Article December 18, 1909 Issue

Of Christian Science as a religious system the Standard...

Regina (Sask.) Standard

Of Christian Science as a religious system the Standard knows very little. Like Premier Scott on the navy question—we have not had time to look carefully into it. Nevertheless, the letter of A. W. Mainland, published in this paper a few days ago, contains some points that appeal to us as particularly strong and perfectly orthodox.

Our present purpose is not to uphold Christian Science, but rather to show how improper it is to cast aspersion and ridicule upon anything of which the critic has but superficial knowledge. It seems to us that the trial judge in the recent Williams case went out of his way to do that, and we therefore the more cheerfully give prominence to Mr. Mainland's arguments.

No religious system is wholly wrong and none seems to be perfect. The aim, therefore, of men and women who are big enough for the undertaking, should be to harmonize as far as possible the different systems, rather than to breed ignorance and promulgate hatred by misrepresentation. Mr. Mainland writes: "To ridicule Christian Science as a means of alleviating suffering is to ridicule prayer, the most sacred ordinance of all the Christian churches. To deny that the 'prayer of faith' will heal any known disease is to deny God's omnipotence and His love for His own creatures."

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