Article February 16, 1899 Issue

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Why should Christian Scientists charge for healing the sick?

Why should any one charge for anything? Why should the laborer charge for his day's labor? Why should the grocer charge for groceries, the butcher for meat, the merchant for his good, the cobbler for mending shoes, the farmer for his produce, the lawyer for his professional services, the preacher for preaching, the physician for prescribing for and attending upon the sick?

First: Because it is right. There should be just compensation for every service rendered. This is in accord with the law of justice, and justice is God's law. It is Scriptural doctrine that the laborer is worthy of his hire or meat.

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