Article November 20, 1915 Issue

Christian Science does not depend for its efficacy as a...

J. Arnold Haughton

Preston (England) Guardian

Christian Science does not depend for its efficacy as a healing agent upon the influence of the human mind on the body. On the contrary, it teaches that there is but one Mind, God, and the Christian Scientist can heal only as he has in him that Mind "which was also in Christ Jesus," that is, the divine Mind. In the gradual awakening of mankind to the fact of a close relation between mind and body the world is only taking its first step toward a practical recognition of the teaching of Christian Science, for on page 177 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy says: "Matter, or body, is but a false concept of mortal mind;" and again, "From first to last, the body is a sensuous, human concept."

The advice so freely given, not to worry or fear because of the effect of these conditions of mind on the body, does not give the power to profit by it. You cannot eliminate fear and worry from the human mind unless you rightly understand the power of God and intelligently feel assured of the harmonious government of His creation. The understanding of God as the only Mind is therefore what heals both mind and body. This differentiates Christian Science from the systems of mental healing with which our critic associates it. Again, Christian Science healing is not confined to disorders of nervous origin, but includes sickness and disease of every description, whether functional, organic, or the so-called incurable.

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