Article January 29, 1910 Issue

The nominal object of our critic's address was to explain...

Frederick Dixon

Somerset and West of England Advertiser

The nominal object of our critic's address was to explain to his listeners how best to oppose Christian Science, and the curious part of the matter is that he omitted all mention of the only method by which Christian Science could possibly be successfully opposed. That method would be to give the world a faith so far more satisfying, accompanied by works so far more practical, that those to whom they were offered could have no hesitation in accepting them. So long as all he has to offer is the most violent criticism of his neighbors, he is not likely to make much headway. If Christian Science and Christian Scientists were all this critic paints them, it is perfectly obvious that instead of their influence having grown steadily and persistently during the last forty-two years, it would have perished of inanition long ago.

Humanity is not quite so foolish as he seems to imagine. It is quite capable of judging what it is that is meeting its need, what it is that is most successful in helping it to escape not merely from its sickness, but from its sorrow and sin. Christian Science is growing because it is meeting this need of humanity, and so long as Christian Scientists are faithful to the teachings of their Leader, so long, that is to say, as they strive to walk in the footsteps of Christ Jesus, and to heal as he bade them to heal, their church will be founded upon a rock, and the rain of invective and the floods of persecution will beat against it in vain.

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