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1 r- . , ' ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. ESTABL!"3 ED IN 1855. RALEIGH, N. C, AUGUST 9, 1899. New Series. Vol. 1, No. 25. RALEIGH C ST1AN ADVOCATE. Organ of the North Carolina Conference. " ivs ; H E D WEEKLY AT RALEIGH, N. C. Kev X. ::J-cla.-s matter in the post-office at Raleigh. IVEY, P. P., . . . Editor. WATSON, Business Manager. the most dangerous errors with which w TEMRS OF SUBSCRIPTION. nave to contend. Its mission is to tlnalinVM ur t,. ,i c n suffering ones, who are ready to catch at j But some one may say, "Is not a tree every floating straw for relief. It comes j known by its fruits?" Has not Christian with a singularly accommodating creed, j Science effected cures that are wonder which seems to do no violence to Christian! ful, and that should suffice to entitle it belief. It compels one to subjectively j to immunity from adverse criticism, if believe that which he cannot objectively not to belief?" We admit that Chris- believe. It compels one to live in an at- j tian Science has effected some remarka- One Year, - omns' " 0 mosphere of deception, and, in such an Lao'1 n u ev Coniere paper frt-o. atmosphere, the soul necessarily becomes ! remarkable than those effected in all ajres n-;,:er of the gospel and wives of deceased j dwarfed. Teaching that nothing is real, j by mountebanks and saints. The Empe- lt gets in the devotee an indifference i ror Constantine, Syrrhus, king of Epirus. filing preachers m the North Carolina ; to luiman ill- wrnVb ctW A , s authorized agents, will receive the VO..T serve? . Whe 1r. ?t ,-iuurr a receipt. Idresi! is ordered r inu-i be given. r.ionev, be sure to state whether it is ibscr; ers fu vib'e to the RALEIGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. e j may Christ remain. May our sky ever I all be along this line. Indeed, we feel ' 11 1. 1 . 1 1 . 1 uicii uie wnoje cay ougnt to De given to missions that the morning sermon ought to find its theme in them, and that the night service ought to be a mass meeting in their interest. Why not? Can anybody tell us? The work of win ning this world for Christ is surely worth one-fourth of our religious time, one fourth of om religious thought, one fourth of our religious effort, one-fourth of our religious giving. On circuits let the Missionary Sunday correspond with the day of the preach er's monthly visitation. In this way, we believe the Sunday School Missionary Society may be made effective, not only in largely aiding our present missionary movement, but also in doing what is incalculably bette ble cures. But these cures are not more training a mission- ; destroys the very foundations of charity, j Confessor, Philip the First, and others, it shows the date tip to which Christian Science forbids the imp of ! embracing- the most depraved characters. .oription has been paid. Change in label j r,,1irmri A of.-VK f" -i ! xehn hoA f ; .......... ...... "ituuj tv"u ctJJJ.iia.llvcs 1U1 LIICCUIC -4-4 Riiuti "fj1- KJ-L SUU1 1 chanced, both old and disease. It ridicules physicians and or body, were wonderful healers. The ! ary Church for the future. s at medicines. Every now and I notorious Schroeder effected some re-' 11 was never contemplated that there i, r -. i. i ki ti. ,, jiMiouiuueuie siigntest conmct between V- liCrtl Ul VdC& WHICH ViiriSLian i mi.ra.ji. -Ul. iixt IS lUSL ctS i"UUU j,..r c-iu c. "tn u.)-Cij ! Scientist: liavp fnilerl tn Mirp on I TiTlii ! reason whv vp Tinnlfl psnnnsp liia rl no- letters ana make ail cnecks ana inonev i " " -wlv-5 -T we believe, could have been cured by an ! trine as bat of Christian Science. Dr. intelligent phvsician. One is not even ! Dowie, of Chicago, who is the most re- allowed to prav for recovery or the al'e-! nowned healer of this kind in America, ! of tile Sunday school, hence the demand viation of suffering for Draver would in-! roundly denounces Christian Science as1 an organization peculiar to the Sun- . . i . i r i atai , ,iaav scnooi. it, However, m any place i mm ivmu ji sKcpLicibiii. vnris- , " "'"""""-inai ict.. a. nv, .iv-ciim A , the maintenance o this organization and the Juvenile Soci ety of the Woman's Board. There cer tainly need be none. The Juvenile So ciety cannot command all the elements EDITORIAL of both organizations is SCIENCE. FALSELY SO-CALLED." ! dicate a ce tian bcience lias undoubtedlv robbed ! psycno-rnerapetuics is a mysterious one. f-mn tn Kp lot tW Kp an 'many of their lives. It is a strange fact j bas never been explained. The body j arrangement by which both the work r Scuc- is popula-lv regarded that PeoPle are so blind as to discard the bas a wonderful influence over the mind, ! and the proceeds shall be mutually shared, fethl U 6i th,e 4ns-.i mej-which God has sounds- j and the mind over thebody Cenainj cf iiib-tat is confined to the North i tkably ordained for the benefit of suffer- j aiseasesof the oody can be influenced, if ; Wg cannot1afow a common aHse to ... ; v,-,,- We have couiolacentlv smiled : inS lmmanity. . ; not entirely cured, through the mind, j suffer while we stop to conted about the i i it i r. i -. - . n and have congratulated! What is the attitude of Christian Sci-ier Pnslcian nob Ims' anQ iten j little money that is to begotten irom tne e-;- that, among our conservative, : ence to Christian faith? This question is ! uses il in his Practice" But Christian j cliildren. , , , ......... ,!n: o:. ! Science pushes this fact to a erotesone The pastor who always inaKes his col- Uvf.?."