Article March 4, 1905 Issue

The statement that prayer is practically denied by Mrs. Eddy,...

David B. Ogden

Capital Journal

The statement that prayer is practically denied by Mrs. Eddy, could not be wider the fact, for the prayer which has as a result the bringing of the earnest seeker into a better sense of communion with God, a sense which destroys fear, despair, distress, and disease, surely speaks for itself: and it is such prayer that Christian Science teaches and that Christian Scientists are striving to approximate in keeping with the Master's admonition to "pray always," and the results of these efforts encourage them to believe that they do not "ask amiss."

Christian Science may not be readily understood by the critical or superficial investigator, but its deeply Christian character is proven by the healing it brings the sick, the comfort to the sorrowing, and the renewal and reformation of mind to the sensual and sinner. It is significant that Christian Scientists never preach sermons against the beliefs of others, but concede to them the right to worship as they please, and for themselves simply ask the freedom of their own convictions, their constitutional and divine right to worship God after the dictates of their own conscience.

It is narrated in the fifth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles that, by reason of the practical and healing application of their Master's gospel, the followers of the Founder of Christianity had so licensed the professors of recognized and established religion in their day, that opposition and denunciation were about to culminate in the attempted destruction of these faithful disciples. And at this time, so the sacred story runs, "stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, . . . and said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. . . . And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it: lest haply ye be found even to fight against God."

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