effectively by others. But we do propose to take every fundamental doctrine of Scripture, and show that Mrs. Eddy either positively denies it, or by her method of explaining Scripture, theorizes it until it has lost its Scriptural meaning, and wrested from its Bible connection.

We are not going to tell what we think about Christian Science, nor what any person thinks of it, but what God the Holy Ghost says about it in the Bible, and that will be final to every honest seeker after the truth.

IMPORTANT

We are going to quote from MriL Eddy's book, and then give the Scripture, chapter and v^rse that will answer the quotation. All quotations found in this book, are taken from the 1913 edition of Science and Health, unless otherwise stated. We have been accused of not quoting correctly the statements made by Mrs. Eddy, since some cannot find the quotation on the page given. The book has passed through so many revisions, that the page given in the 1913 edition, does not always correspond to the same page in other editions of her book. Some of the chapters found in the middle and back part of other editions, are found in the front of the edition that I am using. So has the subject matter been shifted, that even the same matter is not alv/ays found under the same heading. By this act of shifting, in revising her book, she has changed the location of the contents of the book. If you will refer to the edition from which I am quoting, you will find every quotation as given here. This is important to the reader.

All quotations of Mrs. Eddy and her followers are printed in bold face type.

The answers and attack made here, is the Bible's against the teachings of Mrs. Eddy. We propose to prove that the Bible and Christian Science do not agree, and thus answering the question found in the title of this book. We believe that any person seeking to know the truth on this subject, will find the light, and be saved from one of the most dangerous teachings abroad in the land today.

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Contents

Chapter Page

I. GOD 5

n. JESUS CHRIST ■ 9

Chapter I God

P. 331. L. 18. .."God is divine PRINCIPLE."

When you hear a Christian Scientist talk about God, you know what they mean. A PRINCIPLE. That is not the God of the Bible, and that Christians pray to, and believe in. The God of the Bible has all the attributes of personality. Has emotions. Zach. 8: 17, "I hate saith the Lord." God can hate. Next, He can be angry. Jer. 4: 8, "For the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.' God is JEALOUS, Joshua 24: 19, "He is a jealous God." Has INDIGNATION, Ezk. 21: 31, "I will pour out mine indignation upon thee." LOVES, John 3: 16, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son." Full of MERCY. Eph. 2 : 4, "But God who is rich in MERCY."

Has the attributes of personality. Gen. 1 : 27, "So God created man in His own image."

Gen. 2: 8, "And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed."

Gen. 3 : 8, "And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden."

Gen. 3: 21, "Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them."

None of these attributes can be applied to principle, but to a PERSON. Let us substitute Mrs. Eddy's God PRIN- CIPLE, and hear how it will read.

And the Principle planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there Principle put the man which Principle formed.

And they heard the voice of the Principle walking in the garden.

But Principle which is rich in mercy.

So Principle created man in Principle's image.

Unto Adam also and unto his wife did the Principle make coats of skin.

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Luke 1: 19, "And the Angel answered and said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of Principle."

74th Edition, P. 452. "God is SUBSTANCE, that is, the only real substance."

Then the only real substance in the world is God ; and God is good, all else SIN, Sickness, Satan, Death are unreal. The ONLY REAL thing is Deity, and this Deity is IMPER- SONAL. So the ONLY REAL thing in the universe is IM- PERSONALITY, as Christian Science says on Page 605, "IMPERSONAL BEING."

Hear the testimony of the Bible.

Exodus 3 : 14. "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM ; and He said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."

2 Chron. 13: 12, "And, behold God Himself is with us for our captain/'

Isaiah 41 : 13, "For I the Lord thy God WILL HOLD THY RIGHT HAND saying unto thee, Fear not; I WILL HELP THEE."

What stronger language could be used to show that God is a Person, and not as Mrs. Eddy says, a Principle, or SUBSTANCE.

P. 284. L. 1. "It is not rational to say that mind is infinite, but dwells in finiteness,— or that matter is the medium of mind."

Mrs. Eddy charges the Bible as not being rational, for it tells us different.

John 1 : 14, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) (full of grace and truth."

P. 275. L. 12. "LIFE, TRUTH, LOVE, are Scripture names for God."

Life, truth, and love are not Scriptural names for God. They are the attributes of God. God is love, but love is not God. God is truth, but truth is not God. When Mrs. Eddy speaks of God she explains herself, her meaning by saying, "God is Principle," that is, not God in the concrete, a personal conscious being, but God in the abstract, as Principle, Truth, Love, Power. The heathen have always understood God in this light, hence they deify every passion and ambition.

The Bible teaches that God is a PERSON, Scriptural, eternal, and all powerful. His natural attributes, unity, eternity, omnipotence, omni-presence, omnicient, immutability and invisibility. These attributes He cannot communicate to His creatures. Then His moral attributes, wisdom, goodness, holiness, justice, mercy, truth and peace. These attributes are not God, but are essential qualities of His nature ; through these He manifests His being.

Heb. 1 : 1-3, "God who, at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by HIS SON, whom HE hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also HE made the worlds ; Who being the brightness of HIS glory, and the express image of HIS PERSON, and upholding all things by the word of HIS power, when HE had by HIMSELF purged our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;"

Exodus 6:2, 3. "And GOD SPAKE unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD : And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of GOD Almighty, But by my name JEHOVAH was I not known unto them."

P. 284. L. 13. "Can the infinite dwell in the finite?"

If the Bible is true it can. The incarnate Christ lived in the fleshly body thirty-three years.

Heb. 2: 14, 17. "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil ; Wherefore in all things it behooved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people."

P. 256. L. 9. "THE THEORY OF THREE PERSONS in one God, (that is personal Trinity or Tri-unity) SUGGESTS POLYTHEISM, rather than the one ever present I am."

That is what Mrs. Eddy says, but the Bible does not teach this; So she must be wrong. Jesus said before He went away,

John 14: 10, 16, 17, 26. "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father IN me? the words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself ; but the Father that dwelleth IN me, he doeth the works. And I will pray the Father and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy i r

Ghost whom the Father will send in my name." 1 John 5 : 7 'Tor there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, (or Christ) and the Holy Ghost: and THESE THREE ARE ONE."

Now get Mrs. Eddy's definition of the Trinity.

P. 331. L. 26. .."Life, Truth, and Love constitute the triune Person called God. ..God the FATHER-MOTHER; CHRIST the SPIRITUAL IDEA of SONSHIP; DIVINE SCIENCE or the Holy Comforter. These three express in divine Science the threefold, essential nature of the infinite."

Take the testimony of the Bible here, and you will see that the Bible teaches something very different from the statement above.

1 John 5:7. "For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the FATHER, the WORD, (meaning Christ) and the Holy Ghost: and these three ARE ONE."

This does not say that Life, Truth and love constitute the triune God, but that GOD, JESUS CHRIST, and THE HOLY GHOST constitute the triune God.

John 14:26. "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name."

Notice the persons mentioned here. COMFORTER, FATHER, SON. (My name)

Mrs. Eddy's God is LIFE, TRUTH, LOVE. Her Christ is a SPIRITUAL IDEA. Her Holy Comforter, is Divine Science, — She means Christian Science, and yet she says, "She takes the inspired word of God as her sufficient guide to eternal life." Here you see how she takes it. Mrs. Eddy's God, in spite of all her claims, is not the God of the Bible. By no reasoning, logic, or common sense can Mrs. Eddy's definition of God be reconciled with the Bible.

Soul is not God. Principle is not God. Life and Truth are not God. An attribute of a person is not the person, any more than a building is the builder.

Christian Science takes away a personal God.

The Bible reveals a personal God.

The God of Christian Science is not to be found in the Bible.

The God of the Bible is not to be found in Christian Science.

Which do you accept. To choose one, is to reject the other.

Chapter II Jesus Christ

P. 29. L. 32, "Jesus was the offspring of Mary's selfconscious communion with God."

This is almost, if not altogether BLASPHEMY. When the Bible says in Luke 1 : 30, 31, 35, "And the Angel said unto her. Fear not Mary: For thou hast found favor with God: And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a SON, and shall call his name JESUS. — And the Angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that Holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."

Math. 1: 20, "But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife ; for that which is CONCEIVED IN HER IS OF THE HOLY GHOST." John 1 : 14, "And the Word (Christ) was made FLESH, and dwelt among us, the only BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER."

P. 29. L. 17, "The Virgin mother CONCEIVED THE IDEA OF GOD, and gave to HER IDEAL, the name of Jesus."

According to Mrs. Eddy Jesus Christ is only an IDEA, but according to the Scripture, Jesus Christ is a PERSON, BORN of the VIRGIN MARY, CONCEIVED by the HOLY GHOST.

Math. 1 : 20, "The angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife ; for that which is CONCEIV- ED in her is of the HOLY GHOST."

Luke 2 : 7, "And she brought forth her first BORN and wrapped HIM in swaddling clothes, and laid HIM in a manger."

P. 29. L. 26, "The Christ dwelt forever AN IDEA in the bosom of God, the divine principle of the man Jesus, and the WOMAN PERCEIVED THIS SPIRITUAL IDEA, though at first faintly developed."

The Christ never was an IDEA, and never dwelt as such in the bosom of God, for the Scripture declares He was a PERSON. BORN into the WORLD.

Luke 2 : 7, "Anb she brought forth her first BORN SON."

Luke 1 : 80, "And the CHILD GREW."

Luke 2 : 40, "And the CHILD GREW, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was upon HIM."

1 Tim. 2 : 5, "For there is one God, and ONE mediator between God and man, the MAN CHRIST Jesus."

P. 315. L. 29, "Jesus wearing in part a human form (that is, as it seemed to mortal view)."

According to Christian Science, Jesus did not really EXIST in the flesh. He only "seemed" to have a material body. But the Scripture teaches otherwise.

Isa. 9 : 6, "Unto us a CHILD is BORN, unto us a SON is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulders, and HIS name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God."

Heb. 1 :16, "For verily He took not on Him the nature of anprels ; but He took on Him the seed of Abraham."

1 Tim. 2:15, "The MAN Christ Jesus."

John 1: 14, "And the Word (Christ) was made FLESH."

74th Edition, P. 229, "Christ was INCORPORAL, whereas Jesus was a corporeal or bodily existence."

The Bible says, in Luke 2: 26, "And it was revealed unto him (to Simeon) by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had SEEN the Lord's "CHRIST." How could Simeon have seen him, if he was INCORPORAL?

Math. 26: 67, 68, "Then they did spit in HIS FACE, and BUFFETED Him; and others SMOTE HIM with the palms of their hands, Saying, Phophesy unto us, Thou Christ, who is he that SMOTE THEE."

They SPIT in Christ's face, They BUFFETED the CHRIST, They SMOTE the CHRIST; They talked to the CHRIST. Could language be stronger to prove His COR- POREAL or BODILY existence?

But again, Rom. 7 : 4, "Ye are become dead to the law by THE BODY OF CHRIIST."

74th Edition, P. 231, "A portion of God could not enter corporeal mortal man, neither could His fulness be reflected by him, — God can only be reflected by spiritual, incorporeal man."

The Bible says that Jesus while on earth was MORTAL man. He Himself said, John 14: 9, "He that hath SEEN Me hath seen the Father."

Isa. 9: 5, "Unto us a CHILD is born, unto us a SON is given* and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God."

Here we have a CHILD BORN, and this CHILD is the MIGHTY GOD.

Col. 2 : 9, "In Him dwelleth ALL THE FULNESS of the GODHEAD BODILY."

2 Cor. 5 : 19, "GOD WAS IN CHRIST."

P. 333. L. 32, "By these sayings Jesus meant, not that the human Jesus WAS OR IS ETERNAL, but that THE DIVINE IDEA OR CHRIST WAS AND IS SO and therefore antedated Abraham; NOT THAT THE CORPOREAJL JESUS WAS ONE WITH THE FATHER, God was greater, infinitely greater, than the fleshly Jesus."

Christian Science robs Jesus of His Deity. But the Bible is very clear here, and its testimony must be taken.

John 10: 30, "I and my FATHER ARE ONE."

John 5: 18. "The Jews sought to kill Jesus because He made "HIMSELF" EQUAL WITH GOD."

John 14 :9, "He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father."

Phil. 2: 5, 6, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be EQUAL WITH GOD."

74th, Edition, P. 84, "The spiritual Christ was IN- FALLIBLE; Jesus, as material manhood, WAS NOT THE CHRIST "

The Bible says Jesus WAS THE CHRIST.

Matt. 1: 16, "Jesus, WHO IS CALLED CHRIST." Acts 17: 2, 3, "Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that THIS JESUS, whom I preach unto you, IS CHRIST."

P. 334. L. 10, "The INVISIBLE CHRIST was imperceptible to the so-called nersonal sense, whereas JESUS WAS A BODILY EXISTENCE. This dual personality, continued until the Master's ascension, when the human, — material concept, — or JESUS DISAPPEARED, while the spiritual self, or CHRIST, CONTINUED in the eternal order of divine science.

Let us take the above quotation and compare it with the Scripture, and you will see that the "Scripture does not teach this at all

"The INVISIBLE CHRIST," Christ was VISIBLE because He had a BODY.

Heb. 10: 5, "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a BODY HAST thou prepared me."

Rom. 7 : 4. "Ye also are become dead to the law by the BODY OF CHRIST."

1 Peter 2 : 24, "Who his own self bare our sins in His OWN BODY on the tree."

The statement above makes a distinction between Jesus and Christ. It makes Jesus the HUMAN MAN ; Christ THE divine IDEA. But! the Scripture teaches that this is not true.

1 John 2:1, "We have an advocate with the Father, JESUS CHRIST the righteous."

Matt. 1 : 16, "JESUS, WHO IS CALLED THE CHRIST."

Acts 18:5, "Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that JESUS WAS CHRIST."

Acts 18: 28, "For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the Scripture that JESUS WAS CHRIST."

According to the quotation above, "Jesus disappeared" at his death, and ceased to exist, Whereas "Christ continued to exist." The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ went to the Father.

Acts 7: 55, "Stephen, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked steadfastly into Heaven, and saw the glory of God, and JESUS STANDING on the right hand of God."

Heb. 4: 14, "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, JESUS the Son of God."

P. 316. L. 19, "Jesus demonstrated Christ; he proved that Christ is the divine idea of God, — the Holy Ghost, or Comforter."

Christ was not the HOLY GHOST. He said to His disciples, John 16: 7, "For if I go not away; the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you."

John 14: 16, "And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another COMFORTER, that he may abide with you forever."

John 15: 26. "But when the COMFORTER IS COME, whom I WILL SEND UNTO YOU FROM THE FATHER,— HE SHALL TESTIFY OF ME."

P. 30. L. 5, "Bora of a woman, Jesus' advent in the flesh partook partly of Mary's earthly condition, although He was endowed with the Christ, the divine Spirit, without measure."

The Scripture teaches that Jesus was not ENDOWED with the Christ, but Jesus was the Christ.

1 Tim. 2: 15, "The Man CHRIST JESUS."

Matt. 1: 16, "JESUS, who is CALLED CHRIST."

Acts 18: 5, "Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus WAS CHRIST."

Acts 17:3, "That this Jesus whom I preach unto you, IS CHRIST."

