Article September 23, 1916 Issue

Under the caption "The True Light," a correspondent...

Samuel Greenwood in—Victoria, British Columbia

The Colonist

Under the caption "The True Light," a correspondent refers to Christian Science in a manner that calls for some attention.

Christian Scientists are not drawn to Christian Science by "a sound of goodness," but because they find it to be the substance of true religion, in that it gives them a firm foundation whereon to work out their salvation. They do not feel that their course was a weak mental wandering after a new thing, as our friend would have us believe, but rather that it was the divine response to their prayers for light and comfort concerning the problems of their existence. The astonishing thing is, that when one finds help and satisfaction in Christian Science it should call forth anything but congratulation on the part of his fellow Christians.

If Christian Science is but a "false belief," it has a most curious effect, judging from the Master's standpoint that one cannot gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles. Christian Scientists have found that the practice of their religion makes them in every sense better men and women. It is making them happier, healthier, and holier. False beliefs do not produce such effects. False beliefs do not help mortals to overcome evil, heal drunkenness, or free men from sinful passions. Because Christian Science is doing these things, and therefore helping to establish God's kingdom among men, it should receive sympathy rather than censure from those who are ostensibly working to accomplish the same thing.

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