Article November 7, 1908 Issue

Our critic asks, as "the main point at issue," "Is Christian Science...

J. V. Dittermore—Fort Plain, N. Y.

The Standard

Our critic asks, as "the main point at issue," "Is Christian Science, so called, in harmony with the teachings of the Bible?" A vast and ever-increasing host of men and women affirm that it is, because through its practice their lives have been saved and they have been regenerated and restored to health and usefulness, in fulfilment of the promises of the Master that true Christianity must furnish mortals a whole salvation from disease as well as from sin. If God is all-mighty, He must be available in all trouble and in all ways. In answer to John's inquiry, "Art thou he that should come?" the Master did not stop to engage in a debate, to theorize, or to condemn those who were the advocates of any of the religious or healing systems of the day. He simply recounted his works and left his inquirers to form their own conclusions. Those who were ready for the blessings his ministry imparted became his disciples, and those at enmity with his teachings continued to cling to the barren doctrines of the scribes and Pharisees and to pursue their enmity to the truth to its final outcome — the tragedy of Calvary.

Our critic's arguments, based on the supposition that any theory is necessarily true because it is believed by a large number of people, are not sound. In the fifteenth century all save one man believed the world to be flat, but that did not make it so. Every great truth has been forced on mankind in the face of the disbelief of the great majority, but that which has been true has weathered all the storms of protest. Christian Scientists are willing to submit their faith to the same experience and abide by the result. It is unfortunate that our critic is not also willing to trust its future to the same test.

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