Article September 17, 1904 Issue

Do Christian Scientists Ignore the Material Universe?

Alfred Farlow

Greensburg (Pa.) Star

Scarcely a criticism appears on the subject of Christian Science which does not include an allegation to the effect that Christian Science teaches that all creation is an illusion, and that man has no body.

This erroneous belief regarding the premise of Christian Science leads to ridiculous conclusions. This Science does not teach the unreality of any perceptible thing, but raises the question as to what it really is. It is not the phenomena of nature which are denied by Christian Science, but the humanized, material sense of them. Christian Science interprets the nature and consistency of creation from a spiritual view-point and teaches one to know it as God made it, and as it appears to Him. No one can deny that the human mind falls short of a true conception of things in proportion as it lacks development and perfection.

Some have said, "Do you mean to tell me that the body, with all its wonderful organism, and the beauties of nature are unreal?" We answer, "If one could see them as they really are they would appear as much more wonderful and beautiful than they now seem as infinitude is greater than our present degree of comprehension. If in our present blinded material condition, we are able to recognize to a degree the wonders of God and His manifestation, what must we behold in them when the veil of ignorance, superstition, mystification, false sense has all disappeared and we are able to perceive with the clear and perfect spiritual vision characteristic of the image and likeness of God?

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