-:V.:eO. ailtl TOti-iearilliJ UtrUUlC. ftii-imuuiiaui, ivx sumc liiiSLlcili. OUiCUl- " " " iv, v.. 44 z j. a : -i i- i . !i 4. .!4-'.- i ir-fr- .ii.., 4-1-.-.4- 4-u , i. ,i ; and en ; ti looiisii iorm 01 evn cannoi ouiam : iahil uwi tiic die .nnsLictus, auu i that there is nothing in the new doctrine of reality a lie, discard the use Ot reme-! never has anv rliffirnltv in rletermim'no- Itv of closing our eves to a and becomes guilty of a most monstrous To ?;;v that, in such an attitude to j which does not quadrate with the teach Chris;i:.n Science, we are guilty of a cer-, ings of the Bible. Here is where Chris tvV -f-e in Zion" is to mit it mildly, tian Science gets m its shrewaest work -.vhich. with all its evil, touches our ; falsehood. Unsuspecting ones do not see on r.res:c:es, and can be disarmed only the danger in time to avert it, and they bv a practical and decisive recognition of ! finally And themselves adrift upon a dark We can find in many com-! and stormy sea. Let us see. The Bible ie State some of our most teaches us that God is a personality with d sincere people oDeniv ; certain attributes. Christian Science de- vo,.::L i.iicii iaii.ii in tiiC Liuvti ..iic vi i 4...v...kr - Christian Science. In different parts of : ''Principle of God, alias God. With tne bout tne Situation. mUii:t:e oi t 4 1 ci- (-.;- -1 - i Of i . ttti . i iv VLiim. i mi. win;, n l liic. anit. ' iiiic. v v i i i- nimai extreme. nen any system I , . 7 , . , , , , . i cates ms Deopie tnorougniv m regara to so far as to mafce tne wnoie world j th relat&e importance of each claim. i i. t-...:i,t: -T,,r. t.if i-i-tt to rm'prc nt r ik ran i ffir i5 mn n v CiiUlCil UlliiUllJL'S Ul L1115 laitii w- -4"" --- 1" are being erected. It is high time that j "mind or intelligence." The Bible teaches j the alarm should be sounded. ; that Christ is the Son of God, and the j Christian Science is that system of doc- j son of Mary. Christian Science repudi- j t::;:e a:- practice iounded by Mrs. iuidy, . ates xne aoctrine uiai lihim ib vjuu m mc a v;o:r.ar whose shrewdness equals, to j flesh. It denies the reality of the body, say the least, her spiritual perception and thus with infidels and agnostics makes and energy. Unlike nearly all other I the incarnation a myth. It even denies founder, of systems of faith, she has J that Christ is the "one perfect man.'1 It made the commercial element of her doc-; says that suffering is due to error of the trine highly lucrative. Prendita Ram-; mind and indicates a lack of harmony bia. a Christian Hindu, declares that what ' with the divine mind, called God. Now is called in America Christian Science is i the Bible teaches that Christ suffered in dies which God in His goodness has fur-! what to do with the Sunday school col nished, drive away from the bedside of lections for missions. It is the man of the suffering the phvsician, who is one of ! -encits-the man of -lumped" collec , , . ! tions tne man in whose esteem all humanity s noolemen, wipe God out of claims are alike? and everv claim equally the universe, make Christ the foolish j a burden, that finds, or rather makes, the victim of monumental error, tear aown ! the altars of faith, husli the voice of sup plication, and send the shivering soul rudderless out on the great ocean of life that system merits the denunciation of all good men and women. As for our part, we would rather die than sow the seed and reap the harvest of ' 'Christian Science" falsely so-called. The Sunday School Missionary Society The Review of Missions. WTe have been earnestly and repeatedly asked to make an official deliverance touching the relationship of the Sunday School Missionary Society to the Board j of Missions, and what it involves. Light difficulty. It is perfectly, right for a pastor who has faithfully tested his other sources of supply to use the Sunday School Society money to cover his deficiency. Some pastors have the wisdom and the facility for making all their resources for foreign missions pass through this channel. It is no mean accomplishment and no un worthy plan; but it is not right that the paster should consume the money of the Sunday School Society, in paying the forfeit of neglect in other channels. Even the man who "lumps" his collections, and thus ignores the supreme dignity and paramount importance of missions, may use the money of the Sunday School So ciety in meeting his deficiency on for- i eign missions; but he may not use it m meeting other deficiencies. !oi:,:,? but a form of Hindu philosophy. tne flesh. According, then, to Christian j jjqw t0 avid conflict with the Jure It is simply an old faith with a new name. ! Science, Christ was m error and was not nie Society