Editorial December 20, 1900 Issue

"Outlaws Made through Class Legislation"

Editor

We take pleasure in republishing from the Arena for November, 1900, the following editorial remarks, under the above heading, by Mr. B. O. Flower, who, we are glad to know, has recently again become connected with editorial work on that valuable magazine.

In a recent number of the Medical Times, under the title of "Christian Science Outlaws," the editor thus approvingly comments on the recent conviction of two Christian Scientists for attempting to save the lives of some believers in mental therapeutics, contrary to the medical restrictive laws of the state in which they resided:—

"Two Christian Scientists have been found guilty of practising medicine in violation of state law in Wisconsin. Judge Allen, in his charge to the jury, quoted the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Mormon case, holding that a man's religion must be subordinate to the laws of the land, and that he must obey the laws of his particular state. This seems like sound common sense, and ought to be good law, but it will probably have no effect upon people who accept the dicta promulgated by this senseless sect."

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