Sufficient time has elapsed since the publication of your report of the paper on Christian Science read at the Lutheran conference at Boyertown to relieve one of any possible charge of acting hastily in offering a reply to the objections lodged against Christian Science in the paper in question.
It
is sometimes assumed that Christian Scientists are oblivious of, or indifferent to, certain deplorable conditions which appear in the present state of society, because they do not use the methods commonly employed to suppress or eradicate these specific phases of evil.
Christian Scientists
are not engaged in building up a material sense of existence, nor in governing their affairs according to material standards, but rather are they concerned in learning the spiritual meaning of all that pertains to their well-being.
One danger attending the conception of a morally bankrupt world is that the churches are led to attach too little importance to what the world thinks about their doings.
Christian Scientists stand unequivocally upon the Scriptures and affirm without fear of successful contradiction that the religion of Jesus Christ as practised by him and by his disciples included Christian healing as a vital and fundamental part of its practical demonstration.
Your issue of late date contained a discussion that appeared in an insurance magazine of the desirability of Christian Scientists as life insurance risks, the basis of the question being that they do not employ drugs or medical attendance in case of illness.
