Article October 13, 1917 Issue

In The Bee a critic pertinently suggests that if the Bible...

Carl E. Herring in—Omaha, Neb.

The Bee

In The Bee a critic pertinently suggests that if the Bible is its own best interpreter, why Science and Health? We answer that Science and Health brings us back to the spiritual meaning of the Bible from which the plethora of commentaries and apologetics has sidetracked us. At present we stagger under the weight of creeds and dogmas and need a guide and some inducement to lead us back to the religion taught and exemplified by Jesus of Nazareth.

Our critic further says that no one was ever converted to Christian Science simply by reading the Bible. Surely he must have overlooked the fact that Mrs. Eddy was converted to Christian Science through reading the Bible, and we will not entertain the thought that our critic means to suggest that Mrs. Eddy was not thoroughly converted.

The average sermon, as we all know, starts with a text and uses it as a point of departure. A Christian Science service, on the contrary, starts with Bible and uses it throughout the entire service. Probably no body of religious people study the Bible more than do Christian Scientists.

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