Article October 2, 1909 Issue

I notice in today's Free Press an editorial in which an...

Detroit (Mich.) Free Press

I notice in today's Free Press an editorial in which an assertion is made that, while honestly meant, is nevertheless misleading and untrue. The statement that the superstructure of Christian Science rests upon the apex of any one person's conception of truth, is as incorrect as the statement that gravitation depends upon Newton, electricity upon Franklin, or steam navigation upon Robert Fulton. The discoverer of a truth or law that is new to the world is certainly entitled to all honor due one in this position, but to say that the operation of an active principle or law depends in any way upon any single person's conception of that law is absurd, to say the least.

The writer is a student of Christian Science, because he believes that Christianity must be either scientific—exact—or become a farce. If perfection is ever to be reached it must be through an absolute law and not through sentiment. The Bible gives us such a law. In Psalms we find, "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul," and Paul says, "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." The Bible is full of references to God's law, as perfect and exact. The true student of Christian Science is earnestly striving to live according to this same law, and finds that his progress depends in no way upon Mrs. Eddy's personality, but entirely upon own demonstration of the truth taught in Christian Science.

In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy states clearly the scientific interpretation of God's law as she discovered it over forty years ago. The teachings of her book cannot be accepted as the result of a belief in any personality; they must be understood by the student himself. The superstructure of Christian Science exists today because of what Christian Science is and what it does. "By their fruits ye shall know them."

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