Editorial August 8, 1903 Issue

An Essential

An essential postulate of Christian Science is that it involves the healing of the sick as well as the reforming of the sinner,—that the teachings of Jesus contemplated deliverance from both sickness and sin; and it is because Christian Scientists believe that salvation from both sin and sickness are equally possible at this time through the teachings of our Master, that they are pronounced unwise and impracticable.

That Christian Science is the truth has been demonstrated by the healing of thousands, and that its method is the Christ-method is forever established through the moral regeneration which is as noticeable as is the physical healing. It is important to the people that they have opportunity to pass judgment on the claims of Christian Science, and it is for this reason important that the healing should be done, that it should be made known through the testimony of those having a knowledge of the facts, and that, wherever possible, this testimony should come from the beneficiaries of the healing power.

Every sick person healed, and every sinner reformed stands for a fact which cannot be offset by any amount of theorizing, and is of more value than a thousand academic disquisitions. It is therefore important that every Christian Scientist should be "about his Father's business," not only that individual cases may be healed, but that the accumulation of testimony shall be so great as to remove all questioning from the minds of those who doubt and who hesitate to avail themselves of this present salvation from sin and sick ness.

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