Article February 16, 1899 Issue

How can intelligent, well instructed people swallow all the...

Denver Republican

How can intelligent, well instructed people swallow all the absurdities of Christian Science as set forth in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mrs. Eddy? Don't you admit the possibility of this theory being overturned?

Intelligent people cease to manifest intelligence in proportion to their belief in absurdity. There are no absurdities in the teachings of Christian Science. When understood, these teachings are shorn of all seeming absurdity, for when understood they are demonstrable. A theory of healing which heals all manner of diseases without recourse to material aid, is built upon a foundation impossible to be overturned—namely, Truth.

All persons will concede that the theory of arithmetic can never be overturned because it is based on truth. A schoolboy knowing that nine times nine make eighty-one, knows beyond doubt that nine times nine billions make eighty-one billions. He can never prove this by collecting eighty-one billion material objects together and counting them, but he is nevertheless absolutely certain of the correctness of his reasoning in regard to the billions, because he has proven the principle in lesser problems. So it is with Christian Science. We first prove it in small demonstrations, and having proved its Principle, we feel absolutely certain of its larger application, and in experience one finds that as he grows in the understanding of the Principle, he is able to prove it true with the larger problems as they arise.

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