Article July 1, 1911 Issue

In a recent issue Bishop Thomas B. Neely of New...

Alfred Farlow

Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel

In a recent issue Bishop Thomas B. Neely of New Orleans is reported to have said, "Christian Science is two per cent philosophy, three per cent some kind of religion." Last year, at the Methodist conference in this vicinity, Bishop Neely made the statement, so the newspapers reported, that Christian Science contained "three per cent of philosophy and two per cent of religion." According to the report, the gentleman is able to see one per cent more of religion in Christian Science this year than he did last year, and this convinces us that at the end of ninety-seven years he will without doubt be prepared to say that Christian Science has one hundred per cent religion in it. That is rather slow growth, but that is the bishop's affair.

Since Bishop Neely made his attack upon Christian Science a year ago, at Attleboro, Mass., thousands of sick folk have been healed through Christian Science, thousands of sinners have been reclaimed. I personally know of several drunkards who have been reformed through Christian Science during the past year, and we think it is proper to ask our friend, "For which of those works do ye stone?" In the Master's day a tree was known by its fruit. Is it possible that we have reached an age when a religion which constantly bears good fruit is to be condemned simply because it differs somewhat from the religion of others? Whatever else may be said, it is a fact that Christian Scientists love the Bible and study it more than they did before they had Christian Science. They love the Christian religion, and it is anomalous to suppose that this increased interest in God's Word is due to the study of a book which advocates the opposite of the Bible.

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