Article July 16, 1910 Issue

In a kindly discussion, Dr. Summerbell is reported as...

Alfred Farlow

Fall River (Mass.) Globe

In a kindly discussion, Dr. Summerbell is reported as having said, "Our Christian Science friends, without doubt, pay too much attention to the health and the freedom from disease of the body, yet do we pay enough attention?" Since much ado has been made along this line, it is natural that our reverend friend should gain this impression; but I assume that he will be pleased to know that the real mission of Christian Science is to improve the spiritual condition of its beneficiaries. Bodily improvement is in consequence of this spiritual regeneration.

It is natural that one who has suffered long from disease should lay great stress upon the physical benefits, and should for a time forget the "better part," but one does not proceed far in the study of Christian Science before discovering that freedom from pain is a very secondary matter. Christian Scientists agree with the opinion of the reverend gentleman that one should be more interested in spiritual advancement than in freedom from physical suffering, and one learns by experience that he must merit immunity from pain before he can hope to have it permanently.

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