Article April 13, 1918 Issue

Christian Science is referred to in a reprint from a medical...

Aaron E. Brandt

Scranton (Pa.) Times

Christian Science is referred to in a reprint from a medical journal in a way that shows a woeful lack of intelligence on the subject on the part of the author. He assumes that Christian Science practice consists in applying "the power of a stronger mind over a weaker one" to make the patient believe that he is cured.

Christian Scientists do nothing of the sort. Instead they find it necessary to eliminate will power, self-will, suggestion, etc., as being part of the carnal mind at enmity with God, in order to do true healing. "It is as necessary," says Mrs. Eddy (Science and Health, p. 297), "for a health-illusion, as for an illusion of sickness, to be instructed out of itself into the understanding of what constitutes health ... Erroneous belief is destroyed by truth."

What this truth is which Christ Jesus said should make free, the medical fraternity does not understand, and so long as it does not comprehend, it would do well for its own good to refrain from exposing its ignorance in the manner stated. Happily the time has come when the teaching and practice of Jesus on the subject of healing can no longer be lightly disregarded.

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