Article September 22, 1917 Issue

Christian Science is reclaming the infidel by giving...

Lloyd B. Coate

Middletown (Ohio) News-Signal

Christian Science is reclaming the infidel by giving him a demonstrable understanding of God. It is reforming the drunkard and healing the sick, not through willpower, not through mental suggestion, as our critic avers, but through the power of God, divine Mind. If Christian Science was from an evil source, as our friend seems to think, how are we to account for the fact that it leads mankind to become better men and better women, having greater faith in God? Christ Jesus said, "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit."

Because nothing impure no discord of any kind, nothing that worketh or maketh a lie, no sin, no sickness, no death, exists in the divine Mind, therefore Christian Science classifies as unreal everything that does not express the character and nature of God, and as real, everything that God made, that which is eternal and will abide forever. But to human, material sense sin, sickness, and death exist as stern realities and are to be dealt with and overcome in the way demonstrated by Christ Jesus, the supremacy of Spirit over matter. Jesus pronounced sin a "liar," boldly asserting that it is devoid of truth. (See John viii. 44.) Paul declared, "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." The spiritual understanding of this law of Spirit and how to utilize it constitutes the discovery Mrs. Eddy made which she has named Christian Science. This understanding has brought surcease from sorrow and reformed the sinner.

Christian Science does not condemn any channel for good. The world is wide and offers to every one a splendid opportunity for doing good. Would it not be far more Christlike to seek to overcome and destroy the sin in the world rather than to speak unkindly of one another? Surely during this world war professing Christians have a great work before them.

Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.

Send a comment to the editors
NEXT IN THIS ISSUE
Article
The article on woman's suffrage in your paper quotes...
September 22, 1917
Contents

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit