Article January 23, 1904 Issue

It should be recognized that Christian Scientists do not...

W. D. McCrackan with contributions from Hannah Whitall Smith

Brooklyn (N. Y.) Times

It should be recognized that Christian Scientists do not give their children the benefit of Christian Science treatment by reason of any fanaticism or mere obstinacy, but because they have found such treatment to be the surest and safest means of combating disease; in other words, these parents are acting in accordance with the results of personal experience, and thus with the dictates of common sense. The whole question to be decided between materia medica and Christian metaphysics is one of practical results. We belong to a race which for thousands of years has been made to believe that the healing art is based upon the drugging system, and that what drugs will not cure, nothing will cure. To some extent, surgery, physical manipulation, and various dietary systems have also been added to the list of supposedly effective means, but public opinion is not yet sufficiently instructed to sanction fully other than material means. And yet Christian Science for the past thirty years has been healing great numbers of cases declared incurable by material means, and has met and mastered virtually every disease known to man. Its achievements partake of the nature of wonders, and would be called miraculous if they were not in entire accord with law and order and the science of life and being. The public is rapidly learning of these practical achievements, and such a decision as that just rendered in Ohio, as well as others in New Hampshire and North Carolina, mark an awakening sense of the usefulness of Christian Science practice in promoting the welfare and well-being of mankind. Indeed, Christian Science practice has become indispensable in our day, and any one who through ignorance of the blessed results of Christian Science, should essay to stop its ministrations, would be assuming a very grave responsibility. The irresistible logic of events is establishing the fact that it is healing not only adults but also multitudes of children, and as public opinion recognizes this condition of affairs, so decisions similar to this one in Ohio will multiply.

W. D. McCrackan.
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Times.

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