Article August 28, 1909 Issue

As a matter of fact, the wage-earner is well represented...

Jesse Pickard

New York (N.Y.) People

As a matter of fact, the wage-earner is well represented in the ranks of Christian Scientists. It will be found upon investigation that thousands of individuals have proved the efficacy of Christian Science to lift them out of the very depths of want as well as to heal them of every kind of physical and moral disease. If Christian Science relied upon the activity of the human mind, our critic might be more correct in his statement that it did not heal that baneful disease, poverty; but because Christian Science is above all a religion, and relies upon the divine Mind to meet all needs, it can and does meet and heal this condition. Christian Science, as its name indicates, presents to the world accurate, demonstrable Christian knowledge, based upon one infinite Principle, the divine Mind, God, and the correct application of its rules is followed by positive results that prove the truth of its promise. It is therefore available to all men alike.

As to the statement that Christian Science disregards the play of social forces and overlooks dangers of personal contact, let me say that Christian Science demonstrates the privileges of man as an intelligent individual not only to be uninfluenced by social evils, but to be a positive influence for the overcoming of these evils through individual right thinking, whereby he reflects the eternal power of absolute Truth.

Our critic does not rightfully assume that Christian Scientists look with "disdain" or "contempt" on his belief. It is not reasonable to think that those who have once experienced every form of human suffering would thus regard any honest endeavor to combat these evils, or that because they have finally found relief therefrom they must be deficient in their understanding of these problems. On the contrary, they understand and sympathize the more deeply, and earnestly recommend the mode of escape which has proved efficacious for them.

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