P. 473, L. 12, "Jesus is the name of the man who, more than all other men, has PRESENTED CHRIST, the true idea of God, healing the sick and sinning and destroying the power of death. JESUS IS THE HUMAN MAN, and CHRIST IS THE DIVINE IDEA, hence the duality of Jesus Christ,"

Here she contradicts the Scripture, which teaches very distinctly that JESUS CHRIST is the ONE SAME person, and not two as Mrs. Eddy says. Hear the testimony of the Scripture.

1 Cor. 2: 2, "For I determined not to know anv thing among you, save JESUS CHRIST, and him crucified."

Heb. 10: 10, "By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the BODY OF JESUS CHRIST."

Again, Christ is not "the DIVINE IDEA", but a person.

1 Tim. 2: 15, "The MAN CHRIST JESUS."

1 John 2 : 22, "Who is a liar but he that DENIETH that JESUS IS CHRIST? He is anti-Christ, that denieth the Father and the Son."

74th edition, (Index) P. 13. "Jesus is the WAY- SHOWER."

Jesus tells us Himself that He is not the WAY-SHOW- ER, but the WAY.

John 14 : 6, "Jesus saith unto him, I AM THE WAY." Not the way-shower, but the way.

74th, Edition, P. 356, "His consummate example was for the salvation of us all, but ONLY THROUGH doing the healing works which He did.

The Bible teaches that Salvation is NOT OBTAINED by works.

Eph. 2 : 8, 9, "By grace are ye saved THROUGH FAITH; and that NOT OF YOURSELVES; it is the GIFT OF GOD. NOT BY WORKS, lest any man should boast."

Titus 3 : 5, "NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS which we have done."

74th, Edition, P. 358, "At the time when Jesus felt our infirmities, He had not conquered all the beliefs of the flesh, or His sense of material life, nor had He risen to His final demonstration of spiritual power/'

The Bible says, in John 1 : 14, "The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH." If He was full of TRUTH, there is no place for FALSE BELIEF, as Mrs. Eddy says Jesus was.

Luke 1 : 35, "That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called THE SON OF GOD." If Jesus was the Son of God, how then could He have FALSE BELIEF? See how her statement is proved to be untrue.

John 1 : 17, "Grace and TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST."

74th, Edition, P. 84. "Jesus IS NOT THE CHRIST."

1 Tim. 2: 15, "The Man CHRIST JESUS."

Acts 18:5, "Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that JESUS WAS CHRIST."

1 John 2 : 22, "Who is a liar but he that DENIETH THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST."

Every statement that Mrs. Eddv, and Christian Science makes, denies that JESUS IS THE CHRIST. And the Scripture speaks in no uncertain language about such. The issue is sharply drawn here. If you accept the teaching of Christian Science, you REJECT the BIBLE. If you accept the teaching of the BIBLE, you reiect Christian Science. You CANNOT believe them both. Which will it be?

74th Edition, (Index) P. 587, "His (Christ's) second coming is Christian Science."

The Bible says the second coming of Christ, is the coming of HIMSELF.

1 Thes. 4: 16, "The LORD HIMSELF, shall descend from heaven."

This does not say, that "Christian Science shall descend from heaven," but the LORD HIMSELF.

P. 291. L. 13, "HEAVEN IS NOT A LOCALITY BUT A DIVINE STATE OF MIND/'

According to Christian Science, the Scripture would read. "The Lord Himself shall descend from a DIVINE STATE OF MIND," or more correctly, "Christian Science shall descend from a divine state of mind."

Again, Rev. 1 : 7, "He cometh with clouds." But Mrs. Eddy says, "Clouds are evil thoughts." Then this should read, "Behold ; he cometh with EVIL THOUGHTS." Again, Zach. 14: 4, "And His feet shall STAND IN THAT DAY, UPON THE mount of 01ives.' , He has feet. Has Christian Science feet? His feet shall stand upon the MOUNT of OLIVES. Christian Science feet stood in Boston. Mount of Olives is in the East before Jerusalem ; Boston, is on the Boston harbor, Mass. Again, Zach. 13: 6, "And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends." They will see HANDS. They will see WOUNDS in his hands. They will ask about those wounds, and He will tell them of whom He received them. The testimony of the Bible is that the second coming of Christ, is PERSONAL, VISIBLE, and CORPOREAL, and cannot be Christian Science.

