Article October 31, 1914 Issue

In the Concord Evening Monitor, recently, was an editorial...

Judge Clifford P. Smith—Concord, N. H.

The Daily Patriot

In the Concord Evening Monitor, recently, was an editorial entitled "Rational Christian Science—the Cole Case," that contained several points on which I trust you will permit me to publish a brief comment. The first matter to which I refer is the possibility of "inheriting" and "conferring" a knowledge of the power to heal. It would not be consistent with Christian Science to believe that this knowledge or power could be any other kind of inheritance than that which is described by Paul in his epistle to the Corinthians. As for conferring or imparting a knowledge of Christian Science, this can be done by teaching, for which the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" are at once the basis and the chief means. Membership in The Church of Christ, Scientist, comes after, not before, a knowledge of this subject. Mrs. Eddy never claimed to be the second or successor of any person. She lived her own life without any pretense, and I am only one of the many who are beginning to appreciate how much she was enabled to accomplish for human welfare in spite of opposition that was persistent, groundless, and futile.

As for the need of a practitioner in every case of healing, a large number of persons have been set free from the bondage of disease by the liberation of thought gained through reading the works on Christian Science written by Mrs. Eddy. The testimonies of such persons who have had that experience are not infrequently in the periodicals issued by The Christian Science Publishing Society at Boston. It is also true that one person can aid another to gain his rightful freedom from disease. The law and power of God are available to this end, through the prayer of spiritual understanding. Christ Jesus did not mock us with an impossibility when he commanded his disciples to "heal the sick," and told them to teach all nations to observe whatsoever he commanded them.

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