Article April 8, 1911 Issue

In a recent issue a critic is credited with saying that "the...

Alfred Farlow

Columbus (Ohio) Journal

In a recent issue a critic is credited with saying that "the idea of Christian Science is all right, but as practised it is carried too far when the rules of hygiene are ignored and an effort is made to overcome the consequences." I am wondering if the writer has been misinformed concerning the practice of Christian Scientists. As a matter of fact they do believe in consistent hygienic practice. "Cleanliness is next to godliness," that is, it follows closely in the train of godliness.

It is impossible for one to become newly elevated to his ideals without being impressed with the importance of improving his surroundings. Christian Scientists provide for pure air and pure food, since the purest and best in the material most nearly approaches the spiritual. Thus it may be noted that, on the basis of this teaching, Christian Scientists take good care of themselves physically, knowing that even the proper conduct as to bodily conditions has its most rational basis in a correct understanding of the spiritual side of life. It is the extreme and unreasonable hygienic rules which cause thought to dwell too much upon the material and to forget God, that are deplored by Christian Scientists.

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