Article April 11, 1901 Issue

Very Apocryphal

David N. McKee

The Scrantonian

Editor of The Scrantonian.

Sir :— In your issue of March 17, you represent the Rev. Braddon Hamilton, a New York clergyman of distinction, in an attack upon Christian Science, as saying, "I will quote a few verses from the Bible and ask what they mean. 'Honor a physician with the honor due unto him, for the uses you may have of him, for the Lord hath created him.' 'The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them.' 'My son, in thy sickness, be not negligent, but give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him. Let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.' 'Of such doth the apothecary make a confection, and of his works there is no end, and from him there is peace over all the earth.—Eccles.' "

The a clergyman should say the above quotation is from the Bible is surprising, because the statement is a mistake.

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