Article May 9, 1903 Issue

Current Counterfeits

G. H. K.

AT a recent Wednesday evening meeting a lawyer who is an earnest seeker for the truth, expressed the thought that error, whether it be in the form of sickness or sin, is always a false claim and has just the power which we give it, and no power at all after its spurious nature is once discovered, when its falsity has been exposed to the light of truth.

In support of his statement he made use of this illustration: a counterfeit bill may pass current among the unsuspecting for a long time, and may be called a dollar; but the moment it falls under the eye of a wide-awake, expert cashier the counterfeit is detected and instantly the bill becomes worthless; that is, its reality or supposed value is absolutely destroyed, and by reason of his expert knowledge the cashier needs only to stamp the word "counterfeit" upon the face of it when no one would accept it.

The cashier in doing this renders a service which is kindred to that of the Christian Science practitioner in his dealing with patients or people who have been unwittingly accepting the counterfeit as true and real.

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