Article August 13, 1910 Issue

Christian Science does by no means "stifle inquiry;" it is...

W. E. Fell

Yorkshire (Eng.) Herald

Christian Science does by no means "stifle inquiry;" it is not so foolish as to attempt to do so, since the honest enquirer approaching the subject without bias is invariably convinced of the truth. In every Christian Science community large enough to support it there is a reading-room open to the public. This room is furnished with the canonical writings, the authorized text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and such other literature as teaches this subject. Moreover, the text-book may be borrowed from the reading-room free of charge. It is also supplied to free libraries.

Our critic asserts that "Christian Science was impugning the sanctity of marriage." Well, all I can say is that any one who takes the trouble to read the chapter on Marriage in Science and Health will see what a very high ideal is held in regard to marriage and its obligations.

The criticism that follows appears to me to be nothing short of a frank attempt to create prejudice in the minds of the people, namely, that Christian Science "inflicted the most horrible cruelties on little children." There is not a word of truth in it. It is a simple matter to make such statements, and as wicked as it is simple. I do not, however, suppose for a moment that your intelligent readers will be misled by our critic's ipse dixit, unsupported, as it is, by any kind of evidence whatever. It remains to be said that thousands of children have been lifted out of agony and diseased conditions that would infallibly have resulted in lifelong deformity, through the ministrations of Christian Science.

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