Article March 30, 1907 Issue

From the narrow, orthodox standpoint it [Christian Science]...

with contributions from J. R. Miller—Pendleton, Ore.

East Oregonian

From the narrow, orthodox standpoint it [Christian Science] may not be a religious doctrine. From the blindly bigoted standpoint it may not be strictly "scientific," but if it answers a call of the human heart and feeds the mind with a satisfying nourishment, it is worthy of a place among the creeds of the world. When you see a neighbor made well by it, through honest, conscientious, sincere practice of simple laws of health which God has given for the use of man, is not that a sufficient reason for looking upon Christian Science with a degree of charity?

There is good in every creed. Like the trees of the forests, the creeds of the world all have some redeeming features. If this one comes to the aid of the sick, the feeble, the suffering, and relieves them, is not it a part of human worship to believe in it and love it and practise it? If any creed promises to make man's condition better now, to-day, here, let us embrace it, for the earth is filled with God's creatures, all of whom have a right to the best that there is in the mind of God and man for them.

We have just as much religion as we get into our weekday life, and not a whit more.—J. R. Miller.

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