Article December 13, 1900 Issue

Christian Science Methods

Wesley Spaulding with contributions from Whittier

Hamilton (Can.) Herald

Editor Herald:—In your issue of October 5, your columns gave some remarks about "Christian Science in Pekin," showing, by way of illustration, that the doctrines of Christian Science do not prevent its belivers from at least exercising sound judgment and effective action in a trying emergency such as the siege of the legations.

There is considerable misapprehension among those who have not studied and practised Christian Science as to its teachings respecting the realities of the universe and those things which must vanish away because they are not a part of the harmonious and eternal creation of God. Discord of every kind, sin and disease, cannot come from God because they do not partake of His nature. If these are a part of human experience, to that extent they are realities to us; and to sit down and tamely submit to them as such, would only be to make them greater realities. Activity, hope, courage, faith in God, and wisdom to do the right thing at the right time—these are real characteristics of those taught in Christian Science; and through their exercise these qualities are fostered and strengthened, and their opposites—indolence, despair, cowardice, lack of trust in God, etc., are thereby made unreal and powerless to influence and fix our destiny.

The advantage possessed by the Christian Scientist is, that the Principle of Science understood by him in a degree, gives him a larger measure of confidence, better methods of action, surer results in the right direction, and supreme trust as to the final outcome; and this applies to every detail, every need and every line of growth and of work in all the varied walks of life.

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