Article February 13, 1915 Issue

In a recent issue reference is made to certain uncomplimentary...

Frank Bell—Mahanoy City, Pa.

The American

In a recent issue reference is made to certain uncomplimentary remarks on Christian Science as uttered by a Methodist minister. That this individual's opinion is not shared by all the clergy of his denomination, is made evident by the published report of a sermon preached by a Methodist clergyman of Portland, Ore., who in the course of his remarks said:—

"The blind sectarian in religion is a standing menace to church progress. Toleration is a Christian virtue. I believe there was a reason for the Lutheran church springing into existence; that there was a reason for the Presbyterian and for the Methodist. I also believe there is a reason for the Christian Science church coming into being. I am a Methodist, not a Christian Scientists, but may God keep me from being such a Methodist that I cannot see good in any church, no matter where it may exist. I believe in the good things in all denominations. I do not think any of us have so much of the truth that we can afford to shake our fists in the faces of any of the others."

The clergyman added that while he did not accept the "metaphysics" of Christian Science, as it appeared to him, yet he "believed people had been helped and healed in the Christian Science church," and that the same help and healing could be made available in the Methodist church. The spirit of toleration displayed in the remarks of this gentleman is, we believe, typical of the best thought today, in not only his own but many other denominations.

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