CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 114, 31 May 1937, Page 4

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

"Ancient and Modern Necromancy, Alias Mesmdrism and Hypnotism? De-; nounced," was the subject of the Les-son-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Bcientist, on .Sunday May 30. The Goldeg Texf wap Jer, 15:20,21, "I am with thee to sgye thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lopd. And I will deliver thee out of the liand oi fhe vviqked, and I will redeem thee out of fhe hand Of tke terrible," Among the citations which oomprised the Lesson-Sermon wer© the followigg from the Bible, "Thus saith. the Lord God: Woe unto the foolish prophete, tljat fol'low their own spirit, and have seen nothing. Have ye not see a vain vision and have ye not spokeu a lying diyiaation, 'whereas ye §ay, . The Lord saith it: albiet I have not spokeg?" (Eze, 13:3,7), Also the follqwing passages from the Chpistian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, *'Animal magnetism has no soientific foundation, for God governs all that iB real, harmonipgs, and eterna], and His power js qeither animal nor human. Its basis being a belief and this belief animal, in Science animal magnetism, mesmerisrg, or hypnotism is a mere negation possessing neither inteljigenee, power, nor reality, and in sense it i§ an linreal concept pf the sorealled mortal raind.'' (P- 102.)