Article October 18, 1900 Issue

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David B. Ogden

Astorian

Editor Astorian:—The Astorian's recent editorial comment on the article, "Christian Science Defended, as published September 6, while of sincere and kindly tone contains a number of misleading statements regarding the teachings and practice of Christian Science, which are believed to have been made with no desire to misrepresent and which, in the spirit of simple justice, I seek opportunity to correct.

The editorial asserts that Christian Science teaches that disease exists only in the imagination, and that this statement coupled with the admission that the practitioner does not claim for himself infallibility, precludes Christian Science from rightful claim to the title of Christian.

As to this statement let me quote from the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G. Eddy, p. 457, "Sickness is neither imaginary nor unreal.—that is to the false sense of the patient. It is more than fancy, for it is solid conviction. It is therefore to be dealt with through right apprehension of the Truth of Being." The Christian Scientist does not say to the sufferer with a boil, "You have no boil," or "Nothing ails you," but he does insist that disease of every nature is of mental origin, and he proves his position by restoring a healthy physical condition through prayerful realization of the omnipotence of the one Mind—even that Mind "which was also in Christ Jesus."

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