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Michigan Law Review
Prominent among the expressions of religious thought in this country in recent years is that of Christian Science. Its teaching in regard to the healing of disease without any material agencies has called forth many comments on the question of religious liberty. As it has attracted to it a large and ever-increasing number of intelligent and law-abiding citizens all over the country, and as there have been several efforts to restrict partially or totally by proscriptive legislation its practise as a means of healing, we deem it proper to set forth in a general way some of the questions, with the conclusions of well-recognized authorities, that lie at the root of the matter.
While Christian Science is a healing system, it cannot be considered as a "school of medicine," but rather as a religion. It is defined by the Century dictionary as "a system of religious teaching, based on the Scriptures, which originated with the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy about 1866. Its most notable application is in the professed cure of disease by mental and spiritual means." For present purposes it may be said that Christian Science purports to be the re-establishment of the practises of primitive Christianity, and it is a historical fact, recognized by Gibbon in the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," that Christian healing was practised down to the third century. It does its healing by virtue of divine law. Its "treatment" is but a mode of prayer in which this ever-operative divine law is sought to be applied to the sick and sinful; and this is all a Christian Scientist does, whether for himself or for others. It will be seen, therefore, that the practise of Christian Science is of a distinctly religious character. This being true, statutes passed with a view to the regulation of the practise of "medicine and surgery" cannot be said to apply to Christian Scientists, or others, who use a method of healing which is founded upon a religious belief.

August 10, 1912 issue
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NOT OUT OF THE WORLD
SAMUEL GREENWOOD.
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LEADING THE LITTLE ONES
ANNIE DINSMORE MC CLURE.
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SIMPLICITY
WILLIAM E. BROWN.
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DELIVERANCE
WILLIAM BEARD.
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EFFICACY OF ABSENT TREATMENT
J. W. WRIGHT
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INFINITE SUPPLY
HELEN S. BYRNE.
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JOY
CHARLES C. SANDELIN.
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The letter of a clergyman on the subject of Christian Science...
Frederick Dixon
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I have read the letter recently published under the heading...
Algernon Hervey-Bathurst
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Prominent among the expressions of religious thought in...
Edward W. Dickey
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DAWN
EDITH L. PERKINS.
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ONLY ONE WAY
Archibald McLellan
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"ENDLESS LIFE."
Annie M. Knott
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THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MOUNTAIN-TOP
John B. Willis
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ADMISSION TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOTHER CHURCH
John V. Dittemore
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Frank E. Jennings, Mr. Wheeler, B.R. McCabe, Judge Holden, Judge Grimm, Charles Mitschrich
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In the fond hope that there may be somewhere a reader...
Dwight L. Loughborough
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I am singing in the words of the psalmist, "Bless the...
Dona Davidson Mercer with contributions from C. F. Mercer
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It is with pleasure I tell of my healing through the reading...
Josephine D. Clinton
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I wish to express my gratitude for my healing
William H. Collard
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That Christian Science can overcome every material law...
Pauline A. Page
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Three years have elapsed since I found Christian Science,...
Auguste Zühlsdorff
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I became acquainted with the teachings of Christian Science...
Helene Rampendahl
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from F. Rhondda Williams, Howard Arnold Walter