Article August 18, 1917 Issue

The facetious reference to the attitude of Christian Science...

William D. Kilpatrick

Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald

The facetious reference to the attitude of Christian Science on the subject of sin made by an itinerant evangelist temporarily holding meetings in your city, and reported in the Herald, might have been of some moment and account as a part of his sermon had there been any truth in it. The fact that Christian Science has done more and is doing more toward the destruction of sin and its terrible effects than any other contemporaneous religious denomination, hardly bears out the gentleman's aspersion that Christian Science ignores or condones sin.

The Christian Scientist does not ignore sin, but he recognizes it as not a creation of God, and hence as unreal in the sight of God. Jesus cast out sin through the recognition and understanding of sin as unreal and not of God, and that is the only way whereby mankind will ever be able to free themselves from sin and its effects. The lives, the characters, and the earnest Christian endeavor of Christian Scientists clearly tell the story of Christian Science in its relation to sin.

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