of the Woman's Board; (4) The motives is invoked at lour points: i) in regara ! aled to in all legitimate calls for to the nature and scope of the orgamza- in the interest 0f foreign missions tionitselt: (2) as to the Dest metnods for lolc u win ure! a car-rerl fund. Christian Science is based upon the as- j m harmony with od. liie BiDie teacnes sumption that matter has no real exist-' us that Christ came to save mankind from ence; that we have no bodies, and that j sin. Christian Science teaches us that consequently no disease of the body is there is 110 such thing as sin, and thus possible. According to Mrs. Eddy, "all! would convict Christ of the foolishness causation is mind, and every effect is a : of giving up His rich and divine life to mental phenomenon." The divine mind i save man from a danger which has no the one eternal principle, and the true ; real existence. The Bible teaches that we should pray pray witliout ceasing. Christian Science teaches that we ought not to pray for the recovery of an afflicted one or for the alleviation of his suffering. to believe that it is unnecessary and nr.-! It is thus seen that the one who espouses real. j the tenets of Christian Science must sever Chiistain Science, from its own stand-! the bond which connects him witn tne 7 i .1 -j? a nr a making the organization most emcieiu, m. t , qat criinns from the children is doubly so. Now, let the Iovit Kntl-i in tVie cnirit and letter of it. How to prevent the misappropriation of i be . God wjU honor the keeping a'in of life is to come in harmony w7ith tn:s mind. Good is real, but evil is un-- reaj- Suffering is due to errors of mind, and the v.av to o-et rid of the suffering is - - Cs- o Ppist, has this advantage : Its basal prin C1P1 is so absurd that no argument can be brought against it, just as some things God of the Bible, the Son of God, and Christian religion. Christian Science teaches that agnostic, infidel, Jew, Mo- ciousness We ground 01 us uuuumt. ith metaphysi-jtation in affirming that it were better for e readv to say ! one to remain agnostic, infidel, Jew, Mo- so true that they have no proof out- hammedan, ana neamcu side 1 r rrroimd of its doctrine. We have 110 hesi- e thc realm of pure consciousness. We 'ground 01 ui uw.m v. may narcotize the mind wi . 1 ca 1 aOuTflltlPC 11 m til o-r TPQf r tn ta A matter is unreal. But there is an j hammedan or heathen, than to emorace Unshed voice which will speak out this new faith, whose creed is so accom- tK -as that matter is real. We know ! modating. With all earnestness we would as we know that we are, or that ! bid oor people beware how tney leave their fce one k ti, , ,1.1 ! safe anchorage to embark on this strange paving for the reaiization that some ilngs are unreal, and this fact helps f an' 10 advocate Mrs. Eddy's doctrine. iIlau tins advocacy, however, there is al ' s a deling, more or less pronounced, i4ctr tne judgment has been humiliated. e consider Christian Science one of T.. cn fl.xr srvrend their sails sea. m uumg 1. to a breeze, which will drive them far away from God, Christ, and Heaven. Christ is the one hope of mankind for this life and that which is to come. Let per sonal desires and purposes, possessions and loved ones, health and life go-but the money raised by the society. W7e notice these in the order of our statement. The law which makes the organization of all Sunday schools into missionary societies imperative is as fol lows: "Let every Sunday school be or ganized into a missionary society auxil iary to the Board of Missions." (Par. 246, p. 102, Dis. 1898.) The superin tendent is expected to perform this duty, and the preacher in charge is expected to see it done. The animus of the law is that missions, in their spirit and work, enter into the very fiber of our ecclesias tical composition that, with us, a Sun day school means an institution for pro moting, especially among our children, the one object of Church organization: the giving the gospel to every creature. The society is coextensive with the school, and ought to utilize, in the best possible way, all the elements of the school. A form of constitution and by laws has been prepared in this office, and pastors or superintendents needing them in making their organizations will be supplied on application. The efficiency of the Sunday School Missionary Society is not to be measured wholly, or principally, by the amount of money collected from the children from time to time; but rather by the amount and be honored by it. 1 he Church will appreciate our loyalty, and our loyalty will largely bless the Church. THE DOCTRINE AND POWER OF THE SPIRIT. The supreme need of our times, as of all tiihe, is the conscious presence and the wonder-working power of the Holy Ghost. We need Him (not it) to inter pret Christ to our intelligence and faith, and to bring us help us to go to Christ, our Savior to go to him with all our heavy burden of sin and care, to go to Him to teach us oiir need and duty, and to help us in the work. He would have us do for his glory and for the salvation and betterment of men. It is the office of