Article February 13, 1915 Issue

Here is a question worth while

Rev. Frank L. Loveland

Portland (Ore.) Oregonian

Here is a question worth while. If the human body can be healed of disease by simple prayer and faith, we ought to know it. If prayer is to bring healing, I declare to you that the church of Jesus Christ has been criminal in its negligence in the past and Christianity stands indicted at the bar of justice. Are you conscious of the fact that within the last fifty years all the many movements for relief and betterment of humanity have come up? Things have happened that we never dreamed of before. The church of Jesus Christ has swung into a new orbit, and many things spring up that are almost bewildering. It is only by the grace of God that this has not resulted in another wave of intolerance. Among the many strange new things are the so-called modern ways of healing.

Christian Science has come, and it has grown by leaps and bounds. There is one thing, by the way, that I would like to know about, and that is, how do they raise so much money with so little noise? What does it all mean? What is this faith? It is worth your while and mine to study and find out; not for the purpose of antagonism, but for the purpose of understanding. Do not let us be like the people who are so narrow and whose eyes are so close together that they never can see but one thing. We may discover there is something in this belief that demands more than a sneer and a passing glance.

We know that sick people are easily hoodwinked. People are wandering everywhere in search of health. The fear in the mind of the sick person makes him a mark for the fakir and the fanatic, and because of this, Christian people must study this question. Legislation has taken up as important the matter of health, and we have our pure food laws. Public health, public morals, and public safety are subjects that must be considered in the pulpit. It is worth while for our religion to be big enough and our philosophy broad enough to get hold of God's truth, no matter whence it comes. All truth is God's truth.

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