Article February 29, 1908 Issue

I presume our critic feels that he was justified in his...

Henry Deutsch

St. Paul (Minn.) Dispatch

I presume our critic feels that he was justified in his remarks, and I feel certain that he wants to be fair and honest and strives to live up to the highest demands of his profession. Yet I cannot but believe that if he would place the two articles, his and Mrs. 'Eddy's (in Ladies' Home Journal), in juxtaposition, he would in all honesty and candor be forced to say that hers more nearly expresses the spirit of him whose natal day we have recently celebrated—of him who came as the herald, not only of "glory to God in the highest," but also of "on earth peace, good will toward men," and how little his statements breathe the spirit of the Master's commandment, "Love one another," or that other equally important precept, "Judge not."

That there is a vast divergence of opinion as to matters of doctrine and dogma, there is no question. That men have fought and bled for their faith is a matter of history, and yet to-day the divergence is greater than ever, and after all the years and centuries of dispute and controversy, progress is but faintly indicated, and men are still praying and striving to find the way to God, which means eternal life, and one can but feel that if half the time spent in the discussion of the fine-spun distinctions between doctrines and dogmas had been devoted to the active demonstration of the commandment, "Love thy neighbor as thyself," the world would to-day be advanced so far toward the millennium as to leave no further matter for question, doubt, or argument.

Christian Science has ample resources in word and logic to support its position that it is not only Christian but scientific; that it is true to the Bible and to the teachings of the Master; that it is loyal to the highest concept of Christ. But the mere statement of logical proof in words is unnecessary when we can sustain the position by following the example of the Master. When the disciples of John came to Jesus "and said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them."

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