Article September 13, 1913 Issue

I am glad that "Medicus" refers to the "art and practise...

John W. Harwood—Manchester, England

City News

I am glad that "Medicus" refers to the "art and practise of medicine," not "science." It is this practise of medicine which, not being science, is so experimental, so changeable, and so disappointing that it is turning people away from it. "Medicus" acknowledges the healing done in Christian Science,—indeed, it would be idle to deny it, so numerous are the proofs. But why should he refute the teaching which explains the healing? Our critic infers that the works of healing, etc., termed miracles or marvels, were simply to prove Christ to be the divine Son of God; but Jesus did not intimate this. The critic asks, "What connection has Christian Science methods with the healing, through the destruction of sin, of the man sick of the palsy?" Why, every connection. Christian Science shows that the Christ who nineteen hundred years ago forgave by destroying sin and its effects, is the same Christ that was before Abraham, that always existed, and that exists and is able to forgive now,—today, and for all time. Christ says, "Lo, I am with you alway ;" and Christian Science is demonstrating this great truth. "Medicus" says he believes that sin, disease, and suffering had their origin in the evil one, and this is just what Christian Science teaches. But then comes the question, Where did the evil one originate? Well might our critic leave such a "problem of God's omnipotence which permits evil as unrevealed," according to the teachings of scholastic theology. But not so with Christian Science. This teaching shows that sin, disease, and death have their origin in the devil, or evil one, which Jesus defined as a lie. He said, "He is a liar, and the father of it." This lie, with its false evidence, as seen in disease, suffering, etc., is destroyed through Christ, Truth.

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