Article December 2, 1911 Issue

In a letter headed "The Conference and Higher Criticism,"...

Joseph B. Lovell

Montreal (Can.) Witness

In a letter headed "The Conference and Higher Criticism," a critic calls "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy, a blasphemous book. May I say that the reading of this book has healed many persons, morally and physically, and has done and is doing more for humanity than any one can estimate. The first impression of the writer when he read it some years ago was that it was inspired, and with careful reading and study of the truths contained in it, he has not had any reason to change that first impression.

I quote from an article in The Christian Science Journal for October, entitled "The Christian Science Text-book," by the Rev. William J. Noble, A.M., Ph.D,: "The distinguishing characteristic of Science and Health, however, is its power in the sick-room. To many otherwise hopelessly sick, it comes with a peace and assurance utterly impossible apart from inspiration. Let sick people read the so-called scientific discussions of the nature of their affliction and its cure, and their conditions and symptoms are very apt to be aggravated. Even physicians admit this. But this book, instead of arousing, soothes the anxiety of the sufferer. It never delineates disease or its symptoms. It brings to the sufferer 'the sunlight of Truth' (p. 162) concerning his condition. Yet more interesting and important, it has the power to allay existing fear and prejudices, and to convince the patient that health is man's eternal possession. People who are not sick may have opinions about the book, widely differing, but the sick who study it are practically a unit concerning its nature and worth."

In the book itself all the power and all the glory is given to God. God. Truth, Life, and Love, pervades its pages from first to last, and those who read it and study it find a new incentive to study the Bible daily. On page 497 of Science and Health, the first tenet of Christian Science is, "As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life."

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