Article December 13, 1913 Issue

In a recent issue H. Waller speaks, as "a lay reader of the...

John W. Doorly

The Leeds (England) Mercury

In a recent issue H.Waller speaks, as "a lay reader of the Church of England," of "the old Platonic nonsense which Christian Scientists propagate." He goes on to suggest that this nonsense is based on ignorance of the Bible. Now, he is only a lay reader in his church, but it is not so long ago that no less a person than the Archbishop of York felt himself called upon to state that Christian Scientists were among the keenest students of the Bible that he knew. Of course the critic will appreciate the archbishop's opinion.

Your correspondent seems to be under the impression that Christian Scientists do not believe in a resurrection, and it will perhaps relieve him when I tell him that they undoubtedly do, but they believe that the resurrection is a continuous process, to be adopted here and now, of resurrecting mortals from the belief in sin, disease, and death, and making them understand that the redeeming Christ which saves from sin, disease, and death is the "Lo, I am with you alway." Why wait until you die to be resurrected, if that Christ is ever available, and is "the same yesterday, and today, and forever"? Christian Scientists not only read the Bible constantly, but they understand and utilize its teaching in their every-day experience, and they do not try to postpone the practical results of its teachings through a worn-out theological platform. "By their fruits ye shall know them." Today there are many people alive and well who would have been in their graves many years ago had it not been for the practical understanding of the teaching of the Bible which Christian Science gives. This is indeed a practical view of resurrection through Christ.

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