Chapter III The Holy Spirit

P. 55. L. 27, "In the words of St. John; 'He shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you forever,' THIS COMFORTER I UNDERSTAND TO BE DIVINE SCIENCE."

We shall prove by the Scripture that the COFFORTER is not divine Science. First. The Holy Spirit or Comforter TESTIFIES OF CHRIST. John 15: 26, "But .when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which procedeth from the Father, HE SHALL TESTIFY OF ME," while Christian Science DENIES the Christ. .."P. 316. L. 19, "Christ is the divine IDEA OF GOD." Second, The Holy Spirit, or Comforter teaches the PERSONALITY of Christ, Rom. 7 : 4, "Ye also are become dead to the law by the BODY OF CHRIST.' , 1 Pet. 2: 24, "Who His own self bear our sins in His own BODY on THE TREE." John 1 : 34, "And I saw, and bear record that this (Jesus) is THE SON OF GOD." Christian Science denies the PERSONALITY of Jesus Christ, and teaches that He is only an IDEA. P. 29. L. 26, "The CHRIST dwelt FOREVER AN IDEA in the bosom of the Father," P. 316. L. 19, "Jesus proved that Christ is the DIVINE IDEA OF GOD." The Scripture proves these statements of Mrs. Eddy to be untrue. Third, The Holy Spirit or Comforter comes to CONVICT OF SIN, John 16: 8, "And when He is come, He will CONVICT the world of sin." Christian Science, says there is no sin, P. 447. L. 22, "THERE IS NO SIN." According to Christian Science, the Holy Spirit came to do some thing that cannot be done, for if there IS NO SIN, how could the Holy Spirit CONVICT OF SIN. Fourth, The Holy Spirit or Comforter, never speaks of Himself, John 16: 13, "Howbeit when he the spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth ; for he shall NOT SPEAK OF HIMSELF, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall hie speak;" while Christian Science speaks of nothing but itself. If you have ever attended one of their mid-week meetings, and listened to their testimonies, they are all to the wonder workings of Christian Science. Seldom, if ever do you hear the name of Christ Jesus mentioned in a Christian Science meeting. If the statement, P. 127. L. 29, "SCIENCE- IS THE COMFORTER," is true, according to the Scripture, it would NEVER SPEAK OF ITSELF. John 16: 13, "for He SHALL NOT SPEAK OF HIMSELF/'

P. 271. L. 20, "Our Master said, 'But the Comforter shall teach you all things,' WHEN THE SCIENCE OF CHRISTIANITY APPEARS, it SHALL LEAD YOU INTO ALL TRUTH."

The Bible does not agree with this statement, but says, in John 14: 26, "But the COMFORTER, which is the HOLY GHOST— He shall teach you all things." Here the Bible plainly declares that the Comforter IS THE HOLY GHOST, and that this HOLY GHOST WILL TEACH ALL THINGS, and not "SCIENCE OF CHRISTIANITY," as taught by Mrs. Eddy. The Holy Spirit, or Comforter is sent from the Father, (God) John 15: 26, "Whom I will send unto you from the Father," said Jesus. Christian Science teaches that God is only a principle, P. 331. L. 18, "God is DIVINE PRINCIPLE." How could Jesus ascend to "principle?" and has "PRINCIPLE" the Comtorter? If not, how then could Jesus send him from principle? You will notice that the "comforter of Christian Science" comes from "principle" and testifies of "IDEA." But the Comforter of the Christian and the Bible comes from GOD, THE FATHER, and testifies of Christ. John 15: 26, "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, — he shall testify of me."