THE
MINISTRY OF TRUTH
HEALING AS PRACTISED BY JESUS
THE TRUE THOUGHT MODUS
LETTER FROM A LAWYER TO A FRIEND
THE WORD DECLARED
HERE
ARTICLES REPRINTED FROM
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE JOURNAL
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY
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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
1909
Copyright, 1906, by
The Christian Science Publishing Society. <...> Some have
gone so far as to say that materia medica is the legitimate
successor of Jesus' healing method, notwithstanding that
material means had already been in use for two thousand years
before Jesus appeared, and were doubtless as much sought after
and relied upon then as now. <...> One thing is certain,
that Jesus preferred his own system to any other, and healed the
worst diseases with better success than materia medica can heal
today after another period of two thousand years in which to
perfect itself. <...> It is but just to assume that the Founder of
Christianity was the best judge as to the healing power of his
teaching, and whether his followers should practise his own
system or another, and an examination of the history of material
medicine does not warrant the conclusion that it is the successor
of Jesus' method. <...> Those who defend the resort to drugs and medical
doctors as in keeping with their Christian profession, do so
from the belief that the Christ-healing which Jesus practised has
long since passed out of human reach. <...> In assuming this they
beg the whole question, for there is not only no Scriptural
reference to such a deprivation, but the facts disprove it. <...> Human
reason also is opposed to such an assumption; for if we accept
the healing work of Jesus as done in evidence of God's
goodness and power, it naturally follows that similar evidence
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The ministry of truth
The healing as practised by Jesus
must always be forthcoming under similar conditions. <...> To say
that the age of Christian healing has passed because Christians,
as a rule, have ceased to practise it, is as unreasonable as it
would be to assume that God's forgiveness of sin had passed
because there are so many sinners who do not <...>
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THE
MINISTRY OF TRUTH
HEALING AS PRACTISED BY JESUS
THE TRUE THOUGHT MODUS
LETTER FROM A LAWYER TO A FRIEND
THE WORD DECLARED
HERE
ARTICLES REPRINTED FROM
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE JOURNAL
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY
FALMOUTH AND ST. PAUL STREETS
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
1909
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Copyright, 1906, by
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Copyright, 1909, by
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CONTENTS
HEALING AS PRACTISED BY JESUS.........................................2
THE TRUE THOUGHT MODUS .................................................13
LETTER FROM A LAWYER TO A FRIEND ............................23
THE WORD OF GOD DECLARED.............................................37
HERE................................................................................................43
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THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH
[Reprinted from The Christian Science Journal.]
HEALING AS PRACTISED
BY JESUS
The thought of Christians in general respecting the use
of material remedies in sickness is that they are the only
available means for combating disease, and that their use is
therefore not out of keeping with Christian conduct. Some have
gone so far as to say that materia medica is the legitimate
successor of Jesus'
healing method, notwithstanding that
material means had already been in use for two thousand years
before Jesus appeared, and were doubtless as much sought after
and relied upon then as now. Just how they could succeed that
which came after, has not been explained. One thing is certain,
that Jesus preferred his own system to any other, and healed the
worst diseases with better success than materia medica can heal
today after another period of two thousand years in which to
perfect itself.
Christianity was the best judge as to the healing power of his
teaching, and whether his followers should practise his own
system or another, and an examination of the history of material
medicine does not warrant the conclusion that it is the successor
of Jesus' method.
Those who defend the resort to drugs and medical
doctors as in keeping with their Christian profession, do so
from the belief that the Christ-healing which Jesus practised has
long since passed out of human reach. In assuming this they
beg the whole question, for there is not only no Scriptural
reference to such a deprivation, but the facts disprove it. Human
reason also is opposed to such an assumption; for if we accept
the healing work of Jesus as done in evidence of God's
goodness and power, it naturally follows that similar evidence
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It is but just to assume that the Founder of
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