Article October 31, 1914 Issue

Through the columns of your paper I would like to correct...

Thomas F. Watson

Mountain View (Cal.) Register-Leader

Through the columns of your paper I would like to correct an item that appeared in The Signs of the Times, two recent copies of which contained articles which refer to "the sophistries and delusions taught and fostered through Christian Science." Now, Christian Science is no mere "theory purporting to be truth," but is demonstrable truth; and this truth contains no sophistries or delusions, but is the spiritual law which destroys human delusions. To use the definition of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, it is "the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony" (Rudimental Divine Science, p. 1).

Jesus said, "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, we read, "Since the author's discovery of the might of Truth in the treatment of disease as well as of sin, her system has been fully tested and has not been found wanting; but to reach the heights of Christian Science, man must live in obedience to its divine Principle" (Pref., p. vii).

Our critic deplores that "worldliness and pride are increasing in the world and in the church, and the cloud of unbelief and death grows darker," and then condemns Christian Science, which teaches us how to overcome these errors. He states, "Our only hope is in God and the blessed truth of His Word," and forthwith condemns Christian Science, which teaches us how to understand God and His Word.Science and Health states on page 341, "The facts are so absolute and numerous in support of Christian Science, that misrepresentation and denunciation cannot overthrow it;" and on page 342, "The hour has struck when proof and demonstration, instead of opinion and dogma, are summoned to the support of Christianity, 'making wise the simple.' "

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