the spirit to make Christ real to us. It is not necessary for us to bring Christ down from above, nor to bring Christ up again from the dead. He is not afar off hut near at hand, if under the anointment and by the endue ment of the Spirit we will but discern and claim his presence. He is present with us on the insistence of our faith to turn our natural weakness into a super- generation the keynotes of our times. But the dream of perpetual motion is as far off as ever. Machinery can't create power. It can only conduct and conserve the forces of nature and multiply almost endlessly these powers and forces. And so it is in the uses of Divine power in the various agencies and ap pliances of the church. One is almost bewildered in a study of the vast ma chinery of the church. We are terrified at times, as in material things, to lose sight of the source of powej as we stand dazed and confused or as we are filled with admiration and enthusiasm, in view ing the results and exhibitions of the or ganization and adjustment in the out ward forms of church work. Alliances, leagues, associations, assemblies, confer ences, synods, missions, agencies of le fuge and reform, societies for this and and that and the other all these are but illustrations of what good men and con secrated women are doing to help and save the people. The purpose of this writing (its prime purpose, at least,) is to keep ever before us the vital connection between the divine source and power and the results of convenient and useful hu man organization. The latter must not be neglected; but the former is of vital necessity. uNot by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord." One visits a fort where the splendid new cannon are replacing the old smooth bores. He watches the mechanism of the marvelously constructed machine, mounted upon its disappearing carriage, and having inspected it, he asks, "Where, after all, is its yower? This turning upon a swivel, this rising and sinking at will, this fine adjustment to every required position, all this is well enough in its way. But what does it do?" For an swer he is shown a cone of steel that weighs 1,500 pounds, and is told that the gun hurls it a distance of 9 or 12 miles. He tries to lift it and cannot. He rolls it a little way on a smooth surface; but it has no power. It is inert, motionless. They place it in the gun and it is still impotent. There is the powder, and a quantity of it is placed in the gun behind the shell. Still it is inert. There is a little fulmina tnig cap, which of itself is useless; and there is a small battery, of a few cells, the electric current from which is harm less to the touch. There is no power here to do a large work. So he thinks. But he is mistaken. A button is pressed. A flash of lightning speeds along the wire. The pent-up energy of the power breaks forth in a slow, sullen roar. The mighty instrument of death hurls its monstrous shell high into the air and far over the water, and he watches it as it descends, slowly, but yet so swiftly, five, six, ten miles away, and pierces through the iron deck of a vessel and sends it to the bottom of the sea. The writer is sitting while he writes convenient to one of our great railways. Frequent trains, carrying freight and passengers, speed their way North and South. Such examples of earring power constitue a striking wonder of our civil ization and century. But the steam chest is the secret of the rolling and thundering tram. Given the train with all its appliances of engine and steel rails and water and coal, and yet nothing is accomplished and done except as the generated steam is let on to the well-adjusted machinery. WTith this there is power and motion with the valuable re sults of transit and trade. What the ignited powder is to the gun and the expanded steam is to the locomo tive is the impact and impress of the Holy Ghost to the otherwise inert and; useless organism and machinery of the church. Come, Holy Spirit, from above. With thy celestial fire; Come, and with flames of zeal and love Our hearts and tongues inspire; Be this our day of Pentecost, The coming of the Holy Ghost. Southern Christian Advocate. . ' ,.h-J ; n natural power to make the weakness ot OI miSSlOIlclI y llllUimcii.i'n uiJijaiivu i" j them and the amount ot the Christ spirit imbibed by them. To this end, we would suggest and advise that in each school, once every month, right of way be given the missionary society. That the songs, prayers, teaching, giving man the power of God. Ours is a materialistic age. The mul tiplication of machinery is one of the signs of the times. Progress and inven tion and discovery, the two latter in order to the first, are the watchwords of our What No Man Could Say. 4I have met," said Augustine, "many sayings in Plato and in Cicero which were beautiful and wise; but among them all I never found 'Come unto me, all ye that -labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is lfght.' " No wonder, O Augustine! Plato and Cicero were but men; Jesus is the Son of God. American Messenger.
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