Editorial February 13, 1904 Issue

As to Advertising

We sometimes receive inquiries as to the standing of persons who advertise themselves in newspapers and magazines as Christian Science practitioners. We answer these inquiries by saying that Christian Scientists do not advertise, and it is safe to assume that the persons who thus bring themselves to the attention of the public are not in any manner identified with our denomination nor with its healing work. The following reference to the methods employed by unauthorized persons who pose as Christian Scientists, is copied from a previous issue of the Sentinel:—

"It is unnecessary for us to say that methods of advertising akin to those of quack doctors and vendors of patent nostrums are not countenanced by Christian Scientists. On the contrary, they are reprehended.

"Christian Scientists have done all they properly can do in the way of advertising when they unobtrusively make known the fact that they hold themselves in readiness to respond to calls for healing sickness or otherwise aiding those who desire such services as come within their province or line of duty."

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