Article May 4, 1899 Issue

The Word of God

BY HENRIETTA E. CHANFRAU.

Christian Science is the word of God which heals the sick and the sinful, opens the blind eyes, and unstops the deaf ears. It is the gospel as taught, preached, and practised by our beloved Master.

To our beloved and inspired Leader and Teacher, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, who has brought to this age and made practical the healing power of the gospel of Jesus Christ, we owe an endless debt of gratitude. For through her discovery of the Truth, we are able to demonstrate and follow the commands of Jesus: "Go ye unto all the world, preach the gospel, heal the sick, cleanse the leper, raise the dead, cast out demons." And so great and wonderful is this word of God, that it is not within the power of mortal man to stop its progress. There are thousands who are gladly testifying, in this country and abroad, to its healing power, and proofs of these testimonies can be obtained if desired. Two-thirds of the cases that come to Christian Science practitioners are those that materia medica has failed to heal. And it has been my experience, as well as that of many others, to have cases sent to us by the physicians themselves. As a physician recently and very truthfully remarked, "You will find Christian Science victims very rare." Where there is one case lost under Christian Science treatment, there are hundreds that are advertised in our daily papers who have passed away under materia medica. But we have nothing to say against the medical profession, which numbers in its ranks many noble men and women who do what they can as far as lies in their power to alleviate the sufferings of mankind by administering drugs. But we, through God's law,—His spiritual law,—know of a better way, a way marked out for us by the greatest healer the world has ever known, Jesus of Nazareth, and shall we be condemned for trying to walk in that way?

"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases."

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