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How Is It That
Ye Have No Faith?·························································· ·······································Samuel Greenwood

People who come to Christian Science have found it to be the sweet, old, simple Christianity of Jesus Christ, with nothing left out of it. They can say with David, that “God hath done great things” for them. They find that through Christian Science, they have more confidence in God than they had before. And they find that by looking to God alone for health, they have fared immeasurably better than when they looked to material ways and means. This is because of what they know, not what they believe.
···· Jesus showed us how the Father’s will is done on earth by healing disease and sin and overcoming death. He taught his disciples that their lives must be a demonstration of their faith, and that those who kept his sayings should never see death.
···· Many people, despite years of prayer, devout Bible study, and consecrated work along the lines approved by their church, feel they do not know how to trust God with their health. Could there be a more pathetic admission of the failure of modern Christian ideals to measure up to the standard established by Jesus than this?
···· Popular religious belief finds it quite possible to believe that God will save men from a great yawning hell when they die, while it stands pitifully helpless before the sufferings that afflict them here! Christians are willing to commit the safety of their souls to God throughout eternity, while they shrink from leaving the health of their bodies in His keeping during their stay on earth.
···· A man who had been an active member of an orthodox church for fifty years realized just this when a member of his family was healed through Christian Science, after the medical profession had failed to bring healing. This is·not an exceptional case, but represents the average Christian’s attitude towards spiritual healing. How is it that Jesus’ injunction to “heal the sick” meets with such little response from its professed followers? What has the church been teaching and doing all these centuries that it cannot yet take the first step in practical Christianity — the healing of the sick? A Christian who cannot rely upon God to the same extent that he relies upon a doctor, should find out the reason why.
···· The needs of the human race today press for the return to primitive Christianity. To teach mortals that their sufferings are inescapable through Christianity, is to take away from it the feature which its Founder considered so important and necessary. The church today cannot afford to leave out of its work what Jesus considered so essential to his own success. Mere ritualistic religion, the observance of church ordinances, or professions of Christian belief, if not backed up by intelligent, reliant faith, will never rebuke the demons of disease, nor say with joy to the Christ, “Even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.”
···· That God, divine Love, is the Father of all, is the sweet message of Scripture. The child who loves his father will turn to him for help in trouble, and not to some stranger. So, it should be natural for a Christian to turn to his heavenly Father in time of trouble, and find healing and a peace before unknown!·