Article July 15, 1916 Issue

In a sermon reported in your paper the attempt was made...

S. T. Downs

South Bend (Ind.) News-Times

In a sermon reported in your paper the attempt was made to couple Christian Science with various systems of religious belief, the statement being made that only those who do not understand the Bible are followers of those teachings. Since there has been a persistent effort on the part of some public speakers to establish a relationship between Christian Science and certain other movements, it will be well to state that there is no connection between them or association with them. Christian Science has restored the works commanded by Christ Jesus and performed by the early Christians, and on that account it must be the highest type of Christianity. Our critic shows by his statements that he is not informed as to the personnel of the Christian Science church. A very large percentage of those prominent in the ranks of the movement have been active workers in the older churches, and they were students of the Bible a great many years before they turned to Christian Science, although there are many others in the ranks who did not know the Bible formerly.

A student of Christian Science who is not a Bible student is an impossibility. A fact known and acknowledged by many people who have observed the onward march of the Christian Science church is that the former Bible student becomes a more diligent one the instant he turns to Christian Science; the indifferent Bible reader becomes a searcher after the truths of the Bible; and those who have never read the Word become eager to learn its spiritual treasures. That the writings of Mrs. Eddy have revealed the spiritual truths of the Scriptures to all classes of students is proved beyond all question, in that the sinner is reformed, the sick are healed, and the kingdom of heaven is declared unto all mankind.

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