Article June 21, 1900 Issue

In Re Christian Science

Henry Clay M'Dougal

As a student and a lawyer, I cannot blot from memory either history or precedent. It is never safe either to criticise or sneer at anything about which one knows absolutely nothing.

As I am not a Christian Scientist nor even a Christian, I am not prejudiced either for or against this new and to me rather strange theory of life and health. But the age is one of progress and development. The thoughts and theories of to-day may become the rubbish of tomorrow. You cannot build a Chinese wall around the human intellect. Hence for me this new departure has no terrors. If good, the people will in time accept it; if found otherwise, they will in time reject it, and in this, as in all else affecting the welfare of the race, it is safe to trust the good sense of the people.

These thoughts are suggested by the claims of the professors of this new faith upon the one hand, and by the rather harsh criticisms of those who cling to the old and at sight reject the new upon the other. These recall to my mind to-day three historic epochs in human life and conduct, as well as their ultimate results. They are familiar to all, yet it may not be amiss to mention them here and now.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

An Answer to an Article on Christian Science