Article March 25, 1916 Issue

In the articles entitled "Twentieth Century Religion" and...

Samuel Greenwood—Vancouver, British Columbia

The Citizen

In the articles entitled "Twentieth Century Religion" and "Guarding the Water Supply," both of which appeared in The Citizen, are some misleading references to Christian Science. A student of Christian Science would never think of associating it with the various isms named in the first article, for those who understand its teachings know that it stands entirely apart from all human doctrines and beliefs. Let me say that I heartily agree with the author that a religion composed of such discordant elements would indeed be a "humbug," but we can rejoice that such a compound is impossible so far as Christian Science is concerned.

The gentleman's quotation from Mrs. Eddy is incorrectly given, as is also his implied connection between Christian Science and what he terms higher criticism. What Mrs. Eddy says is this: "The different renderings or translations of Scripture in no wise affect Christian Science. Christianity and Science, being contingent on nothing written and based on the divine Principle of being, must be, are, irrefutable and eternal" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 179); and on page 240 of the same work she refers to higher criticism thus: "Christian Science is the higher criticism because it criticizes evil, disease, and death—all that is unlike God, good—on a Scriptural basis, and approves or disapproves according to the word of God."

It should be obvious that truth naturally precedes whatever has been written about it. The inspired statements of Scripture are not true simply because they are in the Bible, but are recorded in the Bible because they are true. The truth declared by Christianity coexists with God, and therefore antedates the Scriptures; and this truth is the only basis of Christian Science.

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