Article November 16, 1912 Issue

Our critic asserts he has a "higher vision."

Ezra W. Palmer

Denver (Col.) Republican

Our critic asserts he has a "higher vision." It would seem therefore that one of the first uses of this "higher vision" would be to avoid the misrepresentation of the religious convictions of other people. "Thou shalt not bear false witness" is a command of the Decalogue, as equally binding upon believers in the Bible now as it was in the time of Moses. Christian Science does not "shadow the majesty of God." Christian Science gives all glory to God and takes nothing from His majesty and power. Nor does Christian Science "ignore the greatness of Jesus Christ," as the critic avers. Feb. 1, 1895, in reply to an inquiry from the New York Herald, Mrs. Eddy stated in part as follows: "There was, is, and never can be but one God, one Christ, one Jesus of Nazareth." [See Pulpit and Press, p. 74.] Mrs. Eddy had the most profound reverence for Christ Jesus. She ever patterned her life after his, and admonished her students to follow their Leader "only so far as she follows Christ" (Message, 1901, p. 34).

Christian Science is not a mental philosophy, as this critic further erronesously asserts. It is a religion pure and simple, giving a scientific knowledge of God, man, and the spiritual universe. It does not make gods of men, as this speaker declared, but teaches that spiritual man is the child of God. The gentleman complains that Christian Science "does not lift up to God," which merely shows that he does not understand the teachings of Christian Science. The verdict of innumerable earnest and sincere students of Christian Science is that it does uplift thought to God, and inspires men with love for Him.

This critic attempts to cast a slur on Christian Scientists by insinuating that they read Science and Health to the exclusion of the Bible. That Christian Scientists are earnest, sincere students of the Bible, and that they regard Science and Health as a commentary on the Bible, is so well known that it would seem hardly necessary to refute misrepresentations so utterly foreign to the facts. The gentleman declares that he received great help in Christian Science, that he found there the relief he sought; nevertheless, the spectacle is now presented of his denouncing the very source of his relief from tormenting ills. It will be remembered that many were healed by Jesus who never returned to give thanks, but this is no indication that Jesus did not heal in the right way.

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