Article January 22, 1910 Issue

From a Christian standpoint I find it difficult to agree...

Jesse Pickard

Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat and Chronicle

From a Christian standpoint I find it difficult to agree with your recent article prescribing the limitations of Christian Science practice. It is noteworthy that the Christian religion is founded upon the superiority of the spiritual over the material and can only thrive when demonstrating this superiority. The miracle of yesterday is the commonplace of today, and yet the materialistic thought is ever ready with a bland incredulity to resist the very progress which raises it from self-imposed limitation.

Christ Jesus taught and demonstrated that a right knowledge of truth, a correct mental state or communion with God, a proper prayer, would save the sinner, heal the sick, and raise the dead. If Christian Scientists are endeavoring to follow his precept and example with apparently increasing success, it means much to humanity. From a Christian standpoint, "Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?"

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