Article December 25, 1902 Issue

The prayer of enlightened faith, by which Christian Science...

Willard S. Mattox with contributions from Albert E. Miller

The prayer of enlightened faith, by which Christian Science heals, is the prayer which understands or realizes that all good is already accomplished, and that God has never willed that man should be sick, or that he should be a sinner. Here is a distinction between mere faith, which has no basis in reason or revelation, and that assurance of God's ever-presence which enabled Jesus, his disciples and apostles, and the early Christians to heal, and which still should enable all who believe in him to do the works that he did. This distinction alone is sufficient to separate Christian Science from every form of religious belief which teaches that infinite Love either causes or allows His children to suffer.

Willard S. Mattox.
In Geneva (N. Y.) Review.

It seems unnecessary to point out that Christian Science is in no sense the practice of medicine. It is the fulfilment of God's omnipotence, just as Jesus taught his followers No court in this free land of ours would attempt to regulate a man's right to pray nor his right to expect his prayers to be answered.

Albert E. Miller.
In Scranton (Pa.) Republican.

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