Article April 12, 1913 Issue

Let me call your attention to a condition which exists in...

W. G. Ebersole, M.D., D.D.S.,

Dental Summary

Let me call your attention to a condition which exists in another field and is growing more distressing with gerat rapidity. Earlier I spoke of the rapid progress made by denistry, and stated that in this dentistry leads all other professions. In making this statement I was either correct or incorrect, depending upon whether the "Christian Science healing" may be considered a profession or not. If it is to be considered a profession, then dentistry must take second place, for no organization has met with more rapid growth and been so freely and kindly received as has Christian Science. As a religion its success has been due to the fact that it offered a heaven which could be enjoyed here as well as in the hereafter, and a God who knows only life, truth, and love, and not a God who knows hate, inflicts punishment, or recognizes sin. Its success in the healing art has been due to the fact that it has not made the mistake that did medicine of old and dentistry of later years. These two professions began their career by treating existing conditions, giving little or no thought to the cause which produced the same. Christian Science, on the other hand, began by ignoring the seemingly existing conditions and going back to the fountainhead and removing the cause.

I would not have you believe that I am a Christian Scientist; it might be better if I were. From a religious standpoint, the world was filled with fear and superstition; while from a medical standpoint, the mind of the public was filled with fads and fallacies to such an extent that millions of dollars were spent annually for the so-called patent remedies recommended to cure all the ails and ills of mankind. Christian Science offered relief from these distressing conditions, and the plans and policies of the movement are of a rational nature, and humanity has been accepting them with such rapidity that great consternation has been felt in both the profession of theology and of medicine. Already so heavily has the hand been placed upon patronage of the medical profession that thousands of practitioners are seeking relief in other fields.

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