Article July 11, 1908 Issue

Christian Science recognizes squarely that to the suffering...

James Phelps—Manitowoc, Wis.

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Christian Science recognizes squarely that to the suffering sense of the patient the disease with which he is afflicted is quite real and patent; but it denies its reality as a God-created entity or that it exists in consonance with the law of God, the law of which Christ Jesus said, "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." We are told in the Bible that "God is a Spirit;" that He made everything that was made, and "without him was not any thing made that was made," and "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." We deny that God works through matter to carry out His purposes. Jesus said; "The flesh profiteth nothing;" "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works;" and Paul admonishes us; "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." Now Christ Jesus did always those things that pleased the Father, yet he never required the patient to be examined by a physician before healing him, never said that some kinds of diseases could be healed by a direct appeal to Almighty God, while the more serious ones must be left to the uncertain effect of drugs; and surely his example is the one for all Christians to follow.

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