Article September 24, 1904 Issue

If Christian Science is illogical because it heals a man...

Albert E. Miller

Greenburg (Pa.) Star

If Christian Science is illogical because it heals a man through his mind rather than through his stomach, then Jesus was illogical, because this is the precise manner in which he healed and taught his followers to heal.

Proceeding from the standpoint of common sense, we should at all times strive to deal with cause rather than with effect, and this is the reason why Christian Science strives to correct a man's sinful thoughts in order to enable him to enjoy better health. It is a fact generally recognized that suffering results from sin, therefore in directing its hardest blows at sin Christian Science tends to correct the inclination to be sick and to suffer.

If there is one thing above all others which the Christian Scientist strives to accomplish, it is the overcoming of evil and selfishness in himself. The hostility which the Christian Scientist may arouse through being misunderstood does not deter him from pressing forward, confident that the time is rapidly approaching when Christian Science will be better understood and appreciated, and until then he is willing to bear with those who may not fully understand his motives and aims.

Albert E. Miller.
Greenburg (Pa.) Star.

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