Editorial August 12, 1905 Issue

A Matter of Discrimination

John B. Willis

THE recognition of the naturalness, the need, and the Scriptural authorization of spiritual healing, is becoming so general that it no longer begets surprise, but while admitting the legitimacy of the position of Christian Science in this regard, many religious writers display a zeal in their effort to find occasions for reserve in accepting its teaching, which evidences the force of their prejudice, as well as the intensity of their respecting the results of the ever-increasing influence of Christian Science on public thought. They are quite willing the world should be healed, if it be done without lessening in any degree the present and prospective sway of their own beloved beliefs.

The pastor of a Christian church in the West is reported to have said in a recent sermon and interview,—

"I am well satisfied that the healing wrought by Christ and enjoined by the apostles . . . is the manifestation of a force not limited to the personal ministry of Jesus and the apostles. People of all religions concede that Christ healed the sick and that he asked of them only faith in him. He intended his work to live after him, and to-day, if we believe, we can be healed."

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