Article December 18, 1909 Issue

Where "Observer" refers to Christ in speaking of the...

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Where "Observer" refers to Christ in speaking of the present means of checking diphtheria, we are once more forced to conclude that, in his opinion, if Christ were living today, he would find it wholly unnecessary to heal the sick, as he would find the present means of cure and prevention so wonderful and so effective in keeping well the entire population, that he would not only fail to find any sick people, but would have to acknowledge that the present scientific method of cure and prevention had him bested in anything he could offer in the way of relief for disease and suffering.

Now I am not a Christian Scientist, and have made insufficient investigation of its teachings and beliefs to be able to uphold, criticize, or condemn it, but let me ask the writer this question: Did he ever pray, with whole-souled sincerity and humbleness—with an unshakable belief that his prayer would be granted, and fail to receive that for which he asked? I am not saying that his prayers were answered without means or agencies; but that we must accept the means and agencies forced upon us by a certain clique or cult, as being God's means or agencies, I do very indignantly repudiate and deny.

When you fail to find a single case of "operation for appendicitis" among the multitude of Christian Scientists, does that prove that Christian Science is more dangerous to society than that modern science (?) of healing which claims it is absolutely necessary in these cases to use their means and agency (operation) to save the life of the patient, and does so operate on possibly from one thousand to ten thousand of every million who accept their scientific theory (not facts) as the best agency of cure and prevention? Or is it possible that Christian Science, of the two, offers the greatest blessings to society and humanity? I, too, submit my opinions and criticisms to thinking people.

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